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Post #252,044 by admin 4/13/06 11:10:55 AM Reply	Old News Niven/Pournelle: [link\|http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345323440/qid=1144940996/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-5072356-2865421?v=glance&s=books\|Footfall] Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #252,049 by hnick 4/13/06 11:34:34 AM Reply	That was based on the "Thor Project" Popularly known as crowbars from the sky. Pournelle was a big fan and proponent of the Thor project. It's either so far out of date now that google can't find the project any more or it's now highly classified.
Post #252,052 by broomberg 4/13/06 11:51:43 AM Reply	Older news The moon is a harsh mistress. [link\|http://www.google.com/search?q=%22the+moon+is+a+harsh+mistress%22&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official\|http://www.google.co...la:en-US:official] I seem to recall they catapulted rocks to earth.
Post #252,060 by Simon_Jester 4/13/06 12:49:49 PM Reply	They did...and I have no idea why I remember that.
Post #252,097 by CRConrad 4/13/06 5:09:06 PM Reply	Shame on you, Mike/Adam!
Post #252,068 by admin 4/13/06 2:28:04 PM Reply	That's different. Flying crowbars can change their direction in flight. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #252,082 by drewk 4/13/06 4:07:12 PM Reply	Sounds familiar, but not the title Is that the one where the moon was a penal colony, with the only security being that around the port to return to Earth? I know I've read something where they lobbed steel-jacketed balls of rubble at the Earth, but I didn't think I had read the book of that name. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com]
Post #252,089 by Simon_Jester 4/13/06 4:40:44 PM Reply	May have been called Brass Cannon?
Post #252,096 by CRConrad 4/13/06 5:08:06 PM Reply	And Earth media scoffed,"They're going to throw rice at us!" Because the delivery system for the steel-jacketed payloads, an immense Gauss gun, was normally used to deliver grain from the fertile lunar penal colony to feed Earth's teeming masses. Our "Simon Jester" is a fan, apparently, since his user-ID is a character from it. (A fictitious fictional character, even: An alias that thinking computer MYCROFT / "Mike" / "Adam Selene" invented for himself.) HTH! [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Yes Mr. Garrison, genetic engineering lets us correct God's horrible, horrible mistakes, like German people. - [link\|http://maxpages.com/southpark2k/Episode_105\|Mr. Hat]
Post #252,109 by drewk 4/13/06 6:35:37 PM 4/13/06 6:37:58 PM Reply	Yup, I remember the Gauss gun Time for some googling, as apparently you want to make me work for it. Oh wait, you're saying that was MIAHM. Guess I did read it. === Purveyor of Doc Hope's [link\|http://DocHope.com\|fresh-baked dog biscuits and pet treats]. [link\|http://DocHope.com\|http://DocHope.com] Edited by drewk April 13, 2006, 06:37:58 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #252,138 by pwhysall 4/13/06 10:43:22 PM Reply	Wasn't that in Syndicate? What a great game that was. The Atlantic Accelerator was a bitch. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!

The Rods from God - (dmcarls) - (15) - April 13, 2006, 10:02:13 AM EDT

Now THAT'S a GRR! -NT - (jb4) - April 13, 2006, 10:46:42 AM EDT

Reminds me of a .sig from the HGML... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - April 13, 2006, 10:56:28 AM EDT

Not God - (dmcarls) - April 13, 2006, 11:15:52 AM EDT

Old News - (admin) - (10) - April 13, 2006, 11:10:55 AM EDT

That was based on the "Thor Project" - (hnick) - April 13, 2006, 11:34:34 AM EDT

Older news - (broomberg) - (8) - April 13, 2006, 11:51:43 AM EDT

They did...and I have no idea why I remember that. -NT - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - April 13, 2006, 12:49:49 PM EDT

Shame on you, Mike/Adam! -NT - (CRConrad) - April 13, 2006, 05:09:06 PM EDT

That's different. - (admin) - April 13, 2006, 02:28:04 PM EDT

Sounds familiar, but not the title - (drewk) - (4) - April 13, 2006, 04:07:12 PM EDT

May have been called Brass Cannon? -NT - (Simon_Jester) - April 13, 2006, 04:40:44 PM EDT

And Earth media scoffed,"They're going to throw rice at us!" - (CRConrad) - (2) - April 13, 2006, 05:08:06 PM EDT

Yup, I remember the Gauss gun - (drewk) - (1) - April 13, 2006, 06:37:58 PM EDT

Wasn't that in Syndicate? - (pwhysall) - April 13, 2006, 10:43:22 PM EDT

Similar article from IEEE, and another Garwin article. - (Another Scott) - April 13, 2006, 03:05:39 PM EDT

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