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Linux Powers Military UGV
An anonymous reader writes "Linux powers a new autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that learns routes by following along behind foot-soldiers, after which it can retrace the route solo, avoiding obstacles. iRobot's "R-Gator" UGV is based on John Deere's 658cc, diesel-powered M-Gator military utility vehicle platform, with control, navigation, and object-avoidance systems based on BlueCat Linux from LynuxWorks. I wonder how Linux idealists feel about their cute little OS being deployed in machinery of war?"
But since the war is destroying freedom, I guess it's okay if it's Free.
America's suburban lifestyle requires Arab oil. Obtaining that oil requires blood. Better that the blood be that of America's enemies. Our task is to develop robots to help America conquer the Middle East. We will grease the treads of our robots with the bodies of their children! The Arab street will run red with the blood of the infidels! God Bless President George Bush and the United States of America!
...think. This post exemplifies slashdot perfectly. Barely formed posts, disregard of whether a key is hit or not, blind fanboyism, bad punctuation, and rather lame humour. The parent post is a classic. Please do not mod it down.
I have freaks! I did something right...
"Just ask some of the poor folks in N. Korea,"
Those guys are going to get old waiting for GW to free them from their evil opressor. Too bad they don't have oil or something else we want.
Ah well they can wait in line, after we "free" the iranians, syrians and palestenians we might get around to them.
evil is as evil does