Not at all. Human beings excel at killing each other. Most of our technological breakthroughs have come during wartime, or as a result of military development. So I was answering your question that we as human beings will never exist in a world where the time and effort spent on finding better ways of killing each other will be used more constructively. That's all.
-----Original Message----- From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 8:03 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: This is awesome!!! That seems to be a rather bizarre statement? > -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 June 2003 12:00 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: This is awesome!!! > > > A world without human beings that's for sure. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 4:01 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: This is awesome!!! > > > This thread makes me wonder what sort of a world we would > have if all the time and effort spent on finding better ways > of killing were spent on more constructive things. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 27 June 2003 17:46 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: This is awesome!!! > > > > > > > Pretty soon we'll have POWER ARMOR!! > > > > When my Dad was working for the Feds back in the 80s and 90s > > (US Armed Forces Modernization) his two favorite projects > > were Directed Energy and Individual Powered Armor Suits. > > > > I never got to see all of the details on the suits as just > > about everything was classified but some of the unclassified > > stuff was pretty cool. I'd give it another 10-15 years. > > mostly there were power source problems. > > > > The Directed Energy Projects (again, the unclassified stuff) > > were pretty cool too, basically using microwave energy to fry > > out electronics and other more laser gun type stuff. Problem > > with laser "pistols" and "rifles" is apparently that there > > isn't (or wasn't) a power source powerful enough to > > 1.) be man portable and still be of any use; 2.) be useable > > more than once without downtime for recharge/replacement... > > > > will > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:56 AM > > Subject: RE: This is awesome!!! > > > > > > > 0_0 > > > > > > It's a Rail gun. > > > Fires projectiles electronically. > > > Zweeem Zweeem... > > > > > > That's the noise it probably makes... > > > Zweeeem! > > > > > > There's probably a little light trail behind the projectile > > too... ... > > > Pretty soon we'll have POWER ARMOR!! > > > > > > ^_^ > > > > > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Actually, I was thinking of a Gibson fletchette gun. > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
