Uh-Oh....

Post by WB » Thu Jan 27, 2005 1:58 pm

Found on the GFA forums:

http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=6657 - A device which can literally see through walls, disable electronics, and can kill things.

Perhaps its the pessimist in me, but as kickass as this looks, can anyone else see a device like this being used for the wrong purposes? Its like they took several laws of physics and tossed them all out the window.

Its also like a Doomsday Weapon that you'd imagine in a silly cartoon. Imagine something like that falling into the wrong hands (which we know it will). Think about the killing capabilities of a sniper rifle that could shoot through walls and that allowed you to see through walls.

PLUS - His Fire Paste Invention: http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=63

The advancements in technology these days get more and more complex - and in a way more frightening too. Comments?

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:09 pm

I fear for our lives...
~Neo

Post by **Delphine** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:11 pm

*blink*

*blink blink*

That can't. What?

Oh boy. Not good.

Frieza2000 · Post by **Frieza2000** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:13 pm

Sounds like BS, but if it's true then the armies of the world are about to get a lot more powerful. Disabling electronics with a beam of light is huge.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:16 pm

Well, this means Kennedy's assassination is finally explained. A time traveling John Titor took this technology back to 1963 and shot him from behind a wall.

Obviously.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:21 pm

That thing can affect particles and crap so that blah blah physics light refractions and stuff disappears and you can see through stuff...

And he thinks he can remove its side-effects?

J.E.Smith · Post by **J.E.Smith** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:22 pm

Well, it says at the end they're trying to find a way to get rid of the side-effects so maybe it wouldn't be as bad if they pull it off.

Baba O'Reily · Post by **Baba O'Reily** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 2:23 pm

But, you know, I don't think we were supposed to alter chemical structure.

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:32 pm

I think it's swell that this guy is loved so intensely by the Bay Today (which I heartell is the leading source for news, sports editorials and coupons in... North Bay), but man, this is some of the worst journalism ever. Anyone notice that he is the only source of information in the entire article?

It really, really works! He worked covertly with professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Hurtubise. He consulted with MIT, said Hurtubise. The French government is funding his work, said Hurtubise. That Hurtubise sure says a lot... he might as well have written the article himself. The only other source is a MIT professor who hasn't even seen the device.

That's some amazing journalism, right there. I will believe this when I see it covered by a serious newspaper. Something tells me that a man making inventions this revolutionary could find a better place to unveil them in the Bay Today. I wonder why we haven't heard more about that fire paste that he apparently invented well over a year ago? It really really works, I hear. The guy from the Discovery channel was amazed, said Hurtubise!

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 3:44 pm

Interestingly enough, both of these fallacious technologies were crucial plot elements in The Core.

Post by **Green Gibbon!** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:50 pm

Actually, I invented both of those things, but I sold the blueprints to that guy for an old issue of G-taste and a box of wheat thins.

The box of wheat thins was unopened.

Post by **Popcorn** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:59 pm

Esrever wrote:I think it's swell that this guy is loved so intensely by the Bay Today (which I heartell is the leading source for news, sports editorials and coupons in... North Bay), but man, this is some of the worst journalism ever. Anyone notice that he is the only source of information in the entire article?

It really, really works! He worked covertly with professors from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Hurtubise. He consulted with MIT, said Hurtubise. The French government is funding his work, said Hurtubise. That Hurtubise sure says a lot... he might as well have written the article himself. The only other source is a MIT professor who hasn't even seen the device.

That's some amazing journalism, right there. I will believe this when I see it covered by a serious newspaper. Something tells me that a man making inventions this revolutionary could find a better place to unveil them in the Bay Today. I wonder why we haven't heard more about that fire paste that he apparently invented well over a year ago? It really really works, I hear. The guy from the Discovery channel was amazed, said Hurtubise!

I'm with Assriver on this one. My overriding feeling when reading this article was "I bet we never hear about this ever again."

chriscaffee · Post by **chriscaffee** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:06 pm

I don't know. This guy is pretty popular. He also makes body armor for studying bears and NASA is interested, or at least, should be.

Post by **Esrever** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:10 pm

I mentioned this guy to some of my coworkers (I work at a science magazine) and they all laughed. Apparently he is kind of a running joke in the science community, largely because of that ridiculous bear proof suit. You can barely move while wearing it.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:13 pm

Oh yeah, and only $30,000 for him to make the x-ray rod?

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:09 pm

The description of the 'Angel Rod'(or whatever), isn't even consistent. It can see through lead (unlike Superman!), but can't even see through his hand, only the skin. And an unfortunate 'Hyde' effect that made his finger fall off, and so he had to dismantle it. No proof remains! Shock!

Though, I did once see Elvis and the French paid me Ã‚Â£20 for the pleasure. So perhaps it's the French we should be suspicious of in this case?

Post by **Popcorn** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:13 pm

And an unfortunate 'Hyde' effect that made his finger fall off, and so he had to dismantle it. No proof remains! Shock!

Yeah. Like anyone capable of building an elaborate pair of x-ray specs isn't going to be aware of any atomic fallout anyway.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 6:25 pm

Don't be silly, it came to him in a dream. Obviously his subconcious was only interested in seeing through walls and had no heart for his own well-being.

Post by **Crazy Penguin** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:28 pm

I've invented a machine that can see through bullshit.

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Thu Jan 27, 2005 7:34 pm

Are the French paying you off?

Brazillian Cara · Post by **Brazillian Cara** » Fri Jan 28, 2005 5:32 pm

(quote)The advancements in technology these days get more and more complex - and in a way more frightening too.(quote)

Do you want to have even more fear? Then go to Zeta's Homobomb thread.

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 12:31 am

And an unfortunate 'Hyde' effect that made his finger fall off

He said he only lost feeling in the finger.

That thing with the seeing through skin is what really threw me too (besides the "it came to me in a dream" garbage), but it makes sense if he were looking at a cross-section of his arm, like he fired the beam through his whole arm, as if part of it had been chopped off, not like a CSI-style zoom-in.

But look! The real proof is the tank of dead goldfish! How else can you explain that? XD

Adam Adamant · Post by **Adam Adamant** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:11 am

He probably killed the goldfish in an inventor's rage and blamed it on the machine.

Hurtubise's mother asks him about the goldfish:
"Troy dear, what happened to your goldfish?"
"Ahh!, it's the machine, it... it kills animals, and it can, ..it can see through walls. The French..."
"Calm down dear, so where is it now, surely the government would be interested in something like that."
"I had to... destroy it, it was... too much... I couldn't stop it anymore, it, I..." [starts to cry]

Trufax. That's how it happened.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:42 am

I never trust a man with two haircuts.

Post by **G.Silver** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:45 pm

I was thinking about this a little more and maybe it's just me, but considering this is a weapon so powerful that apparently just waving it around haphazardly could potentially knock planes or missiles out of the sky, doesn't $40,000 for development--in Canadian dollars even--seem a little low? Maybe I'm just used to the US military where we spend that much on toilet seats and the French are more frugal with their francs (err, euros), if I had someone about to supply me with a weapon prototype like that (and I had seen a "convincing" demonstration) I'd be paying the guy a lot more than that, if only to keep him from selling it to some other guy. Wouldn't you think?