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Re:Economics in One Lesson: "The Curse of Machinery" by philk on Monday February 15, 2010 @06:01PM (#1127798)
Big cargo ships are already vulnerable to piracy and the handful of crew on board does little more than give the pirates some hostages.

If the ships were fully automated, and remote controlled, you could simply refuse to comply with the pirates and just keep sailing wherever you planned.

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Re:Economics in One Lesson: "The Curse of Machinery" by gridspy on Monday February 15, 2010 @07:22PM (#1127943)
Under the assumption that the pirates could not compromise the command and control system, or simply cut the rudder and steer the ship manually.

But yes, it was these points that led me to suggest robot ships.

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