02-09-2007, 08:44 AM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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God I love the Military Industrial Complex
Sometimes they actually hit on good ideas...for hockey!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6295567.stm
Can you say "Outdoor Rink in Texas"?
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The US military has appealed to scientists to help develop a novel weapon - artificial black ice.
The plastic-like substance, the brainchild of the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), would be used to force slip-ups from enemies.
The "polymer ice" would be designed for hot, arid environments, "as found in Iraq and Afghanistan", it said.
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Quick, somebody email the NHL!
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02-09-2007, 08:45 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: insider trading in WTC 7
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wouldn't it get carved up by the blades???
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02-09-2007, 08:48 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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I take it the substance they are going to use will be similar to the substance used to make the "ice" on the "hockey treadmill" one of which being in the Lindsay Park complex.
If so....maybe its the reverse...the military is taking technology that the Ice Hockey industry has already created!
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02-09-2007, 08:54 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Wet Coast
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little does the US know, the taliban has skate blades built in to the bottom of their shoes...designed with the help of inspector gadget.
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02-09-2007, 09:17 AM
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Wucka Wocka Wacka
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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Are they developing an armoured zamboni?
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02-09-2007, 10:42 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Not sure
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fozzie_DeBear
Are they developing an armoured zamboni?
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02-09-2007, 11:07 AM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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Black ice ... hmmm ... might be a little hard to follow the puck.
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02-09-2007, 11:15 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: insider trading in WTC 7
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bah, we'll just highlight it with a dot, and blue - pass, red - shoot!
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02-09-2007, 11:23 AM
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Has Towel, Will Travel
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^^^ That's very Foxy.
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02-09-2007, 11:26 AM
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First Line Centre
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Hehehe...this reminds me a lot of Donkey Kong throwing a banana and all the other mario carts slipping on it...
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02-09-2007, 03:39 PM
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Wucka Wocka Wacka
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest
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Good point maybe the Canadian Forces should use banana peels (if they can afford it)
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02-09-2007, 04:30 PM
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Not the 1 millionth post winnar
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Los Angeles
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Anyway, I forwarded the article to a member of the hockey media. They said they would take it to the GM's meetings in Florida and might mention it if the subject of bad ice came up.
Who knows. Maybe we will need to come up with white pucks someday for markets in the southern US.
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02-09-2007, 04:35 PM
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Norm!
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And the new commish of the NHL
Hail Cobra and his new roster of super weapons
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