A while back, there was talk of a technology called DREAD, which pretty much was a high-speed rotating disc that electronically released balls from it. By timing the spinning and the release, the balls could be fired in practically any direction as quickly as the machine could load the ammo.

It looks like you could combine DREAD with a high-speed tracking radar and you get something like this technology.

Check out this link for more info:

http://www.defensereview.com/modules.php?name=News &file=article&sid=526

I was lucky enough to work in Building 2 for a couple of years and am happy to have been in Murray Hill at all. It was as magical a place as everyone says. Just being around so many great thinkers made me feel smarter too. I'll certainly miss it. (I wonder if the pjw's xface made of magnets still appears at the top of Stair 8)

Every time I hear news like this I have to remind myself that 50% of the human race is below average intelligence. Usually when I mention this to someone they say "that can't be true!" Then I know that they are one of the lower half. A fool and his money.....

I use "O/Sen", pronounced "Oh Ess En" (O S N), and have seen many others use the same.
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I have experience running aroung a hundred Beuwulf
machines with around two moniter/keyboard sets.
One simply boots one with the moniter, sets it
running and then moves the moniter/kb to the next
one. This is designed mostly for long times
between reboots, and it can get tedious with a
couple hundred machines, but it works. And you
don't need a switch.