Re: YASID x 2 "Vampire" in space and a space opera

On Fri, 2 May 2008 05:02:14 -0700 (PDT), Paul Clarke
<paul.clarke@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On 1 May, 23:00, d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (David DeLaney) wrote:
>> On Thu, 1 May 2008 18:15:27 +0000 (UTC), Chuk Goodin <cgoo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>> >IHNTA, IJLS "Space Laaaaawn!!1!"
>>
>> my work here is done
>>
>> Dave "your visualization should also include a 'robomower', somewhat
resembling
>>  a larger Roomba" DeLaney
>
>With rotating blades, of course. (Autonomous robot, sharp metal bits,
>what could possibly go wrong?)

Blades?  How 20th Century.  If you want a really even cut, it
needs a megawatt-range laser.  (And here in Texas, maybe a few
tactical nookyular devices for the occasional bit of fire ant
control.)

-- 
Bill Snyder  [This space unintentionally left blank]