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Feb 1st, 2012 at 9:08am

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Some of our older members might remember a not terribly brilliant Tom Sellick film Runaway, the baddie had a gun that fired bullets that could steer themselves and were heat seeking.
Well the fantasy is a step closer.... does rather take the fun out of the snipers course though!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16810107
Now if someone can just hurry up and make me a light sabre and a Millenium Falcon Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #1 - Feb 1st, 2012 at 3:53pm

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Ozzy don't you mean someone hurry up & make me Thunderbird 2.
 
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Reply #2 - Feb 2nd, 2012 at 4:57am

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I would be very happy with Harry Potter's invisibility cloak......insert lecherous old smiley Grin

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Reply #3 - Feb 2nd, 2012 at 5:02am

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I'd be quite happy with Thunderbird 2, heck I wouldn't even mind Lady Penelope's Rolls Royce! That was cool Cool
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 2nd, 2012 at 7:58am

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/m982-155.htm
Guided rounds have been around for a bit. Albeit the Excalibur is a 155mil artillery round!
 
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Reply #5 - Feb 2nd, 2012 at 8:56am

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I'm well aware of the larger guided munitions, it is the fact that it is coming down to rifle sized calibre that amazes me Cool
It often seems to me that someone dreams up an idea in a film or book and then years later some scientist(s) make it! Maybe there should be a case put forward for teaching Futurology Grin
Now to design some James Bond style optional extra's for my new car Smiley
 
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Reply #6 - Feb 2nd, 2012 at 11:21am

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ozzy72 wrote on Feb 2nd, 2012 at 5:02am:
k I wouldn't even mind Lady Penelope's Rolls Royce! That was cool Cool


A quick respray for your Beamer maybe, screaming pink Grin Grin

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Reply #7 - Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:42am

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Actually it could change colour Matt Wink Mind you I wouldn't mind it in pink, it'd keep Emi happy and NOBODY could say "Oh I didn't see you!" Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #8 - Feb 3rd, 2012 at 9:28am

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ozzy72 wrote on Feb 3rd, 2012 at 7:42am:
Actually it could change colour Matt Wink Mind you I wouldn't mind it in pink, it'd keep Emi happy and NOBODY could say "Oh I didn't see you!" Grin Grin Grin



All you would need is a nice blond wig and you could sideline as a Katie Price look-a-like Grin Grin
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Reply #9 - Feb 3rd, 2012 at 10:19am

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I don't think my moobs are even in the same ballpark Grin Grin Grin
 
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Reply #10 - Feb 3rd, 2012 at 1:48pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Feb 3rd, 2012 at 10:19am:
I don't think my moobs are even in the same ballpark Grin Grin Grin


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Reply #11 - Feb 3rd, 2012 at 2:59pm

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expat wrote on Feb 2nd, 2012 at 4:57am:
I would be very happy with Harry Potter's invisibility cloak......insert lecherous old smiley Grin

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maraudors map would be good aswell. Wink Grin
 
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Reply #12 - Feb 4th, 2012 at 2:51am

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Speing of sci fi becoming a reality, What is with the Russian and American scientists. They need to watch more movies because they clearly are constantly trying to find new ways to eliminate us Grin.
But this really is a plot out of a horror movie. Soviet/Russian/American/scientist, do something silly, Something gets out and the rest is history Wink Cheesy
 
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Reply #13 - Feb 13th, 2012 at 4:20am

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Well, Jules Vernes had an atomic powered sub. How long did it take the modern world to get theirs?
 
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Reply #14 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 9:22am

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Ozzy, if you paint your BMW pink I swear I'll start calling you Barbie! Wink Cheesy Grin
 
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Reply #15 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 12:03pm

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Hey Ozzy. You mean this movie?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088024/

Good flick for its day. I remember when it first came out. That would put me around 11 then. Dune came out that year as well...Damn i'm old Grin
 
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Reply #16 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 7:30pm

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That'd be the one Mike, we're both not getting any younger but it's not the years but the mileage Wink Grin
 
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Reply #17 - Feb 18th, 2012 at 11:53pm

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Amen to that Ozzy,amen to that....Harrison Ford,Raiders Of The Lost Ark btw..... Grin
 
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