Slog - Comments on Notes On Some Images: For Amy Kate Horn

Comment by Sorry.

Sorry. — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:01:27 -0800

You are not a mystery. You're an idiot.

Comment by wisepunk

wisepunk — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:04:26 -0800

http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thevirginakhrp4.jpg

Comment by raindrop

raindrop — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:05:31 -0800

The Toyota iQ, cute but devestating in a crash with the SUVS you all seem to hate.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:05:34 -0800

I want that car. Almost as much as I want a Fiat Nuova 500.

Comment by A

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:07:19 -0800

This: "...it wants to be like humans. Because they have this impossible desire..." is false. This is what humans(in real life) impose on robots(in fiction) because it makes us feel glad to be human. In reality, robots do not have desire unless we program them in a way that makes us think they have desire. But they still don't.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:21:15 -0800

@3 - um, they're riding electric golf carts in Texas, raindrop ... maybe you should hit the reset button on your brain.

Comment by kid icarus

kid icarus — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:30:09 -0800

All is full of love.

Comment by CryinLion

CryinLion — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:34:26 -0800

so, Charles, have you bridged the uncanny valley yet?

Comment by dafydd

dafydd — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:37:28 -0800

1) http://theandroid.com/ appears to contain alternate language versions of that commercial.

2) @5: You're right, until we get to the level of technology of making bipedal, self-programming robots. It's the "self programming" part that's key. Because, then, they're out of our control, and, potentially, at least, capable of wishing they were something they're not.

And, they don't even need to be bipedal.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:39:58 -0800

Oh, raindrop.

Why do SUVs cost more to insure than cars, if they are safer?

Comment by COMTE

COMTE — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:46:36 -0800

True that, @10. Although, I really hope it never happens, I can at least feel confident that, if an SUV ever does ram my 1975 VW bus, that plastic bodied piece of shite is going to shatter like a freaking window, and probably roll over and 'spode for good measure.

Sure, I'll probably have a biggish ding somewhere, but that's what dent-pullers, and bondo were made for.

Comment by elenchos

elenchos — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:52:08 -0800

And SUVs can kill their occupants without the help of any other vehicle at all, just by rolling over in a turn. It's sad, still hearing these failed arguments at this late date.

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:16:30 -0800

That little buglet will zip right around your cumbersome, brakeless, no-handling SUV, raindrop, thus avoiding the collision altogether. That's how it works. It's also better in a crash than most SUVs and trucks, due to intelligent caging and seven airbags.

But geez, Comte, a '75 VW bus is the most dangerous vehicle on the road. I'll never forget the guy I saw on I-5, struggling to get to his feet after going through the windshield of one at 75 MPH. His friends were trying to hold him down. There was a long, long, red patch of meat on the pavement nearby. He did not survive.

Comment by Sargon Bighorn

Sargon Bighorn — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:05:13 -0800

Whiskey and robotic wisdom GHEEZUZ that is so strange! THE STRANGER.

Comment by Michael Stipe

Michael Stipe — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:10:35 -0800

The whiskey is water, the water is wine.

What was this thread about again?

Comment by brian

brian — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:52:55 -0800

You really should give a shout out to Chris Cunningham for the 5th image, from the Bjork video he directed.

Comment by Bobo

Bobo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:17:24 -0800

Dear Charles Mudede,

Girl, you crazy.