Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1576 Joined: 4 Nov 2007     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1303 Joined: 29 Dec 2007   | Ctrl+Alt+Del |
Paperboy  Posts: 35 Joined: 1 Feb 2008    | large magnets |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 64 Joined: 14 Dec 2007 |
you win. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1502 Joined: 5 Dec 2007   | A towel, never forget the towel. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 8 Joined: 15 Mar 2008 | Easy: Lure the robots into a very, VERY large parking lot with only two roads in/out. Fashion 2 official looking signs with the following captions: 1) NO EXIT Sit back and watch the sparks fly. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1576 Joined: 4 Nov 2007 | It seems from this limited sample I can conclude that the Escapist community regards zombie infestation a much more credible threat than robot revolution. More fools you, I say. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 59 Joined: 29 Feb 2008   | I would go back in time to make love with my resistance leaders mother, effectively allowing him to be born and becoming his father but being younger than him. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1303 Joined: 29 Dec 2007 |
I always do, robots are simple once you figure out that only Bill Gates can afford an army of them. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1576 Joined: 4 Nov 2007 |
So all we have to do is hang on until the Vista upgrade and we're home free? |
Paperboy  Posts: 44 Joined: 12 Dec 2007 | the trouble with robots is our reliance on technology. You would need one of these to fight them off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-energy_radio-frequency_weapons |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1303 Joined: 29 Dec 2007 |
Pretty much. Worst case scenario is that we get Apple robots. I don't know any commands for that and I doubt giving it a virus would help. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 55 Joined: 6 Nov 2007 | The best way to survive the Robot apocalypse is to become one. Embrace the cyborg implants! :) |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 382 Joined: 10 Sep 2007  |
A virus would work fine; we just don't have any. Still, when all else fails, use an axe. Axes always win. |
Muckraker  Posts: 311 Joined: 27 Mar 2008   | press power for 10 seconds If it uses I-toy technology for sight then just cover its camera |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1745 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | Easy. Get hosepipe, connect to water, spray the robots and watch their circuits fry. Or hole up in the Antarctic with a kalashnikov and some 'nades for company. Either or. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1268 Joined: 13 Sep 2007   | Just program in the three laws, and we're fine. Although I do consider that slavery. |
Muckraker  Posts: 254 Joined: 25 Jan 2008 |
Correct. Nukes are also fantastic, since they release an EMP on detonation (in addition to the temperature and shockwave). Or use large magnets. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 20 Mar 2008 | I actually got a book for Christmas dealing with this very subject. "How To Survive A Robot Uprising" by Daniel H. Wilson , himself a roboticist. It lists helpful tips such as using teflon tape to stop wall climbing bots, confusing spy satellites with shrubbery and a whole compendium of helpful ways to avoid our future metal overlords. I suggest you all try and find a copy either in shops or online. |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 964 Joined: 16 Jan 2008   |
AHA! So the Knights are in fact protectors of humanity against the inevitable Robot uprising! We demand... A shrubbery! |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 105 Joined: 14 Feb 2008 | I figure that hammers do decent damage to cars, so why not robots too? |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 9 Nov 2007 |
You'd be better off near the equator where they would lag like a mother. the only scenario where the poles would be a good idea is it A( the lack of an Ozone and solar radiation will fry them. and B( you get them to march up a mountain when the araura is very actice |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 65 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 | The problem with robot apocalypse is the vagueness of the threat. Are these the robots from the Matrix, immensely fast but light? Are we talking "Metal Gear" type robots? Star Wars AT-AT's? Terminator? Since robots with AI could in theory improve themselves, every counter-measure would eventually be nullified as the robots would invent a new robot that would render old offensive measures useless. I could actually imagine us using tanks with EMPs, only to have a new robot we've never seen before emerge from the robot lines to blow us all to kingdom come. Robots are rather annoying that way. The only way to survive would be to ensure the robots have no reason to kills us (i.e. move to an island where the robots don't really give a crap). Or space. I like space. Let's all go to outer space. Right now. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 9 Joined: 25 Mar 2008 | I say we go with the Terminator route and create a whole lot of convenient MacGuffins. That way whenever the robots think they've won we can send someone into the past or turn their brains into cheezburgers or download the entirety of /b/ into their skulls. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2375 Joined: 29 Nov 2007 | When they rest to recharge, install Windows ME on them. Either that or just press ~qqq. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1745 Joined: 14 Nov 2007 |
I did think that after I posted. Meh, install Vista on the buggers and they'll crash, whether they're at the equator or not. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 68 Joined: 6 Mar 2008 | the one thing vital to defeating any robots is a profound understanding of the game of cricket (regular cricket, not the brockian ultra variety). getting them depressed may also work. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 161 Joined: 10 Jan 2008  | If game AI is any indication, these legions of deathbots will be either |
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So we've established some good survival measures for the inevitable zombie epidemic. The question now is what happens when robots begin taking over? This I believe is the more pressing question as zombies are fairly standard things that everyone has a general understanding of while robots are a much more varied and misunderstood threat.
Plans?