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Old 14-June-2007, 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by SkepticJ View Post
The people were always getting hacked through their wired or wireless connection. Don't have one--or are running in "autistic mode" (means it's turned off)--can't get hacked.

True, but they're not 100% reliable, are they? I have a firewall and I still get viruses.
I don't see the difference between one properly protected data connection and another. Which is to say, if you can protect a robot from being hacked by having it use a very high data rate optical input (eyes) and low data rate output (hands) you should be able to do the same with higher output rate and a more efficient connection. All that extra hardware (the body) is irrelevant.
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