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Comment Re: Wait (Score 1) 186

Boy, we need a (-1, Ad hominem) here. FWIW, the non-mass-media account is that he was working on a semi-legal synthetic substituted cathinone called MDPV and also known as "bath salts" which is a stimulant on par with methamphetamine and has been reported to have aphrodisiac properties, in addition to hallucinations, delusions, hypertension, risk of dehydration, stroke, and heart attack and had _far_ too many of the local women at his compound, so he "needed" to be run out of town. Who knows what the real story is, but AFAIK there's no evidence of a crime. FTFY

Comment Re: But... (Score 1) 193

I've seen plans that involve an outer portion of the sail separates from the inner disk, continues forward while the backside reflects light back to the sail, but hitting the opposite side and slowing it down. It might have involved slewing the vehicle with the inner portion of sail around 180 degrees, and using the same reflective surface it used for most of its journey. This would alleviate having to re-rig the sail if the photon pressure came from the opposite side, for example relocating trusses or whatever they use to secure sail to vessel to account for the force to be coming from the complete opposite direction. They might have that part figured out, been a while since I read about it in detail and am too lazy to look it up now ;-)

Comment Re: Uber does not seem to be involved... (Score 1) 312

Elon Musk 3D printed guns that fire bitcoins, it was one of these guns that the Uber driver used. The story is being suppressed by the TPPTA until militarized law enforcement gets the drones to use surveillance of people through walls using gravity waves to make sure this tragedy doesn't happen again. After all, think of the children!

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