In I.Robot, didn't US Robotics used to make modems?
 

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Yep...and they still do.

http://usrobotics.com/

US Robotics has been around forever

Yup,,,and I bought the stock in the IPO,,,then sold when the Asend bought them out like 5 years ago:glugglug

For the love of GOD.. Please fix your keyboard.. I'm tired of seeing ,,,,,, instead of .............

Or stop fucking using them. Thanks.

do they make Robots now ?

Not until 2035.

http://www.usr.com/press/irobot-popu...obot-movie.htm

Your right,,,my keyboard is sticky for some strange reason:(

they sure did... during the good old days

use a sock for jerking off.

this way cum wont fly everywhere.

It's what i do :thumbsup

i got to go guys... good night.!!

The whole movie was just a creative way to spam.

Yup. Us robotics was kind of worried to do it at first, then they went for it. Figuring any publicity is good.

p.s. sheer in your face spam was taco bell in demolition man.

umm yeah i remember seeing that in the movie. I though it was just some other US Robotics company

they have great modems back in the day.

nobody cares.... shut down that postbot

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Wernt they bought out by 3com a few years ago?

no, the firm is called USR or US robotics..


I was thinking the same thing when I watched that movie..

Either the movie people are going to get their asses sued off, or they made a deal with USR(more probably) to use their name..

Really made me laugh though

http://www.usr.com/press/irobot-popu...obot-movie.htm

"Watch for U.S. Robotics featured in this summer's epic action spectacular - I, ROBOT from Twentieth Century Fox -- scheduled to open July 16, 2004 (International launch dates may vary- see www.irobotmovie.com for details). Starring Will Smith as a Chicago Police Detective, the movie is based upon the nine stories in Isaac Asimov's "I, ROBOT" anthology, which also served as the inspiration for our company name. Much like the movie's leading-edge special effects, U.S. Robotics has been at the forefront of modem technology by connecting users to the Internet for nearly three decades.

I was at supercom this yr in Chicago and USRobotics was running the trailer for the movie in thier booth,

My first modem was made by them.. . Ahh the memories :)

im a robot

No.. GVC Rules. :Graucho

You could drop it like 100000 times on the floor and they would still work. :glugglug

Yeah thats just the name Asimov used for the robotics company in his BOOK, way way back in the day.. then a technology company came along, the founders must have read the book and then they used that name for themselves.

I use to use a couple of their modems back in the days

Yup, I think that's it's actually US Robotics who bought the rights :1orglaugh I'm not a 100% sure about this though..

Yea I know somebody who probably has over 100 of them stored in a box arround his basement :P

us robotics modems were always considered the better ones to have.

That was commercial propaganda back then.. When I bought my 1200 bauds GVC modem in 1988 it lasted longer than most of my friend's US Robotics modems.. The stats sample was small, but it still convinced me that all the hype surrounding their modems was bullshit.