On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 1:48 PM, mike <[email protected]> wrote: > Where does a robot engender fear and aprehension? Droid is a play on > google's OS name, not motorola's.
An android is defined as a robotic automaton, specifically a robot that takes on human form and functionality, a la the humanoid destroyer depicted in the "Terminator" movie series or the metal woman in "Metropolis," or those in the Will Smith movie, the title of which currently escapes me. Androids are not normally considered as warm and fuzzy robots that do good. In stories, they typically exist to wreak havoc upon the human populous. I think that type of imagery works well in the United States, particularly since we are engaged in the war without end, or so we have been told. Thus, we saw the original Droid ads drawing upon that name as well as drawing upon metal machines of destruction to sell that product. Steve ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
