Could a protruding tip ahead of the cone provide a way to create a plasma that opens up a tunnel through which the projectile can slip through, reducing drag? Could it split the air in the gun ahead of the projectile such that it did not touch the sides of the cannon but rode on compressed cushion of gas on the sides?
If you filled it with a liquid like fuel, what would happen to liquid due to the spin you'd surely want to give to the projectile? would the friction make it not spin, or would it add a lot of pressure at the front and back ends from the liquid that pushes against the walls?
In a popular sci - fi story from Argentina, "The Ethernaut", one of the guidelines used by the invading aliens was to never use a more sophisticated weapon than needed, or one that could pose a threat to themselves if we ever got a hold of it.
The initial attack was a deadly snow from space, that killed 95% of people right off. The rest were to be turned into slave zombies via a control device inserted into your spine... This was a mid/70's story in the form of a comic.
we used Atari 800, Commodore 64, TRS-80, etc... (well, maybe a little more, circa 1980). Which of the devices mentioned here like USB drives, disk drives, CD, DVD, etc ran on those systems? only diskettes, and today you'd be hard-pressed to be able to read them.
I think the best place would be Google, maybe an email account with them!
How's the Japanese suicide rate relevant to this? The USA has killed how many of it's citizens (not to mention other countries!) in wars? This is just as relevant to the issue of state-issued id's and citizen's concerns for their own privacy... If US citizens are so concerned with their own privacy, why is it they are the principal users of places like Facebook, Ancestry, Twitter and such, where they lay public their most intimate information for all to see? And going through a US airport is much more of an insult to individuals and their right to privacy than doing it in most other countries. Why is it that the most "liberal" (as in liberty) countries, the USA and the UK, are the two that most closely watch their citizens, through databases and cameras and such, in the whole world?
The whole issue of personal privacy concerns is full of hipocrisy.
Negotiation is not always the only way. Some people are simply intrasigent, no amount of talk will make them change their way. Usually this is because the REAL reason for what they do is not the one they PREACH. In Colombia, for instance, it's not politics behind it, it's DRUGS and mafia-like organizations. So no amount of political concessions will make any difference.
In some places, like Argentina and Chile, pure repression DID stop the terrorist movements, although at a very high moral price, one that to this day complicates politics and our sense of justice... But that "war" WAS settled effectively...
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is everyone in the USA crazy or what? How silly can you get? Are there any adults left? Jeeez...
... of a large industry, telecoms... but that is progress!
Could a protruding tip ahead of the cone provide a way to create a plasma that opens up a tunnel through which the projectile can slip through, reducing drag? Could it split the air in the gun ahead of the projectile such that it did not touch the sides of the cannon but rode on compressed cushion of gas on the sides? If you filled it with a liquid like fuel, what would happen to liquid due to the spin you'd surely want to give to the projectile? would the friction make it not spin, or would it add a lot of pressure at the front and back ends from the liquid that pushes against the walls?
In a popular sci - fi story from Argentina, "The Ethernaut", one of the guidelines used by the invading aliens was to never use a more sophisticated weapon than needed, or one that could pose a threat to themselves if we ever got a hold of it. The initial attack was a deadly snow from space, that killed 95% of people right off. The rest were to be turned into slave zombies via a control device inserted into your spine... This was a mid/70's story in the form of a comic.
we used Atari 800, Commodore 64, TRS-80, etc... (well, maybe a little more, circa 1980). Which of the devices mentioned here like USB drives, disk drives, CD, DVD, etc ran on those systems? only diskettes, and today you'd be hard-pressed to be able to read them. I think the best place would be Google, maybe an email account with them!
How's the Japanese suicide rate relevant to this? The USA has killed how many of it's citizens (not to mention other countries!) in wars? This is just as relevant to the issue of state-issued id's and citizen's concerns for their own privacy... If US citizens are so concerned with their own privacy, why is it they are the principal users of places like Facebook, Ancestry, Twitter and such, where they lay public their most intimate information for all to see? And going through a US airport is much more of an insult to individuals and their right to privacy than doing it in most other countries. Why is it that the most "liberal" (as in liberty) countries, the USA and the UK, are the two that most closely watch their citizens, through databases and cameras and such, in the whole world?
The whole issue of personal privacy concerns is full of hipocrisy.
Can it drop leaflets at supersonic speed? You do know, the word is mightier than the sword, after all...
Negotiation is not always the only way. Some people are simply intrasigent, no amount of talk will make them change their way. Usually this is because the REAL reason for what they do is not the one they PREACH. In Colombia, for instance, it's not politics behind it, it's DRUGS and mafia-like organizations. So no amount of political concessions will make any difference. In some places, like Argentina and Chile, pure repression DID stop the terrorist movements, although at a very high moral price, one that to this day complicates politics and our sense of justice... But that "war" WAS settled effectively...
Here in Buenos Aires I pay $100 pesos per month, or about U$S 33, for 512k down / 128k up, no fixed IP...