It's been a hell of a week!, er WEEKS, MONTHS! VERY OT

From: 9000 VAX <vax9000_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri Feb 4 00:53:32 2005

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 01:05:27 -0500, Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doc Shipley" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
> To: <General_at_mdrconsult.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 12:46 AM
> Subject: Re: It's been a hell of a week!, er WEEKS, MONTHS! VERY OT
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> > Tom Jennings wrote:
> >
> > >>>> In a post-9/11 US, I'd be *extremely* careful about publishing
> > >>>> schematics or blueprints of "a bomb". Especially for off-shore
> > >>>> consumption.
> > >
> > >
> > > Rockets aren't bombs. They only blow up by accident.
> >
> > Day late; dollar short and all that, but it just occurred to me that
> > Joe Rigdon's recent experience with ATF perfectly illustrates both the
> > attitude and the ignorance I'm talking about.
> >
> >
> > Doc
>
> The feds are worried about bombs, guidance, and their delivery system. I
> would say tech that allows delivering any type of bomb over distances
> (missile tech) these days is much more dangerous then the bomb itself.
> Unlike atomic bombs that are simple to design today (from books) but
> extremely hard to find the fissionable material for, missile tech and
> guidance is economical for the home geek to design and buy making it
> dangerous to the US government. I would not be surprised if a ps2 console
> has enough power to guide an ICBM to target using either GPS or a special
> gyroscope, that scares the government. Anyone with a tech degree in
> chemistry can make things go boom easy enough.

I believe with a GPS unit, any microcontroller (even 6502) is powerful
enough to guild a model plane to the target within the plane's range.
You don't need the power of ps2 at all. Now what you need is only a
payload. You can mount the model plan on top of your car, and release
it while you are driving on the interstate... I didn't start such a
project because I worried that FBI or CIA might come to knock my door.

vax, 9000

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