Whoooooa! Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the Cybermen (from Dr. Who) technically cyborgs, and not robots?
droid n. [from `android', SF terminology for a humanoid robot of essentially biological (as opposed to mechanical/electronic) construction] A person (esp. a low-level bureaucrat or service-business employee) exhibiting most of the following characteristics: (a) naive trust in the wisdom of the parent organization or `the system'; (B) a blind-faith propensity to believe obvious nonsense emitted by authority figures (or computers!); © a rule-governed mentality, one unwilling or unable to look beyond the `letter of the law' in exceptional situations; (d) a paralyzing fear of official reprimand or worse if Procedures are not followed No Matter What; and (e) no interest in doing anything above or beyond the call of a very narrowly-interpreted duty, or in particular in fixing that which is broken; an "It's not my job, man" attitude. Typical droid positions include supermarket checkout assistant and bank clerk; the syndrome is also endemic in low-level government employees. The implication is that the rules and official procedures constitute software that the droid is executing; problems arise when the software has not been properly debugged. The term `droid mentality' is also used to describe the mindset behind this behavior. Compare suit, marketroid; see -oid. In England there is equivalent mainstream slang; a `jobsworth' is an obstructive, rule-following bureaucrat, often of the uniformed or suited variety. Named for the habit of denying a reasonable request by sucking his teeth and saying "Oh no, guv, sorry I can't help you: that's more than my job's worth". :lol: I don't want to split hairs on definitions, so let's all lump them into the same category... After all, what good is a Dalek without it's robot body? h34r:
I'd argue that a better definition for android is "a robot of essentially humanoid appearance". But, my last name is neither Webster, Funk or American Heritage. Well, in that case: [Broken External Image]:http://img.tfd.com/thumb/a/af/C-teen.jpg
Oh come one... a Dalek's not a droid! There's a living being inside there. A living, seething mass of pure evil!
That would be Sean Young, playing Rachel from Blade Runner. She's not a robot, but a replicant, and a very attractive one, too, I might add.
That's Bender from "Futurama", a very cool cartoon series. Love the animation when you click on your link.
[attachmentid=874] I've lost track of who's turn it is. But we need a new one to guess, so I'll offer this one. Who's the guy on the left? (bonus points if you can also name the head on the right.)
The cybermen were the original Borg! They even used a "resistance is useless" line back in the mid 60s. And on that note, has anyone seen the redesigned cybermen that will be appearing next year in the current series? Fantastic looking.