[QUOTE=RayDark;27346937]
I looked into the sun when I was little and now at night I have a black fulcrum spot.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.aerospaceweb.org/aircraft/fighter/mig29/mig29_12.jpg[/img]
Wow i'd love that.
Harhar, return of the eye patches.
[QUOTE=Sector 7;27345594]major buzzkill.
That'd be one hell of a deterrent, though. Go to hijack a ship, come home blind.[/QUOTE]
If enough ships have it I can't imagine that pirates aren't going to be permanently blind eventually.
I see pirates with giant mirrors coming captain!
[QUOTE=TrouserDemon;27345396]
[img_thumb]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50734000/jpg/_50734511_004laserdistractionimagery.jpg[/img_thumb]
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12154117[/url]
This is pretty cool. I wonder how much it would be nullified by wearing sunglasses, or welding goggles.[/QUOTE]
Dethklok immediately came to mind.
Blind them? Bullshit, I want a laser that can VAPORIZE a pirate motherboat.
Heh, reminds me of Zero Hour.
everything is 10 times cooler with lasers
[QUOTE=TrouserDemon;27345396]
[img_thumb]http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50734000/jpg/_50734511_004laserdistractionimagery.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
reminds me of
[img]http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTTbW2V_FfhFfV5p50pShh_PYg9KnMf2W0zOxrb_5L5EOBPv15ObA[/img]
Death to GDI?
[QUOTE=Timebomb757;27347582]Blind them? Bullshit, I want a laser that can VAPORIZE a pirate motherboat.[/QUOTE]
motherboat?
[QUOTE=Sir M;27351017]motherboat?[/QUOTE]
It's a Led Blimp album.
I think it's against the Geneva convention to use weapons that permanently blind people.
[QUOTE=erazor;27351874]I think it's against the Geneva convention to use weapons that permanently blind people.[/QUOTE]
Read the article:
[quote]
Green lasers - which have been shown to interfere with eyesight - have been used by the US military in Iraq and to temporarily blind targets.[/quote]
Temporary, enough to stop them and disorient them, giving the ship enough time to either get away or capture them.
When I opened this thread I thought it would be about software pirates.
I half expected screens to shoot lasers at you if you pirate things.
[QUOTE=Whomobile;27345667][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juFZh92MUOY[/media][/QUOTE]
Use laser-safety goggles designed with an OD7 to OD9 at 532 nm (most green lasers lase at this wavelength). But they can't afford those (costs: $200-$400)
[editline]11th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Osherzz;27345800]Mirrors![/QUOTE]
Divergent beams! Mirrors won't help.
[editline]11th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Laserbeams;27345865]Just let the ship crew carry guns[/QUOTE]
And risk their life by fighting back when the pirates are 20m away from your boat so when you are actually in fire-range? No. Better blind them so they can't follow you km before.
[editline]11th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=RayDark;27346937]But wait wouldn't that hurt like fuck and burn your retina? Like looking into the sun?[/QUOTE]
Hurt: No.
The intensity wouldn't be high enough to cause damage but temporary blindness. A month ago, I got a reflex of a 1.3 W into my eye when placing a power-meter into the beam-path. It didn't hurt at all, but I wasn't able to see anything at this spot for around 10 minutes. Anyway since it's a general procedure at our institute to contact a doctor if you are unsure if you took any damage, I got the result that nothing has been damaged.
So in fact, you can be blinded for several minutes without taking any damage.
Guys! Guys! I just found the most effective weapon against pirates.
[IMG]http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images-3/AK47.jpg[/IMG]
I see Firefox42 is an expert on the issue.
[QUOTE=BANNED USER;27352054]Read the article:
Temporary, enough to stop them and disorient them, giving the ship enough time to either get away or capture them.[/QUOTE]
I did read the post; I was replying to people who wanted a more powerful laser made.
Doesn't seem very cost effective since the main reason there are so many pirate attacks is that people don't want to pay money to have guns and guards on their boats. I guess it'd be useful for securing hostages and taking back ships though.
[QUOTE=OutOfExile2;27357218]Doesn't seem very cost effective since the main reason there are so many pirate attacks is that people don't want to pay money to have guns and guards on their boats. I guess it'd be useful for securing hostages and taking back ships though.[/QUOTE]
The costs for a cheap frequency-doubled Nd:YAG (532 nm) laser with an output of 50 mW (sufficient for blinding them not only temporarily) is a few thousand at max. Those laser-types can generally build a way more powerfull (up to kW if not freuquency doubled, up to hundred W if doubled)
[QUOTE=TheAnswer;27355158]Guys! Guys! I just found the most effective weapon against pirates.
[img_thumb]http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Business/images-3/AK47.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
that is the weapon they are probably using
It would be cooler to just cut their boat in half with a really powerful chemical laser.
[QUOTE=End It All;27346507]First thing that came to mind when I saw that picture.
[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/"]View YouTUBE video[/URL]
[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=tL46lBdV0Qc[/URL]
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That chargeup sound, forever ingrained into my mind as a symbol of supreme awesomeness.
Eyepatches make great shields for this.
[img]http://www.disclose.tv/files/photos/bae175604f2b130L.jpg[/img]
Middle Earth is doomed
As well as Somalians
This is my proposed solution:
[URL=http://cubeupload.com/im/KuWSYA.png][IMG]http://i.cubeupload.com/KuWSYA.png[/IMG][/URL]
[QUOTE=Biotoxsin;27361767][img_thumb]http://www.autodarkening-weldinghelmet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/auto-darkening_welding_helmet.jpg.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
Where is bad-reading when you need it. Has already been suggested and they transmit green light. They are meant for blocking UV-radiation generated when welding.
Everyone looks like a complete idiot when aVoN starts posting.
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