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Get Out the Flyswatter

Posted June 21, 2009 7:18 AM

Unobtrusive; pervasive; lethal. Swarms of bug-like drones will soon infest the war-fighting environment. What are the chances that Multi Air Vehicles, said by the U.S. Air Force to be a "research project," are already running reconnaissance missions — and not necessarily on the battlefield?

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#1 "Re: Get Out the Flyswatter" by Anonymous Hero on 06/21/2009 7:44 AM (score 1)

Anonymous Hero Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: The 'Space Coast', USA Posts: 2318 Good Answers: 140	#1 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/21/2009 7:44 AM
	Are you seeing black helicopters, too? Maybe these have been around longer than anyone thinks. In fact, I think all bugs are CIA spy devices. Ever notice when you swat one that 20 more come around to see what happened?
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artsmith Guru Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 686 Good Answers: 27	#2 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/21/2009 9:03 PM
	hmm. the video sure has that comic book thing about it. The MAV's are so distinctively machines, hardly a hint of camo. They look like military hardware, but.. check out little bots that grow muscles from animal cells: or june bugs with implanted flight control systems... you may have something there, hero! Using live bugs for jackets: No need for expensive disguises. (survival tips... if your bugs aren't fascinated by light bulbs and sugar water, they could be slaves of the evil empire..... all personnel are advised to attend the pre-emptive bug striking reflex training seminar ...)

langyaw Guru Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dubai, UAE Posts: 624 Good Answers: 50	#3 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/22/2009 2:24 AM
	the military borrows the ideas from sci-fi movies. these "bugs" were copied from that Keanu Reeves movies (the title escapes me now, where he plays a cop, running a department that could predict crimes before they happen, where the identity of the victim including address could be predicted by 2 people who were tethered to a machine that recorded their 'dreams', took pictures and harvested the data to come up with the prediction). there is that possibility that these stuff have been around longer than we suppose. perhaps someone somewhere has been viewing most of our private moments, too? call this high-tech voyeurism. __________________ Sign at Shoe Repair Shop: I WILL HEEL YOU. I WILL SAVE YOUR SOLE. I WILL EVEN DYE FOR YOU.

Anonymous Hero Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: The 'Space Coast', USA Posts: 2318 Good Answers: 140	#5 In reply to #3 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/22/2009 7:17 AM
	Oh, didn't you know? Those little IR eyes on the urinals are really cameras.

Guest	#7 In reply to #5 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/22/2009 4:34 PM
	So that is why the urinal flushes more quickly for some guys that outhers. I don't know about you but for me it flushes twice before I am finished and once as I leave. I don't know if that is a good thing or a bad thing, please advise...

langyaw Guru Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dubai, UAE Posts: 624 Good Answers: 50	#9 In reply to #5 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/23/2009 4:14 AM
	<LOL> then maybe next we should aim higher and hit it. wonder from what movie they got that idea. <LOL> __________________ Sign at Shoe Repair Shop: I WILL HEEL YOU. I WILL SAVE YOUR SOLE. I WILL EVEN DYE FOR YOU.
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Mikerho Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Akron, OH, USA, The Silent Planet Posts: 949 Good Answers: 29	#11 In reply to #9 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/23/2009 4:38 PM
	Uh "Up in Smoke" I think. If I could just remember for sure... __________________ "Try not. Do or do not, there is no 'try'." Yoda
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lighthasmass Power-User Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Burnt Ranch, California Posts: 210 Good Answers: 5	#6 In reply to #3 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/22/2009 11:46 AM
	"Minority Report" a Phillip K. Dick story... he was a real visionary. Blade Runner, and a few others were his too. I think Minority Report had Tom Cruise not Reeves. __________________ “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” -Mark Twain
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langyaw Guru Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dubai, UAE Posts: 624 Good Answers: 50	#10 In reply to #6 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/23/2009 4:17 AM
	right! thanks. so that's why I could not find the movie title from Mr. Reeve's movie list. silly me. __________________ Sign at Shoe Repair Shop: I WILL HEEL YOU. I WILL SAVE YOUR SOLE. I WILL EVEN DYE FOR YOU.
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scotchdrnkr Power-User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Latitude 38.701979 Longitude -90.439540 Coordinates 38.701979, -90.439540 N38°42.11874, W090°26.3724 Posts: 414 Good Answers: 9	#4 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/22/2009 6:52 AM
	Brings the term of "De-bugging the area" a whole new meaning. __________________ scotchdrnkr

Guest	#8 Re: Get Out the Flyswatter 06/22/2009 11:05 PM
	Think you mean Micro Air Vehicles (MAV), not Multi Air Vehicles (at least that is the Army acronym).

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