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2012/12/10 17:16:38
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016. Those who sign here petition the United States government to secure funding and resources, and begin construction on a Death Star by 2016.
By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority platform and weapon system such as a Death Star, the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense.
Guess they didn't know about a certain treaty that forbids weaponizations of space?
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2012/12/10 17:22:04
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
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2012/12/10 17:26:19
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
No, because people spam the petition site with garbage.
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2012/12/10 17:50:07
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
And on the note that its illegal to have weapons in space, I believe its just Nuclear Weapons, not conventional weapons, so we can have a Death Star without a giant doom beam and still be legal
2012/12/10 18:00:07
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/12/10 18:43:09
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
hotsauceman1 wrote: And what planets will we blow up exactly?
Beside, We should make the weapon in star wars the blows up suns.
You want a star-crusher? If my SW-fu is still strong, I think that's what it's called. I'd rather have a Darksaber myself-just the weapon, not the giant circular office building with a thirty-floor mall with stores for Big-n-tall Storm Troopers.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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2012/12/10 19:10:11
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
AustonT wrote: Wait, forget lame Internet petitions that mean feth all.
Why can't we weaponize space?
We have some treaties prohibiting that... but that might be limited to Nukes.
yea it's just nukes, conventional weapons are still AOK. That's why kinetic weapons are the next frontier in warfare.
also we tried making mobile suits,but the method of locomotion while admirable on rough terrain was horribly inefficient on open ground compared to tracked and wheeled vehicles.
Admiral Chester W Nimitz wrote:The war with Japan had been re-enacted in the game rooms here by so many people and in so many different ways, that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise.
AustonT wrote: Wait, forget lame Internet petitions that mean feth all.
Why can't we weaponize space?
We have some treaties prohibiting that... but that might be limited to Nukes.
yea it's just nukes, conventional weapons are still AOK. That's why kinetic weapons are the next frontier in warfare.
also we tried making mobile suits,but the method of locomotion while admirable on rough terrain was horribly inefficient on open ground compared to tracked and wheeled vehicles.
Wasn't there a plan to put massive Tunsten Rods in space and guide them down to the bad boys? They say that the kinetics of those thing can get to thermo-nuclear range... w/o the radiation output.!
I'm not sure what's it called... "Rods of God" maybe? (but, that sounds like a bad Ron Jeremy flix )
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2012/12/10 19:42:37
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
pretre wrote: No, because people spam the petition site with garbage.
Thats not a problem, in fact its very useful. as garbage requests are ignored it gives the US government room to qualify what a garbage request is on a case by case basis. This gives them a lot of room to maneuver.
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2012/12/10 19:45:50
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
AustonT wrote: Wait, forget lame Internet petitions that mean feth all.
Why can't we weaponize space?
We have some treaties prohibiting that... but that might be limited to Nukes.
yea it's just nukes, conventional weapons are still AOK. That's why kinetic weapons are the next frontier in warfare.
also we tried making mobile suits,but the method of locomotion while admirable on rough terrain was horribly inefficient on open ground compared to tracked and wheeled vehicles.
Wasn't there a plan to put massive Tunsten Rods in space and guide them down to the bad boys? They say that the kinetics of those thing can get to thermo-nuclear range... w/o the radiation output.!
I'm not sure what's it called... "Rods of God" maybe? (but, that sounds like a bad Ron Jeremy flix )
yep "Rods From God" colloquially, but the official name is "Project Thor" and I wouldn't call them massive rods, they're only the size of telephone poles.
Admiral Chester W Nimitz wrote:The war with Japan had been re-enacted in the game rooms here by so many people and in so many different ways, that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise.
Rods from God.
I always like how mags like Pop Sci called Jerry Pournelle a science fiction writer in the context of orbital KE weapons. While perfectly fair it's disingenuous, like NOT mentioning L Ron Hubbard was a science fiction writer before he came up with Scientology.
Avatar 720 wrote: You see, to Auston, everyone is a Death Star; there's only one way you can take it and that's through a small gap at the back.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/12/10 20:04:55
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
AustonT wrote: Wait, forget lame Internet petitions that mean feth all.
Why can't we weaponize space?
We have some treaties prohibiting that... but that might be limited to Nukes.
yea it's just nukes, conventional weapons are still AOK. That's why kinetic weapons are the next frontier in warfare.
also we tried making mobile suits,but the method of locomotion while admirable on rough terrain was horribly inefficient on open ground compared to tracked and wheeled vehicles.
Wasn't there a plan to put massive Tunsten Rods in space and guide them down to the bad boys? They say that the kinetics of those thing can get to thermo-nuclear range... w/o the radiation output.!
I'm not sure what's it called... "Rods of God" maybe? (but, that sounds like a bad Ron Jeremy flix )
yep "Rods From God" colloquially, but the official name is "Project Thor" and I wouldn't call them massive rods, they're only the size of telephone poles.
I'd consider telephone poles "massive" if it's made of tungsten and is in space!
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2012/12/10 20:06:53
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/12/10 20:15:41
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
"Don't worry, children. We signed treaties with them. "
except the treaties prohibiting weapons in space have teeth for their violation, up to and including nuclear war. putting nukes in space would be considered a provocation and a first strike. so
would you like to play that game?
Admiral Chester W Nimitz wrote:The war with Japan had been re-enacted in the game rooms here by so many people and in so many different ways, that nothing that happened during the war was a surprise.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/12/10 21:01:10
Subject: LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
2012/12/10 21:35:29
Subject: Re:LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
SpaceShip One apparently only cost 25 million to develop. Apple's next year projected cash holdings ($200 billion USD) represent roughly 11 times the annual budget for NASA.
New question: Could Apple build an actual death star? Difficultly: propulsion fuel must be provided solely by immolation of $100USD bills and lesser phones & MP3 players.
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2012/12/10 21:41:03
Subject: Re:LOLwat? Actual petition to build a DeathStar?
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
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