# Are scalar weapons for real? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 4, 2003, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879 "2003-08-04T12:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![frixxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@frixxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frixxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/561 "2003-09-05T17:11:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by smam \* > \*\*There’s a website? Gotta link? \*\* [“Death-Ray.com”](http://www.death-ray.com) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/562 "2003-09-05T17:39:58Z")
**Michael** , I’m shocked. Do you think this is some kind of James Bond film where the villain gives away his plot to the hero just before the hero kills him? The first rule of 1920’s style “Death Rays” is _don’t talk about 1920’s style “Death Rays!”_ Honestly! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/563 "2003-09-05T17:51:41Z")
Rubbish. ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/564 "2003-09-05T18:20:19Z")
Fine, then - don’t blame me when your nefarious schemes come to naught. Naught, I say! Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/565 "2003-09-05T18:21:50Z")
HAW! HAW! HAW! ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/566 "2003-09-05T22:39:53Z")
Last call for Bendix Coils… Anyone at all… ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/567 "2003-09-05T22:50:56Z")
Jemeny Cricket **Michael Ellis** of course some of us have Bendix Coils but we won’t part with them cause they make such good Christmas ornaments. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/568 "2003-09-05T22:57:44Z")
That and i’m working on a deaty ray to put all other dath-rays to shame ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/569 "2003-09-05T23:05:24Z")
**MonkeyMule** there will be no hijacking this thread to discuss other weapons. BTW, what IS a “deaty ray” and a “dath-rays”? Are they for real? and what year were they “invented” in? ---
**Author:** ![randomlyblanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@randomlyblanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randomlyblanks)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2003, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/570 "2003-09-05T23:23:37Z")
Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Rays”. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/571 "2003-09-06T01:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Last call for Bendix Coils… Anyone at all… \*\* Where do you live? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/572 "2003-09-06T01:49:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Governor Quinn \* > \*\*Where do you live? \*\* 1920 S. Deathray St. Of course ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/573 "2003-09-06T01:52:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*Last call for Bendix Coils… Anyone at all… \*\* I would give you mine, but I recently discovered that it fits up my nose. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/574 "2003-09-06T02:04:18Z")
Which is precisely the sort of thing we need to know. Do people want Bendix Coils that can be fitted nasally? please kill this thread ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/575 "2003-09-06T02:36:12Z")
Now, Wikket. As many folks know, an organic emulsion on the contacts of standard Bendix coils increase their slythiness, thus decreasing the load on your flux capacitor (or oscillation overthruster, if your equipment is from Banzai Labs). ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/576 "2003-09-06T03:35:34Z")
Ten bucks says you can guess the punishment for spelling my nick wrong. Please? **xash** , it’d make a great first impression… if you don’t count “Who?” as everyone’s first impression. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/577 "2003-09-06T04:36:13Z")
In a correction to an above post, I have discovered a box of Bendix Coils in my basement. **Michael Ellis** , they’ll be coming your way shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/578 "2003-09-06T08:20:46Z")
Thanks **GQ**. ---
**Author:** ![Doc\_Nickel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@Doc\_Nickel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doc_Nickel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/579 "2003-09-06T10:11:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wikkit \* > \*\*please kill this thread \*\* -With what? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2003, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/580 "2003-09-06T11:40:22Z")
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