Comment Re:is that all? (Score 1) 98
Don't forget to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!
Comment A wise man once said... (Score 1) 554
Don't have a cow man!!
Comment Re:Proud to be an American... (Score 1) 83
We invented the secret ballot
You may have been the first to use it for elections, however it was invented in the coffee houses of England where the patrons would vote on topical issues.
Comment Re:Predictive power of evolution! (Score 1) 186
This isn't evolution
It's natural selection
Ethical Killing Machines 785
ubermiester writes "The New York Times reports on research to develop autonomous battlefield robots that would 'behave more ethically in the battlefield than humans.' The researchers claim that these real-life terminators 'can be designed without an instinct for self-preservation and, as a result, no tendency to lash out in fear. They can be built without anger or recklessness ... and they can be made invulnerable to ... "scenario fulfillment," which causes people to absorb new information more easily if it agrees with their pre-existing ideas.' Based on a recent report stating that 'fewer than half of soldiers and marines serving in Iraq said that noncombatants should be treated with dignity and respect, and 17 percent said all civilians should be treated as insurgents,' this might not be all that dumb an idea."
