Roomba Unveils Military Robot
http://www.theonion.com/content/amvo/roomba_maker_unveils_military?utm_source=cnn00
At 09:57 PM 10/30/2007, missthin wrote:
Well, I-Robot, you know the company that makes those cute, but mostly
(imho) worthless Roombas? They're making a new spiffy thing called the
Packbot which uses a joystick and is armed with tasers.
<http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/skynet-alert-roomba-gets-a-taser/>http://zerosix.wordpress.com/2007/07/05/skynet-alert-roomba-gets-a-taser/
Is it humane? I don't think so, but neither are bullets no matter who's
firing the gun.
Wendy
On 10/30/07, Joe Clarke
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Isn't there a glue trap or some other humane alternative to respond to
people with guns? Sheeesh.
Joe (stickin' to my guns) Clarke
Mariellen Smith wrote:
> Yeah it's probably the cops fault. I wish the police would stop
> stirring up all of this gun violence. What /were /they doing
> patrolling the streets, anyway? I smell a conspiracy.
> -Mariellen
>
> At 11:32 AM 10/30/2007, Mike VanHelder wrote:
>> Since only a psychic can answer whether or not the police were a
>> precipitating factor, Al, I can only assume that it's your intention
>> to launch sly insinuations and attack the public's trust in our
>> police forces under the guise of "speaking for the community". Your
>> opposition to the NID I can understand, though I think it's selfish
>> and disingenuous, but what beef do you have with the cops, and why
>> can't you just come out and attack them openly instead of
>> peck-peck-pecking at them like an underhanded vulture?
>>
>> - Mike V.
>>
>> On 10/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The question still remains... why were all the cops there anyway,
>> who deployed them, and was their very presence a precipitating
>> factor?
>>
>> Enquiring minds want to know
>>
>> Al Krigman
>>
>>
>>
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