From: artis@nospamplease.net.invalid   
      
   "Max C. Webster III"  wrote in message   
   news:301lp.4760$sP1.1206@newsfe07.iad...   
   > "Mike Smith"  done said:   
   >   
   >> On 3/30/2011 11:16 PM, Artisan wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> "Lerxst in Wonderland ©"  did a geek-test with...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "Artisan" added:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> And there are computer-generated Dewbacks behind the owl. And the   
   >>>>> stormtroopers are carrying walkie-talkies instead of laser rifles.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Blasters, n00b.   
   >>>   
   >>> The blasters are the single-handed weapons, laser rifles are the   
   >>> two-handers that the stormtroopers carry.   
   >>   
   >> Bzzt, partial credit only.  The larger weapon is called a "blaster   
   >> rifle".   
   >   
   >   
   > Regardless of whether it's "laser" or "blaster," it's the "rifle" part   
   > that perplexes me.  How the heck do you rifle an energy beam?   
      
   It has the form factor of a rifle for more accurate aim.  And those   
   stormtroopers need all the help they can get.  They couldn't hit the broad   
   side of a barn with another barn.   
      
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