Think of the rocket as either an ASDV (Aerial Spliff Delivery Vehicle), handy for getting rid of food-queues at outdoor events or gratifying the masses at this year's Smokey Bear drugs orgy, or if on a demo, as a ClusterFXck to anniolate cop helicopters, as long as they dont fall on me, that is!
The ASDV is basically a big hollow rocket full of Joints, first succesfull mission earlier this year in Stoke Newington. The ClusterFxck (same model) has undergone trials, and releases instead lots of long tape parachutes to burst out and get tangled in the rotors of police helicopters, and then my friends we will find out... if pigs can fly!

Seriously, we are experimenting with rocket guidance systems, and we are investigating claims that Iraqi agents were trying to buy Playstations in Detroit to use the processors in rocket guidance systems. Seriously.
If this is the type of war-hype put out, then we CAN smash them at their own game.

BTW I am known as the ArseHole

AnarchistRocketSocofEngland, HeadmanOligarchLeaderEmperor

 http://www.casi.org.uk/discuss/2000/msg01270.html
* EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON IRAQI PLAYSTATIONS
by J. Mark Huffman, UPI Science News

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 '00(UPI) -- The Sony Playstation 2 is acknowledged as the
leading video game console and the envy of every kid, but could it be a
major asset to the Iraqi military? Experts in both defense and video games
say no, despite some concerns raised in U.S. intelligence circles.

WorldNetDaily, a news and opinion Web site, cited a secret Defense
Intelligence Agency report stating as many as 4,000 of the game consoles
have been purchased in the United States and shipped to Iraq late this year.
The report expresses concern that the units could be linked together to form
a powerful super computer, capable of many military uses, including control
of missiles.

FBI and U.S. Customs officials are investigating the claim, but even if it's
true, Iraqi generals would likely be disappointed in the results anyway, a
Playstation 2 expert told United Press International

"As shipped, the Playstation 2 does not have the capability to link
processors in parallel. The idea that you can create a super computer by
linking ten of these units together is wrong. That's not a capability of the
Playstation 2 right out of the box," said Eric Newhouse, group manager at
Videogame Review.com, a San Francisco-based game site.

Newhouse agreed a major advantage of the Playstation 2 over a personal
computer is its greatly enhanced graphics capabilities, but he questioned
how valuable that would be to Iraqi military applications.

"The graphics capabilities would help for modeling and design functions, but
for raw CPU issues like calculating missile trajectory, a powerful computer
would be much better," Newhouse said.

John Carey, a Washington-based defense issues consultant, is also skeptical
of the Playstation's usefulness to the Iraqi military, especially in
controlling its missiles.

"The key Iraqi problem is accuracy. No matter how sophisticated their
computers, those old Soviet-era missiles are just too inaccurate to be a
threat. That's why our ships can operate in the region without becoming
targets," Carey told UPI.

Carey, president of International Defense Consultants, said he was in the
region during the Persian Gulf War and saw the state of Iraq's missiles at
close hand. He doesn't think the use of video game consoles will increase
Iraq's offensive capabilities.

"Where a computer might help is in defending yourself from attack," he said.

If Saddam Hussein did want to buy up large quantities of video game
consoles, however, he would have an easier time getting them past U.N.
sanctions than if he were buying regular computers. Video games are
classified as toys, which are not closely scrutinized. Computer hardware, on
the other hand, is banned under U.N. sanctions.

The Japanese government has shown sensitivity to the issue, having slapped
export controls on the game console upon its release last April.

The Sony Playstation 2 has been a hard-to-find item since it's introduction
earlier this year. It features a 300 MHz, 128-bit CPU. It's prized by video
game enthusiasts for its speed, sound reproduction and graphics.


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* IF SADDAM WANTED PLAYSTATIONS HE, TOO, WOULD HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE
Seattle Times, 28th December

WASHINGTON - Widespread media reports that Iraq has been importing the
scarce and highly sought-after PlayStation 2 video consoles for their
military potential are unsubstantiated and groundless, Sony said yesterday.

Several media outlets, including NBC, have cited an unidentified U.S.
Customs officer as saying the popular PlayStation 2 units were being
diverted from toy shops around Detroit to factions affiliated with the Iraqi
military.

The stories note the coveted video-game units are being sought by the Iraqi
government due to their hefty processing power, which when hooked together
en masse could conceivably offer computing speeds similar to that of
low-grade supercomputers, devices seen as necessary for the development and
testing of weapons of mass destruction.

But Sony spokeswoman Molly Smith said if Saddam Hussein wanted a stash of
PlayStations, he'd have to get in line behind millions of other consumers:

"With our current inventory situation, it's likely that anyone - Saddam
Hussein or otherwise - claiming to have a substantial number of PlayStation
2 units is probably pulling your leg. This completely unsubstantiated story
has been lingering for weeks, and it's time to put it to rest."

"I would assume that if Iraq were determined to obtain such devices
illegally, it would presumably go after something much more powerful than a
chip in a toy," said Robert Majak of the Commerce Department Bureau of
Export Administration.

* EXPERTS WEIGH IN ON IRAQI PLAYSTATIONS
by J. Mark Huffman, UPI Science News

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Sony Playstation 2 is acknowledged as the
leading video game console and the envy of every kid, but could it be a
major asset to the Iraqi military? Experts in both defense and video games
say no, despite some concerns raised in U.S. intelligence circles.

WorldNetDaily, a news and opinion Web site, cited a secret Defense
Intelligence Agency report stating as many as 4,000 of the game consoles
have been purchased in the United States and shipped to Iraq late this year.
The report expresses concern that the units could be linked together to form
a powerful super computer, capable of many military uses, including control
of missiles.

FBI and U.S. Customs officials are investigating the claim, but even if it's
true, Iraqi generals would likely be disappointed in the results anyway, a
Playstation 2 expert told United Press International

"As shipped, the Playstation 2 does not have the capability to link
processors in parallel. The idea that you can create a super computer by
linking ten of these units together is wrong. That's not a capability of the
Playstation 2 right out of the box," said Eric Newhouse, group manager at
Videogame Review.com, a San Francisco-based game site.

Newhouse agreed a major advantage of the Playstation 2 over a personal
computer is its greatly enhanced graphics capabilities, but he questioned
how valuable that would be to Iraqi military applications.

"The graphics capabilities would help for modeling and design functions, but
for raw CPU issues like calculating missile trajectory, a powerful computer
would be much better," Newhouse said.

John Carey, a Washington-based defense issues consultant, is also skeptical
of the Playstation's usefulness to the Iraqi military, especially in
controlling its missiles.

"The key Iraqi problem is accuracy. No matter how sophisticated their
computers, those old Soviet-era missiles are just too inaccurate to be a
threat. That's why our ships can operate in the region without becoming
targets," Carey told UPI.

Carey, president of International Defense Consultants, said he was in the
region during the Persian Gulf War and saw the state of Iraq's missiles at
close hand. He doesn't think the use of video game consoles will increase
Iraq's offensive capabilities.

"Where a computer might help is in defending yourself from attack," he said.

If Saddam Hussein did want to buy up large quantities of video game
consoles, however, he would have an easier time getting them past U.N.
sanctions than if he were buying regular computers. Video games are
classified as toys, which are not closely scrutinized. Computer hardware, on
the other hand, is banned under U.N. sanctions.

The Japanese government has shown sensitivity to the issue, having slapped
export controls on the game console upon its release last April.

The Sony Playstation 2 has been a hard-to-find item since it's introduction
earlier this year. It features a 300 MHz, 128-bit CPU. It's prized by video
game enthusiasts for its speed, sound reproduction and graphics.


 http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi
bin/WebObjects/SeattleTimes.woa/wa/gotoArticle?zsection_id=268448413&text_on
ly=0&slug=play28&document_id=134256553

* IF SADDAM WANTED PLAYSTATIONS HE, TOO, WOULD HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE
Seattle Times, 28th December

WASHINGTON - Widespread media reports that Iraq has been importing the
scarce and highly sought-after PlayStation 2 video consoles for their
military potential are unsubstantiated and groundless, Sony said yesterday.

Several media outlets, including NBC, have cited an unidentified U.S.
Customs officer as saying the popular PlayStation 2 units were being
diverted from toy shops around Detroit to factions affiliated with the Iraqi
military.

The stories note the coveted video-game units are being sought by the Iraqi
government due to their hefty processing power, which when hooked together
en masse could conceivably offer computing speeds similar to that of
low-grade supercomputers, devices seen as necessary for the development and
testing of weapons of mass destruction.

But Sony spokeswoman Molly Smith said if Saddam Hussein wanted a stash of
PlayStations, he'd have to get in line behind millions of other consumers:

"With our current inventory situation, it's likely that anyone - Saddam
Hussein or otherwise - claiming to have a substantial number of PlayStation
2 units is probably pulling your leg. This completely unsubstantiated story
has been lingering for weeks, and it's time to put it to rest."

"I would assume that if Iraq were determined to obtain such devices
illegally, it would presumably go after something much more powerful than a
chip in a toy," said Robert Majak of the Commerce Department Bureau of
Export Administration.

Speaking of Play Station II - have u seen the chemtrails in Grand Theft Auto?