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- noun A remote manipulation system in which a slave device mimics the motions of a master device manipulated directly by the operator.
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Examples
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Atmosphere in the suit reads high levels of hydrogen sulphide; the port for the waldo is dead.
365 tomorrows » submission : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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And anyway, its called the market place, the real world, actions have consequences, three strikes and your out ... or something like that. oh yeah and the the best example of what waldo is talking about is a guy down the street took down his “god bless the troops and god bless the president” sign yesterday.
Waldo Jaquith - Will your core beliefs switch with the presidency? 2009
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Atmosphere in the suit reads high levels of hydrogen sulphide; the port for the waldo is dead.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » June : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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For example, my earlier use of the word waldo would, for many, tell them that this is some kind of remotely controlled technology that mirrors the body or its functions in some way.
Nay to the Naysayers: Avatar, Credit, and Intertextuality 2010
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A waldo is a remote manipulator that mimics human motion at larger and smaller scales.
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Dec 31st, 2003 at 4: 39 pm waldo is a fortune teller:
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Okay, that’s one way to put it but their list won’t hold true to all of their choices though the great three, Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Robert Heinlein, whose fiction did inspire inventions and many of them are named after the artifacts in the books (a waldo is one example).
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I’m not saying that there isn’t widespread support for the bypass – maybe there is. but if waldo is right (and clearly he’s had some recent coursework in statistical sampling methodology), then this survey doesn’t prove that.
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What you see is only what our little Joanna would call a waldo, operated by my mind at a distance.
The Silicon Mage Hambly, Barbara 1988
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Jon @ ALTA | Sunday morning lifeblogging: adventures in European subtitling waldo | As Europe's Banks Falter, Is There A Risk To The Eurozone?
fbharjo commented on the word waldo
Have you been to the Waldo Astoria? between Albuquerque and Santa Fe on an exit off I-25 at the top of La Bajada.
September 19, 2007
reesetee commented on the word waldo
Heehee! Really?
September 19, 2007
uselessness commented on the word waldo
That's great. Actually I'm not even sure where Waldo is... ;-)
September 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word waldo
Fbharjo just said, uselessness. Aren't you listening?? ;-)
September 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word waldo
When you consider that most of New Mexico looks like this...
...it becomes quite clear that finding something "between Albuquerque and Santa Fe" is easier said than done. :-P
September 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word waldo
Wow! Nifty photo! :-)
I was just kiddin', uselessness. I'm just jealous, having always wanted to visit NM and not yet having managed it.
September 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word waldo
It's a beautiful state, and my time spent here is utterly wasted. I guess that's true for me wherever I live, though, being an out-of-shape air-conditioned computer nerd. ;-)
September 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word waldo
Move to PA, and you can turn off the A.C. for half the year and freeze your ass off instead. ;-)
September 20, 2007
plethora commented on the word waldo
Wally. His name is Wally.
June 29, 2008
bilby commented on the word waldo
"Some Muppets don't have eyes at all; instead, glasses, lashes or eyebrows function as 'eyes'. Others have the ability to roll their eyes, blink or move their eyebrows. Builders use a variety of methods to accomplish this, including wires and strings accessible to the Muppeteer, remote controls or a motion-capture device (known in the industry as a Waldo) worn on the hand of another performer.
- Shanna Freeman, How Muppets Work, howstuffworks.com, cited 4 Sep 2009.
September 4, 2009
dontcry commented on the word waldo
When I lived in PA, I dated a guy named Wally for a while. Really.
September 4, 2009
arcadia commented on the word waldo
My husband had a friend who was cooking up the idea of Where's Waldo books on tape. Think about it, cuz it's pretty funny. A sampling:
Astronaut. Scientist. Alien waitress. Waldo. Octopus-man. Space cop. Waldo's cane. Cyclops. etc.
PS: I live in PA but I haven't met Wally yet.
September 4, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word waldo
Waldo, Florida is the place where I first saw Catahoula Leopard dogs - prized by old Florida cattlemen for their fearlessness and ability to negotiate even the thickest palmetto scrub to extricate stray range cows and bring them to the herd.
September 4, 2009
tbtabby commented on the word waldo
The waldo looks nervous.
January 2, 2012