you won't believe HOW MANY Americans have told that phrase to me during dystopian conversation! A drastically different ethos, (fatal and banal even), of America and its people, than cliche'd Hollywood flag-humping would prefer you believe! Cheers!
In addition to being commentary on Autocratic America, it strikes me as yet another reflection of how empire-thinking corrupts the most essential societal values. In this case, taking the human hundred-thousand-year relationship of trust with canines, animals with warm-hearted devotion to us, and turning it on its head to reveal a complete bastardization of techno dogs as "semi-autonomous" (scary stuff) hunters/ potential assassins. To see those smiling soldiers cavorting with the bloody thing made me want to scream " wake-up, a-hole", but I knew it'd be wasted breath shouted at minds completely brainwashed by Exceptionalist Autocratic America.
I agree with this whole-heartedly. I have a Jack-Russel dog in my room with me just now and she has been a friend for life. I love her. She is part of the family. I couldn't watch the video past one minute cause I knew the relationship was wrong. If I get my hands on a robot dog, I'll raise that dog up proper. Even so, that dog will never replace my old Jack-Russel hanging out with me just now. She is old but she is spry. She is part of the family and no robot dog ever could be. Simple as that.
There was an episode of the original series Star Trek where two planets had been at war for centuries; all attacks were computerized and those theoretically killed marched themselves off to disintegration chambers. Without the actual horror and destruction of real war, it had become something everyone just learned to live with. Well, almost everyone.
One sees an aspect of this with our "volunteer" armed forces, the proliferation of drones, Israel's Iron Dome, the doomsday oligarchs you mentioned in your article, and now this crap with the fake dogs.
You know I think the whole robot dog fear is baseless. I think a robot dog could be of value during lets say a fire-fighting event when there are folks in the house who need to be rescued. So, I'm not afraid of robot dogs and I think they could be another useful tool in the arsenal of tools. With that said, a robot dog comes to my home with offensive intent, then I will respond accordingly. If I subdue the dog, then it will be mine to do with as I please. If they try to come back and get the dog back from me, I will say to them - what gave that dog the right to come onto my property?
I hope none of it happens, but still I'm not afraid of robot dogs.
Since Gitmo is bursting with folks who must have also uttered the phrase, "What gives you the right to...?", I puzzled as to the entire premise of your post.
Riff - when I said "what gave that dog the 'right'" I was just trying to communicate using generally accepted language whether I agree with it or not. Frankly, I don't care for how the word "right" is used. I think that word ought be directional only. I prefer the term correct, but it doesn't always work.
The premise of my post, per the link provided, is one can defend against a robot dog. All robot dogs are programmed, and if they are electronic in nature, an EMP device can be used to quickly disable them.
I don't doubt that a single dogenstein could be overcome by even a well-timed baseball bat. It's your seeming assumption that this wouldn't target you for some serious repercussions that I was calling into question. (Psst: the problem here isn't really the dog.)
I was going to write some objections but the disclaimer in your link already said it. After using it, you may be out of a computer, not to mention a microwave oven or even a pacemaker if you have those
Yeah, but Metalhead was a Hyundai. Do these puppies have a 10yr muzzle-tail warranty? We'd been harassed (stoned, making out in a rainy park, across from CMU in 1981) by a goofy, crab-looking robot. By jagoff, goofball nerds. Guess, it took THIS long to admit they weren't out to save workers' lives at TMI or Chernobyl? Anybody else uneasy, that this reads like Robocop meets Idiocracy, devoid sardonic wit?
"So hey they've started mounting sniper rifles on robodogs, which is great news for anyone who was hoping they'd start mounting sniper rifles on robodogs" ... This is exquisite! The setup and punchline follows the template for the perfect joke, by the way, as proposed by Norm MacDonald
Imagine, if they'd inplant a firearm onto a REAL dog! Or little kids, riding komodo dragons with recoilless rifles? Or flying monkeys, with frigging LASERS?
Those billionaires are certainly short sighted. Robot security may protect them for some time but they would have to automatize the whole chain of production, from farming and extraction to delivery and sanitary waste disposal if they want to keep surviving after the « event ». Not to mention medecine.
We're certainly going in that direction but we're far from there. And since all those gimmicks will need maintenance, that future will belong to people who can code
Are you serious? 20 million? Oh...that just makes me want that doggy even more! Really, think about it. Just another big waste of currency.....currency, especially fiat currency, is NOT unlimited. Good Faith only goes so far before it is evident - something is amiss. So if a goofy 20 million robot dog comes my way, you can rest assured, it passes through the gate without permission, I will subdue it, and then I will own it. Waste of 20 million - don't you think?
I remember, back before David Brock's troll army & Disqus algorithms chased us all off librul blog-aggregator threads; 2-3 of us silly untermenschen wondered if domestic cop drones had "self destruct" ah, er... theft deterrent systems, so cops could send flying monkeys at BLM, Occupy or BernieBros; hone in on streaming cellphone uploads and... I guess it was deemed too messy, with all them Maybachs and Bentley cabriolets, down Manhattan's Financial District?
OK, for the fun of it, I'm gonna come up with a kick-ass robot dog idea. I'll do this with the robot dog I abscond after it made the mistake of coming through my gate.
The dog will have serious sensory capabilities - especially hearing.
When the dog hears something that is out of the ordinary, it will alert.
Hears it again, time to let the "owner" know - something is amiss.
The dog will then take a protective position already programmed.
The owner will awake and hope that it is nothing, but if it ain't
nothing - then the owner will be ready to respond by virtue
of the robot dog absconded when it went through the
Ah there ya go again, making me glad I'm OLD.
smh
you won't believe HOW MANY Americans have told that phrase to me during dystopian conversation! A drastically different ethos, (fatal and banal even), of America and its people, than cliche'd Hollywood flag-humping would prefer you believe! Cheers!
In addition to being commentary on Autocratic America, it strikes me as yet another reflection of how empire-thinking corrupts the most essential societal values. In this case, taking the human hundred-thousand-year relationship of trust with canines, animals with warm-hearted devotion to us, and turning it on its head to reveal a complete bastardization of techno dogs as "semi-autonomous" (scary stuff) hunters/ potential assassins. To see those smiling soldiers cavorting with the bloody thing made me want to scream " wake-up, a-hole", but I knew it'd be wasted breath shouted at minds completely brainwashed by Exceptionalist Autocratic America.
I agree with this whole-heartedly. I have a Jack-Russel dog in my room with me just now and she has been a friend for life. I love her. She is part of the family. I couldn't watch the video past one minute cause I knew the relationship was wrong. If I get my hands on a robot dog, I'll raise that dog up proper. Even so, that dog will never replace my old Jack-Russel hanging out with me just now. She is old but she is spry. She is part of the family and no robot dog ever could be. Simple as that.
BK
"bloody thing"! coming soon...quite LITERALLY......God Help Us from these imperial nut jobs.
There was an episode of the original series Star Trek where two planets had been at war for centuries; all attacks were computerized and those theoretically killed marched themselves off to disintegration chambers. Without the actual horror and destruction of real war, it had become something everyone just learned to live with. Well, almost everyone.
One sees an aspect of this with our "volunteer" armed forces, the proliferation of drones, Israel's Iron Dome, the doomsday oligarchs you mentioned in your article, and now this crap with the fake dogs.
War needs to carry a cost, not provide a payday.
Hey - thanks. Here is an idea:
https://www.electronicproducts.com/how-to-build-a-mini-emp-generator-to-disrupt-electronics/#
You know I think the whole robot dog fear is baseless. I think a robot dog could be of value during lets say a fire-fighting event when there are folks in the house who need to be rescued. So, I'm not afraid of robot dogs and I think they could be another useful tool in the arsenal of tools. With that said, a robot dog comes to my home with offensive intent, then I will respond accordingly. If I subdue the dog, then it will be mine to do with as I please. If they try to come back and get the dog back from me, I will say to them - what gave that dog the right to come onto my property?
I hope none of it happens, but still I'm not afraid of robot dogs.
Peace is easy,
BK
Since Gitmo is bursting with folks who must have also uttered the phrase, "What gives you the right to...?", I puzzled as to the entire premise of your post.
the art of propaganda nudging is a wonderous thing! How i learnt to love the bomb.
Riff - when I said "what gave that dog the 'right'" I was just trying to communicate using generally accepted language whether I agree with it or not. Frankly, I don't care for how the word "right" is used. I think that word ought be directional only. I prefer the term correct, but it doesn't always work.
The premise of my post, per the link provided, is one can defend against a robot dog. All robot dogs are programmed, and if they are electronic in nature, an EMP device can be used to quickly disable them.
Do you get it?
Ken
I don't doubt that a single dogenstein could be overcome by even a well-timed baseball bat. It's your seeming assumption that this wouldn't target you for some serious repercussions that I was calling into question. (Psst: the problem here isn't really the dog.)
I was going to write some objections but the disclaimer in your link already said it. After using it, you may be out of a computer, not to mention a microwave oven or even a pacemaker if you have those
Yeah, but Metalhead was a Hyundai. Do these puppies have a 10yr muzzle-tail warranty? We'd been harassed (stoned, making out in a rainy park, across from CMU in 1981) by a goofy, crab-looking robot. By jagoff, goofball nerds. Guess, it took THIS long to admit they weren't out to save workers' lives at TMI or Chernobyl? Anybody else uneasy, that this reads like Robocop meets Idiocracy, devoid sardonic wit?
well at least this should take care of the problem of them seeming friendly and dog-like
"...these robodogs can be affixed with all kinds of equipment like communications systems."
If they have a communcations system, they can be hacked.
There was an earlier article about this I recall. Oh yeah, here is a link. One of my favorites of all time. I told my family about it.
Peace is easy!
(ha, ha)
Ken
https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/08/01/theyre-normalizing-robot-police-by-calling-them-dogs/
"So hey they've started mounting sniper rifles on robodogs, which is great news for anyone who was hoping they'd start mounting sniper rifles on robodogs" ... This is exquisite! The setup and punchline follows the template for the perfect joke, by the way, as proposed by Norm MacDonald
https://youtu.be/1wUWd8v1Bio
Imagine, if they'd inplant a firearm onto a REAL dog! Or little kids, riding komodo dragons with recoilless rifles? Or flying monkeys, with frigging LASERS?
Those billionaires are certainly short sighted. Robot security may protect them for some time but they would have to automatize the whole chain of production, from farming and extraction to delivery and sanitary waste disposal if they want to keep surviving after the « event ». Not to mention medecine.
We're certainly going in that direction but we're far from there. And since all those gimmicks will need maintenance, that future will belong to people who can code
OK, I tried. I couldn't get past the first minute on that video.
The robot dogs are freaking dead.
Just get you an EMP device,
I think that is the acronym,
at give them a pat on the
head - from a distance
is recommended.
Then, go collect your trophy robot dog!
Peace is easy and robot dogs are
a dime a dozen.
BK
Meanwhile, back in the bunker:
"Hey, Lieutenant. Some guy just zapped our 20 million dollar K9 unit with an EMP device. Want to do anything about it?"
"Naw, let's just order pizza. As the man said, 'Peace is easy!'"
Does anyone really think this scenario is even remotely possible?
Are you serious? 20 million? Oh...that just makes me want that doggy even more! Really, think about it. Just another big waste of currency.....currency, especially fiat currency, is NOT unlimited. Good Faith only goes so far before it is evident - something is amiss. So if a goofy 20 million robot dog comes my way, you can rest assured, it passes through the gate without permission, I will subdue it, and then I will own it. Waste of 20 million - don't you think?
-Ken
I remember, back before David Brock's troll army & Disqus algorithms chased us all off librul blog-aggregator threads; 2-3 of us silly untermenschen wondered if domestic cop drones had "self destruct" ah, er... theft deterrent systems, so cops could send flying monkeys at BLM, Occupy or BernieBros; hone in on streaming cellphone uploads and... I guess it was deemed too messy, with all them Maybachs and Bentley cabriolets, down Manhattan's Financial District?
OK, for the fun of it, I'm gonna come up with a kick-ass robot dog idea. I'll do this with the robot dog I abscond after it made the mistake of coming through my gate.
The dog will have serious sensory capabilities - especially hearing.
When the dog hears something that is out of the ordinary, it will alert.
Hears it again, time to let the "owner" know - something is amiss.
The dog will then take a protective position already programmed.
The owner will awake and hope that it is nothing, but if it ain't
nothing - then the owner will be ready to respond by virtue
of the robot dog absconded when it went through the
gate without permission.
End of story.
BK
By the way. Who needs an effing "robot dog" to do this when REAL dogs already do?