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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[It will keep the mean streets clean.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OneLove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:42AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[That is what Batman is for, and he is free of charge. Bonus.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Samboini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah, but will it clean my carpet?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Brent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder whether you can mount a minigun on that thing.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lukasz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[That would certainly help it live up to it's name.<br><br>"Drop your weapon.  You have thirty seconds to comply."]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's probably what the "civil response kit" consists of.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[egloskerry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 3:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[crysis?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why is it whenever I say crysis it gets low ranked?!!!<br>I really wanna know!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Muhammed]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 4:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[trust me, if you even have to say that, you already know...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lazerface]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:23PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[it's like a RC Car...that can kill you...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[M.Samba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[15,000 doesn't afford much protection apparently. It isn't bulletproof.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[EricR]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:51AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can see Will Smith controlling it! ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zeth Ethereal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[No reference to the awesome movie with Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Or the one with Will Smith and Bridget Moynahan. Combine the two, and you have Spacey trying to talk down Sonny (the main robot in I, Robot) who is perfectly logical and cannot be talked down.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[egloskerry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 3:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Streets man, for real.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[olsonick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:52AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a remote controlled armored toy.  Not a Robot.  boring...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Corleone]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a remote controlled toy that costs $20,000. But hey, when you're selling to the goverment, slap any price tag you like on it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[foxmcslick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[I bet your the same literal dolt that gets blue in the face with anger anytime someone calls a battlebot a robot as well.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rocketboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 3:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[ok so the iRobot is out but when do housewives get the Hancock home robot...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[konshuss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 10:54AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[a robot for a more safety world is like a wall in the desert]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[papafew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's what your comment feels like as well...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vianon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:16AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Cause nothing strikes fear into criminals than the word "iRobot"  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Skemo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:20AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[I know nothing strikes fear into my lap dog more than the iRobot. Pugs are afraid of vacuums!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[michaelportent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Can it flip itself back over if I kick it off the steps? XD ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ShadowKain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:29AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[What is the difference between this and the one they sell at Toys "R" Us?<br><br>one costs $19.99, and the other has a $19,980.01 black paint job...<br><br><br>ACTIVE DENIAL!   torture my tax dollars out of those criminal low life leaches...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iEye]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:37AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[iRobot gun git yo ass, sucka!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tina Darby]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA["Civil response kit" : I'm envisioning either a bean bag cannon / pepper spray hose combined with an extra robotic arm for giving people the finger<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Billin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 12:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[can we stop with the i when naming everything?  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[barrett rogers]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 12:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[See mom, all those video game skills you kept saying I would never use paid off.   Today, I got a job shooting people IRL with a robot for the LAPD.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[getStringFromObj()]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 12:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[iRobot has been around long before the iPod showed up and started the "iName" trend.  Besides, its a play on the classic Asimov robot book, I, Robot.<br><br>As for the $100k price tag, apparently, this thing is designed to endure bomb blasts, so that might be part of it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nugent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 1:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[I always thought that would have been the iMac? Just maybe?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 2:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[You're right, the iMac was out before the iPod.  But iRobot was still around before that, they've been around since the early 90s.  The iMac was introduced in the mid-to-late 90s.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nugent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 3:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, iRobot came out WAY before the iPod.  Not sure about the iMac though, nor do I care enough to check.  But as it's a reference to the book I Robot, well, they can get away with it all they want.  It's not like they sell an iRoomba, and iScooba, or an iDirt Dog (or would that be an iDirt iDog?)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rocketboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 3:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[iMac: 1998<br>iRobot: 1990]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CosterMonger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 4:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[if PackBot 510 cost $100000 how much would ED-209 cost?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[CosterMonger]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 6th 2008 4:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on iRobot Negotiator is a tactical bot for those mean suburban streets]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/06/irobot-negotiator-is-a-tactical-bot-for-those-mean-suburban-stre/</guid><description><![CDATA[They should test run the thing in Robot Wars<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JimBob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 10th 2008 5:46PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>