Drone aircraft may prowl U.S. skies

CNET News.com ^ | March 29, 2006 | Declan McCullagh

[Ancesthntr]

Stories like this just can't put the black helicopter people at ease.

[AFreeBird]

The infrastructure costs for automated highways would be enormous. What taxes do you want raised to fund it?

Then there's the vehicle costs. And I don't think it would be economically feasable to retrofit existing cars for it either. Don't get me wrong, its actually not a bad idea, but I don't see it coming to fruition in less than 50 years.

But hey, anything is possible if you have enough money to throw at the problem.

[LambSlave]

I know, I can't imagine what it will be like in 50yrs.

I can... just watch "Terminator"... What year is it that SkyNet becomes sentient?

[stuartcr]

We're doomed...well you maybe, I'll probably be dead by then.

[LambSlave]

I don't think it will take 50 years.

[af_vet_rr]

Stories like this just can't put the black helicopter people at ease.

The ironic thing - most of this stuff, the various forms of surveillance such as the cameras, UAVs (like the ones deployed in North Carolina - I used to think NC was fairly Conservative), it's all being done out in the open. Either it's arrogance on the part of the cities and law enforcement agencies, or they think that as long as they don't try to hide it, they can do whatever they want.