http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/2009/10/01/campaign-asks-for-international-treaty-to-limit-war-robots/ Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:17:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/2009/10/01/campaign-asks-for-international-treaty-to-limit-war-robots/comment-page-1/#comment-2938 Gene Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:13:51 +0000 http://mensnewsdaily.com/sexandmetro/?p=6658#comment-2938 The picture on this story is of the Predator, an aircraft controlled by human pilots, just by remote control. Therefore, your television is almost as much a robot as the Predator. Thanks for alerting us about the story, it was informative, but I wouldn't mind if a source of science was a little more accurate. (I tried to comment at newscientist, but apparently my computer's anti-virus program won't let me. Oh, well. In case my comment does show up there, I thought comparing the Predator to a couch was funnier, but it isn't accurate, which is why I wanted to comment there and here in the first place.) The picture on this story is of the Predator, an aircraft controlled by human pilots, just by remote control. Therefore, your television is almost as much a robot as the Predator. Thanks for alerting us about the story, it was informative, but I wouldn’t mind if a source of science was a little more accurate.
(I tried to comment at newscientist, but apparently my computer’s anti-virus program won’t let me. Oh, well. In case my comment does show up there, I thought comparing the Predator to a couch was funnier, but it isn’t accurate, which is why I wanted to comment there and here in the first place.)

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