0
POPSFarmer Builds Robot Army continues: Out of all of his mechanical 'sons', Wu says he loves Wu No.25, a robot which can pull a rickshaw, the best. Each day, Wu No.25 pulls his inventor around the local area. It can walk for up to six hours on one battery charge.
0
POPSPentagon wants to build ethical soldier bots My initial response was to laugh. Anything man builds is flawed in some way. Making such a grand prediction that scientist can even build a robot that won’t commit a crime is asking for too much faith from us. Noel Sharkey, a computer scientist at Sheffield University, best known for his involvement with the cult television show Robot Wars, is the leading critic of the US plans. He says: "It sends a cold shiver down my spine. I have worked in artificial intelligence for decades, and the idea of a robot making decisions about human termination is terrifying." Noel, that about sums it up.
0
POPSMumbai Attacks: Piecing Together the Story Veteran Mideast reporter Patrick Cockburn writes, "The origins and motives of the men who slaughtered so many people in Mumbai will emerge in the coming days. But already the butchery should be underlining one of the greatest of the many failings of the Bush administration post-9/11. Pakistan was always the real base for al-Qa'ida. It was the Pakistani ISI military intelligence which fostered and partly directed the Taliban before 2001 and revived it afterwards. It is Pakistan which has sustained the Islamic jihadi fighters in Kashmir where half the Indian army is tied down. Yet the Bush administration in its folly allied itself to General Pervez Musharaf and the Pakistani army post-9/11, ensuring that jihadi groups always had a base.
0
POPSRC Helicopter/Military Model/EU Standard
Apache AH-64 Longbow Helicopter R/C Copter Airplane Military Model 100% followed real US Army Apache AH-64 helicopter, can imitate almost all motions Double motors Double support wheels, which technology enables helicopter stop hanging in the air The main axis and the double propellers reverse design will balance out the torsion so that the helicopter can fly more steadily and agilely Main axis and accessional propellers made of carbonaceous materials, protect from broken Double accessional propellers:Up propeller can balance the fuselage when it makes raise force Down propeller can make the different speed and change the angle of the propeller when it makes raise force It is adopted high strength and quality material It has a good appearance with good ability to resist falling Come with original factory gift box Best gift for your friend! Full function remote contrlled 4Channels control ( 4 motion channels, up/ down, right/ left, front/back, turn round ) Fuselage lengt
6
POPSPixdaus, God Gave Us Pics! This site is one of the best picture sites I have seen with a great variety of excellent quality of pictures that are available to view. The cloud tag attached is only a few of what is available to be seen on pixdaus. ENJOY!
2
POPSHundreds reported dead in Nigerian riots Correspondents say communal violence in Nigeria is complex, but it often boils down to competition for resources such as land between those that see themselves as indigenous versus the more recent settlers. In Plateau, Christians are regarded as being indigenous and Hausa-speaking Muslims the settlers.
0
POPSPosse Comitatus Interesting. Posse Comitatus forbids the military from any law enforcement duties on non-Federal soil.
0
POPSThe Special Sting of Personal Terrorism - Mumbai Update "But what slowly became clear was that this was an attack of especial barbarism, because it was so personal. It was unlike the many strikes of the last many months, bombs left in thronging markets or trains or cars: acts of shrinking cowardice. The new men were not cowards.They seemed to prolong the fight as long as they could. They killed face to face; they wanted to see and speak to their victims; they could taste the violence they made."
1
POPSIndian Army Tries to Clear Mumbai Hotel; Hostages Die (Update3) Rabbis Killed Two rabbis from New York were among the hostages and two attackers who died at the Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Center in Mumbai when it was stormed by Indian commandos. Orthodox Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, 29, and his wife, Rivka, 28, were confirmed dead Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, a Brooklyn native, was also killed, The attackers began planning their assaults six months ago, India’s NDTV reported, citing an account from a captured terrorist. A seized global positioning system showed some of the group left Karachi, Pakistan, as early as Nov. 12, NDTV said. A little-known Islamist group, the Deccan Mujahedeen, claimed responsibility Before the assault on the Jewish center, nine of the attackers had been killed and one, a Pakistani, was arrested, said R.R. Patil, deputy chief minister of the state of Maharashtra. They arrived in Mumbai by sea, Patil said yesterday.
5
POPSRobert Fisk: 'Nobody supports the Taliban, but people hate the government' Afghans working for charitable organisations and for the UN are telling their employers that they are coming under increasing pressure to give information to the Taliban and provide them with safe houses. In the countryside, farmers live in fear of both sides in the war. A very senior NGO official in Kabul – again, anonymity was requested – says both the Taliban and the police regularly threaten villagers. "A Taliban group will arrive at a village headman's door at night – maybe 15 or 16 of them – and say they need food and shelter. And the headman tells the villagers to give them food and let them stay at the mosque. Then the police or army arrive in the day and accuse the villagers of colluding with the Taliban, detain innocent men and threaten to withhold humanitarian aid. Then there's the danger the village will be air-raided by the Americans."
0
POPSThe day the aliens came Is the mystery of an unexplained crash in the Troodos in 1973 about to be solved? ) A BRITISH UFO researcher may hold a vital clue that could help prove a flying saucer crashed into the Troodos mountains 35 years ago.
0
POPSKorean War Stuff The history Timeline of the Korean War is one wrought with nothing but death and destruction for the people of Korea who were caught in the middle of a fight on their home territory in which they, for the most part, never had a say in to begin with.
7
POPSAsk Israel to free high school conscientious objectors The Shministim are Israeli high school students who have been imprisoned for refusing to serve in an army that occupies the Palestinian Territories. Show your support by contacting the Israeli Minister of Defense using the form below. Israeli peace activists will hand-deliver your message on December 18th, the Shministim Day of Action. Click through for email to Israeli Defense Minister.
12
POPSNoam Chomsky Critiques Obama Hard criticism from the Left about how he got elected, and wooed the people with "Brand Obama" the "change" candidate. Next he turns to substance: On Biden: The first choice was the Vice President, Joe Biden, one of the strongest supporters of the war in Iraq in the Senate Rahm the first post-election appointment was for Chief of Staff, which is a crucial appointment...That was Rahm Emanuel, one of the strongest supporters of the war in Iraq in the House. ...the only member of the Illinois delegation who voted for Bush’s effective declaration of war.....one of the leading recipients in congress of funding from the financial institutions hedge funds...an investment banker Financial the financial crisis. Obama’s choices to more or less run this were Robert Rubin and Larry Summers from Clinton..They are among the people who are substantially responsible for the crisis....They should be given subpoenas. listen to audio at lin
6
POPSFormer Child Soldiers Work to Save Those Left Behind
"When you have effective rehabilitation that is more holistic, then you have a place that you can make so that you continue with your life," he said. Saad Houry, deputy executive director of UNICEF, also stressed the importance of education and schools as promoters of peace. "If we could maintain education during conflict, there is no doubt that we would prevent many children from becoming soldiers," he said. The techniques recruiters use vary, but they mostly rely on fear and brainwashing. "We know what you think before you say it," the rebel leaders used to tell Grace Akallo and other children forced to fight in Uganda's insurgency. "I was convinced that he could read my thoughts," said Akallo, who was captured and joined the forces of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda when she was 14. That left very little room for any escape plans. "Killed or be killed" was the motto they lived by, she said. Akallo also stressed the terrible position of girl soldiers.
0
POPSUS Forces Capture 14 Iraqi Shia Terrorists In Baghdad would disband the Mahdi Army and form a small, secretive military arm to fight Coalition forces in June. Sadr's moves caused shockwaves in the Mahdi Army, as some of the militia's leaders wished to continue the fight against US forces in Baghdad and in southern and central Iraq. The League of the Righteous receives funding, training, weapons, and direction from Iran's Qods Force, the country's secretive special operations group that backs terror groups such as Lebanese Hezbollah. In a recent message issued by Sadr where he rejected the US-Iraqi security agreement, he said he "extends his hand to the mujahideen in the so-called Asaib but not their leaderships who have been distracted by politics and mortal life from the Sadrs and the interests of Iraq and Iraqis."
4
POPSU.S. Eyes "Surge" of Over 20,000 for Afghanistan The United States has asked Japan and NATO allies that have refused to send troops to Afghanistan to fund an estimated $17 billion doubling of the Afghan army to 134,000 soldiers over five years. Gates has waged a nearly two-year campaign to recruit additional fighting forces from reluctant NATO allies, saying the military alliance would be weakened if some nations remained on the sidelines of the NATO fight in Afghanistan. He has seemed resigned, however, to accepting checks instead of troops from some European nations. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6u24j0kOEdx9NA14L-TVjlUg5sgD94JU0EG1
1
POPSThai protesters paralyse Bangkok Not so sure about the reasoning as I suspect I remember previous govt (including Military) were all accused of corruption. Seems like there are two factions, the old and the business world. Probably boils down to which corruption pays the bills.
2
Pops
Newest Clips
Latest Comments
Most Pops
Print
Save
Turn on live update