Missle Mail

OK, this has got to be one of the dumbest ideas ever:

http://www.answers.com/topic/uss-barbero

I actually wish the article is a bit more in depth. Apparently, the
missle was successfully launched towards Mayport NAS, a pretty small
base near Jacksonville Florida. Using 1959 technology, it was probably
quite dangerous even if the warhead was filled with covers.

In message , Everyone
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OK, this has got to be one of the dumbest ideas ever:

http://www.answers.com/topic/uss-barbero

I actually wish the article is a bit more in depth. Apparently, the
missle was successfully launched towards Mayport NAS, a pretty small
base near Jacksonville Florida. Using 1959 technology, it was probably
quite dangerous even if the warhead was filled with covers.


It may be a dumb idea, but it's a remarkably popular one. A Google
search gives 4960 hits for "rocket mail" and 1970 for "missile mail".
Ebay has 50 items related to rocket mail!
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Everyone wrote in -
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OK, this has got to be one of the dumbest ideas ever:

http://www.answers.com/topic/uss-barbero

I actually wish the article is a bit more in depth. Apparently, the
missle was successfully launched towards Mayport NAS, a pretty small
base near Jacksonville Florida. Using 1959 technology, it was probably
quite dangerous even if the warhead was filled with covers.


And what happened to the missle missives that missed?

It's an old idea, and an old scam too.

--Damon

Everyone wrote:
OK, this has got to be one of the dumbest ideas ever:

http://www.answers.com/topic/uss-barbero

I actually wish the article is a bit more in depth. Apparently, the
missle was successfully launched towards Mayport NAS, a pretty small
base near Jacksonville Florida. Using 1959 technology, it was probably
quite dangerous even if the warhead was filled with covers.

Why would it be dangerous?

D.
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"Derek Lyons" wrote in message
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Why would it be dangerous?

If it hit something it wasn't supposed to?

In any case it wasn't a new idea. One man had tried sending mail by missiles
before, but he was a bit of a crackpot.

http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/zucocket.htm

Paul Blay wrote:
"Michael Smith" wrote ...
A rocket carrying 1000 dvd disks with a transit time of 30 minutes is
still carrying 55 gigabits of data per second, which is not to be
dismissed lightly.

How many minutes to take those disks out of the rocket, unpackage
them and read the contents onto a computer?

Six months for the longshoremen to unload them, three months for the
Teamsters to get them into the office, two years for the CWA crew to
load them into the computer. You got a problem with that buddy?
--scott
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On 26 Apr 2005 06:15:57 -0700, "Michael Smith"
wrote:

A rocket carrying 1000 dvd disks with a transit time of 30 minutes is
still carrying 55 gigabits of data per second, which is not to be
dismissed lightly.

"This word just in: the regulars of alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica
have just bought five surplus Taurus launchers to transport their porn
across the country. On a related note, two russian kiddie porn
spammers have contacted the DoD about buying the DART backup..."

OM

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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:30:23 -0500, OM wrote
(in article ):

"This word just in: the regulars of alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica . . .

Which ones? My Usenet ISP lists:

*.amateur
*.anime
*.asian
*.black
*.black.d
*.catfighters
*.d
*.interracial
*.jana
*.latina
*.lesbian
*.male
*.male-repost
*.oops-video
*.peternorth
*.rebeccalord
*.repost
*.rm
*.strap-on-sex
*.tickling
*.transsexuals
*.urine
*.vcd
*.voyeurism

You should be more specific. ;-)




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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:52:28 -0500, Herb Schaltegger wrote:

Which ones?

*.anime of course!

Terabytes of naked dancing catgirls! Weapons of mass distraction
ready to launch in 6.9 seconds...

--
Chuck Stewart
"Anime-style catgirls: Threat? Menace? Or just beating the crap out of
that Stewart person again?"

Have you been checking out Old Man Maxson's Favorites list?

"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in
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On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 15:30:23 -0500, OM wrote
(in article ):

"This word just in: the regulars of alt.binaries.multimedia.erotica . .
..

Which ones? My Usenet ISP lists:

*.amateur
*.anime
*.asian
*.black
*.black.d
*.catfighters
*.d
*.interracial
*.jana
*.latina
*.lesbian
*.male
*.male-repost
*.oops-video
*.peternorth
*.rebeccalord
*.repost
*.rm
*.strap-on-sex
*.tickling
*.transsexuals
*.urine
*.vcd
*.voyeurism

You should be more specific. ;-)




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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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