How To Survive a Robot Uprising

[Ranger]

Being the resident dMw paranoid geek I found the idea of this book very interesting!



Quote: "This is a great introductory book about cutting edge robots disguised as a humor book. The author, Daniel H. Wilson is doctoral candidate at Carnegie Mellon's famed robotics institute.

Wilson sets up the book as a guide to evading, fooling, and destroying malevolent robots. This way, he can explain the capabilities and limitations of today's and near-future robots. And he does it in a very funny way."

Amazon.com is doing a useful double deal of this with 'The Zombie Survival Guide' - again, a good one for the paranoid dystopians among us!

How To Survive a Robot Uprising @ Amazon

Here's a useful extract from teh book:

STAY ALERT

Pay attention to your robotic staff (they may be beneath your contempt as well as beneath your eye level). Watch for the following telltale signs in the days and weeks before your robots run amuck:

    # Sudden lack of interest in menial labor.
    # Unexplained disappearances.
    # Unwillingness to be shut down.
    # Repetitive 'stabbing' movements.
    # Constant talk of human killing.

[big-paddy]

What were you looking for?

[Gandalf]

Originally posted by big-paddy@Dec 20 2005, 02:14 PM
What were you looking for?

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This maybe?

[big-paddy]

Originally posted by Gandalf-LordOfJelly@Dec 20 2005, 02:31 PM
This maybe?

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Thats intersting, and here I might be sad, but the US Amazon has concordance and text statistics on the books. Now that is interesting.:tumbleweed:

Before Dewy tells you that I am a Librarian I would like to point out that he invented a library classification system and was probably the father of the education system as we know it.

[Gone_Away]

You guys are wierd..  :eyebrow:  :nope:

[big-paddy]

Originally posted by Ninja_Freak@Dec 21 2005, 03:33 PM
You guys are wierd.. :eyebrow: :nope:

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Not me. its everyone else.