Above, Matthew Batchelder’s diagram showing the correct relationship of the internet, awesomeness, ninjas, pirates, dinosaurs, zombies, robots, and Gummi Bears (though, where are the superheros you might ask).
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Posted March 4, 2007 by Casey
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology. Tags: awesomeness, chart, diagram, dinosaurs, Gummi Bears, matthew batchelder, ninjas, pirates, robots, the internet, zombies. One Comment.

My friend Troy pointed out a while ago that the more “realistic” our 3-d models of humans get, the scarier they look. Apparently it applies to robots to, at least judging by the “actroid” above.
Maybe I better put How To Survive a Robot Uprising closer to the top of my reading list.
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Posted December 3, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Photoblog, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology. Tags: actroid, android, androids, animatronic, automaton, automatons, eerie, human, humanoid, robot, robotics, robots, scary. 4 Comments.

So there I am trying to read things I can’t possible read and I stumble across a link to Daniel H. Wilson’s How To Survive a Robot Uprising: Tips on Defending Yourself Against the Coming Rebellion.
From th Amazon book description:
How do you spot a robot mimicking a human? How do you recognize and then deactivate [...]

Posted November 10, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music. Tags: daniel h wilson, daniel wilson, how to survive a robot uprising, humorous, insidious, phd candidate, rebel robots, rebellion, revolution, robot rebellion, robot research, robot revolution, robotics history, robotics institute, robots, survival, survival guide, wilson. 4 Comments.