"One thing I really don't get is that how John'll be able to knock out SKYNET satellites."

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Hmm - I bet those tactics are codified... In fact a AI as smart as Skynet could and would obivously absorb them and most likely go through all recorded military history, strategy and tactics and I mean all in under 5 minutes. If it grew from chess playing it would know all about alpha / beta tree pruning to maximise gain and apply it to complex war fare. SkyNet was designed to run wars remember and originally do it at teraflop speed - and that was when it first switched on and before it probably linked all computers - distributed itself and up its computer resources therefore a billion fold.

Your sword cuts both ways - and Skynet is distributed, holds all the resources, all the intel, all the high speed communications, has constant survelliance, never sleeps. And In Jyle's own words - we were at the brink - almost gone. The USA and Russia and probably China threw all their nuclear weaponary into the fray. So there's 95% of the worlds population dead and the rest disorganised, no command structure, little food or shelter, and no real assets to fight a far, far, far superior foe - that has analysed all your tactics for response.

It sounds incredibly one sided to me. If you knew much about military history you know adverse correlation of forces and firepower and intelligence spell total disaster. It would be way less than a billion to one shot you'd recover and win back from a dooms day holocaust - the mother of all holocausts - which is only Skynets first move - and you bet it planned more - poision in water supplies, air vectors, disease, dis-information on public broadcast channels. Every remaining broadcast channel saying this is John Connor - go hear and help me - as a total set up.

Humanity's chances are big fat zero unless a major silver bullet is found that Skynet simply can't respond to. Give me even one plausible scenario - PC virus, EMPs disrupting power grids - name one - but it would have to be awesome!"

"Ever hear of Battlefield Deception? Without getting into a whole lot of detail, the tactics of deception are to:

* Mask an increase in or redeployment of forces/weapons systems which the enemy has spotted.

* Block the enemy's perception and/or identification of new weapons/forces being introduced into combat.

* Reinforce the enemy's preconceived beliefs.

* Distract the enemy's attention from other activities.

* Overload enemy intelligence collection and analytical capabilities.

* Create the illusion of strength where weakness exists.

* Create the illusion of weakness where strength exists.

* Accustom the enemy to particular patterns of our behavior that are exploitable at the time of our choosing.

* Confuse enemy expectations about our size, activity, location, unit, time, equipment, intent, and/or style of mission execution -- TO EFFECT SURPRISE IN THESE AREAS.

* Reduce the enemy's ability clearly to perceive and manage the battle.

Whether the enemy is human or machines, these tactics will work. Most likely, future John is using all of these plus others to even the battlefield."

"Exactly to your first point. Humanity would have been wiped out in less than a year, if Skynet was all-powerful with no weaknesses. Yet John and his Resistance fighters continue to wage war. If not winning, then at least winning enough battles to maintain their existence.

Now I'm done with this thread. :-)

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