buildstherobots: (so poorly cast as a malcontent)
buildstherobots ([personal profile] buildstherobots) wrote2010-02-27 02:38 pm
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[There's talking yelling over the receiver immediately; it seems as though he's been ranting for a good thirty seconds before the phone actually picked it up.]

--this is another one of Jade's tricks I will flay him alive! All my clothes are gone and I've never been in this house before and there's a strange woman and I am going to kill someone over this if I don't get my clothes and robots back. In their sleep. With a knife. A gorgeous knife. That's on fire. Just watch your back, whoever you are. I'm very good at finding people, and I will find you.

[Beat.]

...But at least I can go outside again.

[This fact made the whole situation significantly less Not Okay, even, but far be it from Dist to not find something to bitch about.]

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-02-28 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Not always. I've made self-powering machines before; some are simply drones that go about doing whatever they were initially programmed to do, while others can perform more abstract reasoning to simulate intelligence. In addition, we have uncovered advanced machinery from the Dawn Age, a period of wartime long ago, but thus far reverse-engineering them has proved very difficult.
tickingheart: (Poker Face is a blank slate)

[personal profile] tickingheart 2010-02-28 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
So, none that can pass for human.
tickingheart: (gloat)

[personal profile] tickingheart 2010-02-28 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe you'll figure some stuff out while you're here. There are a lot of human-like robots here.

[identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com 2010-02-28 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
So it seems; I've spoken to a couple. And they operate without a fon drive, apparently? It's fascinating.
tickingheart: (Newspaper grin)

[personal profile] tickingheart 2010-02-28 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Jolt and Sideswipe use something called a "spark", I think Aigis is electrically powered, and I'm clockwork-based.