# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/681 "2003-09-18T00:02:26Z")
He asked to many questions. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/682 "2003-09-18T01:05:35Z")
The Zottis strike again Mark my words, we are all marked men. Any who have viewed this thread now know to much. Lock up the kiddies, and warm up the flux capacitors. Its going to be a long long night people. YOU WILL GET MY DEATH RAY WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS. Unless sad hand have been blasted with a death-ray they you’d just pick it up from a pile of dust and mucus, but it will be REALLY COLD Dust and mucus. Well, not cold as in tempeture, more so cold emotional, I mean the dust won’t be sending you any Christmas cards, and the mucus would flip you it had any fingers. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/683 "2003-09-18T01:14:32Z")
MonkeyMule It’s worse than that. My post originally had too spelled correctly. It’s been edited. You see what that means? **They’ve hacked the SDMB servers!** Thank Og I’ve taken precautions. Unless I give certain people certain signs on a regular basis, certain packages will be delivered to certain people. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/684 "2003-09-18T01:57:48Z")
Why would Dick Chaney need a pocket Rocket? ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/685 "2003-09-18T01:57:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DocCathode \* > \*\*He asked too many questions. \*\* He posted a total of three times. They must have been _really good_ questions! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/686 "2003-09-18T13:05:27Z")
Or he’s dead from embarrassment. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/687 "2003-09-18T22:01:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MonkeyMule \* > \*\*Why would Dick Chaney need a pocket Rocket? \*\* It’s his back up piece when his death ray fails on him. ---
**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 19, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/688 "2003-09-19T03:23:45Z")
Is it true that Electro will (finally) become a publicly-held company, after all these years of it being a private firm? ---
**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 19, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/689 "2003-09-19T20:05:22Z")
Two pieces of news I just picked up on the wire: 1. Golden’s “A History of Death Rays” is (finally) completed, and will be availible in stores sometime soon, and, 2. Elias Levertine has announced that he will write the first full-length biography ever written on the Zotti family (the book mentioned above is largely a genological chart). Levertine, you may remember, wrote biographies on James S. Carlson (the founder of Electro Death Ray), Thomas Zalinski (founder of North American Death Rays), and William F. Ryan, the noted death ray designer. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@MonkeyMule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMule)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/690 "2003-09-19T22:39:18Z")
**GQ** Can we ever expect to have the Beebelbrox conspiracy unraveled? ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/691 "2003-09-19T22:53:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Governor Quinn \* > \*\*Elias Levertine has announced that he will write the first full-length biography ever written on the Zotti family (the book mentioned above is largely a genological chart). Levertine, you may remember, wrote biographies on James S. Carlson (the founder of Electro Death Ray), Thomas Zalinski (founder of North American Death Rays), and William F. Ryan, the noted death ray designer. \*\* Let’s hope this is an _un_authorized biography, since one produced with the family’s cooperation will undoubtedly keep the skeletons hidden in the closet. ---
**Author:** ![Ring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ring)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/692 "2003-09-20T00:46:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **These Weapons of Mass Destruction cannot be displayed** > > The weapons you are looking for are currently unavailable. The country might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your weapons inspectors mandate. Type “weapons of mass destruction" into Google, hit “I’m feeling lucky” and read the whole shebang. ---
**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 20, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/693 "2003-09-20T02:34:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by VernWinterbottom \* > \*\*Let’s hope this is an _un_authorized biography, since one produced with the family’s cooperation will undoubtedly keep the skeletons hidden in the closet. \*\* Well, none of Levertine’s previous biographies were authorized, albeit that may have to do with the fact that 1) Ryan and Carlson were dead, and 2) Ryan had no heirs to gain approval from. ---
**Author:** ![Cardenio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Cardenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardenio)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/694 "2003-09-20T05:32:25Z")
Sounds like a " death ray " Something from the nineteen twenties. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/695 "2003-09-20T07:42:23Z")
You bastards need to stop. Right now! Funny things happened in the first few years of this post, then it became more of an inside joke, then it was more of a “yeah, I remember that too, I also laughed at that when I was seven”. Now, it is far and away the most played-out ( to be some sort of hipster), stupid, been-there-done-that “me too” fest, that the world has ever seen. Stop it. Shut up. Not funny. Wasn’t in the first place. Was there ever a “20’s style shut the fuck up ray”? I hope so. Old, very old, and stale. Not funny anymore. Drop it. I’ve had dogs that let things go quicker. Wait a second, I get it now, the last guy to post is the most recent chump right? He’s the dumb-ass that still thinks it’s cool to post on this link, but he’s the butt of the joke for being such a gullible loser. Wait a second, now that’s me!!! Let’s all stop this retardation and make me the “loser” of this stupid contest. I thought this site was meant to fight ignorance, guess it works both ways… ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/696 "2003-09-20T07:45:50Z")
Crap, that might be construed as trolling! I guess that might be the case if the previous posts weren’t making fun of the situation as much as I. “Legit” question, sarcastic/insulting replies, guess you’ll have that. ---
**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 20, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/697 "2003-09-20T13:14:24Z")
Snizlebac! ---
**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 20, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/698 "2003-09-20T20:24:13Z")
So, is anyone going to get the Golden “History”, and does this have a chance of harming Servo’s production of his “History”? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/699 "2003-09-20T22:31:29Z")
**Dnooman** Black cars pull up to our houses. Out of them come men in black suits and dark glasses. They make veiled threats. They tell us to keep quiet about 1920s style death rays. If they can’t silence us, what chance does your single angry post have? We know the truth. We will not be silent. “Ahh! They’re 1920s 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 20, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879/700 "2003-09-20T22:36:04Z")
Well, **Doc** , any interest in the History or in what might happen to Servo’s version? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-scalar-weapons-for-real/192879.md?page=36)