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Title: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: aldo_14 on March 07, 2007, 05:27:58 am
The vomit gun!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/07/us_navy_project_cookie_toss/
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Mefustae on March 07, 2007, 05:36:01 am
Hooray! It's just like Mardi Gras!
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Col. Fishguts on March 07, 2007, 05:57:42 am
They're really trying hard to get as many Star Trek references as possible in that article.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 07, 2007, 08:31:02 am
The vomit gun!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/07/us_navy_project_cookie_toss/

You know, for some reason after reading that, I don't really see this gun being all that terrifying.  With the Air Force's skin fryer, there seemed to be pain involved.

With the Navy's barf-o-matic, I just get flashbacks to the Family Guy episode where Peter, Brian, Chris, and Stewie all chug ipecac.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: vyper on March 07, 2007, 10:56:29 am
Except for some people, vomiting can be life-threatening. Diabetics for example would have to replace the lost sugar in a fairly decent amount of time. People with gastrointestinal problems may be adversely effected.  People with breathing problems may suffer complications from the gag reflex.

I could go on. But I'm dull.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Herra Tohtori on March 07, 2007, 11:13:50 am
Well, a bit aside the topic but anyway... I would like to know what kind of an effect the microwave skin toaster gun would have on a bunch of sauna-conditioned people... :mad2:
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Flipside on March 07, 2007, 12:18:14 pm
I find it odd that weapon seems to be changing it's impetus on weapon design from 'killing the bad guy' to 'controlling a crowd that doesn't agree with you'.

It really doesn't bode well in the long run.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Taristin on March 07, 2007, 12:28:32 pm
I can just picture these things being used on eachother on board ship. Particularly at meal time.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Harbinger of DOOM on March 07, 2007, 02:56:40 pm
I can just picture these things being used on eachother on board ship. Particularly at meal time.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Mr. Vega on March 07, 2007, 04:28:03 pm
The purpose of all these non-lethal projects is to develop weapons that can be used on protestors (angry mobs in mediaspeak) in occupied countries without the diplomatic fuss of massacring them or threatening them with lethal force. Of course, if they work on protestors in foreign countries, there's no reason why they won't work on domestic unrest...
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 07, 2007, 06:09:17 pm
I can just picture these things being used on eachother on board ship. Particularly at meal time.

Hey, I nabbed this from the cargo shipment.  First one to puke is latrine queen for the next three weeks!
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Charismatic on March 08, 2007, 12:49:25 pm
"which are designed to disperse crowds by lightly frying their outer skin layers."

lightly frying? and if the power setting accidentaly was increased? then we have some toasted people, or ppl made deaf.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: DeepSpace9er on March 09, 2007, 05:46:03 pm
So what we have here is an (EVE Term) faction stasis webifer/target jammer that causes puking.

I think the sick sticks of Minority report would have been a better comparison than 'Set phasers to puke.'
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Nuclear1 on March 09, 2007, 05:52:18 pm
So what we have here is an (EVE Term) faction stasis webifer/target jammer that causes puking.

I think the sick sticks of Minority report would have been a better comparison than 'Set phasers to puke.'

Star Trek is better known though.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Cobra on March 09, 2007, 07:55:37 pm
I had a weird picture as I read the "unconscious vomiting" part.

"Stun him!"
*dude falls over*
"Subject down-- Wait, what the hell is that?"
*Unconscious dude gurgles*
"****ing sick dude!"
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Agent_Koopa on March 10, 2007, 08:20:57 am
"which are designed to disperse crowds by lightly frying their outer skin layers."

lightly frying? and if the power setting accidentaly was increased? then we have some toasted people, or ppl made deaf.

Maybe "lightly frying" was a bad choice of words. Use "causing lots of pain" instead.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Taristin on March 10, 2007, 05:32:33 pm
Its all fun and games until someone drowns in their own vomit. Then its lethal again.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Iron Wolf on March 10, 2007, 07:36:18 pm

Maybe "lightly frying" was a bad choice of words. Use "causing lots of pain" instead.

Perhaps "Hot enough to Incapacitate" would be best
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Cobra on March 10, 2007, 07:41:14 pm
Sunscreen anyone?
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Agent_Koopa on March 10, 2007, 09:54:44 pm

Maybe "lightly frying" was a bad choice of words. Use "causing lots of pain" instead.

Perhaps "Hot enough to Incapacitate" would be best

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Iron Wolf on March 10, 2007, 10:16:22 pm

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

Best one is "Starch-filled Nutritive Vegetable Sustenance"
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Agent_Koopa on March 10, 2007, 10:32:47 pm

Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

Best one is "Starch-filled Nutritive Vegetable Sustenance"

Uh... to-may-to, to-mah-to?

*is at a loss as to what to do, because Iron Wolf is clearly not following the accepted rules of conversation*

*panics*
Title: Re: After the skin-frying laser, comes....
Post by: Iron Wolf on March 10, 2007, 11:08:56 pm

Uh... to-may-to, to-mah-to?

*is at a loss as to what to do, because Iron Wolf is clearly not following the accepted rules of conversation*

*panics*

Buhahaha! I have you now! :drevil: