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philibuster
10/03/09

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Life, meet Ender's Game.
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Gary_7vn
08/22/09

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The ability to kill people remotely, cheaply, and without any risk to your own personnel changes the equation of war completely. For a long time after Vietnam, the US was reluctant to send its troops in harms way. Now that wars can be fought at little cost, and no risk; look for the tempo and pace of US interventions to increase dramatically.

Also look for some enterprising terrorists to turn this around and fly their own RPV's into the White House or the super bowl.
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appletoad
08/23/09

@Gary_7vn: 1300 coalition troops dead in Iraq. Little cost?
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Gary_7vn
08/29/09

@appletoad: Compared to Iwo Jima? D Day. Hue? Yup! Besides our shadowy masters use a different scale than you and I.
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Gary_7vn
08/22/09

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And maybe after he is done "bombing" the Iranians with free wifi he can bomb Google until they stop helping the Chinese to censor the internet. But then he would have to pay more for his slave made elevator shoes.
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Gary_7vn
08/22/09

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In the future, everyone will be criminals. Oh, you are not a criminal? Downloaded any mp3's lately? If one criminal has no rights, then no criminal has any rights, and yes, I'm talking to you Mr. Vuze.

Cardinal Richelieu
Prime Minister of France
1585 - 1642
If you give me six lines written
by the most honest man, I will find
something in them to hang him.

—Cardinal Richelieu

It's about social control, it's about the day when the people get fed up with losing their homes, while banks get fatter and fatter, that's when they shut it all down.

If you don't like that, they have a heat ray ready for you!
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strider_mt2k
08/22/09

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Welcome to the future.

Don't think for a second they won't use them on us too.

-and they'll be just as clinical.

Enjoy.
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Gary_7vn
08/29/09

@strider_mt2k: good point
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Wburg
08/21/09

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Did she say, "lasing?"
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skierpage
08/21/09

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Technology improves and gets cheaper. So how long before terrorists use the same tools to target soldiers, politicians, whoever? Or, why aren't they using radio-controlled aerial vehicles to kill people right now?
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Audi5000
08/21/09

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I would have 0 problem pushing that little red button.
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Gary_7vn
08/22/09

@Audi5000: Yeah, and what goes around comes around.

Why do they hate us?
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switchblade saints
08/21/09

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I am predator proof.
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aec007
08/21/09

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Sorry... this is ALL FAKE.

Specially with the Saitek and Logitech Keyboards and joysticks.
The fake kill was a bad Photochopp.

> DO you want to see the REAL thing? then head over to:
[www.popsci.com]

Then read the article at this month's Popular Science magazine and watch real videos of Predator and Reapers.
See how bad guys blow up and read how the US is struggling to get a 1100 pilot UAV force.
It's the changing face of war.
Very interesting.
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TheGerk
08/21/09

@aec007: "What you see in the video is a simulation"

RTFA.
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strider_mt2k
08/22/09

@aec007: Yes.

Popular Science, that scion of in-depth journalism.
THEY'LL show us all the way!

(I'm likely to be chuckling over THAT one for quite some time.)
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sxs3200
08/21/09

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That looks like a fun job. Get an awesome desk/rig, play games all day and help overpopulation all at the same time!
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avi.weiss
08/21/09

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Of course, the larger issue is how "terrorist" is defined.

As the ability to deliver lethal force from a distance with lower cost devices, it is logical progression that these systems will be deployed with greater regularity, and the definition of "terrorist" will become broader and broader....
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lpranal
08/21/09

@avi.weiss: what? why? why would our criteria for what defines a terrorist change? We might be shooting more people we already define as terrorists given your assumptions of broader deployments, but it simply does not follow all the sudden we'll loosen our definition of what a "terrorist" is for no apparent reason
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aec007
08/21/09

@avi.weiss:
Terrorist: A-Hole killing innocent civilians to impose his will.

US Soldier: Defender of Freedom that puts himself in harm's way to protect innocent civilians killed by Terrorists, using a gun to kill at a distance.

UAV Pilot: Defender of Freedom that puts himself in a virtual cockpit 1/2 a world away to protect innocent civilians killed by Terrorists, using a UAV to kill at a distance AND can kiss and tuck his kids good night at the end of the shift.

There is no change in the definition of a *Terrorists*, they will still be a-holes killing innocent civilians.
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The5thElephant
08/21/09

@aec007: You guys are talking like the US military has not killed innocent civilians (in fact many more than the "actual" terrorists). Sure they don't do it on purpose, but does your well meaning really count when you have killed thousands more civilians than your enemies?

I have every respect for the military in general, but not in this stupid war on terrorism. We have far more effectively terrorized a civilian population than they have terrorized ours, and in doing so we may have created a lot more people wanting to terrorize us.

We are terrorists as much as they are, the only difference is that we have a healthier society than they do and believe we are somehow protecting it with these wars.

We say look how horrible the Lockerbie bombings were and we should never have released that prisoner. But NOBODY mentions the Iranian passenger plane we downed before Lockerbie, or the fact that we gave the crew a medal for it.

I am not supporting terrorism whatsoever, I'm just saying we have no right to say that they are terrorists and we aren't.
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Gary_7vn
08/22/09

@The5thElephant: The level of sociopathy and mindless jingoism displayed by some of the posters here is nauseating.
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Gary_7vn
08/22/09

@lpranal: Because that is human nature, that is our history, our reality. Remember when the government used to need a warrant to read your emails? Ah, the good old days, before the war on a tactic.
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DustyButt™
08/21/09

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I know a guy who used to do this. He called one day and said he really had to talk to me and that it was important. Later that same night, he was shot while walking to his car in a poorly lit parking garage. It was never covered on the news or anything.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
08/21/09

@DustyButt™: Uh huh...

It's a lot easier to just make a body disappear than it is to convince the news to not talk about something after the police are involved. In fact, you WANT the media to paint it as something other than it is. You know, gang violence or a carjacking gone bad.

I'm sorry, I'm not even in the CIA (that you know of) and I could find better ways to get rid of someone than this.
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DustyButt™
08/21/09

@Lite: killed Dumbledore:
Oh, I'm sorry. You took me seriously.
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omgwtflolbbqbye
08/21/09

@DustyButt™: That's so weird cause sometime ago I was out for my weekly nighttime serial murder and decided on some guy in a parking garage (the weather around that area was nice for midnight strolls).

The next day I didn't hear anything about it on the news either!
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
08/21/09

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I'd frag her.
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DigitalPasture
08/21/09

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I've got a friend who does this. He hates it (for the military, not the CIA to the best of my knowledge). Unlike a "real" pilot, the commanders tend to overload the UAV pilots and have them fly consecutive missions. My friend doesn't like it due to the fact when you make a strike you can see the people scattering and getting blown to bits. Not something you get as a jet pilot typically.
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SacGamer
08/21/09

@DigitalPasture: Sounds like something I'd enjoy, seeing as these "people" want to destroy my country and kill innocent people.

Also, these "people" have probably fired upon our soldiers. They deserve it for that alone.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
08/21/09

@SacGamer: That's because you play video games and don't know what it feels like to take a real life, of a real human, who has just as many real day-to-day problems to deal with as you do.

They're no less human than you are. Their lives are worth no less than yours in the grand scheme of things. The only difference is who dies and who lives at that moment.

Stop talking out of your moronic ass.
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