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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by redspectre on Saturday March 03, 2018 @05:03PM (#16511914)
Isn't it sad that we can't have an exciting new technology because the threat that some outsider will blow themselves up? Is there really nothing we can do about this, either now, or in the future?
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by tdb7893 on Saturday March 03, 2018 @05:29PM (#16512047)
Very few people actually blow themselves up (terrorism is really really low on the list of the most common causes of death) so I doubt that it will be why we don't have flying cars.
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by jra_samba on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:06PM (#16513203)
Self driving flying cars (which will be essential for mass market adoption) make an excellent weapon. No one needs to blow themselves up, just the car.
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by yeahsure on Sunday March 04, 2018 @12:54AM (#16513483)
As far as I know terrorists have no problem blowing themselves up.
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by cmurf on Saturday March 03, 2018 @06:00PM (#16512219)
Maybe. There's a strong correlation between military occupations and terrorism, in particular when the use of force is asymmetric. http://foreignpolicy.com/2010/10/18/its-the-occupation-stupi...
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by lostmsu on Saturday March 03, 2018 @06:17PM (#16512285)
I am not actually suggesting to do it, but you could blow up all outsiders.
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by gowld on Saturday March 03, 2018 @09:30PM (#16512941)
Who would be left inside?
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by dwaltrip on Saturday March 03, 2018 @06:51PM (#16512431)
It isn't only "outsiders" who do destructive acts.
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