Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 11:27 GMT
..to welcome our fuel dispensing overlords.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 11:27 GMT
... welcome our petrol serving overlords
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 11:27 GMT
"which enables it to find the filling point, open the covers and lock on a multi-jointed hose pantograph"
If you drop your wallet whilst walking across the apron, I recommend that you don't bend down to retrieve it but just keep on going......
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 11:27 GMT
welcome our jet fighter-refuelling visually-guided radiation-proof robot overlords
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:05 GMT
Shouldn't this have been posted under "Rise Of The Machines"?
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:05 GMT
Let's hope it can tell the difference between petril & cheese
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:05 GMT
but I know you can do better. With a little bit more effort we can reach that elusive goal - a comments page consisting of nothing but "I for one welcome" jokes.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:05 GMT
Would welcome our censorious overlords consigning 'I for one...' quotes to the outer darkness where 'mobe' was cast out.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:05 GMT
Hopefully it works and can be adapated to work at your local shell/BP, fit it with a card reader and have it followed around by a vending machine and you can do away with the drongos that inhabit these places.
I'm sure James Dyson is already working on it.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:05 GMT
How long till the refueling robot and the UAV's start collaborating in a plot to take over zee world!
I for one welcome our robotic overlords and hope that the Govenator will be free once skynet shows it true colours!
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:09 GMT
Yeah, me too. It's like a plague of overused Simpson quotography.
'Mobe', though, was liberated a good while ago, and we all gladly use it. No one seems to have noticed, however. It was a quiet revolution.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:09 GMT
"How did you get your purple heart?"
"Some *%%^&&^% robot shoved a 4" hose up my arse and managed to pump in a gallon of J2 before the rest of the ground crew beat it to death with spanners......"
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 12:09 GMT
'how much more of a menace is a fearsome machine with access to huge volumes of jet fuel'
Jet Fuel = Paraffin
Paraffin is way safer than Petrol. (higher flashpoint)
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 13:03 GMT
"...air forces - including three of the four US ones..."
Ahem. There is only the one US Air Force.
Perhaps you're thinking of the other US military branches that also fly jets: the Navy and the Marine Corps.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 13:25 GMT
Actually, someone only just the other day complained about 'mobe'.
I noticed the comment because I had noticed the usage, and DO NOT APPROVE !!!!
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 13:26 GMT
Well, as far as I'm concerned you can all complain about the usage of 'mobe' fifty times an hour and we'll still use it if we feel so inclined. I don't understand how commentards think that if they shout long and loud enough, we'll eventually give in to their demands.
But if you feel you have to get your frustration on this issue off your chest, hey, go nuts.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 14:35 GMT
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scnr
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 15:07 GMT
welcome our mobe-typing commentard/moderatrix overlords
just lol....
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 15:37 GMT
Is "mobe" pronounced like "probe", or like "moby"?
I for one use the latter all the time, and welcome... oh forget it.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 15:55 GMT
So that we're back on topic.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 19:42 GMT
Mine's the one with the cliché in the pocket.
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 19:42 GMT
Next, the robotic bomb....
Posted Wednesday 4th February 2009 19:42 GMT
... the rather good Stephen King short story "Trucks" from the "Night Shift" anthology...?
(Unfortunately he then made the mistake of trying to make it into a film himself which turned into the rather execrable Maximum Overdrive of which the only redeeming feature was the soundtrack by AC/DC)
Posted Thursday 5th February 2009 03:06 GMT
He wrote "air forces" not "Air Forces" :)
I'm guessing the fourth one must be the Air National Guard? Or maybe the US Army with their Broncos, upcoming JCAs and plethora of helicopters?
Posted Thursday 5th February 2009 10:57 GMT
One pimply youth pushed through basic training and on minimum USAF wage is not that expensive, doesn't cost too much to feed and clothe, and can even pick up a rifle and fight in a last ditch defence of an airbase. So how many youths does one refueler bot replace, and at what price? Unless the ratio is very beneficial, I can't see it being any cheaper, not unless you're using the same tech for real fighting bots and the program is just a way to spread some of the development costs outside the existing budget. Or unless the air industry is just using USAF money to save the cost of developing refueler bots for commercial airline operations.
Posted Thursday 5th February 2009 21:07 GMT
Of course these ain't just for refueling - once they can identify fuel valves reliably, it won't be a huge leap to identifying interlopers.
INTRUDER DETECTED.
*Sound of flamethrower*
CRISPY CRITTER DETECTED.
Posted Friday 6th February 2009 04:36 GMT
it'll be powered by MS.
YIKES, head for the hills, or mines, or YIKES!!!!
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