Cynical-C Blog (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
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Suicide Bots (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
We all are at least passingly familiar with the great Isaac Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics. A real roboticist will tell you automatically that these laws are, for now, total bunk, and assume a level of technology of which we as puny early-21st century humans can only vaguely dream. Apart from that though, [...]
Boing Boing (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Huh, looks like Isaac Asimov's 3 laws of robotics have been expanded tenfold by the thoughtful Something Awful guys: # A robot must tip its hat in the presence of a lady human being, except where such a display would be construed as a come-on by a jealous male human being, who then might pose a difficulty to the Third Law. # A robot may not act in such a fashion as would make dogs obsolete, because...
Live Science (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Hellboy is a special agent in the ultra-classified Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense.
Fluttering Butterflies (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
In these stories Isaac Asimov creates the Three Laws of Robotics and ushers in the Robot Age. When Earth is ruled by master-machines, when robots often seem more human than mankind, the Three Laws ensure that humans remain superior and the robots are kept in their rightful place. But an insane telepathic robot results from a production error; a robot assembled in space logically deduces its superiority...
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Links of the moment: –Sci-fi fans name best TV shows, movies and books, in a Wired blog. Top ten books are 1984 by George Orwell, The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Dune by Frank Herbert, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, The Stand by Stephen King, Fahrenheit 451 [...]
OhGizmo! (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
By Andrew Liszewski I’ve never read Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot, but I can only assume the original book is a lot better than the I, Robot movie starring Will Smith from a few years ago. As I recall, it wasn’t exactly a hit, whether you’re going by critical acclaim or box office take, so I’m [...]
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Isaac Asimov, the great science fiction writer loved the 'Star=Spangeled Banner.' . All four stanzas. I must admit that I only know the first, second and fourth verse by heart. Initially, though, one needs to deal with the tune . Not only is it an old English drinking song, but it generates countless complaints from anyone trying to do the difficult melody differently, such as in Spanish . Back to...
DVICE (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Any real fan of Isaac Asimov was probably disappointed with Will Smith's take on I,Robot, but that doesn't mean you have to deny yourself the pleasure of toying with the film's robots. The film's star bot known as NS-5 Sonny...
USA Today (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Forget Isaac Asimov's famous Laws of Robotics. WALLE's biggest accomplishment may be defying the Laws of Computer Animation.
ideonexus (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
I found the following quote from the former Vice President of Mensa International and president of the American Humanist Association and author of like a bazillion brilliant books very thought-provoking: Isaac Asimov I prefer rationalism to atheism. The question of God and other objects-of-faith are outside reason and play no part in rationalism, thus you don’t have [...]
Living The Grand Life (Free subscription) | 06/22/2008
Metrics - the art of measurement. It turns out there is a unit of measurement for almost everything. A few night ago night on Jeopardy, a question concerned a unit of measurement supposedly invented by Isaac Asimov. The term was millihelen. Helen had the face to launch a thousand ships. A millihelen is the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship. I started doing a little browsing and came across...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 06/21/2008
The prolific creator of the laws of robotics
Bookgasm (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Even before his introduction told me so, I could tell that Dennis Palumbo’s FROM CRIME TO CRIME: MIND-BOGGLING TALES OF MYSTERY AND MURDER was a tribute to Isaac Asimov’s BLACK WIDOWERS short stories. After all, this collection of tales concerns The Smart Guys Marching Society, a group of men who regularly meet over chips and [...]
Life and Times (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
read a book on Goodreads I, Robot by Isaac Asimov 11:41 am - Comment
