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On Thu, 4 May 2006 18:43:29 -0700, Bret Ripley <ripley@gotsky.com>
wrote:

>On Fri, 05 May 2006 00:46:45 GMT, Xan wrote:
>
>> "Hadron Quark" <hadronquark@gmail.com> wrote in message 
>> news:87r73am5xe.fsf@gmail.com...
>>> A friend of mine told me recently that the original ideas for "Cloaking
>>> Devices" came from a Doctor Derek Smart who used to run this news
>>> group. Does anyone know how he can be contacted as I would love to know
>>> if the ideas here
>>>
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4968338.stm
>>> ('Cloaking device' idea proposed)
>>>
>>> clash with his original inventions.
>> 
>> A better question would be who's more credible: Dewey or the BBC?
>> 
>> // Xan, Ph.D.
>> // I worship His Shadow.
>
>Well, it's about time you checked back in.  I've dearly missed the way you
>whistle at inappropriate moments.
>
>Is your BattleCroozer site still up?  I've misplaced the link.
>
>Anyway, the Beeb article indicates that scientists hope to be able to cloak
>particles of dust.  Imagine the possibilities: instead of wasting your time
>dusting the shelves, you simply cloak the dust.  It's only a matter of time
>before science will allow us to cloak cobwebs, lint, and disaffected
>offspring.
>
>Bret


Actually, there is a pretty cool show on the History channel called
"Alien Engineering". It talks about how modern technology could
produce an "alien" craft. Basically, it looks at fields such as
anti-gravity fields, lasers, shielding and cloaking devices among
other stuff. Pretty cool stuff.

Allan