Re: OT - US military unveils heat-ray gun

Pat Flannery wrote:

Unlike a machine gun, you wouldn't have to worry about running out of
ammo or the barrel overheating. You wouldn't even know the beam was
there till it hits you and you start to cook.

For a pacifist, you have some rather nasty thoughts.

Have you thought about pursuing a career in a Federal Weapons Lab? To
placate your pacifist leanings, you could use names like "Peacekeeper,"
"Peacemaker," and "Daisy Cutter" to describe the products of your
fertile imagination.

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Dave Michelson
davem@xxxxxxxxxx
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