Smart Dust Stalked Zarqawi

strategy page ^ | June 10, 2006

[BenLurkin]

Wow.

[jsh3180]

Ashes to Ashes, smart dust to dust

[martin_fierro]

"Cogito, ergo sum!"

[decal]

Cool, in a scary sort of way.

[LiberalBassTurds]

But U.S. troops have learned to use this exaggerated reputation to their advantage, threatening Iraqis with magical capabilities that don't exist. That often works, just like smart dust.

If you don't tell us what we want to know we'll push this button on our magic MP3 device and turn you into a newt.

LBT -=-=-

[SIDENET]

[DTogo]

But U.S. troops have learned to use this exaggerated reputation to their advantage, threatening Iraqis with magical capabilities that don't exist.

HA! HA! HA!

[TomGuy]

Smart dust.


Just don't tell them about the trained mosquitoes or the 'special' cockroaches.

[MizSterious]

" If you don't tell us what we want to know we'll push this button on our magic MP3 device and turn you into a newt."

Gingrich? Neat. We could use more Republicans like him!

[cwb]

I've always wondered if we are baggin' and taggin' these terrorists that we catch and later release.

[LiberalBassTurds]

:-)

[catholicfreeper]

ITs weird but I hear there are many people in Iraq that actually believe in Genies

[balch3]

unbelievable. The MSM is determined to give away all of our secrets.

[John Jorsett]

I suppose it's possible, but to my knowledge, smart dust still suffers from two problems that limit its effectiveness: power and range. It needs a power source, and so far as I know, there hasn't been a good solution. There's been work on photovoltaic sources and on electrostatic sources, but I'm not aware of any breakthroughs yet. And even if a power source is found, the devices can't radiate much RF power because that would quickly drain it. Smart dust is designed to network to its neighbors and extend the range that way, but if you sprinkled it on somebody and he walked off, he'd quickly carry the dust out of range of its neighbors. I imagine you could drop the stuff over a large area, so that there would always be neighbors, but it seems unlikely that you'd have enough of it to be so profligate in the current level of development.

Interesting thought though. If it isn't being used in this way right now, I have no doubt that it's just a matter of time before it is. One scenario I foresee is that smart dust will eventually have video and GPS capability, and people will release it into the air to drift about. They'll have the ability to have live video from any place the dust drifts. It'll be like having a camera pretty much anywhere somebody wants one. Scary idea in many ways.

[ASA Vet]

Regarding that bridge from California to Hawaii. How many lanes would you like?

[Bon mots]

Smart dust?

That's nothing.

I have "Itching Powder" and "Sneezing Powder"!

I got it from my Johnson & Smith catalog!

;-)

[R. Scott]

The MSM is determined to give away all of our secrets.

Either that or they are unwilling partners in a pretty good disinformation campaign. Just think – when the terrorists read about the “magic dust” they will be afraid to wear clothes.

[BipolarBob]

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[johnny7]

LOL... that'll fu_k their heads up... but good.