It would be hard to say. The major problem is that all the files relating to the Tucker Death Ray Company appear to have been stolen, probably around 1961, and possibly by either Dr. Carlin or one of the Barrises. As a result of this, all knowledge about the Tucker Death Rays comes from contemporary articles, the surviving Death Rays (of which there are 490), and information gained from surviving employees.
I’m not sure if that was the one but I did hear somewhere that the introduction of the flywheel had a useful secondary effect.
Apparently the flywheel also acted, quite unintentionally, as a heat dissipater. You know how the pre-flywheel models were prone to “locking up” due to excessive heat build up in the Neptunium crystal when used on full automatic? Well, the heat build up problem just seemed to disappear after the introduction of the flywheel!
The flywheels also provided gyroscopic stabilization for the matrix array of the cloak generator. That way, if the vehicle hit a bump it would not become partially visible.
Has the first use of Death Ray technology in a hostile environment ever been nailed down?
In 1923, during the White Russian campaign against the Bolshevics, a contingent of British trained Americans operating under the code Name Bubba Has A New Pair Of Shoes or BHANPOS, arrived at Archangel with a bewieldering array of “automotive” equipment.
Of course, it wasn’t car parts, but instead a top secret weapons project. Cite (The cite site is in code, obviously. I have clearance. You don’t)
In march of that year, a company of these Americans set off on a mission into the interior, never to be seen again. The disappearance of over 90,000 Bolshevics is linked through internal Communist Party memos to this event. Quote one top Red Army officer, “Holy shitzniks! Eet vas bad, da!” His lack of proper accent led to his execution, but not before he sent a coded wiregram to Hoover Vacuum Cleaner Products, Co, Inc., the US puppet organisation for scalar weapon research. Which was, of course, a front for death ray manufacture.
All of this info is still classified, but, I have the clearance to read it.
This post will most likely see me removed from all ISPs and my files deleted. But, the word has to be heard.
Death Ray weapons are being manufactured as we speak. All of the design of the 1920s, since they attained perfection then.
Keep watching the skys!
I mean, Red rum is murder!
Oh shitzniks! They already found me! :eek:
Why are you shocked that they still make Death Rays, NoClueBoy? As I’ve mentioned before in this thread, any member of the general public can go down to a death ray dealer and buy one. I should know, I have 8 (mainly out of inheritance).
Oh…
Well…
Never mind then. ;j
Not only is there a thriving Death Ray industry, there is also a very active Death Ray pressure group, the National Death Ray Association. The NDRA is closely, if secretly, affiliated with the NRA.
While the NRA are confident of, in this election year, a seemless transition of power from the out going President Charlton Heston, the NDRA are less than confident that a suitable new President can be found to replace the current President, Ming the Merciless.
Heh, I’ve seen cars with a NDRA bumper stickers running around here. One of them was kind of funny, I thought.
Really! Any idea how I can subscribe to the newsletter? (I bet the ads in the back would be interesting.)
Maybe we should submit our drink Idea to the NDRA. But on a more serious note, say someone was able to restore the brizian tucker to working order. Who are the death ray manucatures I should go to for which part in order to get the third eye beam up and runing? Also what would I use to cool the weapon as the aformentiond fins and disks can not be moutnted. Also, would it nbe possible to mount a secodary aiming system for the beam to be operated from the passanger seat? Lastly what would the most relaibe cost evicent fuel to use? SHould dumb the fuel tank for space and switch over to fuel cells or what?
“Death rays don’t kill people… oh, wait, yes they do.”
“You’ll get my Death Ray when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. Or, if the Trans-electron modulator coil misfires, from my charred, smoldering fingers.”
“Happiness is a charged particle beam!”
… hey, anybody hear an ominous hummmmm?
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Although NoClueBoy cited a reference of death rays being used in a hostile environment in 1923, it has been postulated that due to early experiments by the French in the late 1890’s:
http://www.geocities.com/internet_web_surfer_dude/raydemort.htm
the death ray may have been used in the Boer War (1899-1902) (depending upon France’s willingness to share Death Ray technology with Great Britain).
One fairly reliable source is a first-hand account written by a British General Reginald Smythe Stratford-On-Newark entitled “Boer War ?? Shmore War !!!”
A real page-turner - a “must-read”.
OK, for the benefit of all, but for the most part DocCathode for suggesting it and MonkeyMule for giving the recipe…
I tried the recipe. Maybe it was a joke by MonkeyMule with his slung feces and all, but maybe, just maybe, it was a legit suggestion.
At least the bartende… I mean, lab assistant, thought it was as well.
Blue Tequila = Tarantula (A good brand, considering all the arachnaphobes there are on SDMB), Gin = Hell, any gin I could think of - don’t drink gin (until now) lemon and some lime.
Oh, and some Sprite.
Unfortuntely, It wasn’t mixed and served in a Martini glass.
We (meaning the cute off-duty bartender and I) took it as a shot - as a 1920’s style death ray should be. Going down it was pretty good. The aftertaste wasn’t all that great. I wouldn’t expect a 1920’s style death ray to feel pleasant. Probably just like it should taste. Kinda like when you chew on aluminum foil… But with a hint of some kind of mint.
Report on how the Death Ray part was in the morning.
So far it’s working well as the room is spinning and it has taken me almost a hour type this…
OK, back to legit posts about 1920’s style death rays.
OK, for the benefit of all, but for the most part DocCathode for suggesting it and MonkeyMule for giving the recipe…
I tried the recipe. Maybe it was a joke by MonkeyMule with his slung feces and all, but maybe, just maybe, it was a legit suggestion.
At least the bartende… I mean, lab assistant, thought it was as well.
Blue Tequila = Tarantula (A good brand, considering all the arachnaphobes there are on SDMB), Gin = Hell, any gin I could think of - don’t drink gin (until now) lemon and some lime.
Oh, and some Sprite.
Unfortuntely, It wasn’t mixed and served in a Martini glass.
We (meaning the cute off-duty bartender and I) took it as a shot - as a 1920’s style death ray should be. Going down it was pretty good. The aftertaste wasn’t all that great. I wouldn’t expect a 1920’s style death ray to feel pleasant. Probably just like it should taste. Kinda like when you chew on aluminum foil… But with a hint of some kind of mint.
Report on how the Death Ray part was in the morning.
So far it’s working well as the room is spinning and it has taken me almost a hour type this…
OK, back to legit posts about 1920’s style death rays.
My source wishes to remain anonymous, but I have it on good authority that Dr. Hobbes was not seen in public again following an event in 1965 referred to as “The Noodle Incident”.
Little is known of this event and solid information is hard to come by; my source was evasive and, frankly, not very informative. The rumour mill whispers of evidence destroyed and a conspiracy of silence. Perhaps someone here can illuminate this mysterious happening?
hmmm I wonder if I might have finally found a market for my 1920’s style death ray reflector?
May I presume that “death ray” scholars are dubious about including Archimedes (mentioned briefly back on page 4 by DocCathode, sans discussion of the associated parabolic mathematics of Apollonius of Perga) and the impossible-to-validate tales of his ship-burning mirrors in the official history of the device in question?
Yes. Both Erhardt (1988) and Warner (1993) both mention that, although it was theoretically possible for Archimedes to have designed a death ray, the heat exchange unit would have been next to useless without the high-temperature alloys developed during the Industrial Revolution. Da Vinci mentioned this in one of his manuscripts.
FWIW, Servo and Forrester both concur, although electronics manufacturer Tobias Vaughn (1975) claimed to have built a portable unit without such a unit. Such claims are thought to be dubious.
The “Noodle Incident”, from what little can be determined, happened to Prof. Calvin. Dr. Hobbes stopped appearing publicly because he was terminally ill (he died in 1967).