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Archimedes Death Ray in San Francisco

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the kari-is-hot dept.

Monkey-Man2000 writes "Following the recent demonstration by MIT students that Archimedes' death ray could have been used to burn Roman ships, the producers of the Discovery Channel's Myth Busters invited the MIT team to San Francisco to try their death ray on an 80-year old fishing boat. This time, even with perfect weather, they were unable to set the boat afire. From the article, "Peter Rees, executive producer of "Myth Busters," said the experiment at the Hunters Point Shipyard showed that Archimedes' death ray was most likely a myth.""

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  1. dupe! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    C'mon Taco, would it kill you to do a search? 1st 2 hits for "Archimedes":

    Archimedes Death Ray in San Francisco
    On October 23rd, 2005 with 0 comments
    Monkey-Man2000 writes "Following the recent demonstration by MIT students that Archimedes' death ray could have been used to burn Roman ships, the producers of...
    Science >> Science

    Archimedes Death Ray
    On October 12th, 2005 with 550 comments
    Werner Heuser writes "Ancient Greek and Roman historians recorded that during the siege of Syracuse in 212 BC, Archimedes (a notably smart person) constructed...
    Science >> News, Science

    For the rest of us, here's a link to the original article, in case you feel like recycling comments. :) I for one plan to get a few +5's out of this.