From the Paleo-Future blog:

The Robot Rebellion (1982)

In all the futurism books written for children, this may be the most hilariously disturbing two-page spread I've seen. This image, from the book Fact or Fantasy (World of Tomorrow) depicts robots that have determined humans are no longer necessary and now must be hunted down.

I can just see some little Billy or Susie in the early 80s reading that, "...allied to robots of superhuman strength, these computers might take over the world and see no place in it for ourselves." The aforementioned child then proceeds to poop their pants.

Larger version of the robot rebellion picture for kids: [link]

My normal circadian rhythm is more like sleeping from 4am-noon.

Me, too. And it only takes a weekend for me to fall into this rhythm.

I'd say that my normal rhythm is to sleep from around midnight - 9. That's PM.

The 100th episode had all sorts of people back

Right. Yeah, that episode did have a Buffy vibe. I think it was mainly Will being back, who always had a bit of a Xander-ish vibe to him.

Possibly of interest to those who have blood:

Soon, blood cells from donated blood will be universally compatible -

Researchers led by Henrik Clausen of the University of Copenhagen have discovered two enzymes that efficiently chop the A and B sugars off of red blood cells, making them universal. The company ZymeQuest, based in Beverly, MA, has licensed the enzymes and developed a machine that can simultaneously treat eight units of blood with the enzymes in 90 minutes.

The two chopping enzymes discovered by Clausen are made by bacteria. They selectively cleave only A or B sugars, leaving other sugars on the red cells' surface intact. The enzymes cleave each of these sugars so that there is no risk of an immune reaction in the patient. And they perform well at a neutral pH. The enzymes discovered previously did not do all these things.

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robot rebellion picture

Does the patch on that guy's chest say "Cop 7"? They thought cops of the future would wear 70's style velour jumpsuits?

The Robot Rebellion (1982)

Just one year after the first incident of a robot killing a person.

Yeah, that episode did have a Buffy vibe.

Yep because he was totally the everyman.

Do you find it odd we are whitefonting for a show that ended last year?! Habit?

Do you find it odd we are whitefonting for a show that ended last year?! Habit?

I wasn't sure the 100th episode was in the 1 year time frame. That WAS last season, right? Since Sydney was pregnant.

Does the patch on that guy's chest say "Cop 7"? They thought cops of the future would wear 70's style velour jumpsuits?

Perhaps they thought actual future cop fashion would be too disturbing to show to kids....