Attack of the simulacra

[Skybird]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12513315

Reminds me of Philip K. Dick.

[Buddahaid]

Wow. I'll have to give my feeder another look.

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Skybird

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12513315

Reminds me of Philip K. Dick.

Either Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep or Second Variety?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Either Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep or Second Variety?

Several ones. Artifical life forms that mimic natural ones and replace natural reality, are a common theme in his novels, in many nuances.

[Gargamel]

Pretty cool.... but not that impressive. And I'm not sure if hummingbirds are native to most of the areas they'd be used currently.

Hummingbirds are restricted to the Americas from southern Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean. The majority of species occur in tropical and subtropical Central and South America, but several species also breed in temperate climates and some hillstars even occur in alpine Andean highlands at altitudes of up to 5,200 metres (17,100 ft).[18] The greatest species richness is in humid tropical and subtropical forests of the northern Andes and adjacent foothills, but the number of species found in the Atlantic Forest, Central America or southern Mexico also far exceeds the number found in southern South America, the Caribbean islands, the United States and Canada. While less than 25 different species of hummingbirds have been recorded from the United States and less than 10 from Canada and Chile each,[19] Colombia alone has more than 160[20] and the comparably small Ecuador has about 130 species.[21]

Soooo.... kinda useless militarily. You want who you're spying on going "It's jsut a bird" not "WTF IS THAT?! Shoot it Shoot it!"

[Buddahaid]

Originally Posted by Gargamel

Pretty cool.... but not that impressive. And I'm not sure if hummingbirds are native to most of the areas they'd be used currently.




Soooo.... kinda useless militarily. You want who you're spying on going "It's jsut a bird" not "WTF IS THAT?! Shoot it Shoot it!"

Pretty hard to shoot. I say fly the thing around the bad guys and they'll kill themselves trying.

[Sailor Steve]

And in another decade it'll be a bumblebee.

Then a literal "fly on the wall".

[Gargamel]

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

Pretty hard to shoot. I say fly the thing around the bad guys and they'll kill themselves trying.

Hehehehe yeah... i never said they'd be successful, But it think the remote operator would crash it laughing so hard.