The tin woodsman was not a robot. He was a piecemeal cyborg. An offended witch caused him to 'accidentally' chop off himself while plying his trade.
That has always seemed like a likely story: "Were you clumsy with your axe, Nick Chopper?" "Why no, a witch made me do it!"
"Personally, I find it incredible. It's enough to cast doubt on the veracity of the entire OZ ouvre.
and the "witch made me do it" excuse could throw the hole workmens comp business into chaos.
Nick Chopper- a man barely able to use a butter knive without requiring stitches. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology (or at least we have some spare tin cans lying around). We have the capability to build the world's first tin man. Nick Chopper will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Faster. Stronger. And a little less clumsy with the axe.
I received a wonderful gift in my e-mail box from the King of Nigeria this morning. He said that if I gave him my life savings, he would give me $400,000,000. What a kind fellow, fully of holiday cheer, to make such a generous offer!
Yes. During his transition, he was a cyborg, and that is what he is best counted as. I wonder if a cyborg had been imagined previous to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?
However, once all of his parts were replaced, it is hard to argue that he was not a robot by that point.
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"I'm sure somewhere Bill Gates was crowing about how two strings ought to be enough for anyone
You are misquoting Bill Gates from when he was talking about telephony. He mentioned 2 strings and 4 tin cans as being enough to handle telephone needs.
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What else do you expect from a computer made by the Connecticut Leather Company? I kid you not. Go look up that "CoLeCo" means.
Some remember their first kiss. However, for the 43 year old virgin still living with mother (and who salivates over Galactica remakes), this question will do instead.
I'd spend a lot less. I have a set of excellent fast-charging AA's that I purchsed with a charger for about $20. These batteries are easy to change (and charge), and if I am caught between charges, I can run digital cameras, etc "with the bunny inside".
Not so with the iPod. This appears to be some sort of bad design trick by Apple to make the user suffer while they get large profits for the batteries. Look for a hardware hack to make the iPod run with regular batteries. Or would this invite DMCA suits?
Oh, i agree. There are a lot of problems. However, you can't deny that the film was an adaptation specifically of this particular book by Heinlein (however imperfect). I was responding to he parent poster, who said something to the effect that the "Starship Troopers" film consisted of the name slapped onto another Heinlein story (non-"Starship").
The film was not an adaptation of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" or even "Number of the Beast". It was clearly based on the book "Starship Troopers".
Eando Binder actually wrote a tale called "I Robot" in 1939, which predates Asimov's story by 11 years. It was apparently in the "Adam Link" series, and it appeared in Amazing.
the studio bought an original script then realized they owned the rights to a similar book, so they slapped the title on and made a few changes. This is the same thing that happened with Starship Troopers.
Have you ever seen it? I read the book and viewed the film right after: the movie is definitely a fairly close adaptation of the book of the same title.
"sorry for the mild flaming, but you really need to see his other work. The Sundance channel ran one of the shorts he played the lead role in that showed more of his abilities than the typecasting that STTNG does."
I've seen those. He gets to go beyond his more limited roles, and actually fire phasers and punch Klingons. He even sleeps with a Deltan at the end of one film. They truly show the range of his talent.
Yes. The "Ice Pirates" scene, as I recall, violated this law because the robots just decided to pull themselves apart for no apparent reason. They were not doing it (in an obvious way) to comply with the first two laws. It was funny, however.
Apparently IMDB gives the screenwriting credit to Akiva Goldsman who apparently also wrote Lost In Space, A Beautiful Mind, Practical Magic, A Time to Kill and Batman and Robin.
I've always thought of him as a franchise slayer. His "Batman 4" script put that franchise into a deep slumber. His terrible "Lost in Space" script slew that potential franchise.
The self-preservation part of the Laws of Robotics also rules out "Ice Pirates", where the boxy kung-fu robots at one point pulled lynchpins out of their own solar plexii and fell to pieces.
Time to put in a plug for the exquisite "I Robot" album by the Alan Parsons Project, released in 1977. It's a concept album, but it is not an adapation of the Asimov stories. From the liner notes:
The story of the rise of machine and the decline of man, which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel... And a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.
The songs "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" and "The Voice" were the only ones I recall receiving any airplay.
The country of iTaly, knowing it is a matter of time before Apple's lawyers turn their eye on them, is making moves to official change their name to "Olive Garden" (hoping to still attract tourists wanting to sample the famous cuisine).
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The tin woodsman was not a robot. He was a piecemeal cyborg. An offended witch caused him to 'accidentally' chop off himself while plying his trade.
That has always seemed like a likely story: "Were you clumsy with your axe, Nick Chopper?" "Why no, a witch made me do it!"
"Personally, I find it incredible. It's enough to cast doubt on the veracity of the entire OZ ouvre.
and the "witch made me do it" excuse could throw the hole workmens comp business into chaos.
Nick Chopper- a man barely able to use a butter knive without requiring stitches. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology (or at least we have some spare tin cans lying around). We have the capability to build the world's first tin man. Nick Chopper will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Faster. Stronger. And a little less clumsy with the axe.
I received a wonderful gift in my e-mail box from the King of Nigeria this morning. He said that if I gave him my life savings, he would give me $400,000,000. What a kind fellow, fully of holiday cheer, to make such a generous offer!
They should have gone into the market and dominated then. Not now... with a scene packed with competitors especially sony the 8000 ton godzilla
Godzilla is not welcome in Korea. It is the territory of Yongary
Word is that they are bleeding O.J. dry to make sure that the database is very very large.
Yes. During his transition, he was a cyborg, and that is what he is best counted as. I wonder if a cyborg had been imagined previous to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"?
However, once all of his parts were replaced, it is hard to argue that he was not a robot by that point.
"I'm sure somewhere Bill Gates was crowing about how two strings ought to be enough for anyone
You are misquoting Bill Gates from when he was talking about telephony. He mentioned 2 strings and 4 tin cans as being enough to handle telephone needs.
What else do you expect from a computer made by the Connecticut Leather Company? I kid you not. Go look up that "CoLeCo" means.
Some remember their first kiss. However, for the 43 year old virgin still living with mother (and who salivates over Galactica remakes), this question will do instead.
I'd spend a lot less. I have a set of excellent fast-charging AA's that I purchsed with a charger for about $20. These batteries are easy to change (and charge), and if I am caught between charges, I can run digital cameras, etc "with the bunny inside".
Not so with the iPod. This appears to be some sort of bad design trick by Apple to make the user suffer while they get large profits for the batteries. Look for a hardware hack to make the iPod run with regular batteries. Or would this invite DMCA suits?
want an mp3 player that can record with an internal microphone
:)
4 gigs full of karaoke. Yeecchhh!
Not to mention an accumulation of embarassing bathroom sounds because you forgot to turn it off at some point during the day.
If it took regular AA or AAA batteries, I might get one.
Oh, i agree. There are a lot of problems. However, you can't deny that the film was an adaptation specifically of this particular book by Heinlein (however imperfect). I was responding to he parent poster, who said something to the effect that the "Starship Troopers" film consisted of the name slapped onto another Heinlein story (non-"Starship").
The film was not an adaptation of "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" or even "Number of the Beast". It was clearly based on the book "Starship Troopers".
Eando Binder actually wrote a tale called "I Robot" in 1939, which predates Asimov's story by 11 years. It was apparently in the "Adam Link" series, and it appeared in Amazing.
Please see this page.
the studio bought an original script then realized they owned the rights to a similar book, so they slapped the title on and made a few changes. This is the same thing that happened with Starship Troopers.
Have you ever seen it? I read the book and viewed the film right after: the movie is definitely a fairly close adaptation of the book of the same title.
Will Smith "Robot Rap"? Complete with samples ripped from "Mr Roboto" and Black Sabbath "Iron Man", no doubt.
"sorry for the mild flaming, but you really need to see his other work. The Sundance channel ran one of the shorts he played the lead role in that showed more of his abilities than the typecasting that STTNG does."
I've seen those. He gets to go beyond his more limited roles, and actually fire phasers and punch Klingons. He even sleeps with a Deltan at the end of one film. They truly show the range of his talent.
I kind of like iReland, with its pretty green desktop background.
Yes. The "Ice Pirates" scene, as I recall, violated this law because the robots just decided to pull themselves apart for no apparent reason. They were not doing it (in an obvious way) to comply with the first two laws. It was funny, however.
Apparently IMDB gives the screenwriting credit to Akiva Goldsman who apparently also wrote Lost In Space, A Beautiful Mind, Practical Magic, A Time to Kill and Batman and Robin.
I've always thought of him as a franchise slayer. His "Batman 4" script put that franchise into a deep slumber. His terrible "Lost in Space" script slew that potential franchise.
The self-preservation part of the Laws of Robotics also rules out "Ice Pirates", where the boxy kung-fu robots at one point pulled lynchpins out of their own solar plexii and fell to pieces.
think the Foundation series of books is much better than I, Robot.
George Lucas already ripped Trantor and has shown it to us on the screen as Coruscant.
Time to put in a plug for the exquisite "I Robot" album by the Alan Parsons Project, released in 1977. It's a concept album, but it is not an adapation of the Asimov stories. From the liner notes:
The story of the rise of machine and the decline of man,
which paradoxically coincided with his discovery of the wheel...
And a warning that his brief dominance of this planet will
probably end, because man tried to create robot in his own image.
The songs "I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You" and "The Voice" were the only ones I recall receiving any airplay.
The country of iTaly, knowing it is a matter of time before Apple's lawyers turn their eye on them, is making moves to official change their name to "Olive Garden" (hoping to still attract tourists wanting to sample the famous cuisine).
I think Will Smith took on this film because he thought he would get another chance to take on the giant robot spider
Maybe Apple plans to come out with an iRobot.
Sorry, Dean Kamen.