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You have 20 seconds to comply.

You have 20 seconds to comply.

Jamerson McGradner
0 HN recommenders · discussed 2013–2024
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About this video

The ED-209 boardroom scene from the 1987 film RoboCop, where the enforcement droid malfunctions after giving a man 20 seconds to comply.

Why it appears in the archive

HN uses it purely as a joke reference in threads about autonomous weapons, robots and malfunctioning automation.

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From the Hacker News discussion

nostromo · 2013-06 · joke

I envision getting a text. "Your pizza is here. Use code 4025 to open locker #24." "You have 20 seconds to comply." ;-) [VIDEO]

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pmoriarty · 2017-08 · joke

"Friend-or-foe identification can boil down to "only targets shooting at me are hostile"." That reminds me of a classic scene from the original Robocop: [VIDEO]

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vincnetas · 2020-01 · joke

Mandatory "You have 20 seconds to comply." [VIDEO] *That demo with generals probably looked like this :)

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belter · 2024-05 · joke

Unfortunately a little bug caused the drone to confuse the 911 caller with the possible criminal and led to this incident: [VIDEO] Quite regrettable. We hope to fix it in the new Beta v2.34

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