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• Navy railgun tests leading to ship superweapon by 2020

  Tue Feb 28, 2012
  • Coolant. Really really really effective coolant. Also materials have improved greatly since then. The rails will eventually have to be replaced, but by the same token conventional gun barrels need replacing as well.

• Navy railgun tests leading to ship superweapon by 2020

  Tue Feb 28, 2012
  • Oh come on now, no need to bring politics into this.

• Navy railgun tests leading to ship superweapon by 2020

  Tue Feb 28, 2012
  • Thing is, with the projectile velocity so fast its accuracy is much greater than a conventional cannon (horizontal forces have less time to act). With computer guidance it should be fairly accurate.

• Maryland lawmakers pass bill to allow gay marriage

  Thu Feb 23, 2012
  • dsb, I agree on the commerce point. Marriage documents are contracts. If I make a contract in one state, it is honored in other states as well. Ie: Bill of sale or leases. Once SCOUTUS addresses it a federal thing will come of it, maybe not an amendment, but still a federal thing nevertheless.

• Maryland lawmakers pass bill to allow gay marriage

  Thu Feb 23, 2012
  • @momstheword, Copy 'n paste into the address bar. //bit.ly/xu68qr Cheers.

• Maryland lawmakers pass bill to allow gay marriage

  Thu Feb 23, 2012
  • Its only an issue because marriage isn't explicitly mentioned in the Constitution, so the power is delegated to the states. If a federal amendment is made it will cease to be a state-to-state battle and we can all move on one way or the other.

• Maryland lawmakers pass bill to allow gay marriage

  Thu Feb 23, 2012
  • I completely agree, homosexual marriage rights are the number 1 killer of countries. [citation needed]Number two killer of democracies like ours is when people are able to pass a law by voting on it.

• Flaw found in faster-than-light setup

  Wed Feb 22, 2012
  • Awww, come on. You could have at least made an electron joke. Politics is nowhere to be found here, there is an appropriate place for political jokes and the science and tech forum is not the place.

• Flaw found in faster-than-light setup

  Wed Feb 22, 2012
  • "There was once a girl named Bright. She could travel much faster than light. She set out one day, in a relative way, and arrived later the previous night."

• Has the battery run out on India's $35 tablet computer?

  Wed Feb 22, 2012
  • Bwahaha, thanks for giving me a good laugh in the morning. :D