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Obviously not a gamer..

smoyer 14y ago
But what about the shorts and tee-shirt? Everyone knows you can only fly a drone properly if dressed in a complete flight-suit.
- barrkel 14y ago
  The BBC used to have a policy of requiring evening dress for their radio announcers. There's something to be said for an inflexible and rules-bound mindset when operating critical machinery - making sure checklists are followed, etc. More fluid application of smarts may be necessary in an emergency, but not as a matter of routine.
- tangue 14y ago
  I was thinking the same thing but then I asked myself if the guys killing people at the other side of the world were dressed like that, and feel ill at ease.
  - techdmn 14y ago
    Is it the killing that bothers, or the casual dress?
    - barrkel 14y ago
      It's the combination that's problematic. It suggests that the killing is done lightly and carelessly, and it cheapens human lives.
      - mythealias 14y ago
        And yet that is the fact. The worth of human life is decided but what's in the pocket. The sooner you accept it the easier it will be.
        deleted 14y ago
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      - Roybatty 14y ago
        I should be surprised that a HN reader is falling for this guy's trick, but I guess I'm not. "Oh and look at how the military is using these hacker kids with neck beards who part-time as assassins in between their Battlefield 3 matches" I guess this guy (and apparently you too) would feel better if this guy was wearing a 3-piece suit before he launches a hellfire missile into a Taliban camp.
        barrkel 14y ago
        No, someone wearing a uniform and whose leash it tightly held by commissioned officer is a tiny bit more appropriate. A clear and unambiguous chain of command from the sovereign state is the least you can ask for in a war. Those involved should know that they are not autonomous agents, they are instruments of power, tools, and disposable themselves.
        tangue 14y ago
        Exactly : Wearing a uniform you're doing things that you would never do wearing civilian clothes. That's a psychological threshold, for soldiers and for the society.
    - btbuilder 14y ago
      Maybe the yanking of the controls? :-/

But what about the shorts and tee-shirt? Everyone knows you can only fly a drone properly if dressed in a complete flight-suit.

barrkel 14y ago
The BBC used to have a policy of requiring evening dress for their radio announcers. There's something to be said for an inflexible and rules-bound mindset when operating critical machinery - making sure checklists are followed, etc. More fluid application of smarts may be necessary in an emergency, but not as a matter of routine.
tangue 14y ago
I was thinking the same thing but then I asked myself if the guys killing people at the other side of the world were dressed like that, and feel ill at ease.
- techdmn 14y ago
  Is it the killing that bothers, or the casual dress?
  - barrkel 14y ago
    It's the combination that's problematic. It suggests that the killing is done lightly and carelessly, and it cheapens human lives.
    - mythealias 14y ago
      And yet that is the fact. The worth of human life is decided but what's in the pocket. The sooner you accept it the easier it will be.
      - deleted 14y ago
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    - Roybatty 14y ago
      I should be surprised that a HN reader is falling for this guy's trick, but I guess I'm not. "Oh and look at how the military is using these hacker kids with neck beards who part-time as assassins in between their Battlefield 3 matches" I guess this guy (and apparently you too) would feel better if this guy was wearing a 3-piece suit before he launches a hellfire missile into a Taliban camp.
      - barrkel 14y ago
        No, someone wearing a uniform and whose leash it tightly held by commissioned officer is a tiny bit more appropriate. A clear and unambiguous chain of command from the sovereign state is the least you can ask for in a war. Those involved should know that they are not autonomous agents, they are instruments of power, tools, and disposable themselves.
        tangue 14y ago
        Exactly : Wearing a uniform you're doing things that you would never do wearing civilian clothes. That's a psychological threshold, for soldiers and for the society.
  - btbuilder 14y ago
    Maybe the yanking of the controls? :-/