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From: javilk@netcom.com (Javilk)
Subject: Re: McCullum, Rice, and Robot Wars
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Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 07:07:45 GMT
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bsmall (bsmall@sfrsa.com) wrote:
:  
: When the robots battled at Robot Wars everyone was cheering
: the carnage. The crowd had the feel of Romans, Christians, and
: Lions. They even pointed their thumbs down. You could really 
: get involved in destruction without worring about someone elses
: pain level.
:  
   Do you call the destruction of hours upon hours of work
entirely painless???  My robot isn't ready for such coarse
work.  I would be Sorely Offended  if some punk robot cam up
to it with a chain saw and savaged it.
   Although I might not be so offended if one of those punk
robots got loose during a monster truck ralley, I suppose they
too would be similarly offended.
   It takes a long time and a LOT of work to build anything
that is "nonstandard".  I think those things are, in a way,
an extension of the person.  Let's have a bit more respect for
each other's work.
   (On the other hand, if we can get the Dept. of Defense to 
sponsor it...  might save the loves of some of our brave lads.) 

-JVV- (javilk@netcom.com)
John V. Vilkaitis, Senior Consultant
Software General Corp. 
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