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Stealth Sharks to Patrol the High Seas

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the friggin-laser-beams-not-included dept.

dylanduck writes ""Imagine getting inside the mind of a shark: swimming silently through the ocean, sensing faint electrical fields, homing in on the trace of a scent." That's what the Pentagon wants to do, says New Scientist. By remotely guiding the sharks' movements using a newly designed neural implant, the military hope to transform the animals into stealth spies."

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  1. Because Angry Striped Bass by Inhibit · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    with laser beams are in short supply these days? Seriously? I mean.. mind controlled sharks rampaging through the waters to.. ah.. warn of potential dangers seems a bit far fetched and scary all at the same time.

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  2. oh god no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    can we please have 8 million comments regarding friggen laser beams?

    please? please?

    because when I see an article titled 'Stealth Sharks to Patrol the High Seas' I wouldn't expect anything less.

  3. BOINGBOING RIPOFF, -(infinity) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lame, lame, lame. WTFcopters, /. ?

  4. Re:The Shark That Failed... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WASHINGTON, D.C. - A White House source stated that Congress is considering awarding Vice-President Dick Cheney the Medal of Freedom, the national highest civilian commendation, for his act of bravery in shooting an attorney.
    The source was quoted to say " All Americans have wanted to shoot a lawyer at one time or another and Cheney actually had the balls to do it".
    In a related story, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, which issues hunting licenses, said that it will start requiring hunters, wishing to bag a lawyer, to have the new "lawyer's stamp" on their hunting license. Currently Texas hunters are required to carry stamps for hunting birds, deer, and bear, at a cost of $7 annually. The new "lawyers stamp" will cost $100, but open season will be all year long.
    The department further stated that although the "lawyers stamp" comes at hefty price, sales have been brisk and it is believed it will generate annual revenues in excess of $3 billion dollars the first year. Other states are considering similar hunting license stamps.

    [posted anonymously because I don't want to get sued by a lawyer with no sense of humor]

  5. Re:This is what I want as an american. by freedom_india · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    No wonder you have not been modded as insightful.

    Can't you understand that fighting terror is more important than your public transportation (which would harm campaign contributors like Ford, GM), better healthcare (harm for-profit hospitals)?

    I guess next you would want *gasp* the patriot act to be REPEALED???

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  6. Not worthy of mod points by arrrrg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Apparently the mods have insightfully given this thread up to the "laser beam" jokes. After almost 90 comments and 1.5 hours, it looks like only 2 mod points have been expended so far.

  7. dEp. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    leaving the play things the right prospects are very percen7 of the *BSD Many users of BSD may be hurting the

  8. Re:Americans, more discusting than russians by far by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Way to bring religious debate into the argument, out of nowhere. This comment should be -1 Offtopic, not insightful.

  9. Re:This is what I want as an american. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Speak for yourself. I only buy the best!

  10. Re:Give me a break!!! by dougTheRug · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Let's watch a movie of my baby being born. Hey wait, where are you going?

  11. Re:Wonderful by BungoMan85 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ^tr00f

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  12. Big question ! by this+great+guy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The question is will these sharks run Linu... I mean in Soviet Russia, do sharks get spie... huh no will they be equipped with freaking lasers ?! Damn it becomes harder and harder to keep track of the Slashdot subculture's memes.

  13. Re:Wonderful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh yeah I'd sure give up my life for a useless memorial that I won't even get to ever see.

  14. Re:Lasers... by wthomasoh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Everyone knows there is no such thing as Sea Bears. They are a myth. Squidward

  15. Re:Americans, more discusting than russians by far by Stormwatch · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Maybe we can re-design the human race (tranhumanist future) so that we can engineer out all the aggressive/competitive/religious crap, things would be better and we would have no wars and no 911 etc, by believers agains non-believers.
    Why would that be necessary? People can live in peace, as long as they're civilized. And that's not biology, it's a cultural matter. It'd be easier to reengineer our mindsets through education to reach a non-agressive state. Converting believers into disbelief sure would help. In the long run, bombing every madrassa out there would be better than destroying Al Qaeda's facilities.
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  16. Re:The Shark That Failed... by dodobh · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hiss on line 3, something about being compared to lawyers and libel....

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