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Tim wrote:
On Dec 22, 4:05 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
messagenews:9rrtk490qae7vfo5r2fq2ekhj67q2vj21i@4ax .com...

Think the one thing this robot needs is a red light cycling from
side-to-side?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12...lout_ceremony/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dobrNcrdRxw
And no you morons, I'm not talking about Kitt - I'm talking about
these kind of red lights.
http://www.swsports.org/images/cylonraider8-439x170.jpg
Sorry - no time for religious/political/personal debates - just a
quick driveby while I have WIFI.

I like the comment " US aerospace'n'killware goliath ". Son in law works on
GPS sats for the government. Says the big thing is the unmanned planes..
The bad guys in Afghanistan worry more about those than troops. they are up
there unseen, but carry bad arse bombs and rockets.


"The X-47B, in fact, will be one of the first true killer robots, able
to conduct a mission using live weapons without needing to communicate
with pilots or even supervisors on its mother ship or back in the
USA..."


What if the thing blows a chip and develops "Hal-9000" syndrome?


You had better be wearing you IFF transponder and have it set properly.