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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Carl on July 10, 2005, 12:25:53 am

Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Carl on July 10, 2005, 12:25:53 am: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050709/ap_on_sc/directed_energy_weapons
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Kosh on July 10, 2005, 12:30:37 am: I can see it now........

Captain: Gunnery control, power up photon beam cannons. Commence plasma core insertion.

XO: Uh sir, because of a beuroucratic snafu we can't use our beam cannons.

Captain: Then what the hell are we supposed to use, harsh language?
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: FireCrack on July 10, 2005, 12:43:18 am: "Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems Ltd."

lol
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Knight Templar on July 10, 2005, 12:49:23 am: BEAM FREE ALL!
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 10, 2005, 01:35:42 am: So, lasers harm the environment, but firing off guns that expel the remains of gunpowder into the air isn't? :p
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: BlueFlames on July 10, 2005, 01:51:10 am: So, this is why the NTF rejected the Beta Aquilae convention...

No?
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: FireCrack on July 10, 2005, 01:51:11 am: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon
So, lasers harm the environment, but firing off guns that expel the remains of gunpowder into the air isn't? :p

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=synonym
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 10, 2005, 02:44:20 am: M16 != laser
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Mefustae on July 10, 2005, 02:58:55 am: I love this paragraph...

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And they don't involve chemicals or projectiles that can be inaccurate, accidentally cause injury or violate international treaties.

...i totally agree with that, i mean, when i go out hunting, i have to be careful no to miss, or accidently injure myself or others...and then there's the everpresent danger of Violating an International Treaty, that's a real doozy right there i'll tell you what...

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Basically, it fires a bolt of lightning. It can be tuned to blow up explosives, possibly to stop vehicles and certainly to buzz people. The strike can be made to feel as gentle as "broom bristles" or cranked up to deliver a paralyzing jolt that "takes a few minutes to wear off."

At present, StunStrike is a 20-foot tower that can zap things up to 28 feet away. The next step is to shrink it so it could be wielded by troops and used in civilian locales like airplane cabins or building entrances.

I managed to hack into the Pentagon Database and found two Top Secret images of this Device...

(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3194/teslacoil7jr.jpg)
(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4840/images5ly.jpg)
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Turnsky on July 10, 2005, 03:32:32 am: LIES! (http://foxfire.keenspace.com/d/20050530.html)
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Grug on July 10, 2005, 03:44:07 am: Quote
Originally posted by Mefustae

I managed to hack into the Pentagon Database and found two Top Secret images of this Device...

(http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3194/teslacoil7jr.jpg)
(http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4840/images5ly.jpg)

I was thinking the exact same thing!

Go the Tesla Coils! ^_^
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Sandwich on July 10, 2005, 04:45:13 am: Nikolai Tesla could be a rich man - if he was still alive. *doesn't know if he is or not*
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Gai Daigoji on July 10, 2005, 04:50:23 am: Quote
Originally posted by Knight Templar
BEAM FREE ALL!
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Scuddie on July 10, 2005, 05:40:12 am: Quote
Originally posted by Sandwich
Nikolai Tesla could be a rich man - if he was still alive. *doesn't know if he is or not*
Uhmm... He died back in '43. I would think that a man who brought mass electricity to the world at the turn of the 20th century would certainly be deceased by now... And I'm not so sure he'd be rich either, considering his actions caused him to die flat broke, and with a substantially large debt to the US and Britan.
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Rictor on July 10, 2005, 08:40:50 am: No beam weapons? Oh that's terrible! The US will be forced to make do with it's mere 10:1 technological superiority. What's next, no space missles either? Poor dears.
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Nico on July 10, 2005, 09:04:35 am: From what I've read from the article, it sounds more like "lots of beams soon enough", but I guess that's just me?
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: vyper on July 10, 2005, 09:09:57 am: beam-lock-all
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Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: achtung on July 10, 2005, 12:53:55 pm: I guess it's time to upgrade. We've had black powder weapons for how long 400-500 years?

I hope energy shielding comes next.
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: vyper on July 10, 2005, 01:24:01 pm: Yay, arms race...
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Ghost on July 10, 2005, 01:46:34 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Swantz
I guess it's time to upgrade. We've had black powder weapons for how long 400-500 years?

I hope energy shielding comes next.

BREEEHHHHHHH! Wrong. We don't use black powder anymore. It's less powerful than the junk we use now and it smokes too damn much.
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: TrashMan on July 10, 2005, 05:03:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Scuddie
Uhmm... He died back in '43. I would think that a man who brought mass electricity to the world at the turn of the 20th century would certainly be deceased by now... And I'm not so sure he'd be rich either, considering his actions caused him to die flat broke, and with a substantially large debt to the US and Britan.

True, but he was one of the greatest minds ever.

He made thousands of patents, many of which are so complex that some scientist today still haven't figured them out.
When it comes to electricity, he was the king there.
See this pic:
http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/anims/tesla_an.gif

This is him reading a book in his lab...With 100000 volts of electricity running all over the place!
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Rictor on July 10, 2005, 05:07:02 pm: I always wondered what happened to his plans for a deathray. Hours after his death, the US government confiscated all his documents, so maybe there's a secret laser weapons sitting in some hidden hanger.
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 10, 2005, 05:32:31 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan
This is him reading a book in his lab...With 100000 volts of electricity running all over the place!

Is that the original, unedited animated GIF from the 1930s?
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: vyper on July 10, 2005, 05:56:46 pm: Quote
Originally posted by WMCoolmon

Is that the original, unedited animated GIF from the 1930s?

Spot the obvious mistake.
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: TrashMan on July 10, 2005, 05:57:35 pm: no, it's made aftera few photos of him that were just like that.

Tehy said he practivcly lived in his lab, constantly sorrounded by electricity jumping from one coil to another.

his assistents were scared as hall working in there, but he moved trough the room with utter confidence, knowing to the centimeter exactly where the charge can reach.

@Rictor - I heard some rumors (and read), that not only did he make plans for a shield, but allso otehr hadvanced projects. Remeber the Philadelphia experiment? - it was Tesla's work.

b.t.w. - do you know Teslas parents were Serbian and Croatian, he was born in Serbia but took Croatian natinality?
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: WMCoolmon on July 10, 2005, 07:04:02 pm: Quote
Originally posted by vyper
Spot the obvious mistake.

*Hands vyper a sarcasm detector* :rolleyes:
Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: Martinus on July 10, 2005, 07:19:41 pm: Quote
Originally posted by TrashMan
This is him reading a book in his lab...With 100000 volts of electricity running all over the place!

[color=66ff00]Remember that voltage is not as important as current or frequency when it comes to how much respect you give electricity.

You can be carrying around tens of thousands of volts in static on your body. Ground yourself before you handle those new network cards. ;)
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Title: no beam weapons for the military
Post by: FireCrack on July 10, 2005, 09:12:55 pm: You will not be caring that voltage in your body ever, nlessd you are giving/reciving a large electric shock.