.. . . I present to you the Solar Death Ray. My God, think of the havoc
someone like Pat could wreak with something like this. ;-)

http://www.solardeathray.com/

It certainly seems like a more fun and practical use for conic sections
than those we learned about in high school Algebra II.

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