Re:My C64 floppy could do that!
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Scanjet Music
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Yeah, the external 5 1/4 could really jam. I could also make music with my Okidata 10 printer. WooHoo! Sound in color!
Ask a grunt about drones.
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The Drone War
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I'm not sure what Katz is on about. Okay, so there are a handful of unmanned planes that can fire a missile or two. Yeah, interesting. For about 5 minutes.
But what is making the difference is the overwhelming air superiority. Sure, they are flying Nintedo Game Cubes, but they have people inside of them, directing the fight. Not a lot of difference that most wars of the 20th century.
And where the hell are the grunts in Katz' discussion? Sure, american soldiers were not a large part of the war (in numbers), but there was a full scale bloody ground war going on. It takes people to grab ground and people to hold ground. Missile armed spy planes are not going to change that. Not even a lot of R2-D2 units with M-16s strapped to their sides. We are a long, long, long way off from some kind of Drone War.
Yanno,
This reminds me of what happened to the ancient civilization that built Niven's Ringworld.
After years and years, sitting around in trash heaps, microbes developed that could eat the wiring found in the civilization's computer.
One microbe BigMacAttack later, and a once mighty civilization was left with only their fingers to count on.
-lsa
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Yeah, the external 5 1/4 could really jam. I could also make music with my Okidata 10 printer. WooHoo! Sound in color!
I'm not sure what Katz is on about. Okay, so there are a handful of unmanned planes that can fire a missile or two. Yeah, interesting. For about 5 minutes.
But what is making the difference is the overwhelming air superiority. Sure, they are flying Nintedo Game Cubes, but they have people inside of them, directing the fight. Not a lot of difference that most wars of the 20th century.
And where the hell are the grunts in Katz' discussion? Sure, american soldiers were not a large part of the war (in numbers), but there was a full scale bloody ground war going on. It takes people to grab ground and people to hold ground. Missile armed spy planes are not going to change that. Not even a lot of R2-D2 units with M-16s strapped to their sides. We are a long, long, long way off from some kind of Drone War.
Geez.
Yanno, This reminds me of what happened to the ancient civilization that built Niven's Ringworld. After years and years, sitting around in trash heaps, microbes developed that could eat the wiring found in the civilization's computer. One microbe BigMacAttack later, and a once mighty civilization was left with only their fingers to count on. -lsa