The Week contest: Robot melodrama
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This week's question: Tech executive Bernt Bornich has staffed his house with a robot butler. What would you call a Downton Abbey-style drama where the household staff is made up entirely of humanoid machines?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Virginia aliens
THE WINNER: "Upload, Download"
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Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Florida
SECOND PLACE: "The Servers"
Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Connecticut
THIRD PLACE: "Modem Family"
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Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
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Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Massachusetts
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Erica Avery, Greenfield, Massachusetts
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Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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John Bregoli, Weymouth, Massachusetts
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Bill Jonas, San Clemente, California
"Nann-E"
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Rick Plasmati, Foxborough, Massachusetts
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Chris Solberg, Sergeant Bluff, Iowa
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Amelia Sizemore, Washington, D.C.
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