Apparently life is a bitch. Well, its not apparently, its absolutely totally 100% a bitch !!! I've been thrown so many curveballs lately, had so much bad luck and had life kick me in the bollocks so many times for me to not agree :(
RIGHT !! Got that out of the way now, time for some inspiring musings, some deep thoughts or maybe a little ranting?
The subject of this particular "episode" was inspired by a news story I saw on Yahoo.
"Ex-SAS: Gamers should pilot drones"
Wow, impressive headline huh? The text of the news report is even better...
"Ex-SAS soldier and writer, Chris Ryan, says the skills that video game players pick up on their consoles could make them better soldiers."
"When you are behind the controls of a game, it's more or less the same controls as a drone."
"We need guys who played these games and are very skilled at them. It's guys like me on the ground that would rely on an ex-gamer to help out."
What a great idea!! Lets entrust millions of dollars worth of equipment to a bunch of guys (and girls) who take great pleasure in "pwning n00bs" whilst screaming the same sentiment at the screen. That throw hissy-fits when things dont go there way, that have to scoff starch-laden snacks and quaff energy drinks all day AND spend most of their time trying to find work-arounds or "sploits" for any and every rule setup in their particular environment of choice ???
Ok, so I'm generalising quite a little bit there, but I think you know what I mean. Surely, with the almost constant stream of injured service personnel being released from their particular armed service branch, they have a source of people that could be readily retrained to provide this skillset. They already have the military training and simply releasing them into the general populace is a waste of all that time and money, when a little bit of lateral thinking could provide these brave men and women with an alternative military career?
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