The future is closer to reality than you think

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The future is closer to reality than you think

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"You've all been selected for this mission because you each have a special skill. Professor Hawking, John Leslie, Phil Neville, the Wu-Tang Clan, Usher, the Sugar Puffs Monster and Daniel Day-Lewis! Welcome to Operation MindFuck!"
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Wow, that is cool. :)
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Is this stuff for real, that's all amazing, Especially the 3-D modeler.
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Yeah, things of this sort were inevitable: high-tech ways based on nature is a booming field of development. Very cool. 8)
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I'm reminded of the British-developed anti-mine robotic fish. When asked why the designers made it fish-shaped instead of sub-shaped, they replied that the shape of a typical fish has been refined through millenia, and who were they to doubt that kind of research?
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So your sub aqua hk drones are nearing completion then Rochey :)
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colmquinn wrote:So your sub aqua hk drones are nearing completion then Rochey :)
I said British - Rochey is one of your countrymen. His aquatic drones would no doubt be shaped like a pint glass. :wink:
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Very nice, and I could see something like that form him.
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Yes Mikey, that's right. Your doom comes in pints!
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Highly cool, Rochey. "We can rebuild him, make him stronger, more penguin-y..."
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Rochey wrote:Yes Mikey, that's right. Your doom comes in pints!
I've known that for quite some time. Comes in jiggers, too.
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Damn metric system. What's a jigger?
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Mark wrote:Damn metric system. What's a jigger?
I think that's a measurement of liquor for mixed drinks.
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Yeah, or colloquially a shot. I think it technically refers to 1-1/4 oz.
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