Ah, I can see your viewpoint, personally I don't believe that mankind is intrinsically violent but each to his own :)
I'm off to a conference at IBM for a couple of days (the wife is presenting a paper), so I don't have time to discuss it further - unless they have installed a wireless hotspot up there! > -----Original Message----- > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 June 2003 12:07 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: This is awesome!!! > > > 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
