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Smart Gun with Minicam and Biometric Access
StrawberryFrog writes "Ya well no fine, those crazy South Africans are at it again, this time with a "intelligent firearm". You may have heard of guns with fingerprint recognition before, but this also uses a laser to ignite the propellant, has multiple barrels and incorporates a minicam to record as evidence what you are shooting at. It's a very different gun design, and one that depends on electronics to make it work."
X10 enters the firearm business.
Now to ensure my clone never gets his hands on my gun...
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What I want to know is when Thinkgeek will be carrying these ... any bets?
KARMA TAG! You're it.
That's Ja well no fine, boet.
Great, can't wait to see the headlines: Dumbass kills self while trying to take picture, family sues gun manufacturer.
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If Dubya can fire one bullet and it hits every evildoer in Iraq...well, I want me one of those is all I can say. =)
TLoM: Nerds + DDR + Rednecks for the win!
It's a very different gun design, and one that depends on electronics to make it work.
You might want to carry a revolver in your sock for when the OS crashes.
"ya well no fine"?
;-P
am i having a stroke and losing the ability to decipher english? what does this mean?
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
No thank ya! I like to get away with my violent crimes.
Now the Chic Geek will be looking to outfit his Segway with a turret.
Then you can add blue tooth so you can fire it remotely...just make sure it doesn't get hacked.
I can see it now.
"This gun has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down..."
--- Grow a pair, liberals... stop letting the Republicans bully you!
But I bet the idiots who bought 4 large crates of these guns didn't bother to ask about the little red button on the side.
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
Or possibly firing in the dark? Maybe even sitting high up in your father's oak tree polishing the gun with your bottle of nu-metal shine the all new gun polisher which also happens to coat the gun's camera in 3 inches of metal nu-ness as you shine and chant "I am the angel of death."
"Can you see that little red number, punk?" Doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
You've never heard of reloading, have you?
Actually, I think the next movie could be kind of short:
Dirty Harry:I know what you're thinking punk. You're thinkin did he fire six shots or only five. Well to tell you the truth I forgot myself in all this excitement. But being this is the 44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off. You've got to ask yourself a question, Do I feel lucky? Well do you, PUNK!
Punk: Umm... Umm...
Smart Gun: WARNING! Chamber is empty! Load a new magazine to continue shooting! WARNING! Chamber is empty! Load a new magazine to continue shooting!
Punk: Fuck you, cop! Tackles Dirty Harry and bashes his head in with a brick.
It's only a matter of time before Microsoft gets into the gun market...
Windows for Handguns:
- It will have state-of-the-art security features so that only the true owner and any script kiddie with ability to download a crack can use it.
- Whenever you are in a critical situation it will lock when you try to fire.
- The EULA will come with 5 pages of clauses outlining how the gun does not let you shoot MS employees.
- The targetting system will be off by varying amounts.
- Shooting will be delayed by messages informing you that you're low on bullets.. even if you're not.
The suitcase that serves as Reason's power supply and ammo dump is open on the deck next to him, its color monitor screen reading: Sorry, a fatal system error occured. Please reboot and try again.
-Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
"FDA staff reviewers expressed concern about the number of patients who were left out of the study because they died."
Uh... won't fool me. This thing is like a cell phone. When you finally want to use it, it will start beeping and flash *low battery*...
Out of bullets....?
No moron. Out of batteries.
"Times may change, but standards must remain the same." - George Carlin.
Wouldn't an intelligent gun know better than to go around shooting people? :)
"Destroy science and religion. Science would re-emerge exactly the same; but not religion." - Penn Jillette, paraphrased
it gives a whole new meaning to "blue screen of death".
-Styopa