I got bored with sci-fi after they stopped broadcasting Stargate: Atlantis. It was fun and all, but too much of the same old since the sci-fi genre was invented 732 years ago

I'll never get bored of Sci-Fi. Or fantasy.

Fantasy I like much better. I think I don´t like sci-fi anymore because I may have been damaged by all the friggin techno-babble

I kinda like the techno-babble.

Then again, I was basically raised on Star Trek, so that's kind of a given

When I think of Sci-Fi fantasy writing, all I can think of is that stupid story of "Rom" the vacuum cleaner that fell in love with a housewife and sent himself to her; then proceeded to attempt to seduce her; until she realized what he was up to and pulled its plug from the outlet ... or some such thing, lol. And yes, techno babble galore. I can't remember what they called his extending tentacles/attachments, urk. Anyway, it "turned me off" Sci-Fi for a long time, lol. (pun intended).

Which is why I will never have any kind of sentient robot in my home. Don´t want it to come after me

I'd have no problems with a robot in the house. Just so long as it's programmed with the Three Laws of Robotics

Aah, but what if it has another one, like Robocop??


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Then it doesn't get let in.

Assuming I can stop it, of course

And why I make my husband do all the vacuuming.






1. A robot must never harm a human
2. A robot must never harm a human
3. A robot must never use its knowledge of human anatomy to seduce a human...






This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 15 2016, 10:39 PM

That's a... erm... very specific ruleset you have there

But that third law is hard to argue with

I have to get a new key for my car because the one I use broke off


I do have a spare but I can´t have just one. Too bad a new costs almost half of what I paid for the gun

I don't make the laws, just list them on forums








Can't you just make a copy of the spare? Key copies are like one dollar here.

You can copy a regular key here, but not car keys. That´s a whole other level of security and cost. Besides, I also need the transponder and you can´t copy that in 2 minutes


Actually I need neither a new key nor transponder, they both still work fine. What I do need however is the latch which connects the key to the transponder. That´s the thing that broke off due to frozen lock and not to mention, pathetically weak design

Oh, well the car dealer of that make of car should be able to replace it for not too much. Mine had a computer chip in it and it didn't cost too much (I think around 25.00 US dollars). Plus they sold me a nice jacket with their racing logo on it (the late Dale Earnhardt #3's jacket) for around half what it would be in a store or at the track,

I have to pay around 230 dollars.





Well, not really. I pay in my country´s currency...

Wow, the exchange rate must be way low compared to the dollar! Like the Peso or something? The lowest exchange I ever actually dealt with was the Belgium Franc (which became obsolete @ 2002) which was about 36 Francs to every one US Dollar - actually, I think your exchange rate is better than that. Do you use Euro or not?




This post has been edited by mALX: Feb 16 2016, 05:07 PM

I raise my arms to the heavens every day and thank whatever god/deity who listens that we do not use that deadbeat joke of a currency!

Yeah, it is one step away from being Biblical prophesy, lol.

How´s it going with the house, mALX? Did you get a heater/fan do dry it all up?