Caring for people less fortunate is not socialism, it's being human.
--anonymous

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2008/nov/08/barack-obama-messages-gallery?picture=339480642


...It’s like something out of “The Terminator.” Self-aware virtual humans, regenerating body parts on “nano-scaffolding,” mind controlled weapons - all the stuff of movie robots, comic heroes and otherworldly tomes.

But for some, this kind of higher-than-high tech is as real as life and death...
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2008/11/04/army-tries-holograms-qauntum-computing/

[and]

...The United States government, in an effort to establish credible and human-realistic AI for their newest literal killing machines, is looking to test the "humanity" of this AI in popular MMOs. According to a recent article, two named MMOs that have been cited as examples for this project include World of Warcraft and EVE Online. "We want to use the massively multi-player online game as an experimental laboratory to see if they're good enough to convince humans that they're actually human," says Dr. John Parmentola, Director of Research and Laboratory Management with the Army's science and technology office...
http://www.massively.com/2008/11/07/the-u-s-army-to-enter-the-wow-botting-business/