From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 10:34:48 MDT
From: "Spike Jones" <spike66@attglobal.net>
> Nowthen, if I am ready to go down to the local sporting
> goods store to look at hunting rifles specifically to help this
> young man meet his houris, what would you recommend?
> Thirty aught six semiauto? spike
You can't get one at the local sporting goods store,
but here's just the item you're looking for:
New Gun Fires 'Laser of Lead'
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,46570,00.html
SYDNEY, Australia -- It may not be ready for George Bush's "first war of the
21st century." But it may well be ready if there's a second.
In perhaps the most audacious upgrade of high-speed weaponry since the
introduction of the Gatling Gun, Australian inventor Mike O'Dwyer has
developed a machine gun that can fire bullets at a rate of 1 million rounds
per minute.
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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