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aricher
Jun 21, 2006, 02:41 PM
Microsoft hopes to work its magic through robotics (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-06/21/content_4727395.htm)

" Microsoft hopes that by providing a common software platform for building robots..."

Insert joke here:


yellow
Jun 21, 2006, 02:52 PM
Hopefully they will apply the Three Laws of Robotics.
Les Kern
Jun 21, 2006, 03:48 PM
"I'm gonna bust some Mac-User ASS"
CorvusCamenarum
Jun 21, 2006, 03:59 PM
Hopefully they will apply the Three Laws of Robotics.

There are 4 Laws of Robotics, but I'm guessing Big Business wouldn't allow the implementation of the Zeroth nor the First Laws since they'd effectively put a lot of people in the unemployment line.
thedude110
Jun 21, 2006, 04:17 PM
I'm sure the robot will play solitaire flawlessly.
yellow
Jun 21, 2006, 04:23 PM
There are 4 Laws of Robotics, but I'm guessing Big Business wouldn't allow the implementation of the Zeroth nor the First Laws since they'd effectively put a lot of people in the unemployment line.


4 laws? What's the fourth? (or zeroth?)

Nevermind, Wikipedia to the rescue. I never read the Asimov book where he added a "zeroth law".
Hmm actually I did read that book (Robots and Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robots_and_Empire)), but don't remember that. Well anyway.. 3 Classic Laws. :0
dmw007
Jun 21, 2006, 06:17 PM
I'm sure the robot will play solitaire flawlessly.

Except for when it crashes every other hour. ;) :D
Phobophobia
Jun 21, 2006, 06:25 PM
They've already written the software for robots. It's called Windows.
dmw007
Jun 21, 2006, 06:43 PM
They've already written the software for robots. It's called Windows.

NOOOOOOOOO! :eek:
aricher
Jun 21, 2006, 09:21 PM
NOOOOOOOOO! :eek:
http://static.flickr.com/46/152656214_b8d3d71d31_m.jpg
Microsoft's first robot/human hybrid.
dmw007
Jun 21, 2006, 11:46 PM
http://static.flickr.com/46/152656214_b8d3d71d31_m.jpg
Microsoft's first robot/human hybrid.

G-A-S-P! :eek: :eek: :eek:
Abstract
Jun 22, 2006, 05:30 AM
I don't mind Microsoft getting into robot production. What's the worst that could happen?

As long as they don't start making airplanes that crash, I don't mind. ;)
dmw007
Jun 22, 2006, 07:12 AM
I don't mind Microsoft getting into robot production. What's the worst that could happen?

As long as they don't start making airplanes that crash, I don't mind. ;)


Now that is a truly scary idea- M$ making airplanes. :eek:


Just imagine cruising along at 10,000 feet when all of a sudden the planes electronic system crashes and receives the Blue Screen of Death. :eek: ;)
aricher
Jun 22, 2006, 07:48 AM
I've seen ATM machines with the Blue Screen of Death. The thought of MS producing robots is downright scary. I've read too much sci-fi and seen too many movies. I'm starting to remind myself of this crazy guy on a bus I was on. He screamed, "I've seen Planet of the Apes - I know how you people operate!"

http://static.flickr.com/54/152656231_64df41fff1_m.jpg
The Ballmer 3000™
dmw007
Jun 22, 2006, 06:32 PM
http://static.flickr.com/54/152656231_64df41fff1_m.jpg
The Ballmer 3000™

Very scary.
Abstract
Jun 23, 2006, 09:07 AM
I've seen ATM machines with the Blue Screen of Death. The thought of MS producing robots is downright scary.

Yeah, that happened to me once. It was in 1998, and a new ATM at my uni still used Windows 3.0. I found out after the damn thing took my bank card and crashed, which means it swallowed it completely. Oh, and since I didn't get my money that day, I had no money and was (originally) on my way to the bus station to go home for something important. Guess who didn't make it home? :rolleyes:
balamw
Jun 23, 2006, 09:34 AM
They've already written the software for robots. It's called Windows.
And I thought for sure they'd resurrect Microsoft Bob (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_bob). Gives those robots a human touch.

B
thedude110
Jun 23, 2006, 10:04 AM
Users were assisted by cartoon characters whose appearence was usually vaguely related to the task.

And people wonder why we want an OS that has nothing to do with MS.

Thanks for the link to Bob ... I always wondered where the annoying, cartoon office assistants came from.
dmw007
Jun 23, 2006, 08:53 PM
Yeah, that happened to me once. It was in 1998, and a new ATM at my uni still used Windows 3.0. I found out after the damn thing took my bank card and crashed, which means it swallowed it completely. Oh, and since I didn't get my money that day, I had no money and was (originally) on my way to the bus station to go home for something important. Guess who didn't make it home? :rolleyes:


Gotta love how Windows can make your life so miserable at times. :rolleyes: