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[camrogers]

I think James Cameron called these things Hunter-Killers.

Still, once your robot blows someone's legs off... sell them robot legs.*

Whee.

God, we are so fucked sometimes.

My only hope is that with the rise of the Chinese as the major world power we'll see at least a little decline in world conflict. They don't seem like a war economy.



*AFAIK these are the products of two separate companies, but you just know that at some point a landmine manufacturer is going to get into prosthetics. Isn't Motorola the world's biggest landmine maker?

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[drwally.livejournal.com]

Moto had some cheap parts (10c chips) found in landmines, but they do not manufacture them.

http://www.motorola.com/mot/doc/0/611_MotDoc.pdf

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[patchworkkid.livejournal.com]

I'm _sure_ they made some humanitarian watchdog's list of manufacturers and was right up there. If not them then some mobile phone manufacturer does. I could have sworn it was Motorola though.

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[drwally.livejournal.com]

It was probably Daewoo - they make assault rifles.

'With the help of a surprising ally, Human Rights Watch, the organization that brought the issue to Motorola's attention, Motorola produced a 50-page handbook to instruct employees on how to keep their products from ending up in the wrong hands through secondary markets'

So.. yeah, it was brought to their attention by Human Rights Watch.