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Endeavour Crew to Assemble Giant Robot, in Space

Frizzled writes "Part of the space shuttle crew's scheduled mission for this week is to assemble a massive robot which will 'rise like Frankenstein' from the shuttle's cargo bay. The robot, named Dextre, has 11-foot arms, a shoulder span of nearly 8 feet, a height of 12 feet, and was built by the Canadian Space Agency. 'Dextre can pivot at the waist, and has seven joints per arm. Its hands, or grippers, have built-in socket wrenches, cameras and lights. Only one arm is designed to move at a time to keep the robot stable and avoid a two-arm collision. The robot has no face or legs, and with its long arms certainly doesn't look human.'"

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  1. First post by Jrabbit05 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It has useful skills like insane posting speeds?

  2. Re:All Rise by LecheryJesus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod: try reading the sig...

    Lampooning 'religion' is *not* trolling because 'religion' is just a sick joke. Want to know the truth about your beloved Jebus? Watch "The Pharmacratic Inquisition".

    Once again, the so-called 'theory' of creation is a just a pthetic excuse to:

    i/ ignore the obvious. ii/ excuse one's self from the hard work of thinking. iii/ steal 5 minutes of fame in the (future) annals of history.

    On the last point, if it wasn't for the amount of unadulterated evil perpetrated in the name of religion (boiling people alive, burning at the stake, beheading etc.) the only section of a future encyclopaedia that you'd find 'creation' in would be Comedy or Humour

    Btw, let me give you an example of a "real" Troll:

    Your mother

    Now be a good lobotomite and fuck off.

    --
    Jesus was an invention of the Romans - watch "The Pharmacractic Inquisition" for something more credible...
  3. Re:Go Canada by sltd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why was the parent modded informative?!?!?