robots

[Light]

have you ever seen one?

what were its arms like?

 

[Dora]

it was METAL!! haha

 

[Frodnat]

They are everywhere !!!

"Do robots dream of electric sheeps?"

 

[Bambi]

androids are different ffs

 

[Frodnat]

...an android is just a robot with more processor-power trying to look and behave like a human, isn´t it this way?

 

[rafael]

android is a robot-slave for humans and other more powerfull robots

 

[mehdi.i.e.e.e]

i think 'robot' means 'slave' in some slavic language.

 

[cedarbreed]

i think 'robot' means 'slave' in some slavic language.

Felindra is a kind of robot then !

 

[Dora]

Main Entry: ro·bot
Pronunciation: 'rO-"bät, -b&t
Function: noun
Etymology: Czech, from robota compulsory labor; akin to Old High German arabeit trouble, Latin orbus orphaned

Date: 1923
1 a : a machine that looks like a human being and performs various complex acts (as walking or talking) of a human being; also : a similar but fictional machine whose lack of capacity for human emotions is often emphasized b : an efficient insensitive person who functions automatically
2 : a device that automatically performs complicated often repetitive tasks
3 : a mechanism guided by automatic controls

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so it has nothing to do with slaves, though working like a robot in real life is kind of slavery for the soul.

 

[Susie]

Hey light do you remember metal mickey

 

[mehdi.i.e.e.e]

Etymology: Czech, from robota compulsory labor

so it has nothing to do with slaves

'compulsory labour' is a posh way to say 'slavery' isnt it?

 

[Dora]

no, its 2 different but similar things. in slavery someone own someone, always. the other is about compulsory working .

 

[Strangelight]

Hey light do you remember metal mickey

aye, I remember them silver sweets an all

 

[Allan]

oops, or is it all part of the scheme?

 

[mehdi.i.e.e.e]

spare me the female nit picking haha.

 

[Susie]

aye, I remember them silver sweets an all

hey i remember them too , dead sickley like.

 

[Strangelight]

hey i remember them too , dead sickley like.

yeah I werent that keen. I used to chip the silver stuff off tho. Remember Zegazoids?

 

[Don Corleone]

They are everywhere !!!

"Do robots dream of electric sheeps?"

nice one, mate. fan of philip k i suppose?

 

[rafael]

Mmmh.. what was that robot's name in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"?

 

[Dora]

nice one, mate. fan of philip k i suppose?

me too, just reading Ubik