The Register recently had an interesting report on new, tiny helicopter survelliance drones. It looks like Skynet is developing eyes and ears. In this case though, Skynet isn’t the only thing that comes to mind. When I watched the above movie with the sound turned off, my brain supplied the distinctive buzzing noise [...]
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The next time you consider whining about how hard it is to do…well, just about anything, think about what went into "launching hundreds of airplanes, in a small airspace, many times in total darkness, loaded with bombs, with complete radio silence, and no control from the ground, and do it successfully day after day, with [...]
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There’s a thing going around on LiveJournal in which the poster picks seven interests from your user profile and you have to explain why they are important to you. I volunteered, and eeknight hit me with the with following: flying, freemasonry, half-life 2, libertarian, texas history, urban legends, and women. Bear in mind that these [...]
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