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Re: They've done it!!
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Date: 
Wed, 17 Mar 2004 01:29:24 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:
*POP* goes the bubble.  It'd be nice and cool, but it's apparently
one of those clever "not-advertising campaigns to fool you" like they
had for "I, Robot."

Ah, much more believable.  The two major problems with the alleged tale were
that a: there were no photos showing the car-robot-car transformation process
(you know that anyone who pulled it off would actually try to post video if
possible, or at least a lengthy string of photos, and there's no point in
building all the car parts on it if it's not transformable...unless it's being
used for advertisement purposes), and b: he talks of selling this idea to other
companies after secretly directing BMW production designs toward his own ends.
If he did it on the company time and/or the company dime, they own it.  Plain
and simple.  It could be the greatest invention since sliced bread, and they'd
own it, 100%.  Blatantly admitting that he was tweaking official BMW designs
based on his own personal robotic needs pretty clearly gives them grounds to sue
for ownership of any design specs and/or patents that might arise, and possibly
embezzlement as well.



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(...) *POP* goes the bubble. It'd be nice and cool, but it's apparently one of those clever "not-advertising campaigns to fool you" like they had for "I, Robot." Check this out: (URL) (21 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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