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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:26 PM Original message |
Pentagon exploring robot killers that can fire on their own |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well what do you expect? That annual 512 Billion Dollar budget isn't gonna spend itself. |
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Yunomi (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
2. DUDE!! |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
3. I can always tell who's going to win a fight |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
23. The robot troops make war more palatable to the American public. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. I'm looking at it from another angle. |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. What could possibly go wrong with this brilliant idea? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And you thought "Galactica" was just a good TV show |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. "Self aware" or "conscious" is a long way off though |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
30. I don't think it would be necessary to program a human brain exactly into a computer... |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Have you read "On Intelligence"? |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
35. After all, "self-governing, armed robots" are a great idea! |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. like the hummer, will it eventually be available for puchase by the public? |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Sure they will, eventually |
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Soylent Brice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. ! |
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Dr.Phool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I have killer robot in my house. |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. actually, |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Skynet. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. I vascilate between wondering whether our architects pay too much or too little |
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cobalt1999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. The technology to do this is cool though |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Until they rebel against us, go underground, only to return |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Where does the robot sex come in... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I'm sure there is some sort of lever that can switch the killbot into a thrillbot, but it probably |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
14. ZOMG! We're considering HKs!!!! |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
15. So that's why they need to reform Social Security -- so they can afford these nasty toys. |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. What could possibly go wrong? |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. If only Isaac Asimov had written on this subject. Or Alfred Bester. Hmmm. Wonder |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Reminds me a bit of this video... |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. Who makes them? |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
21. Lovely! People are homeless and starving and the thugs in the Pentagon |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #21 |
39. I'm glad you took the time to connect this to the living world of human beings who are allegedly |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Thanks! Remember the movie Patton? Remember the scene |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Hope their plans will backfire on them. They've gone too far over the line. n/t |
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AKing (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. Welcome to "Western World 2020" |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
24. All I can do anymore is just shake my head. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Daleks are Coming! |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:50 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Exterminate! Ha, we probably have the Doctor stored at Gitmo. n/t |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. OK, but anyone who approves, must accept moving their office adjacent to the testing range. |
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Blackhatjack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. TERMINATORS!!! Here sooner than anyone throught ... |
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christx30 (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #31 |
47. Plus, |
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ForrestGump (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
33. Will they have Austrian accents? |
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ElboRuum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. The winner would be the one that runs out of parts last. |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-25-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
34. Awesome! |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
37. Ban this NOW |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
38. They've seen Terminator too many times. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
41. Let me be the first to make a Robocop reference. |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
44. So much for Asimov's First Law. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 11:17 AM Response to Original message |
45. Can I have my national health insurance now, please? |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
48. that was Schwarzenegger's job before he ran for governor. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
49. robots are expensive and don't make for good TV war footage |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Are you kidding? These guys look great |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. they got their scrawny asses handed to them, too.... |
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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-26-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
52. No. Absolutely oppose this |
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