The Sun Gun

• Pudifoot
  February 11th, 2008 at 11:38 am

  Isn’t there a Gary Larson’s far side comic where an alien is using a giant magnifying glass to burn humans?

  Well, if such a comic exists, this article reminds me of it. o.O

• Miss Cellania
  February 11th, 2008 at 11:44 am

  I think I remember that! Wasn’t it two giant alien kids just having fun?

• bean
  February 11th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

  That would have been a better article if they had taken the time to point out some of the oh-so-many ways that would have been impossible. It most likely still is.

• Feldman
  February 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pm

  Nazis….I hate those guys.

• Cyndi
  February 11th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

  This reminds me of the Solarbonite weapon in Plan 9 from Outer Space. The aliens were trying to stop humans from creating it because it would mean the end of the universe.

• HappyWithoutCable
  February 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm

  Didn’t they do this in one of the James Bond movies?

• Nate Deviate
  February 11th, 2008 at 3:39 pm

  sounds like something bush would cook up…

• Sleestak
  February 11th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

  Gears, steam-power and vacuum tubes in space! Very Pulp!

• JamesB
  February 11th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

  The Giant Nazi Heat-Ray Space Station Parabola would be a good name for a rock band.

• Justin
  February 11th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

  Steampunk WMDs!

• ted
  February 12th, 2008 at 2:22 am

  Without a practical method of delivery into space, the point seems rather moot.

• Lasse
  February 12th, 2008 at 3:02 am

  Ah, but they had a method of delievery to space: The V2. In theory it could deliever half a ton into orbit. Here is a link to a videoclip with a V2 filming the earth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emMIM3CKGtQ

  Makes you a bit dizzy, though.

  On a more realistic note, Hitler should probably have used the resources on more appliable and already proven technology. Winter uniforms for the soldiers, for example.

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