Its only 1 game blah blah I don't care that was awesome

Probably one of the only times being passed out on the Metro floor is mildly acceptable

A lot of people in DC are doing the entire "don't overreact, its only 1 game" routine and my question to them is:  if we can't overreact now, then when the hell can we overreact??  The guy the Redskins just mortgaged their next 3-5 years on just posted the best QB performance of Week 1 and took a huge deuce all over the Superdome.  Its one of the only times, as a Redskins fan, I could think an appropriate reaction by another Redskins fan would be to get so drunk you pass out on the nasty, foul, germ-infested floor of the DC Metro. 

It was probably the best QB performance by someone wearing a Skins jersey since the early 90's.  You're goddamn right I'm overreacting.  Hail!!

Defense Department Creates Olympian caliber running robot

A robot created by the Department of Defense can now run faster than Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt.  The Cheetah robot – developed by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) – broke its own land speed record of 18 mph Wednesday by going 28.3 mph in a 20-meter split.

DARPA states on its website that it hopes to use the Cheetah robot in emergency responses, humanitarian missions and other defense missions.

The Cheetah robot is the latest in a series of advancements - drones, self-thinking robots, etc - that is bringing mankind closer and closer to the inevitable "Judgement Day", when the machines become self aware and begin a planet-wide war against human civilization.  J&N was able to sit down with the technical lead of the Cheetah project, Dr. Alfred Rizzi, as well as several other subject matter experts who have had considerable experience with aggressive robots/machines in the field to discuss the matter.

Sarah Connor did not react well when she found out about the Cheetah

Dr. Alfred Rizzi:  Our real goal is to create a robot that moves freely outdoors while it runs fast.  We are building an outdoor version that we call WildCat, that should be ready for testing early next year.

Morpheus: Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive.

Sarah Connor: How are you supposed to know? Fucking men like you built the hydrogen bomb. Men like you thought it up. You think you're so creative. You don't know what it's like to really create something; to create a life; to feel it growing inside you. All you know how to create is death...

The Terminator: Why do you cry?
Dr. Alfred Rizzi:  What DARPA is doing with its robotics programs is attempting to understand and engineer into robots certain core capabilities that living organisms have refined over millennia of evolution: efficient locomotion, manipulation of objects and adaptability to environments.
Morpheus: What is "real"? How do you define "real"?

Sarah Connor: It's gonna feel pretty fucking real to you too. Anybody not wearing 2 million sunblock is gonna have a real bad day. Get it? 

Morpheus: Do you believe that my being stronger or faster has anything to do with my muscles in this place?
The Terminator: It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.



Does the Cheetah know kung fu?



Morpheus: Free your mind.
Dr. Alfred Rizzi:  Our Cheetah bot borrows ideas from nature’s design to inform stride patterns, flexing and unflexing of parts like the back, placement of limbs and stability.

The Terminator: The more contact I have with humans, the more I learn.
John Connor: [holds up robot arm] Will this melt in the lava?
Dr. Alfred Rizzi:  What we gain through Cheetah and related research efforts are technological building blocks that create possibilities for a whole range of robots suited to future Department of Defense missions.”

Morpheus: I imagine that right now, you're feeling a bit like Alice. Hmm? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?

The Terminator: I need a vacation.
Great talk, everyone.