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While daydreaming I wondered if a controlled version of the MACSCA might actually be useful. Produce little solar powered motors that automatically track the sun, aiming a mirror at a central plant. Of course bluetooth the whole thing so that you can fine tune it. Give people a few dollars to install
them on their roof - I'm picturing about one per square foot.
Then I realized the amazing capacity for mayhem such a system could have using few hundred megawatts of city-controlled heat and light. On a sunny day an uncontrolled politician or hacker could vaporize his competitors, burn holes in bank vaults, melt statues, or possibly even knock out satellites.
The MACSCA
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Sometimes I inspire even myself. [Worldgineer, Oct 04 2004]
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Could kindly direct me to Recruiting and henchmen Services please? |
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[worldg] I've bunned you because this is preposterous. All good ideas are at first. |
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I particularly like the idea of 'fine tuning' with Bluetooth. |
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hhmmmmm, thinking of all the okies that would suddenly disapear with this thing on my roof. Starting with my crappy landlords. ;) |
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"We've got something very serious here, Captain. In the
wrong hands, this thing could burn down the sun, leaving
us freezing our arses in the dark."
I prefer MSCA Of Doom, thought. |
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MaSCAD. Hmm... has a ring. (was "Massive Solar Collector Array (of Evil?)") |
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This sounds very similar to something I've read recently. If I could just put my finger on it.
Wait, that could hurt right? |
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There's an Arthur C Clarke story
("Case of Sunstroke") similar to
this. In the story, on a prearranged
signal at the end of a football
match half the crowd angle their
shiny, silvery programmes so as to
blind the (biased) referee. Due to a
miscalculation, the referee is
incinerated. |
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Still the better thing with this WoMD (let's not be affraid
of initials, shall we?) would be the Death Star-like
concetration of energy as all the mirrors (er, CDs) align in
the same direction. |
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[sid] just gave me a wonderful(ly evil) idea. Combine this system with geostationary satellite mirrors, and the location of released evil is unbounded. |
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So you mean they didn't need all those conflict diamonds? They just needed to collect AOL CDs? Did Time Warner make that movie? |
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Sounds kind of like the Icarus satellite on Die Another Day. Except, cheaper, funnier, and better. Man, it's a wonder that they didn't use one of those puppies in Iraq! |
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We could blow up the moon!......then what? |
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(quietly points out that such a device by itself could not blow up the moon) |
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I like it. MaSCAra (of Doom!) |
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I'm this close to fishboning you just for using a makeup product as your acronym. |
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But I love the idea. Plus, I hope to someday be an evil politician, and this would be a nifty tool for removing those pesky "opposition candidates." |
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Perhaps the political parties could be renamed the Lighters and Bricquettes, with the names changing depending on who's in charge? |
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//such a device by itself could not blow up the moon// |
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It would just melt. Then we could have one hell of a fondue. |
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I'm gonna bun this again because you are still fine-tuning with Bluetooth. Zigbee might save on batteries though!. |
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There are no batteries. Just a little solar panel.
(sorry, I fell asleep there for a minute - how long was
I out?) |
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