I have it on good authority* that the aliens will come calling in 2012. 2020 might already be too late for this kind of weaponry...
*For certain definitions of "good authority".
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Military lasers, for real.
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CheeseRedux
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"Actually this is a common misconception... I do *not* in fact have a lot of time on my hands at all! I just have a very very very very bad sense of priorities."
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Oh, right. How could I forget that?!?CheeseRedux wrote:I have it on good authority* that the aliens will come calling in 2012.
*For certain definitions of "good authority".
Re: Military lasers, for real.
Unfortunately backing a commercial company into a corner so that it 'concentrates the mind' usually has only one effect (depending on who's doing the corning of course). I'd cite Acorn's Risc PC vs WinTel AT Clones.
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Or buy an reverse laser that adsorbs all laser beams.Ahruman wrote:Fortuitously, scientists have just demonstrated the ability to shoot laser beams down. Well, kind of. Of course, it’s a bit difficult to detect them for interception…
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Um… that’s the same story.Eric Walch wrote:Or buy an reverse laser that adsorbs all laser beams.
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