Long-Running Underwater Robot Lost At Sea 132
this_boat_is_real writes "Somewhere off the coast of Chile a pioneering underwater robot named Abe lies in a watery grave today. The Autonomous Benthic Explorer was one of the first truly independent research submersibles, being both unmanned and un-tethered to its launching ship. While on its 222nd research dive on Friday all contact with the craft was lost, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has announced."
Release the Kraken? (Score:2, Funny)
I think we are well and truly fucked.
no skynet tag? (Score:5, Funny)
what? no skynet tag?
bet the robot became self-aware and decided "to hell with this....I'm making a break for it!"
Now, it's probably in league with those sharks with laser beams.
Who'd have thunk... (Score:2, Funny)
/Oh, please let it be nuclear powered.
It's a message from the Chilean mob... (Score:5, Funny)
Cthulhu strikes again! (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.goominet.com/unspeakable-vault/vault/309/
Re:Failsafe recovery? (Score:3, Funny)
Interesting info. I appreciate it.
Why be such a dick about how you share it though?
That explains last weeks episode of Lost... (Score:3, Funny)
Isn't this the episode (Score:3, Funny)
Isn't this the episode where Gilligan finds a mysterious robot in the water and the professor tries to use it to communicate to the outside world, and the skipper hits Gilligan in the head with his hat?
ALERT SLASHDOT (Score:5, Funny)
So long... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Release the Kraken? (Score:1, Funny)
It's Clash of the Titans, you insensitive clod!
Re:It's a message from the Chilean mob... (Score:3, Funny)
Not according to the official page:
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http://www.abevigoda.com/ffb.php [abevigoda.com]
Re:Release the Kraken? (Score:3, Funny)
Wait, I can't get the meme straight in my head...
Is a newly self-aware Automated Undersea Vehicle an Overloard or an Underlord?