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   Your Name to traRvEsky@hotmMOVEail.com   
   Re: So Few.   
   05 Sep 11 08:58:52   
   
   From: yourname@yourisp.com   
      
   In article <4E63A65B.30B5ED9E@hotmMOVEail.com>, RT   
    wrote:   
   > Clu wrote:   
   > > On 7/30/11 12:48 AM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > >   
   > > > The original Battlestar Galactica had a robotic daggit.   
   > >   
   > > I liked the concept of a daggit.   A four legged robot that could travel   
   > > over a variety of terrain, scout, and had detectors for sensing and   
   > > scanning.   
   > >   
   > > In a race already paranoid of other cybernetic lifeforms, this robot was   
   > > given the skin that made it look something like a daggit or dog.   
   > >   
   > > Muffet (I believe the name was given to the robotic daggit) was able to   
   > > find lost members on landing parties more than once, find help on a ice   
   > > planet when the rest of the human party was unable to travel and on the   
   > > edge of perishing.   Was also helpful in pulling a firefighter from a   
   > > fire once that fire fighter had passed out from the heat and smoke.   
   > >   
   > > In the Marvel comics Muffet pulled Boxy out of a reactor room,   
   > > sacrificing itself for its regular human companion.   (was painstakingly   
   > > rebuilt later in the comic series, but took some doing to rebuild)   
   > >   
   > > Muffet took down one Cylon centurion by biting one in the leg, causing   
   > > it to short out.   
   > >   
   > > All and all I would say that Muffet and Daggits were a good concept and   
   > > good accessory to have along for landing missions.   
   >   
   > It was a crap addition for the kiddies and degraded the show even more to   
   > that level.   
      
   Yet another dumbass who doesn't realise that 'Battlestar Galactica' was   
   MEANT to be aimed at kids, just like its "inspiration" was 'Star Wars'.   
   :-\   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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