12/10/2008

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1. That poor guy needs a Woodrow Wilson dime. If you haven’t read the short story by Jack Finney, it is about a guy living in New York who is married and kind of bored with his wife and his job. One day, he gets a Woodrow Wilson dime as change at a news stand where he gets his paper on the way home (written 1968). When he gets home, he finds that his wife is now the girl he thought about marrying and didn’t. When he goes to his job the next day, it is different and he finds that he is now in a world of alternative choices.

   Eventually, he starts getting a little bored again but then finds a Roosevelt dime in his change one day and figures out that this is the way for him to get back to his other life. It’s a great story and the title is “The Coin Collector.”

   I wonder why?

   Comment by Mike K (531ff4) — 12/10/2008 @ 11:34 am

2. Greetings:

   I think he really means she hasn’t complained yet. HAL (2001; A Space Odessy) was nice in the beginning, too.

   Comment by 11B40 (58657e) — 12/10/2008 @ 11:36 am

3. His sentence makes about as much sense as “all red squares are round and blue.” If it’s patient and doesn’t complain, it isn’t a she.

   Comment by Chuy Henderson (08b3ff) — 12/10/2008 @ 12:59 pm

4. So, is the fembot named Galatea

   Comment by Techie (07c8ee) — 12/10/2008 @ 1:44 pm

5. #1

   Things turn on a dime ?

   Comment by Vermont Neighbor (de46bd) — 12/10/2008 @ 1:45 pm

6. She may not complain but she slaps.

   Comment by DRJ (b4db3a) — 12/10/2008 @ 1:56 pm

7. When her hard drive needs cleaning, he’s right on top of it.

   Comment by Vermont Neighbor (de46bd) — 12/10/2008 @ 1:57 pm

8. I’m walking away from all possible “floppy drive” and “RAM” jokes…

   Comment by Scott Jacobs (a1c284) — 12/10/2008 @ 1:59 pm

9. You should see her coin-sorting trick.

   Comment by Vermont Neighbor (de46bd) — 12/10/2008 @ 2:04 pm

10. Can she order pizza and remain quiet during football games? Cause then I think you’ve got something.

    Comment by JayC (3cfe5f) — 12/10/2008 @ 2:48 pm

11. Le, a scientific genius from Brampton in Ontario, Canada, said he never had time to find a real partner so he designed one using the latest technology.

    He said he did not build Aiko as a sexual partner, but said she could be tweaked to become one.

    “Her software could be redesigned to simulate her having an orgasm and reacting to touch as if she is playing hard to get or being straight to the point,” he said.

    When the concept of a perfect robotic woman is fantasy, it’s fun. In real life, it’s creepy and pathetic.

    Comment by L.N. Smithee (9c1fce) — 12/10/2008 @ 3:00 pm

12. I’m walking away from all possible “floppy drive” and “RAM” jokes…

    I’m not above them. But I will say he’s apparently made a 64-bit hooker.

    Comment by Steverino (69d941) — 12/10/2008 @ 3:38 pm

13. Gee, I dunno – “No, I will not lick your foot – I am not your personal slave” doesn’t sound like complaining to him?

    Also, when asked “who is your creator” Aiko says “my creator and master is…”

    Ick. Creepy is right, L.N.

    Comment by no one you know (1ebbb1) — 12/10/2008 @ 5:38 pm

14. He said: “Aiko doesn’t need holidays, food or rest, and will work almost 24 hours a day. She is the perfect woman.”

    Apparently I really, really need to be making more of a concerted effort. If only I didn’t require food! If only I didn’t require sleep! If only I could work more! Then I too could be the perfect woman…just like a freaking plastic doll. If this is what inventor Le Trung thinks a perfect woman is, well, is probably just as well he’s single. He’ll do less damage that way.

    Comment by Dana (79a78b) — 12/10/2008 @ 5:53 pm

15. As long as he stays in that basement.

    Comment by Another Drew (4fff38) — 12/10/2008 @ 5:57 pm

16. The linked article said that Aiko knows 13,000 sentences; I’m guessing that he never programmed in “No!”

    Comment by The Dana who has been married to a real woman for 29 years, 5 months and 22 days (556f76) — 12/10/2008 @ 6:19 pm

17. Why would you want a “female” companion that has the ability to say “NO”?

    Comment by Another Drew (4fff38) — 12/10/2008 @ 6:21 pm

18. The genius said:

    Aiko doesn’t need holidays, food or rest, and will work almost 24 hours a day.

    Almost? OK, I’ve just gotta ask, why almost? Does she need four minutes of sleep? Does she have a union contract? What’s up that she won’t work those last few minutes?

    Comment by The curious Dana (556f76) — 12/10/2008 @ 6:21 pm

19. Almost? OK, I’ve just gotta ask, why almost? Does she need four minutes of sleep?

    OS reboot, maybe? I’m wondering what the BSOD looks like on her.

    Comment by Steverino (db5760) — 12/10/2008 @ 6:25 pm

20. If she’ll go so long without rest, she obviously doesn’t have a Windows based OS.

    Comment by Another Drew (4fff38) — 12/10/2008 @ 6:28 pm

21. I am fully functional, programmed in multiple techniques . . . . — Lieutenant Commander Data, Star Trek: The Next Generation.

    Comment by Dana the Trekkie (556f76) — 12/10/2008 @ 6:30 pm

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