
Originally Posted by
wolf_walker
I've often found myself thinking this. As a mid-30something, my peers and I grew up with tech that was progressing from goofy to very nearly sci-fi at a dramatic rate, and it still is
albeit with a bit more refinement than innovation now. To us/me, this stuff is all pretty archaic.
It works, no doubt, and it's tested and true and we all understand why professionals are loathe to fiddle with newfangle stuff.
But still, big yawn at most of it. There have been no "game changers" that I can see looking at history since relatively light
semi/full auto's came along ages ago. Even NV stuff, it's smaller, cheaper, works better, but it's' been around for ages.
It's just been refining, which is cool and I'm glad for it, but it's still burning some ancient powder and tossing a little piece
of metal down a tube. I'm not unappreciative of the progress and improvements, but they don't match up pace-wise with
many other technical endeavors imo.
In short, give me my freaking phased plasma rifle.
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