Comment Re:Umm... (Score 1) 590
That was played out in the TV series The Almighty Johnsons
shot with 30 pulses over a 10-second period by Curiosity's laser today in order to determine what elements it was made of
or as H.G. Wells put it,
...the Martians rattle for a time and then become still. The giant saved Woking station and its cluster of houses until the last; then in a moment the Heat-Ray was brought to bear, and the town became a heap of fiery ruins. Then the Thing shut off the Heat-Ray, and turning its back...
The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it.