NODE 6d93e2c2Re: Dossier on Tim May is Easily Obtainable
Sean Roach <roach_s@alph.swosu.edu>Wed, 13 Nov 1996 20:34:36 -0800 (PST)
At 12:11 PM 11/13/96 -0600, Rick Smith wrote:
...
>Records retrieved from [SOURCE DELETED] also show that the young Timothy
>Christopher May exploited his interest in physics for destructive purposes,
>like elaborate pranks involving fictious weaponry and national security
>information. [INFORMATION DELETED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS -- ORCON
>U31 -- OADR FOR RECLASSIFICATION]
>
>However, more careful investigators have uncovered evidence to suggest that
>this was not entirely a prank. Records from [SOURCE DELETED] indicate that
>the young Timothy Christopher May purchased a huge gap magnet from Edmund
>Scientific Company and also produced science fair project titled "Ball
>Lightning: A Stable Plasma?" Investigators suspect the timing of these
>events is not a coincidence.
...
Ball lightning? Plasma weapon? Could I have a copy of the schematics?
I've long been interested in obtaining (purchasing, building) a plasma
weapon. (I'm also been interested in obtaining a EM pulse cannon, but
that's a different story.)
NODE 86573214Re: Dossier on Tim May is Easily Obtainable
Jim Wise <jw250@columbia.edu>Thu, 14 Nov 1996 12:24:48 -0800 (PST)
On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Sean Roach wrote:
> Ball lightning? Plasma weapon? Could I have a copy of the schematics?
> I've long been interested in obtaining (purchasing, building) a plasma
> weapon. (I'm also been interested in obtaining a EM pulse cannon, but
> that's a different story.)
from fortune(6):
``What this country needs is a good $5 plasma weapon."
--
Jim Wise
System Administrator
GSAPP, Columbia University
jim@santafe.arch.columbia.edu
http://www.arch.columbia.edu/~jim
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