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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Wow, that is cool. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Re: The future is closer to reality than you think
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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Re: The future is closer to reality than you think
So your sub aqua hk drones are nearing completion then Rochey ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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I said British - Rochey is one of your countrymen. His aquatic drones would no doubt be shaped like a pint glass.colmquinn wrote:So your sub aqua hk drones are nearing completion then Rochey
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I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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I'll massacre your ass as fast
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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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I've known that for quite some time. Comes in jiggers, too.Rochey wrote:Yes Mikey, that's right. Your doom comes in pints!
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Damn metric system. What's a jigger?
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I think that's a measurement of liquor for mixed drinks.Mark wrote:Damn metric system. What's a jigger?
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Yeah, or colloquially a shot. I think it technically refers to 1-1/4 oz.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer