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2005-09-13 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-13 09:38|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The first thing that came to mind is a toy "GI Joe" I had many years ago that came with a slingshot and parachute.
You could get that thing almost out of sight if you wrapped the parachute real tight.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-13 11:04|| 2005-09-13 11:04|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder if they've considered using a heatproof parachute and a high-temperature smokeless heat source to extend time-in-air?
They could even make a miniature hot-air balloon for greater effect. Of course, if the enemy wants to shoot at it, what better way of revealing their position?

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-13 11:56|| 2005-09-13 11:56|| Front Page Top

#3 High Order Unbelievable Nasty Destructive Series

Somebody has a truly wicked sense of humor. I like that.

Posted by Mike 2005-09-13 14:33|| 2005-09-13 14:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Sometimes you have to reach to get the right acronym.

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-09-13 14:40|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-09-13 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 A tiny helicopter with snap-out rotors comes to mind, (Yeah, yeah, Star Wars) I've seen a tiny battery pack on a friends remote control toy aircraft about half the size of a pack of book matches holding enough power for 15 minutes of flight (Or so)

Use a rocket charge instead of an explosion to launch, and it can be much less robust, I picture something like the model rockets I played with as a boy fitted into the grenade shell, but with rotors instead of a parachute, manuverable too.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-09-13 15:36|| 2005-09-13 15:36|| Front Page Top

#6 From the acronym, it sounds like somebody's been playing Doom. Or is it Duke Nukem that has the BFG? But the camera is straight out of Thief II.

Posted by BH 2005-09-13 21:31|| 2005-09-13 21:31|| Front Page Top

#7 Doom had the BFG-9000. Duke Nukem had the Bruce Campbell lines from "Army of Darkness" and the strippers. Duke Nukem Forever has the ... well, we'll never know ...

Posted by DMFD 2005-09-13 23:43|| 2005-09-13 23:43|| Front Page Top

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