Set PHASRs To Stun...

[FredM 0]

Hey there,

 

It's no longer the stuff of Star Trek....it's now reality. :lol:

 

New Scientist: U.S. Military sets laser PHASRs to stun

 

And I don't care what they say...the fact the abbreviation for the device ends up being "PHASR" isn't by mistake. :P

[Joe Giliberti 0]

Finally, I can say "phasers on stun" without looking like a total nerd.

[Dumbass 0]

You know, it does kinda look like a bulky version of a phaser rifle.

 

By the way, why do we call them "phaser rifles"? Rifle gets it's name from rifling, which are the tiny groves that are cut into the inside of the barrel so that the round spins when it leaves the muzzle (which, ironicly, makes it shoot straighter and farther, don't ask me how. The physics are similar to the spin a quarterback puts on a football when he throws a pass.). But with an energy-based weapon there wouldn't be a need for such rifling, so why do we call them rifles? Or is it just tradition?

Edited November 9, 2005 by Dumbass

[Guest Vulcan3324]

Tradition, my dear Dumbass.

[Cmdr JFarrington 0]

Hm...the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response rifle, eh? What I wanna know is what stimulation it responds to.

[WxMurray 0]

Hm...the Personnel Halting and Stimulation Response rifle, eh? What I wanna know is what stimulation it responds to.

Tickle tickle! :rolleyes:

 

Or maybe it's overjoyed (and drunk) fans storming a certain football field after a certain Buckeye team ggot punded by a ceratin Nittany Lion team. B)

Edited November 15, 2005 by WxMurray

[Laehval tTemarr 0]

"In the past, the problem with lasers of this type has been that they often permanently blind human targets," says Tobias Feakin, an expert at Bradford University's Non-Lethal Weapons Research Project in the UK.

 

Man, how do you get that job?!

 

 

Scientist> "Okay, so we're gong to shoot this 'laser' at your eyes and see what happens. It may or may not blind you, burn out your retinas, make you impotent, and/or cause your skull to explode. How does that sound?"

 

Test Subject> "Ummm... really bad?"

 

Scientist> "We'll give you five dollars."

 

Test Subject> "American?"

 

Scientist> "No. Five dollars from the Monopoly set that my kid has at home."

 

Test Subject> "Okay!"

 

Scientist> "Good. Just sign this waiver and we'll start."

[STSF_BluRox 0]

Man, how do you get that job?!

 

 

Scientist> "Okay, so we're gong to shoot this 'laser' at your eyes and see what happens. It may or may not blind you, burn out your retinas, make you impotent, and/or cause your skull to explode. How does that sound?"

 

Test Subject> "Ummm... really bad?"

 

Scientist> "We'll give you five dollars."

 

Test Subject> "American?"

 

Scientist> "No. Five dollars from the Monopoly set that my kid has at home."

 

Test Subject> "Okay!"

 

Scientist> "Good. Just sign this waiver and we'll start."

Woot. At least Monopoly has some value.....he could put that towards Boardwalk.

 

Hey...it's a lot more than he could do than if it were $5 Canadian::: ducks giggling:::

[STSF Seiben 0]

Woot. At least Monopoly has some value.....he could put that towards Boardwalk.

 

Hey...it's a lot more than he could do than if it were $5 Canadian::: ducks giggling:::

::sighs::

[Guest Vulcan3324]

Don't worry, Seiben. I've been to Canada myself, and I've seen your currency in action. :rolleyes:

[STSF Jami 0]

Or maybe it's overjoyed (and drunk) fans storming a certain football field after a certain Buckeye team ggot punded by a ceratin Nittany Lion team. :D

WE ARE . . .

[WxMurray 0]

. . . PENN STATE! Edited November 21, 2005 by WxMurray

[CaptainSDavies 0]

WE IS . . .

[Elgor 0]

NERDS WITH TO MUCH TIME ON THEIR HANDS

 

 

and the reason they can't call them PHASERS is it is copyrighted i think by Paramount

[Elgor 0]

crud it did not work

[WesleyMustDie 0]

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Should look like that ^^

 

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[Elgor 0]

Good to know.

But seriously why did the acroynim end up as PHASRs instead of PHASERs?

maybe we will never know :sighs right behind him a guys explaining why: