“Report Suggests That Nanny State Might Actually Not Be For the Best” Slashdot

In a piece titled “Landmine charity: Ban the killer robots before it’s too late!” (The Register), an interesting point was made that a robot could actually cause less shootings of innocents because a human has to consider the situation with regard to self preservation. “Is the suspect reaching for a gun?” A human could fire, a robot could wait a few more seconds. Oh and the writer pointed out that “automatic killing machines” were invented more than 100 years ago – magnetic mines!

Oh yeah and Microsoft’s OOXML specification was just ratified by the ISO. You might wonder what has that to do with anything? Well I am too tired to say but I might get around to ranting on that later. (Basically its a political issue – many people have compared the ISO process to the Zimbabwe elections!)

Anti Citizen One