Bill Pragnell wrote:
>>> or the dubious claim that it can fire projectiles at near lightspeed 
>>
>> That's what a railgun is for.
> 
> No it's not. A railgun accelerates a projectile with something like a 
> linear accelerator. You get a fast-moving slug but I don't think 
> anyone's under the illusion that it could be relativistic.

I think it's more that it's the only technology that's likely to be able 
to accelerate something to relativistic speeds in a reasonable "barrel 
length."  Certainly an explosives-based lump-in-a-tube cannon won't.

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   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
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