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now I can rest assured that humanity will continue to kill with the utmost efficiency in new and exciting ways.

No longer will people we shoot at get "lucky" because the fuse delayed.

Now, we've got new and improved semiconductor potential fuses !!!]]>Dec 23rd 2007 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/I welcome any advance in the US military's technology to get the enemy. Probably because I am American. :)
]]>Dec 23rd 2007 1:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/
Yay for humanities efficiency at causing our fellow man's death.

@Abbie Gonzalez: What an ignorant comment.. I'm American as well, but no ammount of misguided patriotic rhetoric will make me celebrate the death of another, or the tools that make that death come easier and more efficiently. The enemy ey? What the f@ck happened to "Peace on Earth, Good will towards men" Sigh...]]>Dec 23rd 2007 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/]]>Dec 23rd 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/I am not as foolish to think that we should be blindly celebrating the death of our enemies. Even Nazi Germany should be looked back on soberly as a reminder of judgement to us if we tried the same.

That said, the statement was written sarcastically. I don't agree with our foreign policy right now. The "police the world" mentality is rubbish and brings us enemies and never-ending series of wars. Wars against people who are fighting for their freedom as we fought for ours. And they may not understand that we want to "help" them. They may not see our aid. They see our presence as a military force and occupation. Not as big-brother knows best.
We can work on changing it, but for now, as far as protecting the citizens go (US citizens in my case), you use all available means to protect them. Even if it means the efficient, swift death of an aggressor. "Containment" and "non-lethal" ways of stopping an aggressor bent on revenge or hatred is not going to help.
"Peace on earth, good will toward men" did not stop hitler, or the Japanese in WW2. It made Neville look like a fool and Pearl Harbor like a conspiracy.]]>Dec 23rd 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Dec 23rd 2007 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Dec 23rd 2007 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Dec 23rd 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Dec 23rd 2007 12:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/
One of the problem of area denial weaponry that uses clusters of bomblets is guaranteeing that they all detonate. This tech could do that, meaning that after the conflict is over, the inhabitants don't need to worry about unexploded munitions.]]>Dec 23rd 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Dec 23rd 2007 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/
Now I've seen everything.]]>Dec 23rd 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/
"We'll meet again, don't know where don't know when..."]]>Dec 23rd 2007 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Two stories in a row involving Georgia Tech?

It is indeed Christmas.

]]>Dec 23rd 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/Dec 23rd 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/]]>Dec 23rd 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/I am not as foolish to think that we should be blindly celebrating the death of our enemies. Even Nazi Germany should be looked back on soberly as a reminder of judgement to us if we tried the same.

That said, the statement was written sarcastically. I don't agree with our foreign policy right now. The "police the world" mentality is rubbish and brings us enemies and never-ending series of wars. Wars against people who are fighting for their freedom as we fought for ours. And they may not understand that we want to "help" them. They may not see our aid. They see our presence as a military force and occupation. Not as big-brother knows best.
We can work on changing it, but for now, as far as protecting the citizens go (US citizens in my case), you use all available means to protect them. Even if it means the efficient, swift death of an aggressor. "Containment" and "non-lethal" ways of stopping an aggressor bent on revenge or hatred is not going to help.
"Peace on earth, good will toward men" did not stop hitler, or the Japanese in WW2. It made Neville look like a fool and Pearl Harbor like a conspiracy.]]>Dec 23rd 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/23/mems-based-smart-fuses-could-guarantee-desired-explosions/"no new technology needed"]]>Dec 23rd 2007 8:01PM