X-Google-Language: Japanese,JIS X-Google-Thread: f996b,96dfa7b60eadfb12 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-05 04:19:56 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newshub1.kdd1.nap.home.ne.jp!news.home.ne.jp!news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "KIRARA" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episode 350 Lines: 31 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:19:50 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.22.17.84 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.ne.jp X-Trace: news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp 1046866790 61.22.17.84 (Wed, 05 Mar 2003 21:19:50 JST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 21:19:50 JST Organization: @Home Network Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:22142 "Joaquim G穗dara" wrote in message news:b43m4i$1qusdl$1@ID-102694.news.dfncis.de... > "KIRARA" skrev i meddelandet > news:aLa9a.30044$ZS4.693406@news1.rdc1.ky.home.ne.jp > > /.I don't understand maker-name"IKEA". > > Just boorish to ask but I want to know about it. > > Is this maker-name the symbol of something?/. > > It's a Swedish company that makes furniture. They're known for > selling their products in parts and making the customer assemble > the furniture. In this strip, I'm referring to a couple of old > strips where the origin of the robot is explained. > http://www.nerd-boy.net/nbbrowse.php?beg=80&end=81 > > Basically, she's a "build your own robot" kit, a combination of > Japanese advanced technology and a Swedish business idea. Thanx!I can see the story clearly. And now I understand meaning of "arc strip" to see your next post, episode 351. :-D Funny robot who has emotion, I remember 80's famous song"Mr.ROBOT"by STYX . But he(male robot) wasn't berserk......Mmm. KIRARA