The future

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I was watching Star Trek the other day (actually, I don't watch it very often), and it suddenly struck me how much of an optomistic view of the future this programme has. I'm an engineering student, and I often feel down when I think about the fact that, although I may be helping to develop technology, I have very little or no control over what the technology may be used for. In the worst moments, I often think that I should just stop, because all I'm doing is helping mankind to come up with new and original ways of killing each other. It's nice to fantasise about the possibility that, somewhere in the distant future, we may now be helping to create something very beautiful.

Ya, imagine it one day all the nations of the world truly unite, the human race working together to not only enshure peace and prosperity, as well as working to enshure we dont distroy our only planet, but until that day comes, the military will be interested in any new technology avalible to preserve our place in the world as the most modern, organized fighting force the world has ever seen.

Is it possible that the technology that makes our world smaller, helps people to connect with others quickly, in real time, keeps track of people, may one day create the conditions where all of Earths people truly unite??

Albert Einstine regretted that his formula was used to build a weapon that could potentially wipe out civilization. However look what happend just a few years later, nuclear power!! The most efficent power we have today (heh, im not trying to plug nuclear power dispite the fact my dad has been a nuclear engineer for 30 years, heh).

With all technology their is a good use and a potentially harmful use, this is one of the prices of progress.

Lock Phasers! Arm Photon Torpedos, Fire!, Fire! Their shields are holding up, what shall we do Captain? Ramming speed! We will Road Rage their Ass! Aye Aye Captain!

At least it is not Shattner getting in fist fights.

It was once figured that the repeating rifle would kill every human within ten years. It failed.

Browning was sure he had the answer, a machine gun that could fire 600 rounds a minute, and on first test, for 45 minutes. It failed.

Aircraft and the tank were sure to finish them off, no luck, but the 1918 Flu was cool, it got as many as WWII.

A failed attempt, Korea took 10,000 rounds, from big Navy guns, field pieces, aircraft rockets and bombs, land mines, machine guns, rifles, my friend, The Colt Model 1911A .45, to inflict one injury on the enemy.

The British use of incendaries on Dresden was the record, 225,000 killed in one day.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki barely 80,000 each. All of the big kills were civilians.

Technology has failed to live up to it's promise.

The Romans did a lot more damage, mostly with the Gladius. 2 1/2 to 5 Million in Gaul.

My best hope is my work on Tesla's Death Ray, something with range, that leaves no place to hide.

A Nuclear plant for power, the grid for a resonator, maybe this time!

I try, but I still think a Super Nova is the answer.

Nature always wins.