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Gog? What
the heck is Gog? For those with very long memories for the very
obscure, Gog is the eponymous character of the 1954 film of the same
name about a load of scientists at a space research lab being killed
off one by one by their automated equipment. Not to mention that
the robots that help run the place have gone berserk as well. No, it isn't a Window's problem. It turns out that spies in a
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Gog is actually a pretty
sound bit of design for the '50s. For one thing, the filmmakers
realised that with the average computer of the day filling a large
room, there was no way that Gog was going to carry its brains in its
body, so it was allegedly designed to be controlled by a distant,
immobile computer. Also, it's not anthropomorphic, but looks more
like a metallic octopus on tank treads and has various specialised
claws and a handy flame thrower.
FLAME THROWER?!? |
