Ahh, they’re 2000’s style “no Comment”.
This makes me wonder about something I read. Richard Marcinko’s book Rouge Warrior details how when in the mid-east he experimented with high powered radio transmiters set to freqencies used by suicide bombers. The idea being to set the bomb off before it got close to the embassy. How effective a deterant would a giant 1920’s style death ray be if one were say mounted ontop of the central embasy building? Just an idea
It would definately be more effective than any “scalar weapon”.
Don’t worry, MonkeyMule, I will NOT tell Dick Marcinko that you think he is a Rouge Warrior instead of a Rogue Warrior! 
<Trying to NOT think about what an angry SEAL could do to an unsuspecting Doper with a 1920’s style death-ray.>
You mean that was a spelling error?
Darn.
I had Rouge Warrior down on my reading list. I figured it was the story of an elite squad of drag queens.
“Private! Secure the perimeter! And change that lipstick! How many times do I have to tell you that you’re an autumn?”
I wouldn’t recommend putting a death ray on the roof of a building, as many death rays (especially those in the 1920’s style) can’t be adjusted to fire at stuff either below or above them.
True! An experiment along these lines, performed by MIT resulted in the Cape Cod Canal.
This was during the years (1936-1958) when Professor Calvin was the Professor of Scalar Weapons, Death Rays, and Tobogganing at MIT, if I recall correctly.
Has anyone else read The REAL Philadelphia Experiment: How the Government Discovered The True Potential of Death Rays by Drs. Marcus and Brundle?
According to the authors, what really happened was that the shielding on the Chambers Coil on an experimental death ray which had been mounted on the ship failed. This then, overloaded their communications system (the EM wave from the Chambers Coil being just the right wavelength to be picked up by all the wiring and metal in the ship and be “injected” into the communications system), which bent the frequencies of the EM wave, along with the normal radio emissions (radar, radio, standard “noise” generated by all electrical gear) into a massive gravometric/temporal wave which enabled the ship to briefly warp space and time, thus allowing it to be in two places at the same time.
Apparently, because of the effects on the crew, and the uncontrollable nature of the event, the government shut down most of the program. However, work was allowed to go on as far as theoretical studies, and it’s believed that they were able to work most of the bugs out by the late 1960s. Had the Saturn V not been able to get the crew of Apollo 11 to the Moon by the date JFK specified, the US Gov’t was planning on rolling out a spaceship capable of using the effect as a drive system. This would then get the crew of Apollo 12 to the Moon, just in time to beat JFK’s goal (and the Soviets, who were desperately trying to beat the US to the Moon, despite their denials at the time).
When the Apollo program was successful, the government decided to keep the drive system in the black ops programs, in order to force the Soviets to keep using clunky and expensive rocket technology. There was talk about unveiling it as the culmination of Reagan’s “Star Wars” program, but when the USSR collapsed, the Powers That Be felt there was no need to unveil such a dramatic technology at that time. However, with the events of 9/11, the government is seriously reconsidering it’s position and may very well reveal the technology quite soon.
Its a quite good read, I must admit. I’ve not done enough research on the matter to know if they’re BSing or not. Still, even if it is all bunk, it’s such well-written bunk (none of that wild-eyed speculation crap one finds all too often in dealing with obscure phenomena) that you won’t regret the money spent on the book.
It doesn’t match the story I’ve heard, in which the government got its’ hands on death rays during WWII as a result of the appointment of Dr. Hobbes as Chairman of the Board of Experimental Weapons. He made some recommendations for their use, which is documented in government files. However, they weren’t used in combat because of the difficulty to transport them: however, every major building in DC received (and still has) one in case of invasion.
Yes, GQ, they mention that as well. IIRC, Dr. Hobbes hand-picked the researchers who did the theoretical research. That project’s name was “Artichoke,” BTW. The CIA later adopted the name for it’s studies into mind-control. The original Project Artichoke having changed it’s name to “Antwerp” at this point, currently (at least according to Marcus and Brundle), it’s called “Belgium.”
How can you use the B-Word in such a serious thread? Tuckerfan you have to know how obcene that world is.
So, how long should it be before the 2004 models come out, and when will the trde show in NYC occur?
Well, GQ I was checking out the 2004 bookings for the Javits Center, and MinuteMade’s Death-Con '04: Fnrods No more will be the last week of June. From what I was able to get from the director of the Javits center (he goes to my gym) The newest 21st Century Death Ray’s will be on display. As well as a signing of the new Zotti history you are so excited about. Collectors will be showing their 1920s style death rays as well as death rays form all era’s Event eh famous DiVinci Death Ray Blueprints will be on display. I really think we should all attend as death ray enthusiasts
I think I’ll attend with either my 1906 Experimental or my Tucker, but I’m not sure which one.
Why decide, bring’em both. Hell bring em all and set up a booth. I’m sure you could get some really rare parts and guns there with your collection.
And On a side note, the nice guys at Villian Supply have been kind enough to donate one gross of their most incompetent henchmen to use as “test subjects” when aquiring a new Death ray.
THe scuttlebutt is that Ming and Mongo will both be making apperances and may even share the dias. As well as realitives of Dr. Hobbes and Dr. Calvin. (I hear that this thread really help bring in so many to tier Death Ray Names kuddos guys)
I think a good time will be had by all.
They’re hoping no geeks dressed like stormtroopers, but one can never be too careful.
Oh, come on! How can it be a good time if no one’s dressed like storm troopers? They’re such easy targets!
If it’s not been posted before, there’s a t-shirt that says, “I have a death ray, and I know how to use it.” Suitably mad.
It’s a thought.
Esprix
Your link goes to their mousepad, here’s the t-shirt. I may have to get myself one of those.