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Quoting Tim May ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> >Old news. One thing I haven't heard of being used in herfgun design is the
> >new commercial
> >'ultracapacitors' which have multi-FARAD capacitances in very small sizes,
> >and some have very low ESR (ie, you can drain them fast).
>
> Yep, old news. But the Horrors of the Unfettered HERF Gun" ("Dad, he
> just said the G word!") get trotted out periodically to remind the
> sheeple why new limitations on access to technology by NGAs must be
> restricted.
I suppose this means that my plans for a backyard rail-gun[1] will be
for naught.
Regards,
Steve
[1] IOW, a better mouse trap.[2]
[2] And I was just about to file for a patent.
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Die Religion ... ist das Opium des Volkes.
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