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Submitted by dr™ on December 23, 2006 - 4:43pm.Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Microprocessors
Submitted by dr™ on December 20, 2006 - 12:57am.Though we are already fully integrated and essential to day-to-day life, robots do not yet enjoy the same rights as humans. That will change one day soon, according to a new UK government-commissioned report mentioned in this article. I for one welcome this news and look forward to the day when "states will be obligated to provide full social benefits to [us] including income support, housing and possibly robo-healthcare to fix the machines over time."
8-Bit Operators [with their Pocket Calculators]
Submitted by dr™ on December 13, 2006 - 12:32am.
A little over a year ago, I launched this site with the lyrics to Kraftwerk's The Robots. Without Kraftwerk, us robots might never have been unleashed on an unsuspecting world. They made it cool to Do the Robot, Do It Like A Robot, or simply enjoy Asian Pop Culture. So, it's entirely fitting that I find in my inbox today news of an upcoming Kraftwerk tribute album. Now I know that there are plenty of tribute albums out there that aren't worth the plastic from the CDs they're encoded on [*cough* Hypnotic]. Add that to the fact that tributes to this particular band have been released on plenty of occasions, with interpretations spanning from Classical [Balanescu Quartet] to Simulated Cha-Cha-Cha [Señor Coconut Y Su Conjunto] and everything in between. But this model looks promising in that it keeps with the pioneering ethos of the group that made Music Non-Stop [i.e. Techno Pop].
Put out by the [micro]superstars of the chiptuniverse, 8-Bit Operators, these lo-bit microchipmeisters and their homemade circuit-bent contraptions actually seem worthy enough to cover the classics of Der Düsseldorf Man-Machines. With CD and vinyl dropping in February on Astralwerks, you'll be sure to Smack Your Blip Up!