That was in one of the Fred Saberhagen Berserker novels (forget which one). The Berserkers sent a killer android back in time to mess up the history of Earth and the humans sent back their own killer with a molecularly perfect sword to take him out. The plot is very similar to the Terminator I (actually the whole Berserker series has a lot of resemblances to the Terminator series/or the Borg).
Hey that was sick. You're gross. You and your hairless hat should both go away..... Thanks for that....that was a totally appropriate response to a subject line that was complete BS.....does anyone actually believe what they're claiming on the website? I thought Slashdot had real geeks posting here. Were are all the physics majors to debunk this pseudo-science.
I don't think that would be as hard as you seem to think it would (since most US defense contractors our selling weapons systems to potential future enemies of the US anyway). No - your average 14-year old pimple faced hacker is not going to be able to take over an F-14 and make it nosedive remotely into his middle school. But a unified division of computer scientists working together could probably take over a satellite or something. And did you read the article in question? The military is claiming an Air Force officer was actually able to feed incorrect navigation data to a Naval ship at sea from his hotel room.
The military has been worried about this stuff for awhile, and they've been fairly aggessive in trying to recruit people in CS deptartments (at least at Long Beach state they have). I've gotten three letters so far from the Navy asking me to sign up for their nuclear science program.
Maybe we should form a union (petition to be part of the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters even);) Just kidding - sorta. You're right though - getting a consensus on anything is well nigh impossible given the diversity of thought - but maybe that's a strength too.
That's a good point. It makes me think of that book by Cecil Rhodes about the Manhattan project, since in a lot of ways, the problems the project scientists faced are very similar to what many in our generation will have to contend with in the future. I'm talking about moral decisions, and not just political (although they overlap in many ways).
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That was in one of the Fred Saberhagen Berserker novels (forget which one). The Berserkers sent a killer android back in time to mess up the history of Earth and the humans sent back their own killer with a molecularly perfect sword to take him out. The plot is very similar to the Terminator I (actually the whole Berserker series has a lot of resemblances to the Terminator series/or the Borg).
And perhaps its just me, but I have trouble believing theory posted on an AOL members website could possibly be correct.
Hey that was sick. You're gross. You and your hairless hat should both go away..... Thanks for that....that was a totally appropriate response to a subject line that was complete BS.....does anyone actually believe what they're claiming on the website? I thought Slashdot had real geeks posting here. Were are all the physics majors to debunk this pseudo-science.
Eat hot flaming death you Republican schmuck. Your're probably old enough to vote, aren't you? That cares the hell out of me.
And learn how to write.
I don't think that would be as hard as you seem to think it would (since most US defense contractors our selling weapons systems to potential future enemies of the US anyway).
No - your average 14-year old pimple faced hacker is not going to be able to take over an F-14 and make it nosedive remotely into his middle school. But a unified division of computer scientists working together could probably take over a satellite or something.
And did you read the article in question? The military is claiming an Air Force officer was actually able to feed incorrect navigation data to a Naval ship at sea from his hotel room.
The military has been worried about this stuff for awhile, and they've been fairly aggessive in trying to recruit people in CS deptartments (at least at Long Beach state they have). I've gotten three letters so far from the Navy asking me to sign up for their nuclear science program.
Maybe we should form a union (petition to be part of the AFL-CIO, the Teamsters even) ;) Just kidding - sorta.
You're right though - getting a consensus on anything is well nigh impossible given the diversity of thought - but maybe that's a strength too.
So did you just flush your lithium down the toilet or what?
That's a good point. It makes me think
of that book by Cecil Rhodes about the Manhattan project, since in a lot of ways, the problems
the project scientists faced are very similar to what many in our generation will have to contend with in the future. I'm talking about
moral decisions, and not just political (although they overlap in many ways).