Band To Build Replacement Cello Player
I Cello Robot
May 23rd, 2004 -- Upon hearing of Professor Dre's impending departure today, G-Man hatched a bold plan.
"The way I see it," he said, "anything we can do, robots can do better. Truthfully, cyborgs get a bad wrap these days and I'm not quite sure why. Perhaps the Cellonator-4000 can change all of that. It can't be that hard. I've read Asimov."
No doubt shades of Shelley taint the imaginations of mainstream America. But surely, these are not the power hungry Dr. Frankensteins of lore; fear not… they have no Metropolis waiting around the corner. These are your friends after all.
At first, there was an outcry, -- a public backlash against such bravado. Picketers marched in front of vee device headquarters with signs reading: "Robots want your soul!" and "God does not play dice (or with robots)!" A particularly contentious issue was the fact that G-Man had taken the helm on the project. The crowds claimed he had no business meddling with such awesome power.
But these concerns were quickly disarmed when he circulated his mad-scientist resume. Quicker than you could imagine, the tide changed. Onlookers lent him their full support. They chanted his name cheering “Ro-bots, Ro-bots, Ro-bots are fun!” In retrospect, how could they have ever doubted him – after all, this was the same man who'd taken a trip to the moon from his own backyard.
"If anyone can pull it off, it's him." This coming from Fenn. "I'm proud to contribute my experience to this effort. If there's anything I learned from my time tracking lynx in Vermont, it's cat-like reflexes. We'll be sure to incorporate that into the Cellonator."
Deej only had a single comment when he heard of the scheme: "Hey... that's great. Some of my best friends are robots!"
My goodness. Well, in any event, it shouldn't be long until the four have answered that age old question: Do robots dream of electronic sheep?
Long Live The vee Revolution.