And in somewhat related news: at http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/08/what-am-i-missing.html, some musing about where Moore's Law will be taking us, comment 11 by Charlie Stross reads:
> Take a look at this ( http://defense-update.com/features/2010/december > /31122010_suicide_uavs_5.html ) then extrapolate all the way down to large > insect/small bird sized UAVs with a single-shot disposable shaped charge or > projectile weapon and enough smarts to hunt down their own prey. Possibly with > encrypted mesh networking so they can hunt in swarms -- like killer hornets. > > It'll revolutionize warfare, and not in a pleasant way. (Want to clear > insurgents out of > an area? Sent in a cruise missile with a warhead consisting of a hive of > 10,000 of > these hornets, primed to hunt down and kill anyone with explosive traces on > their > hands. Of course, the first order response of your typical insurgent group > will be to > press-gang pre-teens and toddlers to carry their bomb-making equipment ... it > goes > downhill from there, fast.) ... say, is there a chance CStross is subscribed to this list? :) Thank you for your time, -- DataPacRat lu .iacu'i ma krinu lo du'u .ei mi krici la'e di'u li'u traji lo ka vajni fo lo preti _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
