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Old 06-28-2012   #1
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Default U.S. Army makes gun that fires lightning
http://rt.com/usa/news/laser-lightning-us-army-623/


The Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) cannon is currently being tested at Picatinny Arsenal, a key US Army research complex in New Jersey.
"We never got tired of the lightning bolts zapping our simulated targets," says George Fischer, who heads the research team.
The charge is created by emitting a laser pulse that charges the air, and forms a hugely destructive bolt of lighting.
"If a laser puts out a pulse with modest energy, but the time is incredibly tiny, the power can be huge," says Fischer. "During the duration of the laser pulse, it can be putting out more power than a large city needs, but the pulse only lasts for two-trillionths of a second."

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If I could zap anything with lightning, it would probably be a Ford Taurus to.


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"We never got tired of the lightning bolts zapping our simulated targets," says George Fischer, who heads the research team.

So those pesky, disease-ridden mosquitoes should soon be a thing of the past as this is eventually brought online for purchase by common, everyday citizens. Good. THE zapper of all zappers has finally been developed... 'bout time.

Can I get one in a patio-sized version?
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quake?

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I was more of a doom fan myself


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I was more of a doom fan myself
I loved them both. DOOM had awesome sounds. When you were fighting that last boss, the sounds would spook you as you got near him. You could feel the DOOM coming!

Quake on the other hand, took the actual playing of the game to a new level. A true 3D experience vs DOOM that only gave a weak perspective of viewing the game in 3D.
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I loved them both. DOOM had awesome sounds. When you were fighting that last boss, the sounds would spook you as you got near him. You could feel the DOOM coming!

Quake on the other hand, took the actual playing of the game to a new level. A true 3D experience vs DOOM that only gave a weak perspective of viewing the game in 3D.
it was revolutionary in '93 though, three years back then was enough time for two major leaps in technology.

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I was more of a doom fan myself
me too....I just never got in to Quake
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yeah I pretty much skipped it and went straight to duke nukem lol, can't beat those blurry alien breasts!

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yeah I pretty much skipped it and went straight to duke nukem lol, can't beat those blurry alien breasts!
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yeah I pretty much skipped it and went straight to duke nukem lol, can't beat those blurry alien breasts!
It was the multi-player aspect to Quake that made it better than Doom. Doom single player was awesome Doom and you could play modem to modem, but Quake you could play with lots of people on the Net. That was the true birth of the FPS multi-player gameplay revolution that is still alive and well today in games like COD and BF3.
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It was the multi-player aspect to Quake that made it better than Doom. Doom single player was awesome Doom and you could play modem to modem, but Quake you could play with lots of people on the Net. That was the true birth of the FPS multi-player gameplay revolution that is still alive and well today in games like COD and BF3.
Doom2 was alot of fun on a LAN. Myself and 2 of my former coworkers played it one Christmas Eve instead of working.
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