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From: shane@cs.sunysb.edu (Shane Bouslough)
Subject: Re: A gaggle of geese, a pride of lions, a pack of wolves...
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KEN E WILLMOTT (cs911225@ariel.yorku.ca) wrote:

: I'm not sure how serious this discussion is, but here's my 2 cents.
: A "society of robots" sounds pretentious, like maybe they've formed
: a professional guild or something. "Colony of robots" makes it sound
: like they've put down roots. C'mon. What do you call a "bunch" of
: robots? Hey, that doesn't sound *so* bad.

With the idea in mind that robots are supposed to serve, how about
a "retinue of robots"?

-Shane

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