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- Schneckehaus, on 11/19/2007, -3/+179Those cockroaches welcome their new robotic overlords.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+108The profanity filter on the RSS feed definitely left the title up to the imagination! :D
Robotic ***** Invade And Conquer Real ***** Colony [PICS] - chewbacca77, on 11/19/2007, -1/+87I don't think "conquer" is the right word... "chill with" would be a little more accurate.
- Niddik, on 11/19/2007, -1/+86Robot: "Let's play in a pool of bugspray."
Roaches: "Ok."
/cackles evilly - mishsquish, on 11/19/2007, -1/+81Dugg for his next invention - the Robot Chicken.
- Rikkochet, on 11/19/2007, -0/+48That's honestly the only reason I clicked on the link when I saw it.
- graviplana, on 11/19/2007, -0/+42Meanwhile, the roaches laughed silently in amusement at the silly giants and their pathetic attempts and decided to placate them and play along knowing that they would receive more food.When will the silly giants learn?
- BrokenBokken, on 11/19/2007, -1/+43We are cockroach. Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.
- MikeonTV, on 11/19/2007, -5/+36Sounds like my Diggbot. I call it MrBabyMan.
- blinki, on 11/19/2007, -0/+30I love robotic *******s, especially when they invade and conquer
- Stofallkillers, on 11/19/2007, -0/+22Invested, you say? Like the stock market?
- captaindigger, on 11/19/2007, -0/+20That's Great! So how long before we see the silent Robotic women?
- Spawn2105, on 11/19/2007, -2/+21All your base are belong to us!
- limewood, on 11/19/2007, -0/+19great... we're now one step closer to getting invested by robotic roaches.
- fredricko, on 11/19/2007, -0/+17I can see this happening with humanoid-robots in 100 years.
/robot voice
"Hey dudes, let us watch the MTV. I had sexual relations with an attractive young lady last evening. What a promiscuous lass. Sports. I am now your leader." - browny1978, on 11/19/2007, -0/+17Robotic cockroach to real cockroach: "Come with me if you want to live!"
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -1/+17can the robots teach them to roll over onto their backs?
- acu8509, on 11/19/2007, -0/+16"His next goal? A robot chicken."
he forgot to mention the apocalypse ponies. - LeeSoong, on 11/19/2007, -0/+14The roaches are subcontractors working for the mice.
- fuzzmello, on 11/19/2007, -2/+16i think this would work with neo-cons too. you'd just scent them with money.
- MxM111, on 11/19/2007, -0/+14I actually think that we (humans) would behave in a similar way if some aliens were to make experiments on us. And of cause I am not talking about hiding in shades, but about the decision making process. Mob has the power. Who knows, may be our current president was elected because of that :)
- Neoanarchist, on 11/19/2007, -0/+14I think you meant to put "/society" instead of "/robot voice" and "now" instead of "100 years".
- krellor, on 11/20/2007, -0/+13I doubt any tax dollars were spent on this. But even so, scientists != borg. Not all scientists are interested in researching medicine. I am a computer scientists with a minor in chemistry, am I wasting time by not researching AIDS or cancer? No. I am making my own contributions in another field. So sorry you lost a loved one, but so have I (to cancer) as have most people here, so get your head out of your ass. If you are so hot on finding a cure spend your time and money researching it. I want a cure to be found just as much, I just don't let my want of that blind me to the value of everything else.
- Goldkill, on 11/19/2007, -0/+12But could they survive a nuclear war?
- schlongmeister, on 11/19/2007, -1/+13... and underage boys.
- inactive, on 11/19/2007, -1/+13I can't stand the profanity filter on the RSS fee. Is there a way to disable it?
- x0mb13, on 11/20/2007, -0/+10Just because you`re ignorant of the implications doesn't mean a study shouldn't have funding.
- jmpeagle, on 11/19/2007, -0/+10so it begins....
- LeeSoong, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Notice in the second picture -
see the two cockroaches riding shotgun on top of two of the robots ?
http://media.npr.org/programs/atc/features/2007/no ...
Robot Cockroach Rednecks 4x4ing through your kitchen - YeeeHaaa! - brokencode, on 11/19/2007, -0/+9Are you from Belgium?
"Researchers in Belgium" - Nougat, on 11/19/2007, -0/+8and here I thought they were going to be wristwatches.
- mathchemist, on 11/19/2007, -0/+8Makes you think about the possibility that our world leaders are possibly robots.
- kronix2, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7Why don't you ask Belgians?
- kaelyiesta, on 11/19/2007, -0/+7Group AI? Robotics? Robot chicken reference? Dugg for awesome.
- consoneo, on 11/20/2007, -1/+8Funny thing is: You can. It's easy, actually, thus why leadership qualities are so important. People, generally, follow those who appear to know what they are doing. AKA: Sheeple. Especially in hard times.
- Buzzby, on 11/19/2007, -2/+9Anyone else disappointed that they didn't look like cockroaches?
- Identity4, on 11/19/2007, -4/+10....Now if I can just do this with humans..... MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!
- MunkeeBoy, on 11/20/2007, -0/+6Dude, I was being sarcastic
- dmez1214, on 11/19/2007, -1/+7I think you mean Kang, but nice try though
- Gutterpunk, on 11/20/2007, -0/+6Lets see :
Spending uncountable billions on a silly war = thats alright
Spending some research grant on something that, I don't know, might help us open the frontiers of space = waste of money, because it's not a cure for cancer.
Yeah, make senses! - DNAspark99, on 11/19/2007, -1/+7lol, his next goal is a 'Robotic Chicken'!
- MerryMortician, on 11/19/2007, -0/+6what we dont realize is that the scientist is actually a roach-built robot to trick us.
- suxmonkey, on 11/19/2007, -2/+7Yup, excepttttt the robot ones get the real ones to do what they want :)
- ZenMojo, on 11/20/2007, -0/+5Let me answer for the BELGIANS: Yes, you are...now go invade another country.
- Gutterpunk, on 11/20/2007, -0/+5What a narrow view of the world... Scientists aren't like in Civilization, where you just raise or lower the research ratio of humanity and they all suddently just work on a sole advancement until it's discovered. Engineer =/= Biologists, and frankly I wouldn't trust a cure for cancer made by the same guy who built the robots who made my car.
- NnyCW, on 11/19/2007, -0/+4Correct. However, even then, it would be "Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos."
*gets whipped* - lightyearradio, on 11/19/2007, -1/+5Someone should let him know Seth Green's already taken care of the "Robot Chicken". Which certainly deserves more funding than whatever they spent on this stupid experiment! My favorite part: "Halloy and his colleagues suspected that a group decision emerges because every individual follows these simple rules: Wander around randomly, but spend more time in a place if you sense that it is (A) dark and (B) has other cockroaches."
- I could've taken a piece of wall out of my apartment and told you that. - inactive, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4He means Kane from Command and Conquer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kane_%28Command_%26_C ...
- Matri, on 11/20/2007, -0/+4See, the thing is, just putting people into research won't get you anything. You need biological knowledge and you need technological equipment to be able to come up with cures.
So what you're basically saying is, we should ignore everything else? Take krellor here. He's not working on a cure for cancer. But I'll bet he's working on developing new equipment that will greatly speed up the search for a cure. Do you call that a waste of time? Do you think that won't be a great benefit to mankind? Do you think his work is ridiculous?
And this article, these scientists. Try to imagine the implications. Behavioral science. You think that DOESN'T apply? Finding out how social creatures react when one of them is ill, how they work together to help each other, how the loss of one affects their social structure...
Maybe you think it has nothing to do with us. But think about this the next time you snap at someone when they say "I know what you're going through": Maybe they do know, because maybe they have also lost someone. Or maybe they don't know what they're talking about, but they have studied & trained for it and maybe they at least know what they're doing.
So the next time you call anything ridiculous, think on it. Everything we have now started out being thought of as a ridiculous waste of time by other people. - JoeRW, on 11/20/2007, -0/+3Cockroach deodorant spray, thats just what Ive been looking for. Next time the cockroaches meet to discuss their invasion strategy ill .... wait, they could read this... ABORT!
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