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  1. bookrats

    bookrats New Member

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    Whoooooa!

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the Cybermen (from Dr. Who) technically cyborgs, and not robots?
     
  2. Kiloran

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    Found one! :p
    Yes, as are the Daleks.
     
  3. Mystery Squid

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    Cybermen...

    Now, what PLANET are they from??? ;)
     
  4. Mystery Squid

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    droid

    n. [from `android', SF terminology for a humanoid robot
    of essentially biological (as opposed to mechanical/electronic)
    construction] A person (esp. a low-level bureaucrat or
    service-business employee) exhibiting most of the following
    characteristics: (a) naive trust in the wisdom of the parent
    organization or `the system'; (B) a blind-faith propensity to
    believe obvious nonsense emitted by authority figures (or
    computers!); © a rule-governed mentality, one unwilling or unable
    to look beyond the `letter of the law' in exceptional situations;
    (d) a paralyzing fear of official reprimand or worse if Procedures
    are not followed No Matter What; and (e) no interest in doing
    anything above or beyond the call of a very narrowly-interpreted
    duty, or in particular in fixing that which is broken; an "It's not
    my job, man" attitude.

    Typical droid positions include supermarket checkout assistant and
    bank clerk; the syndrome is also endemic in low-level government
    employees. The implication is that the rules and official
    procedures constitute software that the droid is executing; problems
    arise when the software has not been properly debugged. The term
    `droid mentality' is also used to describe the mindset behind this
    behavior. Compare suit, marketroid; see -oid.

    In England there is equivalent mainstream slang; a `jobsworth' is
    an obstructive, rule-following bureaucrat, often of the uniformed or
    suited variety. Named for the habit of denying a reasonable request
    by sucking his teeth and saying "Oh no, guv, sorry I can't help you:
    that's more than my job's worth".


    :lol:

    I don't want to split hairs on definitions, so let's all lump them into the same category... After all, what good is a Dalek without it's robot body? :ph34r:
     
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    Mondas
     
  6. Mystery Squid

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    ah-HA!

    Mondas was destroyed, and they took to TELOS as their home planet...

    :ph34r:
     
  7. Mystery Squid

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    :p

    Lol, wait, ok Mondas it is... lol
     
  8. bookrats

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    I'd argue that a better definition for android is "a robot of essentially humanoid appearance". But, my last name is neither Webster, Funk or American Heritage. :D


    Well, in that case: [Broken External Image]:http://img.tfd.com/thumb/a/af/C-teen.jpg

    :D
     
  9. Kiloran

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    Howzabout thisun?
     
  10. Mystery Squid

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    Dude, that's my mom...

    :ph34r:
     
  11. Kiloran

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    Son! :D
     
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    Oh come one... a Dalek's not a droid! There's a living being inside there. A living, seething mass of pure evil!

    :D
     
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    Jetsons?
     
  14. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    That would be Sean Young, playing Rachel from Blade Runner. She's not a robot, but a replicant, and a very attractive one, too, I might add.
     
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    That's Bender from "Futurama", a very cool cartoon series.

    Love the animation when you click on your link. :)
     
  16. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    [attachmentid=874]

    I've lost track of who's turn it is. But we need a new one to guess, so I'll offer this one.

    Who's the guy on the left? (bonus points if you can also name the head on the right.)
     
  17. Kiloran

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    and a very attractive one, too, I might add. :D
     
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    The cybermen were the original Borg! They even used a "resistance is useless" line back in the mid 60s.

    And on that note, has anyone seen the redesigned cybermen that will be appearing next year in the current series? Fantastic looking. :)
     
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    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    I was talking about Squid's Mom, not that studded condom Dalek thing...
     
  20. Kiloran

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    Yes, I understood that.
    I applied it to the "living, seething mass of pure evil" as a joke. :p