Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 20, 2005 Author Posted June 20, 2005 Dr Octopus LIVES! 362243[/snapback] I was thinking along the lines of Starship Troopers or Warhammer 40K, but yeah, that works...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 20, 2005 Author Posted June 20, 2005 And in other Technology news: I like this one. Imagine us beign able to project power on our enemies 24/7/365 without human casaulties or fatigue. Just instantaneous, point and click death from above.
Benjamin Franklin Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 And in other Technology news: I like this one. Imagine us beign able to project power on our enemies 24/7/365 without human casaulties or fatigue. Just instantaneous, point and click death from above. 362251[/snapback] And imagine our enemies doing that to us.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 20, 2005 Author Posted June 20, 2005 And imagine our enemies doing that to us. 362253[/snapback] Fortunatley, there are no other nations capable of building these things, at least ones that aren't hostile to us. Key is, we build them first. That way we can keep them from building them. Nice quote, this: "But it may not be long before UCAVs overcome their limitations. In early February, the Boeing pair took off from Edwards, circled over the Mojave Desert, automatically attacked a simulated missile site, and returned to their orbits. Minutes later a second missile site, unknown to the UCAVs’ computers, advertised its presence by sending simulated radar signals, and the UCAVs attacked it, too. The ground-based operator’s only job was to OK the release of weapons."
Mark VI Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 And in other Technology news: I like this one. Imagine us beign able to project power on our enemies 24/7/365 without human casaulties or fatigue. Just instantaneous, point and click death from above. 362251[/snapback] Forget it. We'd outsource the operations to Pakistan to impress the shareholders, forgetting our actual mission.
EC-Bills Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 Forget it. We'd outsource the operations to Pakistan to impress the shareholders, forgetting our actual mission. 362257[/snapback] While I find the statement pretty funny, sadly it would be true as well.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 Technology. 362233[/snapback] Is this going to be protested by the far, far right for being against God's will, or by the far, far left for...well, for reasons known only to them?
EC-Bills Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 Is this going to be protested by the far, far right for being against God's will, or by the far, far left for...well, for reasons known only to them? 362282[/snapback] Well, we could start a poll to have people come up with "reasons" of the far far left. You know we need another poll since TD is the Son of Satan is gone...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 20, 2005 Author Posted June 20, 2005 Is this going to be protested by the far, far right for being against God's will, or by the far, far left for...well, for reasons known only to them? 362282[/snapback] I don't think there's a religious argument to be made against THIS technology. Well, except for the fact that the military could somehow co-opt it and use it as an instrument of death. But that's a whole other can of worms.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 I don't think there's a religious argument to be made against THIS technology. Well, except for the fact that the military could somehow co-opt it and use it as an instrument of death. But that's a whole other can of worms. 362288[/snapback] There's ALWAYS a religious argument to be made for and against something. One could argue that powered exoskeletons are against God's will since he obviously WANTS the crippled to be immobile. Not that I'm saying that myself...but given that there's people who shoot OBGYN's in the name of "thou shalt not kill", somewhere out there some narrow-minded zealot will believe power-assisted mobility is unholy...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 20, 2005 Author Posted June 20, 2005 There's ALWAYS a religious argument to be made for and against something. One could argue that powered exoskeletons are against God's will since he obviously WANTS the crippled to be immobile. Not that I'm saying that myself...but given that there's people who shoot OBGYN's in the name of "thou shalt not kill", somewhere out there some narrow-minded zealot will believe power-assisted mobility is unholy... 362420[/snapback] I think you'll get more arguments from eco-types when it comes to non-biological technology. Youd you imagine something akin to a deep sea suit, armored with composite materials and air-conditioned with a powered exoskeleton inside? You'd have a bulletproof, chem-weapons-proof and superhuman-strength killing machine on two legs.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 I think you'll get more arguments from eco-types when it comes to non-biological technology. 362428[/snapback] No doubt. I just have an easier time imagining the far-far-right's looney reaction ("God doesn't like it!") than the far-far-left's...simply because their looney reaction could be for any one of a number of BS reasons.
blzrul Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 I think you'll get more arguments from eco-types when it comes to non-biological technology. Youd you imagine something akin to a deep sea suit, armored with composite materials and air-conditioned with a powered exoskeleton inside? You'd have a bulletproof, chem-weapons-proof and superhuman-strength killing machine on two legs. 362428[/snapback] That doesn't sound like anything any Christian person would welcome. I'd think a Christian person would want to find ways to prevent killing, not hone it to a precision science. And I'm not a right winger in case you had missed that somewhere. On the other hand, as long as there are men there are unfortunately going to be idiots starting wars. So these things should be developed and handed out to all women and children, our beloved "collateral damage", to use as protection and defense. Now THAT I could support.
Tux of Borg Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 And in other Technology news: I like this one. Imagine us beign able to project power on our enemies 24/7/365 without human casaulties or fatigue. Just instantaneous, point and click death from above. 362251[/snapback] I wonder how our friends over in China would defend against something like this. Assuming this thing runs on radio signals, couldn't China just jam the signal? Something they have a lot of experience at.
Rubes Posted June 20, 2005 Posted June 20, 2005 They'd better be careful. Before long, those robotic planes will develop a mind of their own and start attacking everything human. At least, that's what I'm told at the movies.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 I wonder how our friends over in China would defend against something like this. Assuming this thing runs on radio signals, couldn't China just jam the signal? Something they have a lot of experience at. 362699[/snapback] Probably not. I know how I'd design the thing to make it unjammable as a practical matter (satellite LOS burst transmissions, semi-autonomous flight modes), and I have got to believe that Boeing can do a better job than I can...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted June 21, 2005 Author Posted June 21, 2005 On the other hand, as long as there are men there are unfortunately going to be idiots starting wars. So these things should be developed and handed out to all women and children, our beloved "collateral damage", to use as protection and defense. Now THAT I could support. 362677[/snapback] Sexist bigot.
GG Posted June 21, 2005 Posted June 21, 2005 On the other hand, as long as there are men there are unfortunately going to be idiots starting wars. So these things should be developed and handed out to all women and children, our beloved "collateral damage", to use as protection and defense. Now THAT I could support. 362677[/snapback] ... and Maggie took a cruiser, with all hands. Apparently, to make 'em give it back. --------------------------
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