Talk:Raygun
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[edit] Tesla
- There is no mention of Tesla with his "death beam" Kmill 02:52, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
- Attended to by Anthony Appleyard 19:01, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] The hyperboloid of engineer Garin
The following sentence removed since I cant get what does it mean: Its name seems to have been re-interpreted as Greek for "resembling something which throws/fires above".--Nixer 15:05, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fictional or not? Please pick one!
"All or most rayguns are fictional" sounds nonsense. Continued with "as far as now known". As far as known by who? If "it is known that bear is a mammal", you don't say "bear is mammal as far as known", right? Or is the sentence trying to say "as far as Wikipedians know"?
- Could someone correct the sentence to state: "All rayguns are fictional" or "Most of rayguns are fictional"? If one of the claims is true, the another one simply can't. Hiilidioksidi 22:00, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- I don't know what is happening in all the world's secret energy weapon labs. Thre are some recent real weapons which may be classed as rayguns, but usually are not. As I put in the article:-
- See directed-energy weapon for various real weapons which are more or less like rayguns.
Anthony Appleyard 22:06, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
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- In other words all the known rayguns are fictional - besides the fact that there are guns which "some people categorize as rayguns, but which although are not usually classified like that. Hiilidioksidi 22:29, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
- What was wrong with my edit Anthony? --24.57.157.81 22:45, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
- My four directly-typed See ... lines are clearer and more informative than the short unspecific result of the "Otheruses4" template. What is this phobia against directly-typed "See ..." lines? Also, with modern real energy weapon developments, saying "There is no real raygun" is getting like a matter of definition what is a raygun and what is not. Anthony Appleyard 06:15, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
- I know, that's why I figured just have this page about fictional rayguns. The whole article is already all about fictional ones anyway. Your links were good, I just thought it would be more hierarchial with just a link to directed-energy weapons, then readers can go from there. 24.57.157.81 09:31, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
The Air Force's Airborne Laser will be the first high power laser weapon system deployed. This has the power output and range reminisent of the 1953 version of War of the Worlds. See Air Force link below. http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/abl/index.html
[edit] Citation for Capacity of handheld devices
It is unlikely that any current "rayguns" can compete with existing firearms. It may be possible to carry a raygun which could kill, but it would be too bulky and cumbersome to be considered for use by the military, unless it was mounted on a vehicle. 16:47, 21 October 2006 User:81.86.146.20
[edit] ****, this article needs a complete rewrite
now where's that template? Blueaster 01:04, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Military ray-gun
Can anyone give any more information on the US Military's new ray gun for crowd control? The CNN article is very brief. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Amphion (talk • contribs) 23:45, 26 January 2007 (UTC).
- It is the Active Denial System, which is already on Wikipedia. Anthony Appleyard 07:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Delete the whole article, geez...
What a horrible article about such a wonderful subject —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vstarre (talk • contribs) 21:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Laser gun as Gaming Hardware
what about the input devices using laser to point? they've been called laser guns too. 10:59, 1 April 2007 User:84.72.81.214
