Truth stranger than fiction?

Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:24 pm by H.Q. Victor

A fiction series, Left Behind, talked of a non-existant weapon called a DEW or Directed Energy Weapon. It would in theory, heat skin and burn, now there IS such a weapon being created. Linky for further info.

Edited by - Finalday on 1/24/2007 5:24:37 PM

Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:07 pm by J Dawg

I was a little skeptical about those when I read that book, Final, but you're right it seems that it's really on the way, though not in the rifle or handheld format yet.

Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:37 pm by Arania

Not surprising. Heat-induction devices have been around since the 1970s in one form or another (Microwave ovens, anyone?), It would only take time for some scientist to come up with a way to turn it into a Directed-Energy weapon or a MASER.
Anyway, didnt the U.S. Military announce this three years ago under the name 'Active Denial System'? It even has a wikipedia page!

Speaking of the Left behind series, did anyone know that they actually made a RTS game based on it? Ran into quite some controversy too, i hear...

Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:43 pm by The Evil Thing

Yeah, the ADS has been touted as the crowd control weapon (obviously ignoring the fact that it does so by causing excruciating pain).

When I saw this thread title I immediately thought of this

Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:07 pm by Cold_Void

no one is wondering why the army is interested in crowd control(ah, they have tanks?) and hey, is this thing as 'harmless' as waterboarding or bed-frame stretching? it really makes one wonder what else they use it for.

Justice runed by eternal travesty
Bloodcurdling hammer soon to be released
Stalking brutality tomorrow we will see
the unjustified agony unleashed

Strangling superstitious braces
Rampage overboard
Remoted deathmasks have no faces
We only see the cord

Lead to pathes and alleys
chosened by a treacherous source
Squeeze the odds down to our last days
to summon up their force

Folded to pernicious chambers
pounded by the walls Disappear noone remembers
Nobody hear our calls

We will come to grief
by this irrational democracy
What's a life worth for humanity
Nothing more than justice by insanity

Utilization, covetousness
a voracious mouth to feed
fatal greed engraves our death
chokes our possibilities

We are the children of this devastating science
We are the lost till the end
We are the victims who knows who is lying
forgotten we are dying

WE ARE DYING

WE'LL NEVER SEE THE DAY

"The gravest danger to freedom lies at the crossroads of radicalism and technology" - George Bush saying what are possibly the most truthfully ironic words to come out of his mouth since he told the american people that "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

Edited by - Cold_Void on 1/25/2007 7:20:25 PM

Fri Jan 26, 2007 10:22 am by Jabez

Tet, you got a prob with Arnold Schwarzenegger?!?!

Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:46 pm by The Evil Thing

No, why do you ask? I just thought the story was quite funny given the context of The Onion.

Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:01 pm by Jabez

good, because I live in California

lol

Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:53 pm by The Evil Thing

Oh god, are you a fanboy?

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