a message I deleted, then decided I wanted to reply to

[Ben Pfaff]

Edward Glowacki <glowack2@msu.edu> writes:

> 2. Have them ship (with orders to unpack and setup) a robot to the
> location of Ben's computer.  Note that this robot should have one
> or more of the following: Treads*, hover capability, lasers, gatling
> gun, missiles, baseball bat*, pepper spray, wireless communications
> device*, laughing gas, nerve gas, cloaking device, warp engines,
> garlic and wooden stakes (in case Ed is actually a vampire), or
> BFG 9000.  (* indicates preferred options for this mission)

You watch "Robot Wars"[1] on a regular basis, by any chance?

[1] Saturday nights at 11:00pm on WKAR-TV.  Don't miss it!
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