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It's 2010 — Finally My Jet Pack is Here!
Bloomberg Businessweek ^
| June 15, 2010
| By Tannith Cattermole
Posted on 06/22/2010 5:00:14 AM PDT by Malone LaVeigh
It's been a long time coming. While Arthur C. Clarke's satellites have taken to space, and James Bond's futuristic mobile technology has become common place, still the dream of sustained personal flight has eluded us. But the future is here! Finally we can all take flight as Martin Aircraft in New Zealand releases the first commercially-available jet pack!
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fly; jetpack
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I guess that we now have to worry about more than vindictive pidgeons flying overhead.
To: Malone LaVeigh
2010 is very disappointing
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:02:42 AM PDT
by
MNDude
To: MNDude
2010 is very disappointingNot nearly as disappointing as Nov. 2008.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:05:46 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Malone LaVeigh
Heck, I had mine for almost 50 years now!!
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:09:30 AM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
To: Puppage
Not nearly as disappointing as Nov. 2008How so? The people were free to make a choice and they did. 
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:10:24 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. De Vattel)
To: MNDude
2010 is very disappointing Yes, by now I was expecting flying cars.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:11:20 AM PDT
by
fwdude
To: ASA Vet
How so? The people were free to make a choice and they did. What's troubling is that we still have those same people, if not more of them.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:12:29 AM PDT
by
fwdude
To: Puppage
Not nearly as disappointing as Nov. 2008.The disappointment continues on a daily basis, Nov. 2008 - ?...hopefully 'Bammy can get shuffled out of office in short order.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:13:15 AM PDT
by
Andonius_99
(There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
To: fwdude
Don't forget, this is going to be available in 8 years, according to the Hollywood timeline:
Of course, the enviros (and elitist control freaks) would raise unholy hell if the individual had this kind of cheap power at their disposal.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:19:19 AM PDT
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: fwdude
2010 is very disappointing
Yes, by now I was expecting flying cars.
That’s the problem, year after year, the SAME flying cars.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:20:11 AM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: fwdude
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:29:20 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(I gave to Joe Wilson the day after, to Scott Brown seven days before and next to JD Hayworth.)
To: MrB
Don't forget, this is going to be available in 8 years, according to the Hollywood timeline:
Yea, well consider this: If you thought the plumber with the buttcrack was expensive, wait till you get the repair bill from the nuclear physicist.......
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:30:53 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(Peanut butter was just peanut butter until I found Free Republic.........)
To: Malone LaVeigh
Maybe not so disappointing, at least its some kind of innovation - clunky as it may be. Remember the first cars looked pretty clunky too.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:37:40 AM PDT
by
crescen7
(game on)
To: Hot Tabasco
Yea, well consider this: If you thought the plumber with the buttcrack was expensive, wait till you get the repair bill from the nuclear physicist.......
Nothing to worry about. If your toilet leaks you call a plumber. If your proton to proton fusion reactor leaks you call the coroner. An uncontrolled spray of neutrons has some fairly nasty side effects.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:42:54 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:44:32 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
To: ASA Vet
How so? The people were free to make a choice and they did.Are you kidding me? It's THE CHOICE that's disappointing, not the act of free elections which you're alluding to.
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posted on
06/22/2010 5:48:42 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Malone LaVeigh
So...how do you prevent heel burning?
To: RaceBannon
Heck, I had mine for almost 50 years now!! Yours is more compact than a scuba tank, too. This ducted-fan rig ain't what you'd call svelte and futuristic-looking.
It puts me in mind of something that Professor Fate might've concocted. Heck, you can practically hear the related soundtrack. :-)
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posted on
06/22/2010 6:19:17 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: PapaBear3625
Regarding the youtube video — they better quiet that sucker down. Just my “nothing special” little Dell speakers sounded louder than a leaf blower!
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posted on
06/22/2010 6:48:18 AM PDT
by
duckworth
(Perhaps instant karma's going to get you. Perhaps not.)
To: Malone LaVeigh
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