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You have 20 seconds to comply.

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

Jamerson McGradner

Comedy

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Cited on HN 4 times, 2013–2024, never outright recommended score 0

Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

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

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

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4 Hacker News comments

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@nostromo Jun 2013 Makes a joke

on HN thread The 800 Pound Gorilla Amazon Tried to Kill is Google's Trojan Horse

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

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@pmoriarty Aug 2017 Makes a joke

on HN thread The US Army is developing autonomous armored vehicles

"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: [this video]

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@vincnetas Jan 2020 Makes a joke

on HN thread Robot tanks: On patrol but not allowed to shoot

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

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@belter May 2024 Makes a joke

on HN thread Brinc unveils new 911 response drone, can handle 25% of calls without officers

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

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