So dear reader, let me ask you, would you be interested in a group about Robots? Why? I have applied twice now to have my own group and so far have not heard back. And though I didn't want to unveil my idea for a group here in this journal, maybe some feed back would help me in this endevour.
Below is the description I sent to the sg's regarding why this group should exsist. As you read this, take a look at my pics number 5 and think about "Living With Robots"...
"A Technical, Philosophical and Fictional discussion of Robots and how they will change our way of living.
Only 10 years ago if you were to tell somebody on the street that there would be a computer in almost every home, they wouldve laughed at you. Now with two computer homes being common place, the next 10 years, scientists, educators and philosophers predict, that every home WILL have a real domesticated Robot!
One thing that everybody on the suicidegirls site has in common is that they are using a computer to get to the site (80% of them wouldn't have been able to do this 10 years ago). And with the popularity of films like The Matrix and it's prophetic (if fictional) warnings of machines taking over, as well as the onslaught of TV ads from companies like Honda advertising their domesticated Robot (and yes, it's already in use as a receptionist robot at various businesses in Japan at $152,000 a year lease) along with Sony and NEC, I think a group like this on the suicidegirls site would not only go over well, but will be an important group for the understanding of Living With Robots! Its closer than you think"
Below is the description I sent to the sg's regarding why this group should exsist. As you read this, take a look at my pics number 5 and think about "Living With Robots"...
"A Technical, Philosophical and Fictional discussion of Robots and how they will change our way of living.
Only 10 years ago if you were to tell somebody on the street that there would be a computer in almost every home, they wouldve laughed at you. Now with two computer homes being common place, the next 10 years, scientists, educators and philosophers predict, that every home WILL have a real domesticated Robot!
One thing that everybody on the suicidegirls site has in common is that they are using a computer to get to the site (80% of them wouldn't have been able to do this 10 years ago). And with the popularity of films like The Matrix and it's prophetic (if fictional) warnings of machines taking over, as well as the onslaught of TV ads from companies like Honda advertising their domesticated Robot (and yes, it's already in use as a receptionist robot at various businesses in Japan at $152,000 a year lease) along with Sony and NEC, I think a group like this on the suicidegirls site would not only go over well, but will be an important group for the understanding of Living With Robots! Its closer than you think"
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also, I love how I'm always the first person (besides you) to post to your journal, hmm must be because I have no life outside of SG. "I WILL NOT interact with the outside world, I don't wanna!"
So how about the Thucydides group which is about:
"Some say Herodotus was the father of history, but this group is devoted to the idea it was in fact Thucydides."
Now, I actually studied Ancient Greek History and Philosophy so I would be mildly interested in the Thucydides group, but how is that so much more relevent than my group on Robots here on the sg site, especially with all the sci-fi and Matrix buffs on this site? Oh just because the owner of Thucydides happens to work for SG? What photos could he have? I already have tons of photos of REAL robots ready to go! What current (televised or not) events are there for the Thucydides group to share in? There are currently about 7 different real robotic shows on TV and hundreds of events every year just in the U.S. alone! And the Thucydides group deals in ancient history that many people won't get or won't care about (unless there's some subversive hidden meaning I'm missing) but my group, as I said in my description, deals with something that you may not think is relevent to your life right now, but it will be... look how much time you spend on your computer right now, were you or anyone else you know on the computer this much 10 years ago? If someone told you 10 years ago that computers are going to be a very important part of your daily life would you have believed them?
And there are many groups on this site that are just kinda silly (I won't mention names) and some that would actually tie in with my group like the code_monkey group and the FreeNix group and any of the philosophy groups...I don't know... see how you got me started?
[Edited on May 18, 2003]
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