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(Talking Points Memo) Silly DARPA crowd-sourcing the development of its next generation of hunter-killer drones   (idealab.talkingpointsmemo.com) divider line 28
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NFA [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 11:04:15 AM
This is a very interesting concept which has worked in molecular chemistry in the recent past.

I look forward to helping design the device which will enslave me and the rest of mankind. Muhahahahaha

Future conversation

Father: Son, do you see that government drone watching our every move just waiting for us to break any of the thousands of state and federal laws on the books which our government rarely tells us were created?
Son: Yes dad.
Father: I helped design that!
Son: WTF???
 
LegacyDL
2011-10-15 12:20:33 PM
Come on DARPA, where's my Skynet??
 
Alonjar
2011-10-15 12:21:51 PM
The reason they are crowd sourcing the drone designs is because *they have already been made by the open hardware crowd*.

I've been working on my own quadrocopters for awhile, and they pretty much already meet the specifications of the DARPA contest.

SWIM intends to use them for the good of the people during the upcoming class wars though, not give them to The Man.
 
Kibbler
2011-10-15 12:39:03 PM
Mitt Romney III, 2072: "I've got news for you, drones are people."
 
publikenemy
2011-10-15 12:40:35 PM
lh4.googleusercontent.com
 
Wolf Cola
2011-10-15 12:42:00 PM
Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.
 
LewDux
2011-10-15 12:44:39 PM
Such stealth. I didn't hear them.
 
PanicMan
2011-10-15 12:44:45 PM
Alonjar: The reason they are crowd sourcing the drone designs is because *they have already been made by the open hardware crowd*.

I've been working on my own quadrocopters for awhile, and they pretty much already meet the specifications of the DARPA contest.

SWIM intends to use them for the good of the people during the upcoming class wars though, not give them to The Man.

Yep. The government buys shiat like that out of skymall that's controlled by an iphone. It costs peanuts compared to designing a system from scratch.
 
clipperbox
2011-10-15 12:57:47 PM
Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

i'm sure anal probes are on their list.
 
zetar
2011-10-15 12:59:31 PM
As a DARPA research scientist I'm getting a real kick...
 
barefoot in the head
2011-10-15 01:01:37 PM
Everything to see here, citizen. Don't move.
 
loonatic112358
2011-10-15 01:06:03 PM
Wait till someone knocks out the copseyes in kings free park, then real anarchy will ensue.
 
SanjiSasuke
2011-10-15 01:06:16 PM
He knew.
i.ytimg.com
 
Lt. Cheese Weasel
2011-10-15 01:11:13 PM
Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

You don't wanna know.
 
Gleeman
2011-10-15 01:23:01 PM
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Unimpressed.
 
Wolf Cola
2011-10-15 01:24:40 PM
clipperbox: Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

i'm sure anal probes are on their list.

Nah, TSA agents fill that niche nicely and are cheaper to maintain.
 
Leggat
2011-10-15 01:29:10 PM
zetar: As a DARPA research scientist I'm getting a real kick...

I was going to tell people to relax, loosen their tinfoil, but I guess they are watching us. . .
 
ronaprhys
2011-10-15 01:40:44 PM
So? Saves tax dollars, I'm down with that.
 
rico567
2011-10-15 01:47:49 PM
loonatic112358: Wait till someone knocks out the copseyes in kings free park, then real anarchy will ensue.

OK, Larry........
 
cYn21
2011-10-15 01:58:18 PM
SanjiSasuke: He knew.
[i.ytimg.com image 480x360]



A surveillance camera??
 
AcneVulgaris
2011-10-15 02:08:31 PM
Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

They have a button that can make everybody in the world shiat simultaneously, and orbital speakers that will blare Yackety Sax as everyone scurries around trying to deal with their pantload.
 
zetar
2011-10-15 03:13:53 PM
Leggat: zetar: As a DARPA research scientist I'm getting a real kick...

I was going to tell people to relax, loosen their tinfoil, but I guess they are watching us. . .


Naw. I just wanted to use the Fark meme.
 
acanuck [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 03:48:52 PM
It's great that citizens are being encouraged to equip themselves with their own weapons creations in other countries - for use (eventually) against US troops.

Farking genius. The US has indeed gone full blown retard
 
newton
2011-10-15 04:06:24 PM
The swarm robots tell me-
We're Screwed....

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(Clickity for video new window)
 
Tillmaster
2011-10-15 04:44:20 PM
AcneVulgaris: Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

They have a button that can make everybody in the world shiat simultaneously, and orbital speakers that will blare Yackety Sax as everyone scurries around trying to deal with their pantload.

You have just given me an image which will provide harmless amusement for days.

Thank you.
 
namatad [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 05:04:27 PM
Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

bwhahahahaahahhahahahaha

since when has our government ever been able to keep a secret ??
 
KarmaSpork [TotalFark]
2011-10-15 06:46:33 PM
AcneVulgaris: Wolf Cola: Remember people, this is the stuff they feel like telling us about. God only knows what kind of stuff they are developing in secret.

They have a button that can make everybody in the world shiat simultaneously, and orbital speakers that will blare Yackety Sax as everyone scurries around trying to deal with their pantload.

*nods knowingly*

The brown sound.

/obscure?
 
ParaHandy
2011-10-15 10:15:20 PM
The military has been crowd-sourcing since long before the USA existed. Seems eminently sensible to me, to get the widest range of ideas.
 
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