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Offline aldo_14

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Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
on: May 18, 2006, 04:47:11 am
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/invention/2006/05/human-cannonballs_15.html

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The old circus trick of firing a person from a cannon is being considered by the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a way to get special forces, police officers and fire fighters onto the roofs of tall buildings in a hurry.
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #1 on: May 18, 2006, 04:54:30 am
So... uh... how do you stop?!
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #2 on: May 18, 2006, 04:58:56 am
Quote from: Mefustae on May 18, 2006, 04:54:30 am
So... uh... how do you stop?!

You land on the soft pile of corpses preceeding you.
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #3 on: May 18, 2006, 05:02:14 am
DARPA really have more money than they know what do with, don't they? :D
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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #4 on: May 18, 2006, 05:10:14 am
:lol:

Right...
Why not invest in the new flushable semi-disposable nappies instead?
Far more usefull.
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #5 on: May 18, 2006, 05:17:29 am
I will be very disapointed if they don't put this technology in a talking black sports car :D
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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #6 on: May 18, 2006, 05:28:33 am
Amazing....simply amazing.... :lol:
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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #7 on: May 18, 2006, 07:09:15 am
Hahaha, I don't habeeb it :lol:
Habeeb it...
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #8 on: May 18, 2006, 09:01:03 am
This is great! :lol: :lol: I can see it all now...

Must be a fire down the street.
-What? There's no smoke.
eeeEeeeeeyyyYYYYAAAAHHHH--SPLAT
I'm not cleaning that up.
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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #9 on: May 18, 2006, 01:20:40 pm
They're going to change all the badges into flower shaped water-squirters too, to help with putting out the fire ;)
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #10 on: May 18, 2006, 03:38:33 pm
What if they miss?
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Offline Rictor

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #11 on: May 18, 2006, 04:35:41 pm
DARPA is basically like a real version of the "When I get rich, I'm going to make a flying bike that shoots laser beams" game we all played when we six years old. Though I must say, it's by far the most creative and entertaining misappropriation of tax dollars.
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #12 on: May 18, 2006, 04:44:22 pm
Quote from: ilya on May 18, 2006, 03:38:33 pm
What if they miss?

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eeeEeeeeeyyyYYYYAAAAHHHH--SPLAT
Spoon - I stand in awe by your flawless fredding. Truely, never before have I witnessed such magnificant display of beamz.
Axem -  I don't know what I'll do with my life now. Maybe I'll become a Nun, or take up Macrame. But where ever I go... I will remember you!
Axem - Sorry to post again when I said I was leaving for good, but something was nagging me. I don't want to say it in a way that shames the campaign but I think we can all agree it is actually.. incomplete. It is missing... Voice Acting.
Quanto - I for one would love to lend my beautiful singing voice into this wholesome project.
Nuclear1 - I want a duet.
AndrewofDoom - Make it a trio!
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #13 on: May 18, 2006, 06:02:00 pm
Quote from: Mefustae on May 18, 2006, 04:54:30 am
So... uh... how do you stop?!

My guess is that they'd carefully calculate body mass, equipment weight, air resistance, wind factor, and adjust the cannon to shot the person out with just the right angle and power (Scorched Earth, anybody?) that they will just have barely passed the apex of their parabolic flight path when they encounter the roof.

Unfortunately, they'll probably forget to take into account the 3 Krispy Kreme's just consumed by PFC Johnson...
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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #14 on: May 18, 2006, 06:19:43 pm
Quote from: Rictor on May 18, 2006, 04:35:41 pm
DARPA is basically like a real version of the "When I get rich, I'm going to make a flying bike that shoots laser beams" game we all played when we six years old. Though I must say, it's by far the most creative and entertaining misappropriation of tax dollars.

I wonder what their meetings are like.
"Dude, how about genetically engineered ants?"
"ohhhh man that is SO cool"
"ok ok ok scratch that how about an invincible spaceship?"
"dude how are you going to build one"
"I don't know, military?"
"**** YEAH"
"Pass the joint already"
lol wtf
 

Offline Rictor

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #15 on: May 18, 2006, 07:53:13 pm
Yeah, probably, except with more....quadratic equations and whatnot. I don't remember the details, but I've read about some crazy concepts from them. Robot killer ants probably aren't that far off the mark. The way I imagine the inner workings of DARPA, it's like Dexter's Lab with more funding.

Though they should get some credit for , y'know, inventing the Internet.
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #16 on: May 18, 2006, 08:53:10 pm
To Infinity - And Beyond!



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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #17 on: May 19, 2006, 02:44:53 am
Quote from: Rictor on May 18, 2006, 07:53:13 pm
Yeah, probably, except with more....quadratic equations and whatnot. I don't remember the details, but I've read about some crazy concepts from them. Robot killer ants probably aren't that far off the mark. The way I imagine the inner workings of DARPA, it's like Dexter's Lab with more funding.

Well, now you mention it.....
 

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Re: Do-do-do-de-la-do-do-do-TEN HUT!
Reply #18 on: May 19, 2006, 06:09:26 am
....Americans are weird.
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Reply #19 on: May 19, 2006, 06:21:10 am
Speaking of trained animals did the US ever recover their killer dolphins that were set free by Katrina or are they still swimming about looking for divers to attack?
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