http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2008/11/future-warfare-crazy-tank-armor-guided-bullets-hovering-beer-keg-drones/ anarchism, travel, music, and book design Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:01:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/2008/11/future-warfare-crazy-tank-armor-guided-bullets-hovering-beer-keg-drones/#comment-452 Prof. Offlogic Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:23:57 +0000 http://www.birdsbeforethestorm.net/?p=244#comment-452 I used to work for a flight-simulation subsidiary of a multi-nat corp (also involved in weapons systems). We had a meeting where one of the execs from HQ in France was giving us all PowerPoint poisoning, yacking about the tremendous growth in the African market for simulation and training systems. "Hey great. Why don't we sell them some food simulators, as well?", I asked. There was this long awkward silence. I used to work for a flight-simulation subsidiary of a multi-nat corp (also involved in weapons systems). We had a meeting where one of the execs from HQ in France was giving us all PowerPoint poisoning, yacking about the tremendous growth in the African market for simulation and training systems.
“Hey great. Why don’t we sell them some food simulators, as well?”, I asked.
There was this long awkward silence.

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