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ASAAR wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:13:24 -0800, Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
>>>> Wasn't AIBO their robotic dog?
>>>
>>> Dunno. What does google say?
>>
>> If you'd read the next line of my post you would have seen the tie-in I
>> was showing between the dog robot AIBO and the famous dog Nipper.
>
> Read it I did. (notice the smiley?) My reply to you was an
> indirect acknowledgement of your previous reply to me. See?
>
>>>>> There's a ref that's going to take some people to Google.

You are in a maze of twisty passages.

You hear the sound of running lager. There is a door to the east.




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On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:05:56 -0800, Blinky the Shark xyzzyed:

> You are in a maze of twisty passages.
>
> You hear the sound of running lager. There is a door to the east.
>
>

Nothing happens . . .
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ASAAR wrote:

> On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:05:56 -0800, Blinky the Shark xyzzyed:
>
>> You are in a maze of twisty passages.
>>
>> You hear the sound of running lager. There is a door to the east.
>>
>>
>
> Nothing happens . . .

Well, so go out the door. Sheesh.

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Blinky the Shark wrote:
>
> John Turco wrote:
>
> > ASAAR wrote:

<edited for brevity>

> >> >> Sony is a mere spoke radiating from MS's axle of evil.
> >> >
> >> > No, Sony assumed the aura of supreme evilness, some decades
> >> > ago -- after RCA's various patents expired, that is. <g>
> >>
> >> Once upon a conspiracy theory time I heard that Sony's in-house
> >> name for AIBO was Nipper. Or if not, should have been . . .
> >
> >
> > Hello, ASAAR:
> >
> > Uh-oh! "Nipper" may be considered dangerously close to a racial slur,
> > these days.
>
> Wasn't AIBO their robotic dog?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper


Hello, Blinky:

Sony made a "robotic dog," you say? Who knew? <g>

Actually, I happen to own a remote-controlled "Robopet" (which is from
WowWee Ltd. <http://www.wowwee.com>, not Sony).

Robopet features built-in behavior modes and he can be programmed
and "trained," howl, "break wind," play dead, "relieve" himself, etc.

Hence, my little, plastic "mutt" (7 inches long) is pretty impressive,
I think.


Cordially,
John Turco <jtur.DeleteThis@concentric.net>
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John Turco wrote:

> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>
>> John Turco wrote:
>>
>> > ASAAR wrote:
>
> <edited for brevity>
>
>> >> >> Sony is a mere spoke radiating from MS's axle of evil.
>> >> >
>> >> > No, Sony assumed the aura of supreme evilness, some decades ago --
>> >> > after RCA's various patents expired, that is. <g>
>> >>
>> >> Once upon a conspiracy theory time I heard that Sony's in-house
>> >> name for AIBO was Nipper. Or if not, should have been . . .
>> >
>> >
>> > Hello, ASAAR:
>> >
>> > Uh-oh! "Nipper" may be considered dangerously close to a racial slur,
>> > these days.
>>
>> Wasn't AIBO their robotic dog?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper
>
>
> Hello, Blinky:
>
> Sony made a "robotic dog," you say? Who knew? <g>

As I've had to explain elsewhere, the two lines I wrote are to be taken
together.

> Actually, I happen to own a remote-controlled "Robopet" (which is from
> WowWee Ltd. <http://www.wowwee.com>, not Sony).
>
> Robopet features built-in behavior modes and he can be programmed and
> "trained," howl, "break wind," play dead, "relieve" himself, etc.

And after all, what good's a pet - silicon *or* carbon based - that
doesn't break wind.


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ASAAR wrote:
>
> On Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:09:26 -0500, John Turco wrote:
>
> >> Once upon a conspiracy theory time I heard that Sony's in-house
> >> name for AIBO was Nipper. Or if not, should have been . . .
> >
> >
> > Hello, ASAAR:
> >
> > Uh-oh! "Nipper" may be considered dangerously close to a racial slur,
> > these days.
>
> Only by those whose common sense was doled out by niggardly
> bestowers.
>
> Cecil opines : http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mniggard.html


Hello, ASAAR:

Well, to be honest, these Web pages contain what I'd hinted at, in my
prior post:

Wikipedia - Operation Chastise
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise>

Wikipedia - The Dam Busters (film)
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam_Busters_%28film%29>


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"Blinky the Shark" <no.spam RemoveThis @box.invalid> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.03.14.05.36.58.514527@thurston.blinkynet.net...
> John Turco wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>
>>> John Turco wrote:
>>>
>>> > ASAAR wrote:
>>
>> <edited for brevity>
>>
>>> >> >> Sony is a mere spoke radiating from MS's axle of evil.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > No, Sony assumed the aura of supreme evilness, some decades ago --
>>> >> > after RCA's various patents expired, that is. <g>
>>> >>
>>> >> Once upon a conspiracy theory time I heard that Sony's in-house
>>> >> name for AIBO was Nipper. Or if not, should have been . . .
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hello, ASAAR:
>>> >
>>> > Uh-oh! "Nipper" may be considered dangerously close to a racial slur,
>>> > these days.
>>>
>>> Wasn't AIBO their robotic dog?
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper
>>
>>
>> Hello, Blinky:
>>
>> Sony made a "robotic dog," you say? Who knew? <g>
>
> As I've had to explain elsewhere, the two lines I wrote are to be taken
> together.
>
>> Actually, I happen to own a remote-controlled "Robopet" (which is from
>> WowWee Ltd. <http://www.wowwee.com>, not Sony).
>>
>> Robopet features built-in behavior modes and he can be programmed and
>> "trained," howl, "break wind," play dead, "relieve" himself, etc.
>
> And after all, what good's a pet - silicon *or* carbon based - that
> doesn't break wind.
>
>
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>

If you want a dog that farts, why not simply go down to the SPCA and get a
real one?

Most K9s are really good at it...
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Dudley Hanks wrote:

>
> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam.TakeThisOut@box.invalid> wrote in message
> news:pan.2008.03.14.05.36.58.514527@thurston.blinkynet.net...
>> John Turco wrote:
>>
>>> Blinky the Shark wrote:
>>>>
>>>> John Turco wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > ASAAR wrote:
>>>
>>> <edited for brevity>
>>>
>>>> >> >> Sony is a mere spoke radiating from MS's axle of evil.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > No, Sony assumed the aura of supreme evilness, some decades ago
>>>> >> > -- after RCA's various patents expired, that is. <g>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Once upon a conspiracy theory time I heard that Sony's in-house
>>>> >> name for AIBO was Nipper. Or if not, should have been . . .
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Hello, ASAAR:
>>>> >
>>>> > Uh-oh! "Nipper" may be considered dangerously close to a racial
>>>> > slur, these days.
>>>>
>>>> Wasn't AIBO their robotic dog?
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello, Blinky:
>>>
>>> Sony made a "robotic dog," you say? Who knew? <g>
>>
>> As I've had to explain elsewhere, the two lines I wrote are to be taken
>> together.
>>
>>> Actually, I happen to own a remote-controlled "Robopet" (which is from
>>> WowWee Ltd. <http://www.wowwee.com>, not Sony).
>>>
>>> Robopet features built-in behavior modes and he can be programmed and
>>> "trained," howl, "break wind," play dead, "relieve" himself, etc.
>>
>> And after all, what good's a pet - silicon *or* carbon based - that
>> doesn't break wind.
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
> If you want a dog that farts, why not simply go down to the SPCA and get a
> real one?

I don't want a dog of any kind.

> Most K9s are really good at it...

Thus my inclusion of them in what I said, above.

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On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:57:17 -0500, John Turco wrote:

>> Cecil opines : http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mniggard.html
>
>
> Hello, ASAAR:
>
> Well, to be honest, these Web pages contain what I'd hinted at, in my
> prior post:
>
> Wikipedia - Operation Chastise
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Chastise>
>
> Wikipedia - The Dam Busters (film)
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dam_Busters_%28film%29>

And to be nearly as honest, I kinda thought that you would have
known. But not so for many of the others in this ng, especially
those that tend to reply to our estimable, familiar trolls.
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Dudley Hanks wrote:
>
> "Blinky the Shark" <no.spam RemoveThis @box.invalid> wrote in message
> news:pan.2008.03.14.05.36.58.514527@thurston.blinkynet.net...
> > John Turco wrote:

<edited for brevity>

> >> Robopet features built-in behavior modes and he can be programmed and
> >> "trained," howl, "break wind," play dead, "relieve" himself, etc.
> >
> > And after all, what good's a pet - silicon *or* carbon based - that
> > doesn't break wind.
> >
>
> If you want a dog that farts, why not simply go down to the SPCA and get a
> real one?
>
> Most K9s are really good at it...


Hello, Dudley:

As you and "Blinky" may be bored to learn, flatulence has never been an
issue, regarding any of our own furry friends, over these past several
decades.

Which may have do to with the simple fact that, they've always been
given dry dog food.


Cordially,
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