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Hey. it got the job done, didn't it?

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 20, 2008 3:50 PM
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huevos= do it yourself.

and no, its not a robot in the traditional sense, by any means.

Posted by catnextdoor | March 20, 2008 3:51 PM
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I thought killing its creator is what makes it a robot. Isn't that what a robot is or am I thinking of an android?

Posted by elenchos | March 20, 2008 3:59 PM
4

Rise of the suicide machines.

Posted by Jay | March 20, 2008 3:59 PM
5

That violates the first of the Three laws of robotics

Posted by vooodooo84 | March 20, 2008 4:00 PM
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I was expecting this to be another Big Dog story.

Posted by monkey | March 20, 2008 4:01 PM
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I've been hoping all day that someone would post the story about the handyman (from Arkansas?) who had "GIT R DONE" tattooed on his forehead. His wife thinks he's crazy - go figure. (And no, I don't have a link for you; sorry.)

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 20, 2008 4:06 PM
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no, but KILLER ROBOTS makes better headlines than : Suicidal Man duct-tapes a gun to a bunch of other metal shit

Posted by mintygreen | March 20, 2008 4:07 PM
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@7 um they fucking posted that yesterday. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/remember_this_guy

Posted by vooodooo84 | March 20, 2008 4:14 PM
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If he'd "scoured the internet" a little harder, he would have had the balls to go with the Cadbury Surprise:

http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=manly_suicide

Posted by nbc | March 20, 2008 4:14 PM
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How on earth does an 81 year old man know how to use the internet?

Posted by Bont | March 20, 2008 4:15 PM
12

You gotta admit, the dude had style.

Posted by Queen Vidor | March 20, 2008 4:23 PM
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Sorry, @9, even I don't read EVERYTHING here.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 20, 2008 4:26 PM
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@3, it's android that you're thinking of.

Posted by infrequent | March 20, 2008 4:38 PM
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I'm totally offended that people would call that a robot. It belittles my entire, still-almost-completely-useless field of study!

Posted by gfish | March 20, 2008 4:39 PM
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@10: I felt like the author started off strong, but then couldn't maintain the zany energy. Though the Cadbury Surprise was good.

Posted by Big Sven | March 20, 2008 4:50 PM
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Rube Goldberg would be proud.

Posted by Charity | March 20, 2008 4:58 PM
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Oh great, now that they've got a taste for blood, we might as well just hand things over to them as of today.

Come to think of it, they probably couldn't do a WORSE job of mucking things up than some of the humans currently in charge.

Posted by COMTE | March 20, 2008 5:04 PM
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@5 - yeah, but since Arthur C. Clarke died, the robot decided what the heck ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | March 20, 2008 5:11 PM
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Hal?

Posted by yucca flower | March 20, 2008 5:11 PM
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Shout out to Sealab 2021 from the headline!

My favorite episode, too!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealab_2021

Posted by gary7 | March 20, 2008 5:14 PM
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"Is duct-taping a bunch of shit together really the same as building a robot?"

No.

This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.


(Even funnier though, they said he programmed it).

Posted by w7ngman | March 20, 2008 5:27 PM
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.

bring on the robot hoard.

Posted by some dude | March 20, 2008 5:49 PM
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fucking html if you didn't pay my bills i would hate you.

i'm prepared.

Posted by some dude | March 20, 2008 5:52 PM
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Not as funny as the 14 year old boy who built a blowjob robot out of a circular saw and a bench grinder.

Posted by Bob | March 20, 2008 5:58 PM
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@21 - I'm right there with you. Best episode by far (although I do like the one with Bucket Head Wendy).

I have the strength of a bear that has the strength of two bears.

Posted by sleestak | March 20, 2008 8:08 PM
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It's not a killer robot if it can't hunt you down....

Posted by NapoleonXIV | March 20, 2008 8:20 PM
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Whomever predicted the robots would enslave us all was clearly being far too optimistic.

Posted by tensor | March 23, 2008 12:07 AM
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Also, I for one welcome our killer robot overlords. Or else.

Posted by tensor | March 23, 2008 12:08 AM

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