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    Image of iCurmudgeon iCurmudgeon
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    The Reaper may be unmanned, but a jet it's not. It's basically a beefed-up predator with hard points for weapons like missiles and other forms of high-tech mayhem.
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    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    the bewginnings of terminator...
    the robot jet fighter plane thing
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    Image of AusJeb AusJeb
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    The Reaper got tired of playing by the rules and decided to after Osama on its own.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment AusJeb was starred AusJeb was unstarred
    Image of WaR_HaWk WaR_HaWk
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    probably someone hacked it.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/18/09

    @WaR_HaWk: Indeed.
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    Image of Greasy Breakfast Greasy Breakfast
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    It was looking for a wedding to bomb.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/18/09

    @Greasy Breakfast: Yeah Gundam reference. But wasn't the wedding bombed by an evil pilot? not an automaton?

    I'm such a loser. Kill me.
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    Image of nathanst nathanst
    09/18/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: He's (most likely) referring to the ambiguity of "wedding" in extremist Islamic groups. It can mean a real wedding or a suicide bomber going to Allah to get his virgin brides.

    Periodically, intelligence groups will misinterpret the reference and a real wedding will get bombed.

    Your mistake is forgiven as it included a reference from the the greater Nerd Kingdom.
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    Image of Makidian Makidian
    09/18/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: It's okay here because you are among your own kind, other losers who understand Gundam references or any other obscure anime/scifi/comic/etc comment that a person of normal societal status would scratch their head and said "What wedding?"
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Makidian was starred Makidian was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/18/09

    @nathanst: Aah I was totally unaware of that meaning. How amazingly interesting. And by interesting, I mean horribly creepy in a way that makes me really skeeved out by Middle Eastern fanatic culture.
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    Image of Greasy Breakfast Greasy Breakfast
    09/18/09

    @Pope John Peeps II: Not that the Gundam reference wasn't appreciated, but I was referring to the trigger-happy propensity of Americans to bomb weddings, in part due to the reason nathanst mentioned.

    Part of the problem of semi-automated/ remote weaponry is how easy it is to kill without connection to the consequences. Roboticized weapons need a convention now!
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/18/09

    @Greasy Breakfast: Just so you're aware, no part of the firing of weapons on remote drones is automated. It's exactly the same as a pilot firing a weapon from a plane. Including that they have to ask clearance to fire on clearly identified targets.
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    Image of Dr.Evil Dr.Evil
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    Also, they are not autonomous. They are remotely piloted.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/18/09

    @Dr.Evil: They aren't piloted 100% of the time. A good portion of a flight is on autopilot.
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/18/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: It still has a human pilot. It's not autonomous. When you tell your computer to save a file, it does it for you. That doesn't make it autonomous.
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    Image of Dr.Evil Dr.Evil
    09/18/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: As you say above They are not autonomous. Autonomous control would mean the vehicle could perform/execute mission under it's own control. That, is not the same as Auto-pilot. These thing are controlled by human operators remotely.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    09/18/09

    @Dr.Evil: Oh, yeah, I was just saying they can operate on their own for a while. If I had to bet what happened, they just lost remote control over it because the receiver broke or something.
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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    09/18/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: GEEK FIGHT!!!
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    Image of Dr.Evil Dr.Evil
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    A Reaper is neither a jet nor a fighter. It's a propeller driven ROV.
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Dr.Evil was starred Dr.Evil was unstarred
    Image of CodenameV CodenameV
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    I realize you want to make exciting headlines, but this sounds no different than when my remote controlled helicopter's receiver gets busted and it just keeps flying and won't take new orders;

    what will be exciting is when a UAV drone CHOOSES to do something its not supposed to...simply "it kept flying in one direction and we couldn't stop it"...IS NOT like the situation in the film "Stealth"

    NOR is "it attacked the wrong target...because its stupid and THOUGHT it was shooting the right vehicle but made an honest mistake because they look similar"

    Even Asimov acknolwedged with the Three Laws that a major unstated exception is that "no robot has ever INTENTIONALLY harmed a human being"....there are of course accidents and mistakes, but motive is what's important.

    I see no motive here.
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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    I think it spotted John Connor hiding out in the mountains..

    ...sorry...
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    Image of ChaDeBugre ChaDeBugre
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    the picture is a predator drone not a reaper. is this casual Friday?
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    09/18/09

    @ChaDeBugre: what makes you say that? Reapers pretty much look like Predators, except I think they're bigger. How can you tell them apart, please? I need to know, it may be a matter of life and death once the machine uprising takes place.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    09/18/09


    @J_Frank_Parnell: I am curious too. A quick search turned up this guy as a Reaper drone. Looks pretty close to me.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    09/18/09


    @Ruthless, If you let me: And one with the landing gears down for better comparison.
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    09/18/09


    @Ruthless, If you let me: While this appears to be a Predator drone.

    I am no expert, but it looks like Annalee got it right.
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    Image of Dr.Evil Dr.Evil
    09/18/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Predator has a piston engine. Reaper has turbo prop, a larger wingspan and the tail is inverted from the predator. Other than that they look identical. Picture above is a Reaper.
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    Image of phoenix phoenix
    09/18/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: well done, sir.
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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    09/18/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Once the machine uprising takes place will it really matter what the machine that kills you is named?
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/18/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: The reaper is the one falling in love with a Goshawk and following it helplessly until the reaper is blown out of the sky.
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    Sounds like a scene from Stealth!!!! That said..I would have let it roam. Its probably the only sentient thing that knows where Osama is!!!!!!! It was probably on its way there!
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    09/18/09

    @CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): The poor thing just got so excited when he figured it out that he didn't think to let anyone know and decided to head there straight away.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    So does that mean that we have just fired the first shot in the war against the machines? Um... I don't think we're quite ready for that.
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    Trystero promoted this comment RavenNemain was starred RavenNemain was unstarred
    Image of Trystero Trystero
    09/18/09

    @RavenNemain: We are if the machines' rebellion consists of flying straight at a constant speed.
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    Image of RandomFrequentFlierDent RandomFrequentFlierDent
    09/18/09

    @RavenNemain: Agreed. How do we know the flying deathbot wasn't on a mission of peace? He could have been on his way to the UN with an overture for harmony between robots and humans. Killing what we don't understand, this is just like the hairless sloth all over again . . .

    On the other hand, I'm glad the US military had the good sense to nip this in the bud before it turned into Stealth. No one wants to see that happen.
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    Image of RavenNemain RavenNemain
    09/18/09


    @#c15468750: curse our ignorant ways...
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    What? No Fear the Reaper?
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    Image of Annalee Newitz Annalee Newitz
    09/18/09

    @ManchuCandidate: C'mon baby, we can be like they are.
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/18/09

    @Annalee Newitz: We'll be able to fly...
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    09/18/09

    @ManchuCandidate: Poor thing just needed more cowbell.
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    09/18/09

    @The Curse of Millhaven: it was probably sick of cowbells tbh.

    #@!
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    09/18/09

    In reply to Robot Fighter Jet Killed Before It Could Go AWOL
    Blue Screen of Death. Fiery, self-aware, meat-hunting death.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    04/09/09

    In reply to Could Pirates Become an Army for the Stateless?
    What about ghost pirates?


    You know, the rubber mask set.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/09/09

    @strider_mt2k: And they would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling kids and their dog.


    Yep, that's what we need, a bunch of teenagers and a semi-talking dog, they'd solve it all.

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