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Terminius_Est  3 stars
Title: Moon River
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http://news.yahoo.com/sandia-labs-engineers-create-self-guided-bullet-161745833.html

They've put a cpu and guidance system in a .50 cal.

 

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regulator_cracka  4 stars
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Registered: 2009-1-6 15:07:53
That is really cool!


I just find it really sad that labs invest so much to do this and always break ground when it comes to killing someone, but for green energy or green jobs, not so much.

 

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Fozzie_Bear  4 stars
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theres more money in killing a man than helping him live a more satisfying life

 

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regulator_cracka  4 stars
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Fozzie_Bear posted:

theres more money in killing a man than helping him live a more satisfying life



Sad but true. My concern is less about a more satisfying life and more about more new jobs for the future. *Eventually we will run out of willing combatants to kill too.

 

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Fozzie_Bear  4 stars
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regulator_cracka posted:

Fozzie_Bear posted:

theres more money in killing a man than helping him live a more satisfying life



Sad but true. My concern is less about a more satisfying life and more about more new jobs for the future.



yeah, cant say I agree with it either

 

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regulator_cracka  4 stars
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I did see, for the first time last night, two episodes of Bomb Squad in Afghanistan on G4 tv last night where these guided .50 cals would have been perfect and very useful though.

 

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winga  4 stars
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I agree with R_C
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suntzukali2  3 stars
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Something like that will probably save a lot of lives. Think of all the unnecessary conflicts or wars that could be ended with just one bullet. You could kill a would be target with one impossible shot you couldn't guard against and you probably never even find the guy who did it. Not only that but the guy controlling the shot could be in a whole different region or country via satellite.

Honestly some people just need to die.

 

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Fozzie_Bear  4 stars
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its funny that you think this tech will stay solely in the hands of the "good guys".

 

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