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Old April 7th, 2004, 12:25 AM
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Anyone worried/wondering about the HAARP project?
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why, because it boils the ionosphere? whats scary about that? a giant aray of tesla field generating gizzywhatsits? how cool is that? i mean, in no other time in history has someone been able to "boil" the upper atmosphere. im pretty excited to see it work, actually.

of course, i dont have kids.
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Old April 7th, 2004, 12:58 AM
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Yeah, not really sure if that falls under Wonder Weapons or not. Maybe Wonder if its a good idea weapon! I was watching Cable Access and they had a guy on there saying that it can operate at the frequencies that interfere with sleep and moods. In the 80's the Russians were ahead in this field but since then it's our baby now.

It's about that time of the month, mind if you aim that thing over my house when the wife is home?
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If the French go then goes Europe.

(Just another mindless senseless rant courticy of Atrocities)
This France-bashing is getting even more stale than yesterdays baguettes

Its not the case of Europe (or France) going anywhere AT. Europe is old, Europe is stable, Europe knows when diplomacy works better than force. If USA and Europe (continues to) drift apart, its the US who do the drifting. Get rid of that warmongering president of yours and USA and Europe will be best buddies again. Its all up to you

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If the French go then goes Europe.

(Just another mindless senseless rant courticy of Atrocities)
This France-bashing is getting even more stale than yesterdays baguettes

Its not the case of Europe (or France) going anywhere AT. Europe is old, Europe is stable, Europe knows when diplomacy works better than force. If USA and Europe (continues to) drift apart, its the US who do the drifting. Get rid of that warmongering president of yours and USA and Europe will be best buddies again. Its all up to you

Sorry but thats BS. Europe know when to quit diplomacy with hitler. Instead they gave him a more powerful position and the rest is history. as far as stable, I don't think the US is unstable. I might not be following you on this tho. To be fair, I believe there are equal amounts of blame on both sides in regards to us drifting apart. Neither wants to reason
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Going back to the high-speed torpedo for a moment, while it could be a useful weapon system if it really works, I hardly think it is going to make a huge difference in the balance of naval power. Since the problem it is supposed to address is that Russian subs have inferior sonar to US subs, and I believe US subs are also quieter than Russian ones, how are they going to know where to shoot their fancy torpedoes? It's almost like handing a rifle to a deaf man in a dark room and telling him to defend himself from the hungry tiger that is hunting for him. If he happens to hit it, great, but I wouldn't give him real good odds.

Mind you, it could be very effective against surface ships, assuming that the Vikings and Orions don't catch wind of the sub before it gets into range. Also, if it does become an effective weapon system, someone will figure out a way to counter it.
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I believe the correct term used by the French is:
"Eish, Stupid Americans!"

I got a chance to hear it a couple of times a few weeks back when I was in Paris and I observed a small group of Americans talking about what souveniers they bought in Paris...

and this guy said:"I got this way out cool Batman action figure !!!!"
and the 2 blond cheerleaders next to him said:" Come on Craig show it pleeeese !"

needles to say their little conversation triggered quite a few of the aforementioned satements from the nearby sitting french people. Oh and from me and a few of my pals to...
And you do realize why scenes like the one you describe above happens, right?

It's because the Americans are richer. That means that a lot of retards have money to travel, while their European counterparts have no choice but to stay home.

The same with computers. A lot of less than brilliant Americans have access to the web, and they post a lot of nonsense around, but when you find someone from another country, odds are he is from the educated elite, or at least the upper middle class.

Also, there are more Americans than French, so for every French retard you should get 4 American retards.

Imagine now if all the Chinese would have access to the web . We would have a very bad opinion of them.

Numbers are numbers, any way you put it.

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It's because the Americans are richer. That means that a lot of retards have money to travel, while their European counterparts have no choice but to stay home.
Hey! I beg to differ!! I'm from Holland and that's the most important country in Europe (Hey, it the truth...) and I have more than enough money to travel. But I'm mostly occupied with work. So you could say the Americans are to busy doing nothing...
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