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longship

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7. The technology is basically benign.

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 08:22 PM

Jan 2013

It is how one uses it that determines the ethics.

I can think of many uses for so-called drones which nobody would see as bad. However, certainly the technology is ripe for use by spy agencies and the military.

We are going to have to live with technological advances, no matter what their use. Drone tech is inevitable. It's cheap and any geeky person can do it.

The tech isn't the problem. It's its use. How does one get one without the other?

That's the conundrum. If somebody has an answer to that question...

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DARPA shows off 1.8-gigapixel surveillance drone, can spot a person from 20,000 feet [View all] Fire Walk With Me Jan 2013 OP

thank God Mitt will not be at the controls of this obscenity. grasswire Jan 2013 #1

Jesus..... Gin Jan 2013 #2

I would think line of sight would be a problem still Arctic Dave Jan 2013 #3

Police State plus Big Brother Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #4

Hmmmm. Hatchling Jan 2013 #5

they can name it the Obama Model nt msongs Jan 2013 #6

The technology is basically benign. longship Jan 2013 #7

TMI will do them in. antiquie Jan 2013 #8