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2005-10-23 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Teams Try to Recreate Ancient ~~Zionist~~ Greek Death Ray

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Posted by Zenster 2005-10-23 03:57|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I like the show,they do some cool stuff.Watched one the other day,in wich they showed an ancient Chinnies device purported to be used for detecting mining operations(used for undermining city walls)worked.

Posted by raptor 2005-10-23 07:15|| 2005-10-23 07:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, Mythbusters is pretty kooL to watch. I liked the one where they shot the plane with chickens out of a cannon.

Posted by God Save The World AKA Oztralian 2005-10-23 07:41|| http://travis.acahosting.info/]">[http://travis.acahosting.info/] 2005-10-23 07:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I liked the canon made from a tree trunk the best.

Posted by raptor 2005-10-23 11:36|| 2005-10-23 11:36|| Front Page Top

#4 NO BLOOD FOR PHOTONS!

Posted by Korora">Korora 2005-10-23 12:37|| 2005-10-23 12:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Thought the one where they tried out "explosive decompression" on a airplane was good.

Posted by Charles 2005-10-23 14:11|| 2005-10-23 14:11|| Front Page Top

#6 Maybe if they tried it at the equator, it would have worked.

Posted by Rafael 2005-10-23 14:47|| 2005-10-23 14:47|| Front Page Top

#7 Maybe if they tried it at on the ~~equator~~ Sun, it would have worked.

Maybe if they tried ~~it at the equator~~ Dilithium Crystals, it would have worked.

Posted by Scotty the Engineering Marvel 2005-10-23 15:17|| 2005-10-23 15:17|| Front Page Top

#8 Maybe, just maybe.

Posted by Rafael 2005-10-23 17:36|| 2005-10-23 17:36|| Front Page Top

#9 All he'd have to do is set fire to one ship, and even if it didn't completely burn he'd freak out the rest. I wonder what supplies a Roman invasion fleet would have been carrying, and whether they'd be more flammable than fishing boat tackle.

Posted by James">James 2005-10-23 18:54|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2005-10-23 18:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Actually, Archimedes speciality, beside mathematics and trigonometry, was hydraulics. That may give you a clue how this was done. The mirrors were probably used to hide the nasty component from enemy eyes, by blinding light. for the most part, although there may have been some marginal effect on the weapon component. To get another clue, there was a substance that in some ancient documents was refered to as "greek fire". Whenever it was deployed, it kept burning, even under water.

Ref.:
http://www.cslforum.org/italy.htm
http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis/publications/reports/ser/oil/oil.asp
http://stronghold.heavengames.com/sc/history/greekfire

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-10-23 19:17|| 2005-10-23 19:17|| Front Page Top

#11 As I recall my history lessons, he didn't use any "Device" he used a whole Army, they were told to polish their shields to a high shine, and the entire army stood on the hills by the shore and used their shiny shields to reflect the low morning sun on the fleet of incoming ships.

Think of the magnitudes of difference here, first you have the low to the horizon sun (Easy to reflect back out to sea) then you have the terorizing effect of thousands of shields reflecting across the water ("Shit, where'd all those indians come from") and the heat from those shield reflections.

If they never sank a single ship, the :Oh Shit" effect would be huge.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-23 19:49|| 2005-10-23 19:49|| Front Page Top

#12 I agree with the "Blinding" theory. As far as the burning... could not flammable petro-like stuff have been set afloat in calm waters near the expected invasion area and then set afire about the same time of trying to blind the boat crews? Where there is smoke there is fire and I am sure that all legends have a nugget of truth somewhere.

Posted by Thresh Fligum4577 2005-10-23 23:24|| 2005-10-23 23:24|| Front Page Top

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