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Homemade Gauss Gun

Posted by michael on from the physics-is-phun dept.

bonzoesc writes: "I'm sure we all remember getting owned by some railgun-wielding kid in Quake2. Ever wanted a way to get back? Enter the Homemade Gauss Rifle. Requires wooden ruler with groove down the middle to serve as the rail, steel balls that can roll down the groove to use as projectiles, and magnets to store and redirect energy. Physics is fun!"

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  1. His desire by inerte · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    He sure wanted to have Gausswith!

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    >perhaps then /. could lower their power bill and get rid of the subscriptions.

    hehe...

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    Come April 1st, Geocities will no longer support FTP. So, it's now just as bad as Angelfire.

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