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 Nov 14 2006, 01:59 PM
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Nov 14 2006, 02:35 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,286 Joined: 24-May 05 From: A 10x10 room with an orc and a treasure chest Member No.: 7,409 |
I have the feeling one of these will kill me as I come stumbling back from a Korean bar :| I saw it and knew that's how I was going to die.
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Nov 14 2006, 03:36 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
Wow, so sophisticated that it can tell the difference between people and trees?! I don't take a lot of comfort in that.
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Nov 14 2006, 03:37 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
What about people hiding in fake bushes, like in cartoons?
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Nov 15 2006, 03:18 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
For a computer, that's actually a significant ability. Humans take their image recognition ability for granted most of the time, but machines tend to have a much harder time of it. I'm loving this quote from the original linked article:
Yah, that'll ease tensions. =) Why am I envisioning the scene from the extended cut of Aliens with the automated turrets? Only replace the alien swarms with the NVA? -karma |
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Nov 15 2006, 03:23 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
It's not like humans have an easier time of it, just that the problem has been getting worked on for millions of years for humans and less than a hundred for machines.
~J |
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Nov 15 2006, 05:56 PM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
Two possible Jokes here: "How Not to Be Seen" (Monty Python's Flying Circus) "DROP YOUR WEAPON YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS TO COMPLY" (RoboCop)
Not to mention biological systems have a more or less automatic development cycle. And an entertaining system for eliminating bugs. |
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Nov 15 2006, 07:57 PM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Ironically, since they'll be in the DMZ, there is no reason why they'd have to shoot at anything, really, so it's not like they have to actually work properly. Unless of course North Korea invades, in which case even really good automated guns aren't really going to do anything.
Come to think of it, it might be another one of those subtle Asian insult things. "Hey, North Koreans, look, we have high-tech robot guns. What do you have? Half a clip of ammo for your AK-47? Silly North Koreans" |
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Nov 15 2006, 08:09 PM
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Man In The Machine Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,264 Joined: 26-February 02 From: I-495 S Member No.: 1,105 |
The real question then is can the guy /w half a clip in his AK disable the robot...
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Nov 15 2006, 08:15 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
Only if it self-destructs when it sees soldiers marching pompously in formation.
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Nov 15 2006, 09:49 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Well, the thought could be that using more machines means that they would have to deploy less actual troops. The tension between the troops of the North and South can get (and is at the moment) quite high, and less interaction between their respective personnel might lead to less 'unfortunate incidents'. This could probably be seen as a Good Thing™. |
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Nov 16 2006, 12:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 903 Joined: 7-February 03 Member No.: 4,025 |
Oh for sure, the tech's an impressive development, but it's still a far cry from anything I'd trust to kill on my behalf. When it can tell a drunk kid who got lost coming home from the bar apart from an armed soldier, then I'll feel better. At the very least, you can't use it in an area with any civilian population. |
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Nov 16 2006, 04:38 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,978 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New Jersey, USA Member No.: 500 |
No, hence why it's being deployed on the DMZ.
If you're by some godforsaken chance between the lines there, you are almost certainly not a civilian. |
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Nov 16 2006, 06:55 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,174 Joined: 13-May 04 From: UCAS Member No.: 6,327 |
Aren't there two villages located in the dmz? I thought one is run by the South Koreans and the other is by the North Koreans. The North Korean one is a propaganda type village from what I've heard. The South Korean one, only a small amount of folks live there and must show some ancestral connection to that village to be given permission to live there, etc... but yeah on a general rule, civilians aren't supposed to be there.
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Nov 16 2006, 07:37 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
That's the best part—after the bots have been there for a while, there won't be any villages in the DMZ anymore!
~J |
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Nov 16 2006, 07:47 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
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Nov 17 2006, 09:54 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 870 Joined: 2-October 06 From: Athens Ga Member No.: 9,517 |
I just went to the wiki site and found this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paul_Bunyan I can't believe there isn't a movie of this. This is crazy. Just to cut down a tree! |
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Nov 18 2006, 03:42 AM
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Ain Soph Aur Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,477 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Montreal, Canada Member No.: 600 |
Sounds like some sort of retarded shadowrun. "Let me get this straight, Mr Johnson. You want us to go into a Mitsuhama zero-zone, and chop down a tree. Then leave. And, we get paid after that. Of course, Mitsuhama will actively be trying to kill us with death robots that shoot laser from their eyes and waves of loyal to the death slanty-eyed security agents will come at us with chainsaws, but we MUST chop down this.. tree. Does the tree contain rare research? Is it made of Orichalcum? No. I see. It's a symbolic tree."
And of course, whe all know every shadowrunner out there would still accept the job. Cause you know, we're crazy like that. |
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Nov 18 2006, 04:00 AM
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Creating a god with his own hands Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 30-September 02 From: 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 Member No.: 3,364 |
Shit. I'd do that for free. Just think about pulling something like that would do to your rep. (er, not COMPLETELY for free. equipment compensation. gotta have the gear) |
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Nov 18 2006, 10:10 AM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Ah, military contractors; there is nothing like spending $200,000 dollars on a piece of junk that a bored college student could make for $50.
Building a sentry turrent isn't exactly as difficult as people think. Not getting arrested when you put a live gun on one, that's the problem. For some reason some jurisdictions consider the use of death-traps for home defense to constitute unjustified homicide. |
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Nov 18 2006, 12:59 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,008 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Building a sentry turret is quite difficult. The big difficulty is the "make sure it remains operational in all weather for months at a time without any maintenance whatsoever, and recognizes failures and calls for maintenance", not getting it to work in the first place.
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