On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 12:16:58 -0800, Hans-Martin Mosner <hmm at heeg.de> wrote:

> Frank Caggiano wrote:
>
>> Stanford's souped-up Volkswagen blasted through the Mojave Desert,   
>> blew away the competition, and won Darpa's $2 million Grand  Challenge.  
>> Buckle up, human - the driverless car of the future is  gaining on you.
>
>  From a technical viewpoint, I think this is an admirable achievement.
> However, from a political standpoint, it seems this is one more step on  
> the way to automated warfare. I refuse to consider this an admirable  
> goal.

Why? What if the gave a war and nobody had to come?<s>