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Mince Wobley

#21 December 16, 2007, 12:55:56 am

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Technology won't kill us all, in the future we will be wise enough to not use them for evil purposes

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#22 December 16, 2007, 02:37:19 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 16, 2007, 12:55:56 am

Technology won't kill us all, in the future we will be wise enough to not use them for evil purposes

Then again, we can't predict something such as another evil dictator in the future, by the time of this technological weaponry will be far advanced and life will end. Ofcourse that's just my opinion, also the lack of resources in the future.

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#23 December 16, 2007, 02:56:37 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 16, 2007, 12:55:56 am

Technology won't kill us all, in the future we will be wise enough to not use them for evil purposes

I don't think you understand human nature...

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#24 December 16, 2007, 06:08:16 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 16, 2007, 12:55:56 am

Technology won't kill us all, in the future we will be wise enough to not use them for evil purposes

You are kidding, right? Technology is propelled by the need to kill others. Do you think when the catapult was first conceived, people thought "In the future, they will be wise enough not to use it for evil purposes!".

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#25 December 16, 2007, 06:43:01 am

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 15, 2007, 03:43:57 pm

Why do they always think of some destructive use of anything some other people invents or discovers?

A lot of things are actually discovered for military purposes and then converted for use in the home.

I'd love to see technology similar to this used for space exploration purposes, but then again, I'm very excited by the idea of space exploration, so my opinion is somewhat biased. Then again, they've already achieved speeds higher than these rockets could attain. Still though, less money into weaponry development and more into NASA's R&D program (of course I joke, but space is just begging to be explored).

I have a feeling the end of our world will be very sudden with some ass fucking everyone over just because he's insane and doesn't give a shit about the world.

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#26 December 16, 2007, 05:38:46 pm

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Quote from: DeltaHybrid on December 16, 2007, 06:08:16 am

You are kidding, right? Technology is propelled by the need to kill others. Do you think when the catapult was first conceived, people thought "In the future, they will be wise enough not to use it for evil purposes!".

Yes but that was in the past, they used to throw people using catapults and burn witches, but do you know why people don't do this anymore? Because Humanity evolved and realized it was stupid, and I just believe Humanity will continue evolving and realize that all this "WOW we'll make a missle that will be able to destroy ANYONE without them noticing!!" is as stupid as burning witches

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#27 December 16, 2007, 05:42:27 pm

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 16, 2007, 05:38:46 pm

Yes but that was in the past, they used to throw people using catapults and burn witches, but do you know why people don't do this anymore?

...because we got guns and rockets?

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#28 December 16, 2007, 05:55:25 pm

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Quote from: DarkNecrid on December 16, 2007, 05:42:27 pm

...because we got guns and rockets?

so instead of burning witches we'll be able to shoot them with beyond the speed of sound at them? Freakin' awesome! Time to blow up some devil worshippers

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#29 December 16, 2007, 06:13:09 pm

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 16, 2007, 05:38:46 pm

Yes but that was in the past, they used to throw people using catapults and burn witches, but do you know why people don't do this anymore? Because Humanity evolved and realized it was stupid, and I just believe Humanity will continue evolving and realize that all this "WOW we'll make a missle that will be able to destroy ANYONE without them noticing!!" is as stupid as burning witches

You do realize that nowadays we have people who strap explosives to themselves and blow other people up, right?
Humans are no more evolved then we were a thousand years ago. Some ideas and customs have evolved/changed, but people at their core have not. We are a brutal species, and there will always be violence. The only way to really eliminate that is to eliminate independent thought, and if that happened how could we even be considered human anymore?

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#30 December 16, 2007, 06:23:32 pm

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Unfortunately, it is human nature.

We like to make ourselves out to be a civilized society, but when it comes down to it, we're not really much of one at all. Sure, on the outside we do fine and dandy, but to quote The Mist: "Sure, as long as the machines are working and you can dial 911. But you take those things away, you throw people in the dark, you scare the shit out of them - no more rules.".

You get two people who disagree with each other, and if its the right 2 people, its enough to destroy us all. We take measures in preventing that thankfully, but thats never going to change. We're the only thing on this planet that mass murders itself, how awesome is that?

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#31 December 16, 2007, 06:47:14 pm

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but yeah anyway wouldn't this kind of technology be the next step to like.. deep space exploration or has that already been discussed?

There is no way that scramjet technology can work properly outside of an Earth like atmosphere.
A shuttle rocket works because it carries large quantities of the one thing fire needs to exist... Oxygen.
A shuttle uses oxygen as a fuel source along with hydrogen, meaning that if you wanted to adapt the scramjet, you'd have to pump large quantities of oxygen into it mechanically, rather than just scooping it into the engines because you're going at stupidly high speeds.
Scramjet technology may be usable for getting off the ground, but there's much more viable technologies for providing thrust once you're in space.

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#32 December 16, 2007, 06:49:13 pm

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Well with the rate of how laser technology is going, it will not matter how fast a missile is at some point. If they can't beat the speed of light, they are going to get blow up in mid -flight. Now you just have to hope powerful anti-missile laser become operational before the first Hypersonic missile war.

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#33 December 17, 2007, 07:56:34 pm

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Quote from: WarV on December 16, 2007, 06:49:13 pm

Well with the rate of how laser technology is going, it will not matter how fast a missile is at some point. If they can't beat the speed of light, they are going to get blow up in mid -flight. Now you just have to hope powerful anti-missile laser become operational before the first Hypersonic missile war.

Hello Star Wars...

And besides, by then we'll have Ion Cannons.

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#34 December 28, 2007, 04:57:07 am

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Wow, a scramjet inspired bullet.
Already able to be used in existing rifles, it travels at mach 7 and could travel hundreds of miles, not to mention whatever fuel it has on impact will detonate.
I didn't think I'd ever call a bullet sexy...

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Mince Wobley

#35 December 28, 2007, 06:29:10 pm

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That's nice goat now we can kill other people a lot better than before this was invented!

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#36 December 29, 2007, 01:14:28 am

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Quote from: goat on December 28, 2007, 04:57:07 am

Wow, a scramjet inspired bullet.
Already able to be used in existing rifles, it travels at mach 7 and could travel hundreds of miles, not to mention whatever fuel it has on impact will detonate.
I didn't think I'd ever call a bullet sexy...

Gah, that's nuts. But it would cost a lot of money to manufacture in massive quantities, since the alloy has to be durable enough to travel at Mach 7 without disintegrating/melting. Unless it's capable of doing that already, since bullets don't travel for very long before hitting something.

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Orange00

#37 December 29, 2007, 03:13:31 pm

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Of course this doesn't mean immediate apocalypse, but all it takes is a wrong person in a wrong place in a wrong time. Though that's the case at the very moment too so doesn't change anything really (Speaking of the extinction of mankind)

Just a matter of time?

That bullet is pretty ridiculous btw, what the use? It's not like people are dodging the current ones..

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Mince Wobley

#38 December 29, 2007, 03:59:29 pm

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Orange they want to make bullets so fast so that the shooter does not have to lead the target or compensate for bullet drop at high distances

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#39 December 29, 2007, 05:09:07 pm

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Quote from: Inri Cheetos on December 29, 2007, 03:59:29 pm

Orange they want to make bullets so fast so that the shooter does not have to lead the target or compensate for bullet drop at high distances

I want a bullet so fast that it kills the person before I pull the trigger.

Scramjet engines will have the same problems that the afterburning turbofans used on The Concorde had - They're leaky, noisy, and weigh a ton due to having to be able to withstand the speed and heat for which they generate. Airports cannot be adapted to service these aircraft in a cost effective way, which means limited service, and anti airport noise laws which have been around since the jet airliner was mainstreamed will kill use in the United States... just like with the Concorde.

I think I'll kick back on the new Airbus 380 for my long ass flights instead of riding on a tiny flying knife.

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#40 December 30, 2007, 12:30:04 pm

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Captain Obvious is here to tell you:
In relation to nuclear warfare, something like this would kill mutual deterrence theory.

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