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Top Five Real Life Robots

June 30, 2008

We’re just going to go the route of the frightened human here and explain how each of these robots will contribute to enslaving humankind. We will use the standard LGATOYDA rating system (Likelihood to Go All Terminator On Your Dumb A**). Sure, we currently still have control, but Pleo, Asimo, BEAR and all their pals are only going to take it for so long ... Make sure to YouTube all these to get the full effect.


Honorable mentions: Roomba — The robot vacuum cleaner. It rolls around picking up your dirt without being told. LGATOYDA — 2. All that spare change it finds is being mailed to SKYNET.


BEAR — It stands for Battlefield Extraction Assist Robot. Nice idea. A robot that can carry an injured soldier off the field. LGATOYDA — 3. They are the ones who will start taking you away.


5 Pleo — A robotic dinosaur that has enough sensors to react to everything. It’s cute, soft and pet-like enough to

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On the Edge, July 1

June 30, 2008

Lemonade Gone Wild

Call it a lemonade stand-off.

A young girl whose lemonade stand was robbed of $17.50 chased the suspect into a nearby home and called police, who spent nearly an hour trying to coax the man into surrendering

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More Mexican Than Meets the Eye

June 30, 2008

I consider myself a Mexican food enthusiast. If it wasn’t for my fair skin, I’d think I was of Mexican blood. That being said, I have seen my fair share of Mexican restaurants in the state and La Roca in Cross Lanes is, in my opinion, the

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Kanye's Whining Again, but the Cookie Monster's On Top of the World

June 30, 2008

In — George Carlin 1937 - 2008. Even when he’s on the way out, comedy icon George Carlin is always “in.” The cornerstone of what American stand up is today, we salute George Carlin in a way he’d appreciate — he was

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Return of the ... Robots!

June 30, 2008

Movie

Short Circuit

“Johhny 5 Alive” Yes, always. He will live forever and a day. As will his pals, Steve Guttenburg, Balki from “Perfect Strangers” and that guy who trashed his girlfriends apartment th

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What's On Your Bod, Mike Adkins?

June 30, 2008

Photo 1: My father gave me the necklace on the bottom. I’ve worn it every day for the last 14 years. The two above that are handcrafted pieces from PNUT jewelry. I got them in exchange for the value of a couple prints I sold. I wanted to have s

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