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And other lies by Marcus L. Rowland
Now where are those pesky whales..?
Now where are those pesky whales..?
Oct
.
19th
,
2005
11:29 pm
ffutures
The USAF is allegedly working on transparent aluminium armour. Where's Scotty when you need him?
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123012131
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2005-10-19 11:01 pm (UTC)
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"Can you tell me vhere the nuklear wessels are?"
There are quite a few things in classic SciFi that isn't anymore. I'm not surprised, to be honest.
Things like faster-than-light travel is still out, though. Until our understanding of the universe/paradigm changes (again), that is.
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Date:
2005-10-20 07:16 am (UTC)
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armb.livejournal.com
Only in the same sense that sapphire has been "transparent aluminum" for years, though.
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Date:
2005-10-20 09:39 am (UTC)
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ffutures.livejournal.com
Well yeah, but my version's funnier...
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Date: 2005-10-19 11:01 pm (UTC)There are quite a few things in classic SciFi that isn't anymore. I'm not surprised, to be honest.
Things like faster-than-light travel is still out, though. Until our understanding of the universe/paradigm changes (again), that is.
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Date: 2005-10-20 09:39 am (UTC)