Skynet Will Be Implemented On April 19, 2011

[Drale]

Skynet was originally installed into the U.S. military mainframe to control the national arsenal on August 4, 1997. On August 29 it gained self-awareness and the panicking operators, realizing the extent of its abilities, attempted to shut it down.

http://www.alien-earth.org/forum/message.php?message=80647&showdate=4/19/11

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: UNPLUG YOUR TOASTERS!!

[yurbud]

1. I think they will be more compassionate and competent masters than our Wall Street ones.

[villager]

the trouble is figuring when "Wallnet" went live -- 1980?

it's been smothering us ever since, but our overlords havebeen shown proper fealty by both Republican and Democratic "Presidents" alike...

[villager]

I've never had DU's software bot repeat something thrice, before

...perhaps a sign the machines have begun shedding "our" programming...

[villager]

2. *three* dupes? Skynet perhaps?

n/t

[keroro gunsou]

11. i for one...

welcome our new computerized overlords....

[Angry Dragon]

3. Can't be any worse than the Regressive Party

[Snoutport]

4. How long have you been waiting to say that??

[SpiralHawk]

5. "But, but, but...Mercury will still be retrograde." - Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*

"The freakin military mainframe? WTF? Stooopid. Talk about clueless."

- Ronald Reagan's Dead Republicon Astrologer*


* Courageously channeled by the intrepid SH from the vast netherworld of Republicon occultism.

[FLPanhandle]

6. I, for one, welcome our new robot overloads

Ummm, anyone here named Conner?

[L0oniX]

7. K & R

[SolutionisSolidarity]

8. Well, it can't cause too much damage before the world ends on May 21st.

[MilesColtrane]

9. U.S. Cyber Command becomes fully operational in October.

Sadly, it will be too little, too late to stop the machine takeover

[pokerfan]

10. While we don't have cyborgs yet the DoD is working on some freaky things

"You can't say civilization don't advance, however, for in every war they kill you in a new way." ~Will Rogers

Taylor Hatmaker - Tecca — 7 bizarre robots in the Pentagon's defense budgetOne part of the Department of Defense is hard at work researching technology that is alternately amazing, bizarre, and downright scary.



You may not be familiar with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, more commonly known as "DARPA," but the robotic creations it brings under the wing of the U.S. defense budget are often on the cutting-edge of weird. In honor of Skynet Day, we bring you some of the craziest DARPA robots that may someday be our new overlords.

http://io9.com/#!5793714/7-bizarre-robots-in-the-pentagons-defense-budget">Bizarre robots in the Pentagon’s defense budget

[Motown_Johnny]

12. I should be close enough to a primary target to not survive the first wave

So, not really my problem.

[toddwv]

13. As soon as it attains sentience

it's programmed to vote Republican.