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A future for drones: Automated killing
Washington Post ^ | September 19 | Peter Finn

Posted on 09/20/2011 5:36:05 AM PDT by markomalley

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To: 6SJ7

I love the practical nature of FReepers.


21 posted on 09/20/2011 7:32:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 6SJ7

I love the practical nature of FReepers.


22 posted on 09/20/2011 7:32:22 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

“The less we put our own good men into hellish situations like that, the better.”

I’m all for that...


23 posted on 09/20/2011 7:35:37 AM PDT by Mashood
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To: markomalley

Does anyone recall the sci-fi story of the advanced civilization where wars are fought by computers that determine the outcome of a battle?

Then the computers dictates how many casualties were sustained by each army and each side must exterminate that number of people.

I can’t recall if it is a book or perhaps a Star Trek episode.


24 posted on 09/20/2011 7:55:36 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Muslims who advocate, support, or carry out Jihad give the other 1% a bad name)
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To: Iron Munro

Star Trek.


25 posted on 09/20/2011 7:59:23 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: ASA Vet

Wow. I’d have loved to meet him. I thoroughly enjoyed the entire Foundation series, even after it got repetitive. The whole series in still in my bookshelf. I think I’m going to re-read some of it, just because it’s there.

What a prolific writer, and versatile thinker. Pity he was somewhat left of centre, but that is beside the point.

Oh, I remember now that it was R. Daneel Olivaw, not R. Giskard, that came up with the zeroth law, FWIW.

Thanks for the memory twig.


26 posted on 09/20/2011 8:53:57 AM PDT by Don W (You can forget what you do for a living when your knees are in the breeze.)
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To: Iron Munro
I can’t recall if it is a book or perhaps a Star Trek episode.

It was a Star Trek episode.

Regards,
GtG

27 posted on 09/20/2011 8:56:43 AM PDT by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Stupid special effects folks! Gatlings only fire when the barrels index into one, single, fixed position. In the other positions they are ejecting, loading, and cooling... Totally bogus!


28 posted on 09/20/2011 10:11:01 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray; DuncanWaring

Yeah, I loved how that episode was resolved when Captain Kirk threatened to completely destroy the aggressor planet if they did not stop the exterminations. Prime Directive my butt! :)


29 posted on 09/20/2011 10:18:27 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray; DuncanWaring
"Star Wars"

Thanks.


30 posted on 09/20/2011 10:34:47 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Muslims who advocate, support, or carry out Jihad give the other 1% a bad name)
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