Militaries? No.

Powerful despots who want armies who not only won't, but literally can't disobey orders? No matter how incomprehensibly immoral? Oh, very much yes.

Because letting the robots make that decision never works out well. Cmon, haven't you seen [insert almost any robot-based scifi here]?

Hmm, phone decided to post the response to the wrong comment...I blame Verizon. Maybe Google.

In other words, it's not so much a "troll detector," but rather a groupthink protection mechanism.

Better patent that bad boy, gonna be in high demand...

... not once realizing the irony of their actions.

Personally I'm curious how it would function on a site like foxnews or huffpo - in the case of the latter, would it flag the one person posting pro-2nd Amendment comments, or would it flag everyone else when they pile one the aforementioned poster with mountains of venomous hatred?

How about an algorithm for developing thicker skin?

Internet trolls only have the power you give them; many sites have an "ignore this douchebag" button anyway, so it's really a moot point.

Yea, that's called an occupational hazard, not an excuse to not do your fucking job. Jesus, if underwater welders and fishermen (wo have far, far more life-threatening jobs than any LEO) were as whiny and pussified as cops, we'd have no oil or food.

Of course, if the detectives use their brains they can decrease their personal risk while still doing what they're paid to do. Of course that implies hiring people who actually have functioning brains... something many departments apparently have a policy against.

Whining about Jeremy Clarkson "ruining" the reputation of electric cars is like whining that Jerry Seinfeld ruined the reputation of airline food.

They're fucking comedians, dude. The only people taking Clarkson's jokes seriously are people with no sense of humor.

Just because YOU have wireless projectors doesn't mean that EVERYONE is doing the same thing as you. I've worked at Fortune 500 companies that not only use wired projectors, they also rent them rather than owning one.

'Granted I work for a company that install (wireless projectors)'

Well, you're a shitty salesman if your main pitch is 'but everyone else is buying them from me!'

Thus making the gold less pure, and therefore less valuable. FWIW, all gold was 24k, until it got mixed with something else. 18k isn't 18k anymore when it's been diluted with non-precious metals.

Very few people bought a Microsoft Surface RT, but I highly doubt that makes the tablet a collectors item. Very few commercially made, mass produced items hold value the way you're assuming this watch will.

Maybe if they made it a limited edition, bit that doesn't really fit Apple's MO...

You realize that boxing isn't some new concept, right?

Actually, the best method for avoiding union interference is to not treat employees like shit, thus removing incentive to join a union.

On the other hand, I hear Walmart does quite well with their "burn anyone who so much as mentions the word 'union' alive" policy, so I could be way off base.

I've been helping run the family pawn shop since about November - we have had all of ONE PS4 come into our shop, whereas I've taken in at least a half-dozen Xbones.

Take from that anecdote what you will, but it seems to me that the PS4 is doing pretty good without any extra focus.

Also Sony makes killer DVD players and televisions. I hope they don't stop making that stuff, personally.