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2016-07-08 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
Don't think serial numbers will be of much use in this area. They're valuable in tracing guns and cars because the sale of both those items is pretty heavily controlled, and so there's an actual record of what happened to, say, item number 2398623. But toys aren't tracked at all, and are unli

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2016-07-08 Thread Eric Walker
Whether one worries about the government or trusts it's every decision, it will surely be of general interest to have a sense of how governments will respond when there is a string of assassinations that appear to go back to cheap drones. My guess is that the fact that there is not much that can b

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2016-07-08 Thread Che
You need to worry about the government. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Eric Walker wrote: > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 6:10 PM, a.ashfield wrote: > > What parts? small electric motors and batteries? RC is a do it yourself >> operation now, or just take parts from toys. >> > > Good question. Not

[Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:[Vo]: Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’

2016-07-08 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 6:10 PM, a.ashfield wrote: What parts? small electric motors and batteries? RC is a do it yourself > operation now, or just take parts from toys. > Good question. Not sure. Perhaps serial numbers on the types of RC parts that go into toys. Clearly having traceable seria

Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:[Vo]: Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’

2016-07-08 Thread a.ashfield
What parts? small electric motors and batteries? RC is a do it yourself operation now, or just take parts from toys. On 7/8/2016 4:56 PM, Eric Walker wrote: On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Jed Rothwell > wrote: I worry about non-military and non-police organ

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2016-07-08 Thread leaking pen
you mean, drones? we already have them. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 1:45 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > a.ashfield wrote: > > >> I would be surprised if the military are not working on robots designed >> to kill people. >> > > They would be remiss if they were not working on this. > > In a sense, every

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2016-07-08 Thread Eric Walker
> *Sent:* Friday, July 8, 2016 1:56 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:[Vo]: Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’ > > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Jed Rothwell > wrote: > > > > I worry about non-military and non-police organizations wo

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2016-07-08 Thread Russ George
What a banal discussion, a cheap drone off of E-Bay with a small Claymore is more than sufficient technology. From: Eric Walker [mailto:eric.wal...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, July 8, 2016 1:56 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:[Vo]: Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’ On

[Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:[Vo]: Dallas Police’s ‘Bomb Robot’

2016-07-08 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: I worry about non-military and non-police organizations working on robots > to kill people. It is hard to know what could be done to stop them. > If assassinations using cheaply-made drones without traceable parts become a recurring issue, I'm