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[Rafa D]

SOLDIERS and spies of the future could be given special "Spider-Man" suits, enabling them to climb up sheer surfaces and even stick to the ceiling, according to a leading British engineering firm.

BAE Systems has developed a material that closely mimics the feet of a gecko lizard, which can scale vertical glass and other slippery surfaces with ease.

The research is still at an early stage but the firm said "infantry climbing suits" could be made out of the material, giving the troops gecko-like abilities.

A "government organisation" is also interested in using the material for a "particular covert application" connected to surveillance, according to a BAE Systems spokesman.

The gecko's foot is covered with tiny hairs, which are so small they effectively merge with molecules of things that they touch. This produces an incredibly strong bond in most directions, but one which can also be easily peeled off.

Dr Jeff Sargent, a research physicist at BAE Systems' Advanced Technology Centre in Bristol, said: "We wanted to mimic this ability.

"We recognised that a synthetic material could have tremendous engineering potential not only in our own aerospace and defence businesses, but also in other commercial applications."

There have been other attempts to recreate a gecko's foot artificially, but BAE Systems believes its "Synthetic Gecko" material is the closest yet to the natural version and would also be cheap to produce. A square metre is capable of holding an average family car off the ground.

Military analyst Stuart Crawford, a retired lieutenant-colonel, said climbing suits would be of use to Britain's elite soldiers.

"Without getting into comic-book fantasy, there would not appear to be a widespread application for infantry soldiers being able to climb up walls of plate glass, but there would definitely be specialist applications for organisations like the SAS or SBS," he said.

"It would be very useful in hostage rescue situations. Rather than putting a ladder up the wall or abseiling down like in the Iranian Embassy siege, the guys and girls could walk or climb up and kick in the window. I think it is quite an exciting development."

The firm admitted it was "still a long way off achieving the performance of a gecko - for example sticking to dirty, wet or rough surfaces is a major issue, along with durability".

But Dr Sargent, who is working on the material with colleague Sajad Haq, said: "We have made a small amount of this material and we have demonstrated that it will stick on glass surfaces to demonstrate that it's got some potential.

"We have demonstrated we can do multiple attachments with this material - you can stick it down once and stick it down again. Having a Spider-Man glove is a long way down the road, but in principle, you might have something like that."

In addition to the climbing suits, the firm said it would be possible to use the material to make climbing and crawler robots for inspecting and repairing planes and structures.

Such robots currently use suction and vacuum systems, but the gecko material would be smaller and weigh less.

"Timescales could be as long as about eight to 20 years, but may be sooner for a particular covert application we are investigating," a spokesman for the firm said.

"That particular application is for a government organisation and sits within the field of surveillance."

A spokeswoman for the Home Office reluctantly issued a standard response, when asked about the possibility of MI5 agents or Special Branch officers wearing Spider-Man suits. "We'd have to say we wouldn't comment on the operations of the security services," she said.

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[Rafa D]

I met her in a club down in old soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [lp version:
Coca-cola]
C-o-l-a cola
She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said lola
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Well Im not the worlds most physical guy
But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine
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Well Im not dumb but I cant understand
Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man
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Well we drank champagne and danced all night
Under electric candlelight
She picked me up and sat me on her knee
And said dear boy wont you come home with me
Well Im not the worlds most passionate guy
But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my lola
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I pushed her away
I walked to the door
I fell to the floor
I got down on my knees
Then I looked at her and she at me

Well thats the way that I want it to stay
And I always want it to be that way for my lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola
Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for lola
Lo-lo-lo-lo lola

Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man

Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is lola
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[Judge]

fortean times also has a great section on bizarre deaths

[Rafa D]

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[Judge]

why are the board stats all to pot ??

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why are the board stats all to pot ??

You mean on the main page Judge ? I pm'd Super Sub about it the other day as they make us out to be some tin pot site. His response was " I dunno "

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[Judge]

why are the board stats all to pot ??

You mean on the main page Judge ? I pm'd Super Sub about it the other day as they make us out to be some tin pot site. His response was " I dunno "

the f'ucking loafer    

judging by supersubs retort, it must be a tin pot site, with tin pot mods 




















   

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[Rafa D]

Adj. 1. tinpot - inferior (espcially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler"
Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
worthless - lacking in excellence or value; "a worthless idler

[Rafa D]

Happy Days was a popular American television sitcom that originally aired between 1974 and 1984 on the ABC television network. It presented an idealized version of life in late 1950s and early 1960s America.

Happy Days centered on the life of a middle-class family named the Cunninghams, who lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The family consisted of Howard, a hardware store owner and the family patriarch; Marion, a homemaker and the family matriarch; and the couple's teenage children, Richie (who had an optimistic if somewhat naïve outlook on life) Richie's younger sister Joanie and, during the first season, Richie's older brother Chuck (a character that would abruptly disappear during the second season, with no explanation given). As the series went on the story focus often shifted to additional characters, notably those of ex-New Yorker Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli, who was originally portrayed as a local thug but soon became a friend to Richie and the Cunningham family, and Fonzie's cousin Chachi, who became a love interest for Joanie Cunningham. The long-running show also resulted in several spinoff shows, several of which were highly successful in their own right.

[Judge]

Adj. 1. tinpot - inferior (espcially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler"
Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
worthless - lacking in excellence or value; "a worthless idler

rafadodd, i have the means to flood your work pc with profane images, which will ultimately get you the sack.

GB is gret - i want you to say you love GB (britain) and all that it stands for. do it or else !!

[Rafa D]

Adj. 1. tinpot - inferior (espcially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler"
Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
worthless - lacking in excellence or value; "a worthless idler

rafadodd, i have the means to flood your work pc with profane images, which will ultimately get you the sack.

GB is gret - i want you to say you love GB (britain) and all that it stands for. do it or else !!

Great Britain is great woohoo!!!


That was highlighted mean to explain suber sub lol

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[Judge]

Adj. 1. tinpot - inferior (espcially of a country's leadership); "he's a tinpot Hitler"
Great Britain, UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Britain, GB - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland
worthless - lacking in excellence or value; "a worthless idler

rafadodd, i have the means to flood your work pc with profane images, which will ultimately get you the sack.

GB is gret - i want you to say you love GB (britain) and all that it stands for. do it or else !!

Great Britain is great woohoo!!!


That was highlighted mean to explain suber sub lol