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panda!  Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242  |
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Nov 19 2011, 10:32 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 770 Joined: 19-August 11 From: Middle-Eastern Europe Member No.: 36,268 |
Yeah, because GMC delivery bots can't smile, as opposed to live couriers who need autonomous vans to drive alongside them while they're filling mailboxes.
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Nov 19 2011, 10:33 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
GMC Delivery Bots can't steal and read your mail, either.
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Nov 19 2011, 11:19 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
QUOTE (Seriously Mike @ Nov 19 2011, 11:32 PM)  Yeah, because GMC delivery bots can't smile, as opposed to live couriers who need autonomous vans to drive alongside them while they're filling mailboxes. Or can be converted to hold a couple of trolls with panthers (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) |
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Nov 20 2011, 01:48 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
"Whose hand is that?"
"Depends. Whose hoop is this?" |
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Nov 20 2011, 03:18 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629 |
As an aside, I have automated Drone Sanitation Vehicles operating in Philly for my game. However, it's been a fight for years between teh union and Shiawase who wants the contract, each trying to show that their method is the more viable. As of 2063, you had drone trucks that were still manned by three workers (A driver and two others) ... negotiations were due to change this to an all-drone system and it looked like the union was finished.
BUT! Deus happened. Philly was fortunate to have drivers at the wheel due to the overall Crash 2.0 dropping feeds all over. Philly's drivers got high marks for safely taking over and staving off incidents that other cities, which were fully automated, had. Shiawase was able to generally save face, since there was an obvious world-wide multi-platform collapse, but the Sanitation Union won an ironclad contract. Now, it's due for negotiation again and a decade of distance is making it harder for the populace to rally behind it. Shiwwase Envirotech even has new, "Crash Proof" trucks to show off. ... Which ties into this thread, you know, kindasorta but not exactly. ... Just thought I'd share. |
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Nov 20 2011, 03:25 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Now you just need some Technomancers or Hackers to prove just how "Crash Proof" is so much like "Unsinkable". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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Nov 20 2011, 04:24 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 24-May 03 Member No.: 4,629 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Nov 20 2011, 03:25 AM) Now you just need some Technomancers or Hackers to prove just how "Crash Proof" is so much like "Unsinkable". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) Oh yes. One of the earlier 'runs I put players on, in fact. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There's also one with S-K showing off new construction technology and the Trog Union hiring runners to monkeywrench the place... the Orks and Trolls will be out front protesting, of course, so *obviously* aren't behind any sort of attack on corporate property. Of course, these missions are never without ... complications. |
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Nov 20 2011, 04:36 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 673 Joined: 9-May 08 Member No.: 15,965 |
QUOTE (CanRay @ Nov 20 2011, 01:48 AM) "Whose hand is that?" "Depends. Whose hoop is this?" Man, I miss when the power went out in highschool.... |
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Nov 20 2011, 04:47 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
QUOTE (Christian Lafay @ Nov 20 2011, 12:36 AM) Man, I miss when the power went out in highschool.... "Ray fell down.""Ray fell down." "Ray fell down." "I got kicked in the F***ING face." "Ray fell down." |
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Nov 20 2011, 05:10 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 673 Joined: 9-May 08 Member No.: 15,965 |
That sounded more like Basic Training.
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Nov 20 2011, 05:12 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
No. That was High School for me. (Hense me snitching rather than going, "I fell down.").
I don't make even the minimum requirements for the Canadian Armed Forces. I'd have to go to the US to be allowed into the Army. |
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