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How desperate must some people be to want this thing?

http://www.time.com/time/2003/inventions/invcat.html
 
Posts: 7299 | Location: Dayton, Washington, USA | Registered: 03 December 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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PURRRFECT!!
Order me a half dozen. Need them to go after the Robot Mice that Run 'round in Robot Towns!
 
Posts: 3954 | Location: South Orange County, CA USA | Registered: 28 June 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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That is ridiculous...if you want to be calm and relaxed...buy a REAL cat...that is what the study was done on...not fake robotic ones! That is all I have on this matter!


Summer comes rushing in like the winds of a tornado...except in Michigan!
 
Posts: 32 | Location: Rochester College | Registered: 03 May 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Nard...I love it...but I gotta agree with funmow! Doesn't do to deprive real kitties of much-needed homes!
 
Posts: 7299 | Location: Dayton, Washington, USA | Registered: 03 December 2001Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Whoa! That is the creepiest cat I have ever seen! I think Mr. Poe's crazed husband would be especially irritated by the looks of that critter.

To tie in the Bradbury metaphors, click on the "NEXT" icon at the top right for some modern "must haves!" Several ring of stories we have all long loved. These are right out of F451, I.M., D.W. and all the rest.

Just open Dandelion's attached and click through to see what I mean. "What do you really need?"

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Posts: 2803 | Location: Basement of a NNY Library | Registered: 07 April 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I don't know...maybe it would be interesting to release the faux feline cyberkitty in amongst the audioanimatronic birds in Disney's "Tiki Room" ?
 
Posts: 3167 | Location: Box in Braling I's cellar | Registered: 02 July 2004Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I'll give you the mechanical birds, no derision intended, Braling II (how ironic "You" of all people chime in on this one!!!), if I am allowed to set free the Hound once things get interesting.

So, would you go to a pet psychiatrist or a mechanic? I think this Miss Boutchia needs a long vacation!
http://search.csmonitor.com/2004/0205/p18s01-stct.html
 
Posts: 2803 | Location: Basement of a NNY Library | Registered: 07 April 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I wounder if it has robitic fleas? Then I could program them to be slow enough to catch and kill.
 
Posts: 847 | Location: Laguna Hills, CA USA | Registered: 02 January 2002Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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For those who complained about the original link saying "buy a REAL cat" etc.:

If you read the article it says, in regards to the robot cat, they "recommended him for nursing-home residents and dementia patients who could use a pet's love but are unable to care for the real thing"

So I think this is a neat idea for those particular cases.
 
Posts: 1 | Location: San Diego | Registered: 24 July 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Sounds cute, in a bizarro sort of way. Have you ever seen the film 'Blade Runner?'
Look, sometimes you just can't replace a living thing with a machine. Cats don't require a whole lot of care, anyway.
I think if you asked the cat, they would just look at you and chuckle, saying: "Replace me? Ha!" Cool
 
Posts: 349 | Location: Seattle, Washington State, USA | Registered: 20 July 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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...and, to quote Woody Allen in "Sleeper":
"...is he house broken, or will he be leaving little batteries all over the carpet?"
 
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