HMS Ark Royal
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Yes... The Soviet delegation offered Third World aid to the Americans as they "had to be very poor if they couldn't get a satellite up..."
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Yes... The Soviet delegation offered Third World aid to the Americans as they "had to be very poor if they couldn't get a satellite up..."
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krus_aragon
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What new word did Isaac Asimov invent in 1941 in his short story Runaround?
DaleCooper
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Positronic?
krus_aragon
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No, that's not the one.
DaleCooper
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Surely it's not as simple as "Robotics", is it?
krus_aragon
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It is indeed that simple. Runaround saw Asimov listing his Three Rules of Robotics for the first time. He assumed that the name for the science of robots was "robotics" (much like electronics, statistics), but didn't realise for a decade or so that nobody had used the word before.
(I learned this from the preface to a volume of Asimov's collected Robot stories, less than five minutes after Ark Royal had taken the open floor on Thursday evening!)
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DaleCooper
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Next question:
Where is Miskatonic University?
Where is Miskatonic University?
Next door to the Asylum ?
HMS Ark Royal
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It is located in Arkham - it has nothing to do with the Asylum in the Arkham of Batman
HMS Ark Royal
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Humour, its a Lovely Craft isn't it
Only when i can get it on the old HP...!
I think I can safely say I have this one
DaleCooper
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The fictional town of Arkham is correct, I believe it was the inspiration for Arkham Asylum.
HMS Ark Royal
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What do Russian Typhoon class submarines have that American subs do not...?
DaleCooper
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Signs in the Cyrillic alphabet.
HMS Ark Royal
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Nope - American subs have signs in the Cyrillic alphabet (do not ask me how I know this)
Try again
HMS Ark Royal
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HMS Ark Royal
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HMS Ark Royal
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Nope... Try again
DaleCooper
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Russian crew?
HMS Ark Royal
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HMS Ark Royal
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Nope - Try again, Comrade