From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@aeiveos.com)
Date: Tue Jun 03 2003 - 08:17:30 MDT
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Jeff Davis wrote:
> [snip]... the owner, sure as McDonalds makes
> McNuggets, of none other than a Mactaggart Scott C-3
> Steam Catapult. Ay, lassie, hurl a fully freighted,
> 1700 stone fighter jet into the air quick as a
> bridesmaid can snap a garter. [more snips]
Jeffs living in Canada may be pushing him a bit over
the edge but that's another topic.
On topic, kind of, it may point out the real use
of the steam catapults -- "Hurling Luddites".
We would have to design a special chair of
course but one can imagine the "fun" that
extropes would derive from hurling a luddite
off the deck at a couple of hundred kmph.
Of course we can justify this.
BRADBURY: "Look if they had just accepted the
option for nanorobot enhancement they would
easily have survived -- either by having
the nanorobots preventing them from ever
hitting the water, or by slowing them down
to a comfortable impact speed, or by repairing
any damage that was done after the impact.
Its not like we didn't explain the advantages
of using the technology vs. not using it."
Robert
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