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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 387<br />
| date = February 22, 2008<br />
| title = Advanced Technology<br />
| image = advanced_technology.png<br />
| titletext = We are sexy, sexy Von Neumann machines.<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
Despite how advanced technology is, we (in early 2013) still have yet to create a machine that replicates itself, an accomplishment that only biological organisms can lay claim to.<br />
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A {{w|Self-replicating_machine|Von Neumann machine}} refers to what is usually called "Von Neumann probe" or "Self replicating machine", a machine that is capable of building a fully functional copy of itself.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
:[Cueball is inspecting a woman's crotch.]<br />
:Cueball: It's neat how you contain a factory for making more of you.<br />
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{{comic discussion}}<br />
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