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Cactus Rob User is Offline

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07/08/2008 5:02 PM	Alert
Saddle it up and you're in for the ride of your life! Well, maybe? www.bostondynamics.com/content/sec.php

Smokin Ace User is Offline

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07/09/2008 4:29 PM	Alert
I would take one

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

mcolacino

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07/09/2008 4:32 PM	Alert
It looks like a big creepy tarantula! If I saw that thing coming up the road, I think I would run screaming! So just warn me if you do get one!

Cactus Rob User is Offline

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07/09/2008 4:55 PM	Alert
Posted By Smokin Ace on 07/09/2008 4:29 PM I would take one It would certainly be an attention getter! I probably couldn't afford to buy gas for it!

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07/09/2008 5:00 PM	Alert
Posted By mcolacino on 07/09/2008 4:32 PM It looks like a big creepy tarantula! If I saw that thing coming up the road, I think I would run screaming! So just warn me if you do get one! LOL! I think it's cute .... Just kidding! I think they should have made it a little more pleasing to look at.

Krzy

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07/09/2008 7:04 PM	Alert
Thats about the coolest automation thing I've ever seen. I had a friend working on robotic cars for the 'Grand Challenge', but his stuff was nothing like this. Wow. Grand Challenge: http://www.darpa.mil/GRANDCHALLENGE/

When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)

Cactus Rob User is Offline

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07/09/2008 9:03 PM	Alert
Interesting reading, krzy. I had no idea things like the Grand Challenge even took place. We lived in Ontario, CA in the 80s, about 50 miles from Victorville. George AFB was still there at that time. Thanks for sharing.

jettasmom

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07/09/2008 10:37 PM	Alert
I moved to AZ from Victorville. The base is still there, they just dont do much out there anymore. They have condemned most of the place because of lead. The last time I was out there they were destroying all the old housing. My parent still live in V.V. So I go back there every few months.

Smokin Ace User is Offline

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07/10/2008 7:16 AM	Alert
I would ride it to work probably gets better milage... granted it would take 2+ hours to get there but hey if it saves on gas . I am sure we can make some donkey looking cover to go over it as well.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ~Lord Acton

Cactus Rob User is Offline

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07/10/2008 8:42 AM	Alert
Posted By jettasmom on 07/09/2008 10:37 PM I moved to AZ from Victorville. The base is still there, they just dont do much out there anymore. They have condemned most of the place because of lead. The last time I was out there they were destroying all the old housing. My parent still live in V.V. So I go back there every few months. George Air Force Base was closed in 1992, by the same Congressional Act that closed Williams Air Force Base in Mesa.

JasonY

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07/10/2008 2:46 PM	Alert
They tore down the dorms (and re-did them) I used to live in at Luke AFB after I got out of active....asbestos all in the ceilings.......yum!

"My favorite health club is the International House of Pancakes" -- Lewis Black

jettasmom

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07/17/2008 7:43 AM	Alert
George has been closed for a long time, I know. Although they still do use that base for other things. I think they have businesses in the old warehouse areas.

Cactus Rob User is Offline

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07/17/2008 7:11 PM	Alert
I realized what you were saying after I posted my response. Sorry, it just took awhile for it to soak in.

s_fogle27

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07/21/2008 6:35 AM	Alert
Wow! That is CREEPY, but AMAZING! Thanks for sharing.

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