User talk:TøM

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[edit] AfD nomination of Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion

I have nominated Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion, an article you created, for deletion. I do not feel that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autonomous Mapping Evaluation and Evasion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time. Master of Puppets _{Call me MoP!☺} 21:26, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Agree to keep it

I agree with the author. If it requires edits for technical reasons then so be it, but it has some use. With the world fueled by technology for better and worse, a specific page that defines the fictional character's original design intent could help the media-saturated public appreciate how technology can go bad. This thing's capabilities were lauded by at least one character in the movie, and it later tried to kill them all. Yes, it's an animated character from a movie, but so is Mickey Mouse (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_mouse). New robots from DARPA recently are beginning to remind me of primitive AMEE's, so I came to this page to compare what the fictional robot looked like and any other info on it compared to new (real) prototypes. This movie stuff inspires new invention, lets be sure we're inventing good things. Some human-like reflexes a couple minutes in at... http://www.videosift.com/video/Boston-Dynamics-Big-Dog —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bc3000 (talk • contribs) 02:03, 21 March 2008 (UTC)