Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 / ST 1.0; site imagen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!saber!imagen!dturner From: dturner@imagen.UUCP (Alai) Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Using a light spell as a laser Message-ID: <162@imagen.UUCP> Date: Fri, 20-Dec-85 00:19:14 EST Article-I.D.: imagen.162 Posted: Fri Dec 20 00:19:14 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Dec-85 00:22:58 EST References: <34@ttidcc.UUCP> <678@k.cs.cmu.edu> <1675@hammer.UUCP> <692@k.cs.cmu.edu> <1691@hammer.UUCP> <861@mmintl.UUCP> Organization: The First Church of Norworld Lines: 30 > In article <1691@hammer.UUCP> hutch@hammer.UUCP (Stephen Hutchison) writes: > >Aristotle used a focussed-sunlight weapon to burn the > >ships of invading Spartans. > > That was Archimedes. Aristotle was more into writing books> 6 of one 1/2 doz. of the other. a light spell and a focuss lens would work. somthing like a tube with a lens at one end and a light spell at the other. now as long as i have you atention i would just like to say one or two things. first , i liked the oringel idea . i think that if you are going to shoot someone elces idea down the least you can do it sudjest a nother way of doing it. and besides just beacuse somthing works one way on our world dose not meen it is the same ever wear. thats why it is called fanesty. tell me what you think. ttfn. -- If you push somthing hard enough it will fall over -fud's first law . Name: David Turner Mail: 6259 Rainbow dr. San Jose , Ca 95129 AT&T: (408) 725-1974 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!dturner