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Re: DARPA patent application
Just a few quick comments:
Yes, this thing is real.
Yes, it really works.
Yes, it has been demonstrated to the very-top-level brass at DARPA.
Yes, DARPA got REALLY excited.
Yes, it launches a person safely without causing compression injuries.
Yes, DARPA has a very specific application in mind for it.
Yes, the "is the 'projectile' a sitting duck during set-up time" issue has been considered, and solved.
Yes, some of the members of the 2006 GDC got to see the videos of the thing in action. Unfortunately, it was too late to incorporate any of the resulting ideas into the 2006 game.
Yes, I have already determined that the device is capable of launching 2,160 Krispy Kreme donuts into the back seat of my Mustang with a vertical displacement of 65 feet, without cracking the sugary glaze on a single donut.
-dave
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My OTHER CAR is still on Mars!!!
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17-05-2006, 17:24
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