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russ_watters
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Resonably well, as far as I know.zomgwtf said:Just an outsider here with a question:
Do these laws really work?
The problem is that technology turns what is exotic today into the mundane tomorrow. Just a few years ago, the US government was worried about commercial GPS units being used to guide missiles. Now any engineering undergrad worth his salt can build a cruise missile guidance system - or even a cruise missile itself (one senior design project team in my class 10 years ago built a fully autonomous RC plane).I guess two questions:
In the future will these laws continue to be as effective??
So no, it just plain isn't possible to keep technology under wraps forever. Fortunately, the technology isn't the critical aspect here. The critical aspect is the fundamental physics behind making and processing the fuel. Aside from stealing it, there are no shortcuts there.