[OT] The gauntlet has been thrown, picked up, and used to smack someone

John the daring says: Gold is trading at $282.00 per oz, right now (commodity
price for gold bullion according to Monex). So $100 US, that's.354 oz of gold.
On 1 Jan 2015, if there is an unclassified deployment of an
operational man-portable laser weapon not intended for
use in vacuum by the US Armed Forces, I will remit to you.354 oz of gold,
converted into the currency of your choice, provided we are both still alive
and communicating in any form. I don't think $100 US will be quite such a
significant sum in 13 years.

[Tomb] I said in 2015. 2015 isn't over until 0000 hrs Jan 01 2016. On
_that_ date, if the US has not deployed a functional laser weapon (as a
sniper weapon or for some directly human damaging function) that is
infantry-man portable, I will render unto thee an equivalent of .354
ounces of gold (Troy ounces I assume?). Currency of your choice, barred only
by the difficulty of you being a wiseguy and suggesting Denaari or something
obscure and unconvertible...;)

The alive and communicating thing are both conjectural mind you...;)

BTW, _When_I_take_your_money_ (note I said when), I'll buy you a beer
anyway. I'm not a sore winner.:)