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Looks like its a first gen future Terminator...

Able to leap boxes with a single step:




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVz7K-K-5EI





Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRj34o4hN4I
 
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Grab SKS,
go innawoods
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So what's the plan here?

I feel that without man-portable rail guns, we're fucked.
 
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I don't think I can do enough cardio to give me a running chance in hell. I'm fk'd!



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Skynet is fully operational. Yeah, we are toast. Eek


Q






 
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Still finding my way
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I may have to rethink my stocking requirements for green tips.
 
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Oh stewardess,
I speak jive.
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We're probably going to regret this one day.
 
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Woke up today..
Great day!
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Yeah, we're screwed in the long run! Really cool stuff though.
 
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Do you want Cylons?

Because this is how you get Cylons.

This has all happened before...
 
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No need for the meteor. We’re gonna get Armageddon done ourselves...complete with a chrome kit and extra batteries.
 
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delicately calloused
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I'll hit 'em with an EMP.



You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier
 
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Resistance is futile....


End of Earth: 2 Miles
Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles
 
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It’s probably a lot of fun taking an expensive (for someone else) gadget like that and trying to get it to do all that. No so much if you’re the engineer responsible for it. Big Grin


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NOT compromised!
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Oh crap...this is just the start of a slippery slide for us.
 
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Wait, what?
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I won’t be worried until they pair it with true AI. A couple of .50’s would take that fella right out of action.




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Three laws safe?




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Originally posted by 12131:
Skynet is fully operational. Yeah, we are toast. Eek


Combined with the "Canadian OICW" project that looks like the rifles used by the terminators. Ominously marked "not man fireable."
 
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His diet consists of black
coffee, and sarcasm.
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Good to see that robots can handle stairs now.

 
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Originally posted by OcCurt:
Do you want Cylons?

Because this is how you get Cylons.



Big Grin





God bless America.
 
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That's nice and all but can it dance?


https://youtu.be/kHBcVlqpvZ8



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Getting a lot of 500 error messages. I guess the video has been removed?

flashguy




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