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MP3 Player In An AK-47 Magazine

Comrade Pikachu writes "These guys have apparently fit a hard drive based MP3 player into a Kalashnikov ammunition clip. They are accepting pre-orders now. It fits into a standard AK-47 and comes pre-loaded with over 200 audio books. Listen to Poe on your assault rifle!" Audiobooksforfree also is one of the few places I've found online with free (low-fi) audiobooks -- for greater fidelity, you can buy files or pre-loaded hard drives, or (at long last) this unorthodox player.

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  1. Next trip on the airplane... by jawtheshark · · Score: 5, Funny
    Good luck getting that through airport security ;-)

    Nice babe by the way. Wouldn't try to mess with her though....

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    1. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes, getting her through airport security unnoticed might be hard.

    2. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Doesn't look like your going to penetrate her defenses.

    3. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cutriss · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nice babe by the way. Wouldn't try to mess with her though....

      If the article wasn't already Slashdotted, you bet it will be now... :-)

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    4. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by roseblood · · Score: 1

      Don't laugh! I get the Richard Reid treatment due to my camera gear!

      The average drone can barely understand what an 35mm camera is. They freak out when I have this accordian looking device in a small suitcase with what looks like a black tablecloth and a 8x10 inch box labeled film. They can't understand why I can't open the box in daylight. They think the only film out there is the kind in those little metal can. Okay...

      In all seriousness, not a chance that this thing will get past an airport drone.

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    5. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by kilgore_47 · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is great news! While mp3 technology may soon be illegal in the U.S., the conservatives have shown they are highly dedicated to protecting our god-given right to carry an assault riffle! I can't wait until I have to hide my mp3s in an Ak-47 to keep the secret police from finding them...

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    6. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Airport?

      Hey man, good luck even getting this in the first place. If it comes through the regular mail, it's likely to be delivered in person by FBI/RCMP/Federale/MI5/(your national police force here) officers...;)

      If it's couriered, it's likely to be inspected by their internal security and then reported to the above just the same...

      Even if you get it, how long can you use it before your shot by a state trooper of you lodal police service when they see it and decide not to question you as to the location of the rest of the Kalashnikov...

      Gotta love the Patriot Act... :)

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    7. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by roseblood · · Score: 2, Informative

      Seriosuly, this would not even be legal in the state of California without a special permit that's issued only to Law Enforcement and Hollywood studios. No Magazines over 10 rounds allowed here. Even if it no longer can hold more than 10 rounds, the fact that it did in the past sets the EVIL BIT in the eyes of California Law.

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    8. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by jawtheshark · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Did I already mention that you americans are in deep shit ;-)

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    9. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 3, Informative

      "No Magazines over 10 rounds allowed here."

      Not true.

      One can't sell a mag over 10 rounds, but it is legal to own them.

      Parts for them can be sold as well.

      http://www.shootinggalleryinc.com/gunlawfaq.htm# ei ght

      "Continued possession of large-capacity magazines (able to accept more than 10 rounds) that you owned in California before January 1, 2000, is not prohibited. However, as of January 1, 2000, it is llegal to buy, manufacture, import, keep for sale, expose for sale, give or lend any large capacity magazine in California except by law enforcement agencies, California peace officers, or licensed dealers.

    10. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 5, Funny

      Read the nic, brother...

      I'm Canadian, not American (and thank god for that!) :)

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    11. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by roseblood · · Score: 1

      And, are these guys on the other end of the link going to modify YOUR Pre Jan 1 2000 magazine to play MP3s? The magazines they sell will still be illegal under CA law. Although you'd be hard pressed to find a cop that wouldn't laugh when presented with the opportunity to arrest someone for their High Capacity MP3 player/magazine

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    12. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Polo · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess if you downloaded mp3's and got caught there would be a $1,000 fine for the clip and a $97,000,000,000 for the music.

    13. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by jawtheshark · · Score: 1

      Sorry.... I didn't know who Johnny Canuck was. Thanks god there is google for such things.

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    14. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Polo · · Score: 2, Funny

      s/for the music/fine for the music/

    15. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by BrianH · · Score: 1

      Funny, I live in California, and I've got a 75rd drum magazine for my AK47, and when an off duty sheriff was looking at it a few weeks ago as I was doing some target shooting at the local range, all I heard from him was..."Nice!" Lot's of us Californians have "grandfathered" weapons that aren't subject to these stupid laws.

      Hrm, I wonder if I could cram an MP3 player in there and get on Slashdot....

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    16. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 4, Informative

      I realise that things are different in Canada, but in the US it is completely legal to have even a fully operational (which this is not) magazine deliever to you. I ordered a magazine for my pistol some time back and they just shipped it UPS. No big deal. Guns themselves are restricted, those have to be shipped to someone with a permit, but the associated parts you can just get shipped to you personally.

      Oh, and there's nothing illegal about owning an AK either. In the US you can't own fully automatic weapons (without a permit) but semi autos are fine. I know a couple peopel that have civilian versions of the M16 which just don't have burst or auto fire modes.

      Believe it or not we are actually a very gun totin' nation. Here in Arizona, it's leagal to carry a firearm openly, it just had to be holstered. I've done it and the police have nothing to say about it, it's legal and so they don't bother you.

    17. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by ocelotbob · · Score: 1, Interesting
      Bullfuckingshit. First off, us Americans, unlike you Canadians, don't have the notion that everyone is too stupid to have a gun, and that mummy government has to protect us from the icky, icky things. Thus, AK-47s are legal to own, you just have to have the semi-auto version. Even the auto version's not insanely tough to obtain; you have to pay a tax and submit to a background check, but it is obtainable. As has been said earlier in the thread, carrying one of these around here is more likely to get a response of "that kicks ass" from the local police than said officer shooting you in the ass.

      Clips such as these may get an interesting look from the postal clerk, and someone checking the regs, but not a visit from the police. At least, that's how it would go down in a civilized nation. Don't know how it would go down in Canada.

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    18. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Sunda666 · · Score: 2, Informative

      > to get a response of "that kicks ass" from the local police...

      heh except that the AK-47 sucks ass as a rifle. shitty, shitty rifle.

      AK47s are to assault rifles what the original VW beetle is to cars. Reliable,
      simple, but simply sucks.

      Well i should not talk on this subject since i'm onto bolt-action snipers
      anyway... assault rifles are a waste of ammo ;-)

      cheers

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    19. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Here in Arizona, it's leagal to carry a firearm openly, it just had to be holstered.

      Don't take this as legal advice, but in most states it is legal to do the same (varies with local laws though). So long as your weapon is legal and it is carried openly, there's no problem. You do have to use some common sense in carrying it; like don't take it in banks, schools or government buildings but for the most part you're okay.

      Concealed weapons are a different matter. They generally require a permit, or might be banned altogether.

    20. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Er, what? In my state, "AK-47" types are illegal. Not only does that ban AK-47s (semi-auto or otherwise), but anything *based* on Kalashnikov's design. I believe the situation is similar in California.

      And this magazine MP3 player would probably be illegal by the '94 Icky-Looking Weapons Ban Act, because it holds more than 10 rounds of... er... sound files?

    21. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 1

      While a very good site, not me...I'm a different JC..

      Oh well.. :)

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    22. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      JTS is a fuck up

    23. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by silentbozo · · Score: 4, Informative

      That's in Arizona. Here in the People's Republic of Kalifornia, it is illegal to have, transport, manufacture, cause to transport, manufacture, to sell, or even give away any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. Of course there's an exemption for the entertainment industry, but it means that all magazines fitting that description not already in your personal posession at the time the law took effect are illegal.

      Note that this is different from the national law forbidding the importation or manufacture of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds - you can still buy magazines that were here in the US at the time (and there are presumably stacks of them lying in warehouses that were manufactured just prior to the passage of that law.) You just can't bring them into California...

      And just try to open carry any kind of firearm in Los Angeles, I dare you. :) Actually, the worst thing about being in LA is that there are no indoor gun ranges within the city limits that I know of, with the exception of the police ranges, and the LAX range, which is getting run down and rather unsavory. No place to shoot means no place to practice. :(

    24. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well then, remove the FBI from my list.

      I can tell you for sure, Canada Customs wouldn't let this into my country because owning automatic weapons is illegal unless you can prove that you need it for your work (that means only cops and certain members of the military).

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    25. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Ryan+Amos · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Actually you can ship pretty much anything except the lower reciever to a gun without any sort of permit. For example, I can ship an entire M16 through the mail, no questions asked -- though it can't have the lower reciever (and thus is not a functioning weapon.) To ship a lower reciever you have to do it through someone with a license (normally a gun shop.)

      Here in Texas, you can walk down the street with a loaded automatic rifle and so long as you legally own the gun, nobody can do anything about it. Though if you point it at someone, that's considered a threatening action and is illegal. Oh, and it's legal to shoot a robber in the back as he flees from your house. So don't rob my place if you don't wanna get shot. ;)

    26. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by raider_red · · Score: 1

      Banks? I don't remember Arizona having any statute limiting your carry at the bank. In Texas, you can carry into a bank as long as it's concealed, and you have a concealed handgun license.

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    27. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Kombat · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You're very wrong. I'm a Canadian with my Restricted and Unrestricted PALs, and the magazine itself is not illegal. Sure, owning fully autos is illegal, but so what? What on Earth makes a clip "auto" or "semi-auto?" It's just a clip - it holds ammo. The action of the rifle that'll hold it is completely unrelated. It could be either.

      Yes, it is illegal to have a magazine that'll hold more than ... I think it's 7 rounds in Canada. But this isn't a clip anymore. It's just an MP3 player that happens to look like an ammo clip.

      This would get through customs no problem.

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    28. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      AK47s are to assault rifles what the original VW beetle is to cars. Reliable,
      simple, but simply sucks.


      ROFL, shut your mouth dipshit.

      When it comes down to it:

      reliable + simple = damn good.

      AKs are great because hardly anything ever goes wrong with them, not to mention they have nice stopping power (compared to M-16 and derivatives certainly, and M16 is more of a sniper rifle anyway, long range with high muzzle velocity, I'll take a trusty AK over one of those any day, unless I need to be in sniper mode, in which case any bolt-action 30-06 will make me feel right at home) and in a crunch I know my AK probably won't fuck up on me.

      Things must be different in your world tho, where things that are simple and reliable apparently suck. Let me guess, you're a big WinXP supporter right?

    29. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by PokeBlor · · Score: 1

      I know that in New York, high cap magazines that were made before July 1994 can be bought and sold like any other magazine. Ones made after that are marked Law Enforcement/Govt. only.

    30. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by PokeBlor · · Score: 1

      True, the civilian M16 is allowed. It is called the AR-15. It also costs about 1K. You can own a semi-auto AK-47 also. Several of my co-workers own one, or more, in fact. It is easy to convert them to fully automatic, but that would make the gun illegal.

    31. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I wonder what idiots decided that limiting magazine size really does anything useful. Anyone who wants one can still get them off the internet or from other sources. And 10 shots means quite a few people dead, why would they care if you take out a few more at the same time?

    32. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Tenebrious1 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Seriosuly, this would not even be legal in the state of California

      Did you look at it? It's not the standard AK 30 round clip but the short sporting clip which holds 10 rounds, legal to sell and own under the current laws.

      Bringing it on a plane... I certainly wouldn't. Pass it through the xray, they see a strange electronic device with batteries... what are they gonna think? You pull it out and it's a magazine to an AK and you're toast. Hell, it might even contain some chemical powder residue detectible by the sniffers, then you're really hosed.

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    33. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Personally I think all you gun guys are pussies.

      I like to make vats of Vx gas and I've been longing to try and develop my own anthrax stock pile but the stupid government doesn't think American's can handle things like nerve gas and anthrax!

      I swear this country just isn't free anymore. :(

      Man i spent all that time getting a chemical engineering degree and next thing i know the government is taking away my right to develop chemical weapons! bastards!

      Shooting someone with a rifle is just so neanderthal, when you could infect them with Clostridium Botulinium instead!

    34. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnyDog · · Score: 1

      Hell, you can put entire computer in there! Why only fridges should be allowed to run Linux on them ?

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    35. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Pigs back off, no I don't actually make Vx you fuckers. But anyone with a undergrad degree knows it's easy to whip up.

      No you don't need to put me on your "total information awareness" database, i'm a law abiding citizen you dumb fuckers.

      And no i'm not muslim so don't get your panties in a twist.

      Sheesh.

    36. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Lt.Hawkins · · Score: 1

      magazine. not clip.

      sort of like calling Linux "Unix"

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    37. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 3, Insightful

      At least, that's how it would go down in a civilized nation. Don't know how it would go down in Canada.

      Need I remind you that last year the capital of your "civilized nation" alone has a murder rate nearly 48 times that of my entire nation -> Washington DC, 48.5 murders per 100 000 people, compared to the entire country of Canada, 1.78 murders per 100 000 people. Also of note from Stats Canada on murders involving guns:

      "Of the 171 firearm-related homicides, 110 were committed with a handgun, 46 with a rifle or shotgun, 7 with a sawed-off rifle or shotgun, 3 with a fully automatic firearm, and 5 with another type of firearm.

      Handguns were used in 65% of all firearm homicides. This proportion has risen from 46% in 1998 as a result of the continuing decline in the number of homicides involving rifles or shotguns."

      That's out of 554 total murders in the entire country of 32 million during 2001. Compare that to Los Angeles, with 658 murders in the same time, but with 1/3 the population.

      In the "civilized nation" 65.6%of all the murders were committed with a firearm during the same time.

      Hmmmm, perhaps there are some people who are "too stupid to have a gun".

      Say what you will about "mummy government", I am quite safe from gun violence here as are my children. That is, after all, why I elected my governement - to ensure my life, liberty and security of the person.

      If all you have protecting you from sending ammo clips through the mail is a minimum wage postal clerk, then you have the country you deserve... :)

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    38. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I lived in New Mexico for a while, where it is legal to carry a loaded weapon into a bank, as long as it is not concealed.

      I never tried it.

    39. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 1

      That may be true, but I'll eat my hat if the Mounties and CCRA don't track it all the way to your door and make sure you do have your PALs.

      It would probably be "lost in the mail" if I ordered it...I only have an expired FAC. :)

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    40. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 1

      Nice site BTW...hope your doing better after Nortel... I live in Barrhaven. ;)

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    41. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by kesuki · · Score: 1

      however, the above clip holds 0 rounds, but up to 20 GB of (mp3s.)
      There is a lot more to a magazine than just the hard outer metal shell, which is all this particualr HD based mp3 player is encased in. Sure It _looks_ like a clip of ammo. but it isn't one, and frankly if you were shot to death for carrying an empty clip incapable of carrying any ammo (as some one else suggested) the wrongful death suit would rake in millions for your survivors.

    42. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by GnarlyNome · · Score: 1

      Won't work an AK is a Russian assult rifle to hide it from the conservitives use the magazine from a S&W model 59

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    43. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh come on America was the home of the cowboy, of course gun culture will be with us for a looong time.

      That love of gunfights and violence as the ultimate affirmation of manhood is going to be with America for another century at least.

      Bah, You're probably just pissed Canada never had any badass outlaw cowboys. :P

    44. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by captaineo · · Score: 1

      Even some Slashdot readers own an AK and AR-15 :)

    45. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by ocelotbob · · Score: 4, Informative
      Totally different demographics between our two countries. The US has far greater numbers of people living in cities, and traditionally, cities have a much higher level of violence, due to sociological factors people still argue about. If you compare urban areas, you'll see that crime rates are about the same. If you do more than look at one city, you'l find that nationally, the murder rate is about 5.5 people per 100000. While still high, it's much more reasonable, and a more sensible comparison than what your trying to insinuate. You have to consider external factor like the growth rate of the city; growth pretty much always causes crime.

      Plus, there are figures that seem to show that gun laws have the opposite effect to what you believe. Looking at these statistics, one is lead to believe that many criminals don't care, or perhaps are more willing to shoot when they know someone is unarmed.

      I'd much rather live in a country where the state of government is to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Much nicer that way, don't have to worry about insane taxation that way. Before you start on that claptrap on healthcare -- I pay $14/week for my medical insurance, and could probably pay even less for better coverage, I just need to shop around. By and large the myth of the unaffordable costs of medical care is just that, a myth.

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    46. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by The+AtomicPunk · · Score: 1

      Actually, it's perfectly legal to own fully automatic weapons in most states, and there is no permit.

      You simply pay a $200 Transfer Tax as outlined in National Firearms Act of 1934 and send them some fingerprints for a background check after getting sign off from your local Chief Law Enforcement Officer.

      About 3-6 months later, you get approved, and you can pick up your toy.

      I'm in Arizona too, and we have lots of fun in the desert. :)

    47. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yeah, AK's rule, that's why the USA uses them for THEIR military....wait a minute! AKs are pieces of shit.

    48. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually when a cities population declines it when crime increases.

      When a principal industry in a city leaves for overseas or elsewhere in the country the cities economy is destroyed.

      Rich people can move away, poor people are stuck. When all thats left are poor unemployed people with no hope, crime goes through the roof.

      Of course guns have nothing to do with this really. Can having lots of guns around make a bad situation worse? Well sure, but so does having a liqour store on every corner and a drug dealer in every doorway.

      Economics are at the root of most social problems. No matter if you view it from the left or right most everyone agrees if there are no jobs and people are in poverty crime is going to go up.

    49. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 1

      reliable + simple = damn good.

      reliable + simple + inaccurate = bad idea.

      Of course, I prefer either a glock .40 or a semi-automatic scoped rifle.

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    50. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by cyrax777 · · Score: 1

      you can ship long guns (rifles and shotguns) thru USPS dont belive me look it up on BATFE's site. also its not a permit its a 200 doller Tax to the feds on each machine gun or silencer or shortbarrled rifle or short barrled shotgun and 5 dollers for a A.O.W (any other weapon ie disguised firearms such a pen gun, smooth bore pistols and some other things)

    51. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by MechaStreisand · · Score: 1

      Need I remind you that last year the capital of your "civilized nation" alone has a murder rate nearly 48 times that of my entire nation etc etc

      Murder rate? Murder RATE??

      You're comparing the murder rate of a hot spot for murder with the mean for an entire country? Why the fuck why? What kind of conclusion can you draw from that other than that Washington D.C. is just that, a hot spot for murder?

      I mean, you might as well just compare the murder rate of D.C. with the rate for the entire United States, and you'd see the same thing: that the rate for D.C., an atypical value, is far above the mean.

      Your retarded comparison says nothing about the relative rates of violence between the two countries. Why even bring it up, except as FUD?

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    52. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by abischof · · Score: 2, Informative

      See also Packing.org for concealed carry (CCW) laws in the US, state-by-state.

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    53. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by thynk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Actually, the worst thing about being in LA is that there are no indoor gun ranges within the city limits that I know of, with the exception of the police ranges, and the LAX range, which is getting run down and rather unsavory. No place to shoot means no place to practice. :(

      And here I thought all of LA was pretty much a shooting range. Guess you can't believe everything you read these days. Oh well, at least it's not Boulder, CO.

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    54. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      Oh, and it's legal to shoot a robber in the back as he flees from your house.

      I live in Texas, and you'd be surprised just how many and who carry firearms on their possession. I work at an ISP, and the owner, and his wife are both licensed to carry and do at all times(within the confines of the law of course). Doesn't bother me one bit either. Its actually kind of reassuring. If some nut tries to do something in our store, we all know whats going to happen.

      ... Why am I the only one who has that dream?

    55. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Jim_Hawkins · · Score: 1
      Actually, the worst thing about being in LA is that there are no indoor gun ranges within the city limits that I know of, with the exception of the police ranges, and the LAX range

      You need to be indoors for that? Just walk around those "unsavory" parts of LA during the middle of the night. You'll get plenty of practice!

    56. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It's not a clip. It's a magazine.

      A clip is what an M-1 Garand uses.

    57. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Conservatives? Sure, but not the Bush administration, which has said it is in favor of not letting the Brady Bill expire - in other words, Bush wants to continue gun and magazine bans (including bans on the AK47 magazines listed in the article).

      Bush is a faux-conservative, just like Clinton was a faux-liberal. There's only one party in Washington, and it only pretends to believe in something for election purposes.

    58. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      get a clue, jean clod.

    59. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by thynk · · Score: 1

      If all you have protecting you from sending ammo clips through the mail is a minimum wage postal clerk, then you have the country you deserve... :)

      I really don't feel the need to be protected from people sending ammo clips through the mail. Sorry that you do feel that need.

      I'll let the government worry about defending the Constution and I'll worry about my house and family from those big nasty ammo clip senders. About the biggest worry I have is keeping the government from trying to protect me from too many things.

      Looks like we don't see eye to eye on this, and that's ok. You live there, I live here and you know that we'll still be here if you ever need us.

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    60. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Pulzar · · Score: 3, Informative

      Totally different demographics between our two countries. The US has far greater numbers of people living in cities...

      That's one of those myths about Canada. In fact, 79% of all Canadians live in cities (http://www.canadainfolink.ca/teach.htm), and over 50% live in just 4 cities. If anything, we have 10 large cities and lots of open space in between up here :).

      I'd much rather live in a country where the state of government is to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Much nicer that way, don't have to worry about insane taxation that way.

      That's another one. Altough our taxes are higher on average than the US taxes, it's not by much (depending on the bracket you're in), and it's actually less than several states in the US (Ontario taxes are quite a bit smaller than in California).

      If you're starting your own business, then our taxes are much more friendly than US. Lower corporate taxes, lower capital gains taxes, higher R&D credits, and refundable tax credits for smaller companies.

      So, yes, they're trying to keep us happy over here, as well :).

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    61. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Sunda666 · · Score: 1

      ah dude, 30-06s are cool and stuff, but nothing beats the good old .300 WinMag for me.
      Big .300 is a damn cannon, gotta love it, if never tried.

      Btw, WinXP? heh no thanks.

      cheers.

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    62. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Harald74 · · Score: 1
      "Of the 171 firearm-related homicides, 110 were committed with a handgun, 46 with a rifle or shotgun, 7 with a sawed-off rifle or shotgun, 3 with a fully automatic firearm, and 5 with another type of firearm."


      What was that "another type" of firearm? Muskets? Rocket launchers? The mind boggles...
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    63. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      I'll take a trusty AK over one of those any day, unless I need to be in sniper mode, in which case any bolt-action 30-06 will make me feel right at home) and in a crunch I know my AK probably won't fuck up on me.
      Holy shit! When I came across this thread, I spilled Coke over my Chewbacca mousepad!
    64. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by ocelotbob · · Score: 1
      As far as population goes, that puts the average copulation for each of those metropolitan areas at about 3.75 million people per metro area, which, while a great number of people, is still small compared to the huge metro areas of LA, Chicago, NYC and the like. Really, the story I was talking about, though, was sheer numbers and quantities of cities. The US has a lot more cities that would be very large in other nations, but don't crack the top 20 cities in terms of population. Large, regional cities such as Albuquerque, with a half million people, aren't even on the top twenty.

      The tax thing is exactly why I got out of Cali, actually. Moved to New Mexico, where I actually get to keep the money I make, plus have wonderful food that's near impossible to get elsewhere. Lots of similar benefits can be found here, as this area really is a growing place; the location to places like Sandia Labs will ensure things don't change and remain techie friendly for a good long while. Plus, living just down the road from where Bill Gates was arrested (seriously, it's only a couple miles away) gives me a perverse pleasure when one of my win boxes is acting up on me -- I'm still tempted to put up a monument to the occasion, of course, that's just my sick and twisted sensibilities.

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    65. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by slashhax0r · · Score: 1

      Actually owning automatic weapons in canada is legal provided that you owned them before they were classified as prohibited under section 12(2) the 12(3) applies to formerly auto guns (converted autos) Grandfathered individuals -- pre-January 1, 1978 automatic firearms (2) An individual is eligible to hold a licence authorizing the individual to possess automatic firearms that, on the commencement day, were registered as restricted weapons under the former Act if the individual (a) on January 1, 1978 possessed one or more automatic firearms; (b) on the commencement day held a registration certificate under the former Act for one or more automatic firearms; and (c) beginning on the commencement day was continuously the holder of a registration certificate for one or more automatic firearms. Grandfathered individuals -- pre-August 1, 1992 converted automatic firearms (3) An individual is eligible to hold a licence authorizing the individual to possess automatic firearms that have been altered to discharge only one projectile during one pressure of the trigger and that, on the commencement day, were registered as restricted weapons under the former Act if the individual (a) on August 1, 1992 possessed one or more automatic firearms (i) that had been so altered, and (ii) for which on October 1, 1992 a registration certificate under the former Act had been issued or applied for; (b) on the commencement day held a registration certificate under the former Act for one or more automatic firearms that had been so altered; and (c) beginning on the commencement day was continuously the holder of a registration certificate for one or more automatic firearms that have been so altered.

    66. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by BKX · · Score: 2, Funny

      Michigan's actually pretty similar to Texas now with respect to gun laws. You can walk around with loaded shotguns and rifles as long as you don't aim them at anyone. You can carry concealled guns with the proper permit. When I turn 21 I intend on getting one of those CCWs so I can carry my Glock and possibly a couple other guns at the same time. It's also legal here to shoot a robber in the back as he leaves or while he's in your place as long he's in your house (or business) when the cops get there. Just last year, a dude in Grand Rapids shot some guy who tried to steel his TV. He had to chase him down, shoot him again and drag him 100m back to his house so he wouldn't be arrested when he called the cops. The only trouble he got in was with the media.

    67. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by 2short · · Score: 2

      "AK47s are to assault rifles what the original VW beetle is to cars"

      I cannot imagine a better compliment. The original beetle is highly reliable. If it does break, you can jury rig it with a coat hanger until you get can fix it properly anywhere with the most rudimentary garage. This is exactly why the AK is the weapon of choice for everyone who doesn't bring a full maintenace department wherever they go (NATO & Israel).

    68. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I ewven remember one bank giving you a free riffle for opening an account.
      The guns were there in the safe.

      Thist was in Mike Moore latest movie : he walked in, opened an account - and get handed the gun at the counter....

    69. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Jonner · · Score: 1

      I think the other guys actually has some scruples and would like to avoid shooting people if possible.

    70. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by 2short · · Score: 2, Insightful

      The demographics do not support you. (Canada has a greater urban/non-urban ratio than the US).

      As for your "Statistics", the site you link is <sarcasm> wonderfully unbiased. </sarcasm> Please consult the crime statisitics of any nation (your no doubt fair choice) with more restrictive gun control for an example of a country with less gun violence.

      As for health care: Canadians pay 1/10 what we do per capita, and get health care for everybody. No doubt you'll say our (well, your) healthcare is better. But is it 10 times better? I'd gladly pay 1/5 what I do now for twice the health care of a Canadian. Hell, I'd pay what I do now for the health care of a Canadian (with similar hassle lack), and I've got supposedly above average benefits. For-profit health insurance is just plain stupid. The actuarial tables are well known; why throw away money (the vast majority of it!) on inefficiencies and profits for middlemen? Sorry, you hit a pet peave of mine: claiming the US Health system is good. It's not. It's the worst in the industialized world. Even the people getting served (you and me) are paying way too much for no reason. It's not even an academic argument; every other western nation has an objectively better system. It pisses me off. The sentence "Iceland is seriously kicking our ass on this" just shouldn't apply to anything, dammit.

    71. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by i+chose+quality · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Here in Texas, you can walk down the street with a loaded automatic rifle and so long as you legally own the gun, nobody can do anything about it.
      please be honest:
      don't you think, there is something wrong with this?

      maybe it's just me, but it doesn't seem quite OK.
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    72. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by i+chose+quality · · Score: 1, Insightful
      Its actually kind of reassuring. If some nut tries to do something in our store, we all know whats going to happen.
      well, what could a nut do, if there weren't guns easily available? and who prevents your boss from going nuts? would you still feel comfortable, if this hypothetical nut threatens to blow the building and holds you as a hostage? is it reassuring to know, that your boss is able to turn any hypothetical crisis into a gun fight?

      the only time i felt comfortable around gun-carrying people was during my time at the army. it was a controlled environment with people, who were actually trained to handle a weapon. i just can't imagine being in public, and everybody could be a gun-owning sicko!

      how comes your way of thinking? were you raised in times of war?
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    73. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by arivanov · · Score: 1

      Does not look like a standard AK magazine... This is shorter so it may be under 10 rounds ;-)

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    74. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by arivanov · · Score: 1

      You forgot ot add something - easy to manufacture. VW was manufactured all over the third world because you could assemble it in any small factory. Same goes for AKs.

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    75. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by i+chose+quality · · Score: 1
      As far as population goes, that puts the average copulation for each [...]
      think of the "average copulation" on slashdot... don't be so cruel... ;)
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    76. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by ocelotbob · · Score: 1

      Damn freudian slips...It's been way too long since I've seen my hon, I guess...

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    77. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by pommiekiwifruit · · Score: 2, Funny
      how comes your way of thinking? were you raised in times of war?

      The US has always been at war with Eurasia. Or was it Oceania?

    78. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Ragica · · Score: 1
      This comes up just when my last mod point disappears. So all I can do is post this lame message in appreciation for the brevitous barb.

    79. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      hell in texas it's legal to carry a bazooka!

      EVERYTHING's bigger in Texas!

    80. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'd much rather live in a country where the state of government is to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

      so you are NOT in the United States then?

      because your statement hasn't rang true cince 1980.

    81. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by glesga_kiss · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Your wasting your time. Americans are brought up to love their country with a passion, the entire schooling system is based on instilling nationalistic pride. It is logistically imposible for them to even think for a moment that it may not be the best place in the world.

    82. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by rikkards · · Score: 1

      I realise that things are different in Canada, but in the US it is completely legal to have even a fully operational (which this is not) magazine deliever to you.
      Actually in Canada you have the same opportunity. However we do have a law that all guns must be licensed (it is a bit of a sore point for some (and they do have their point) but I have seen it do good personally (see Below))

      Believe it or not we are actually a very gun totin' nation.
      Watching Bowling for Columbine you get that impression :)

      Now with regards to the time I have seen the Gun Registry work in a positive way:
      My Wife's uncle had a problem with a Racoon getting into his garden and decided to go out into his back yard and shoot it with his rifle (I think it was only a .22). He killed it but the problem is he was living in a city. If he had missed... So obviously he is a bit of a hothead.

      Anyways when the registry came out, he got rid of his rifle.

    83. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      And you think it's different in other, so-called civilized, places of the world?

      As an American living in the Netherlands and having traveled extensively through Europe my most depressing impression of the cultures here is that the people are just blindly nationalistic as Americans.

      It sure is nice to have a scapegoat like America to point at and say "we're not like that", but the level of difference is minmal at best. So don't kid yourself too much.

    84. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      and this is something you're proud of?

      ?!?!

    85. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Omkar · · Score: 1

      Apparently, Canadians can't digest statistics. DC has x murders per 100k, and Canada has yx per 100k. You're comparing a city to a whole country and trying to say that the city has more murders than the country? Compare Toronto to Ohio and you'll get similar results.

    86. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by nightherper · · Score: 2
      Hmm - shitty rifles to the point that the US Spec Ops used them in the Vietnam era in place of the shitty current issue rifles. Regular forces were not allowed to carry AKs due to the fact that the distinctive sound would draw friendly fire.

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    87. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by justathought · · Score: 1

      I find myself quite lucky to live in a country like Canada, where crazed citizens with guns don't think they have a legal right to take my life if I rob them. And hey, I'm not talking about self-defense here, but an actual guy who has the right to shoot me up the back when if I steal a loaf of bread from him. Kinda extreme, ain't it ?

    88. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by xtink · · Score: 1

      not to mention there is no limit to how many 10 round mags you can have. it only take 2 seconds to change them

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    89. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      I find myself quite lucky to live in a country like Canada, where crazed citizens with guns don't think they have a legal right to take my life if I rob them. And hey, I'm not talking about self-defense here, but an actual guy who has the right to shoot me up the back when if I steal a loaf of bread from him. Kinda extreme, ain't it ?

      No. If you choose to rob someone, they [should] have every right to use force to stop you. Deadly force just means one less criminal to deal with. Don't like it? Don't steal! It's really quite simple, and easy. As a taxpayer, I'd far rather have dead criminals than live ones: much cheaper to deal with, much less risk of re-offending. (I'm not advocating a death sentence for theft, just the use of force to prevent crimes in progress.)

    90. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by orkysoft · · Score: 1

      Or worse: if they THINK you're robbing them!

      Just imagine: your neighbour gets home late at night, but he's at the wrong house, and sees you in what he thinks is his house, and think you're a burglar, while he's actually at the wrong house! He might mistakenly think he has the right to shoot you in the back!

      The biggest problem with guns is that they don't have an Undo function.

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    91. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      Need I remind you that last year the capital of your "civilized nation" alone has a murder rate nearly 48 times that of my entire nation -> Washington DC, 48.5 murders per 100 000 people [reuters.com], compared to the entire country of Canada, 1.78 murders per 100 000 people [statcan.ca]. Also of note from Stats Canada on murders involving guns:

      Need I explain to you what per capita figures mean? (Namely, that your "the capital... alone" compared to your "entire nation" is completely meaningless.) I'd also point out that DC is one of the worst areas in the US - largely thanks to insanely restrictive gun laws! LA also has this problem, as your statistics show. Now try comparing to a city which respects the Bill of Rights...

      I for one feel much, much safer where individuals are permitted guns legally. I've lived (for most of my life) in a country where gun "control" is enforced (i.e. only the military, police and criminals have guns) - it doesn't work. The criminals, surprise surprise, don't give a shit about guns being illegal - so is everything else they do! It only disarms law-abiding members of the public, leaving them defenseless against any criminals.

      In the US, only a desperate or stupid criminal would even consider committing a "hot" burglary (where the occupants are at home). In the UK, they are the order of the day - especially in rural areas, where the police have a policy of not responding to 999 (UK version of 911) calls, and defending your home against intruders using force is illegal. Only an idiot would support that system; unfortunately, idiots get elected far too often.

    92. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by clarkc3 · · Score: 1
      civilian versions of the M16

      you could've just said AR-15 - I'm sure colt doesnt like people saying they have 'civilian versions' of the M16 when the AR-15 is considered a nice target rifle in its own right. As for AK's - I've never seen a semi auto one, just rip off SKS's that look similar. If you do want to own a full auto one though - get a collectors permit - it allows you to own just about any gun (One of my friends has that and owns a Browning M2) - one big downside however, is that while you can own those guns with a collector permit - you really cant legally sell them to anyone but a person with a Federal Firearms License

    93. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by clarkc3 · · Score: 1
      Here in Texas, you can walk down the street with a loaded automatic rifle and so long as you legally own the gun, nobody can do anything about it

      Last I knew - the Federal Goverment ruled only people with Federal Firearms Licenses or a Collector Permit could own an automatic rifle - and I'm sure authorities would be sure to ask you for it if you walked down a busy street in downtown Dallas carrying it

    94. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 1

      My point was that Canada, which has very strict gun control is a very safe place because of it.

      Yes DC is one of ther worst area's. That's why I picked it as an example. I live in our nation's capital (Ottawa, in case you didn't know). We have a population of 1 million and I can count the number of murders last year on one hand, NONE of which involved a firearm.

      I suspect the the insanely restrictive gun laws in DC are a response to gun violence not the cause of it. This year DC had about 250 murders. 10 years ago DC had over 700 murders. Sounds like the insanely restictive gun laws are working....

      Let's compare similar cities then like say Toronto and New York? Toronto had a total of 78 murders last year. How many did New York have (excluding, of course, the Twin Towers)? How about Detroit? How about Philly? Las Vegas? Aren't these all similarly sized cities? Toronto and Montreal are the 2 biggest cities in Canada (To about 4 million, including the GTA and Montreal about 2.5 million) and they each had 78 killings, of which, statistically only about 1/3 were gun realated. Of that 1/3, 65 percent were by hand guns. That's not very much. Vancouver is third, but that's because they had a serial killer! How many murders in LA, or New York or Philly involved guns? On average in the US it's 2/3. So your country, on a per capita basis, has WAY more murders than mine, and of those, the majority of the murders in your country are commited with guns. Both our countries have similar urban populations (actually Canada is more urban than the US), but the main difference is our gun control laws.

      I think my point is made.

      BTW, just so you don't think we're all Inuit or something. 80% of our 32 million people live withing 300 km of the US border...and can you guess where most of the handgus used in the commision of an offense up here come from?

      You guessed it....

      Oh yeah, and it's not illegal to own guns in Canada. Just about every farm and cottage has a hunting rifle. Hunting is a way of life up here. But since you don't do a lot of "hunting" with a Glock 9mm or a Kalashnikov, they are illegal or strictly controlled ->I can own the Glock but it must be locked up separately from the ammunition, it cannot be carried on you person unless you are entitled to do so (think cop), it is usually only used at licenced target ranges and it cannot be transported to that range without a permit.

      As for "It only disarms law-abiding members of the public, leaving them defenseless against any criminals.", maybe criminals carry guns in the US because they know that they need them because everyone else is armed? Just a thought, using your logic...

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    95. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'd much rather live in a country where the state of government is to ensure life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

      So when are you leaving the US to that country then?

    96. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by justathought · · Score: 1

      I really think no object(s) a human could steal from someone's house could amount to the value of the life of that human. It's that simple. Oh, and by the way, I believe that stealing as a teenager doesn't necessarily mean you'll screw up your life. I've seen though kids become real decent tax-payers. I really don't think killing them would have done any good. Or are you so excellent as to be able to predict the future ?

    97. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Rhonwyn · · Score: 1

      Sure, Canada doesn't have nearly as many murders. Now, let's take into consideration "hunting accidents", then we'll see.

    98. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by IroNick · · Score: 1

      Here in Norway even the police aren't allowed to carry fire weapons without a special permit - unless the US-president should come visit, of course, we try to make people of other cultures feel welcome. And if somebody gets killed - it actually hits the news!

    99. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 1
      Here in Texas, you can walk down the street with a loaded automatic rifle and so long as you legally own the gun, nobody can do anything about it

      Same in Oregon, in theory. In practice, the police in most municipalities will arrest you for menacing and creating a public disturbance if you carry openly. Fortunately, this is a shall-issue state. Oh, and it's legal to shoot a robber in the back as he flees from your house. So don't rob my place if you don't wanna get shot.

      I donno man, legal or not, this still looks like murder to me.

    100. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      please be honest:
      don't you think, there is something wrong with this?


      No, not really.

      If the guy looked like a decent, reasonable human being, I'd be glad he was around. If he looked otherwise, I'd be worried about him even if he didn't have a gun (and I'd be hoping that a reasonable looking, gun-toting guy would show up).

      Armed citizens don't scare me any more than armed police.

    101. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Mysticalfruit · · Score: 1

      Well, here in Massachusetts, the law guns are very strict.

      We've also lots of other interesting laws. No fireworks, no mace (I think you need permit for pepper spray) no double edged knives, no knives over 5 inches (I think)

      I think alot of people get this wild west idea about the U.S. That everybody goes around with a 9mm hanging off their hips.

      Here's a side question... I don't own any firearms, however I do own a paintball gun. Does Norway have any laws against such weapons? I call it weapon because if you were shot in the face at close range, and weren't wearing any face protection, there's a very good chance you'd sustain a nasty injury (broken bones, loss of vision, etc.)

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    102. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cruciform · · Score: 1

      It's not how much you're taxed, it's where the dollars go. Here in Canada, the military is underfunded and using mostly outdated technology and equipment (despite the ads we see on TV showing everyone using the coolest stuff). The health care and social welfare systems see a great amount of the money. The schools are somewhere in the middle of that.
      So long as we don't have a pressing need for the military, this works.
      The US puts a much higher priority on military spending, (and bailing out huge companies run by friends of politicos, but we get that here too) and therefore doesn't have the beans to provide free healthcare.

      You shouldn't need to pay a cent more in taxes, you just need tax reform revising the way those taxes are spent.

    103. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cruciform · · Score: 1

      I can't agree that it's the gun laws that make this country a safer place. As you can see by the numbers they give in Bowling For Columbine, we have seven million guns for a population of 32 million. That still a LOT of guns.

      It has more to do with the way we deal with each other, and the type of weapons as well. We're raised thinking guns (generally rifles and shotguns in the homes here) are for hunting and recreation. There is less emphasis on using a firearm to protect ones rights, whatever they may be in a situation.

      What I'd like to see is a comparison between Canada and the US that encompasses all levels of violence against other individuals, rather than just gun violence. Do we beat the shit out of people we have problems with any more or less? Just where do the differences manifest themselves in the way we deal with other when stepping on each others toes...

    104. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by 2short · · Score: 1

      We do have the beans to spend on healthcare! We are spending them! The US (talking the whole economy here, not just the government) spends 10 times as much per capita as Canada on healthcare . We just do it in what is possibly the stupidest most inefficient way anyone could dream up. We know the cost of providing a certain level of care for a certain number of people is X dollars. So we add a couple layers of organizations whose purpose is charge those people more than that and take the money. And we make sure their motivation is to try to charge more money and skimp on the care, preferably in slimy, underhanded ways that make it look like they're not skimping. And we set it up so if their risk doesn't pan out, and they're in danger of taking a loss, they can just drop patients. And we put these organizations basically in charge of the whole system, setting it up to ensure that above all, they make money. We've got the money. We're spending it. And not one person I know is happy with the healthcare system. Not patients. Not doctors. I guess the Insurance Companies should like it, because that's how we're spending the money. We're just giving it to them.

    105. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      While I was working at a rock gym in Florida, a man came into our sister establishment a couple blocks away (an outdoor gear store) weilding a machete, and robbed the cash register.

      Had that been our store, there would have been one less machete-weilding idiot in the world. Our owner was permitted for concealed carry and did so religiously, and it was publicly known. Although the gym was in an industrial area just down the street from a known crack neighborhood, and we were open to late hours, we never had a problem. I was always much happier knowing that we had people carrying around while working late.

    106. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by PCM2 · · Score: 1
      Oh, and there's nothing illegal about owning an AK either.
      I can only really speak for California, but a friend who managed to buy his Kalashnikov before recent assault weapon laws came into play says it's now illegal to own any high-powered rifle that has a pistol grip. Even his has a really strange modified stock that goes all the way around your hand, as a dodge to get around the law.

      New laws designed to limit public ownership of assault rifles are being passed all the time. Remember Intratec, the company that made the 9mm pistol that could be fully concealed by the palm of your hand, and the Tec-9, the semi-automatic submachine gun that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn (hence was really only useful for drive-bys)?

      P.S. As far as I know, though, it's even legal to transport a firearm on an airplane. Just not in the cabin, and not assembled.

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    107. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      My point was that Canada, which has very strict gun control is a very safe place because of it.

      I know. I just don't agree with that claim. (As an aside: according to Bowling for Columbine, Canada's homicide rate is very significantly higher than the UK's, despite a smaller population.) You also appear to be defining "safe place" as "place with low homicide rate", ignoring all other crimes.

      I suspect the the insanely restrictive gun laws in DC are a response to gun violence not the cause of it. This year DC had about 250 murders. 10 years ago DC had over 700 murders. Sounds like the insanely restictive gun laws are working....

      The figures I have here show a (gradual) increase in homicides per 100,000 population for DC. Sounds like those laws aren't working. (CDC figures.)

      So your country, on a per capita basis, has WAY more murders than mine, and of those, the majority of the murders in your country are commited with guns. Both our countries have similar urban populations (actually Canada is more urban than the US), but the main difference is our gun control laws.

      First, my country has far fewer murders than yours. (I'm British, not American.) Second: your cities are far smaller than American ones; even the GTA (nice place to visit, but I don't think I'd want to live there) is only half the size of NYC's resident population, which excludes commuters. You keep trying to skew the statistics: comparing against the homicide hotspot of the US (which remains the homicide hotspot, and deteriorating, yet has the strictest gun "control" in the US.) If you want to compare homicide rates with NYC, you'll have to provide figures for a Canadian city with 8m people. That may be difficult.

      You're also taking a very very narrow view: focussing exclusively on homicides, ignoring all other crimes, and assuming that victim disarmament policies are the only different between the US and Canada. I disagree on all counts: I for one care very much more about overall crime, and plenty of evidence indicates criminals in the US fear armed victims more than they fear any police force. As I said earlier, statistics strongly suggest that criminals in the US avoid crimes such as hot burglaries, because they know such crimes carry a non-trivial risk of being shot. Ban guns, and that deterrent disappears.

      Within the US, more permissive gun laws are quite strongly linked to reduced overall crime levels. It's interesting to note that two of the worst areas for homicide - DC and LA - both have unusually tight gun restrictions.

      As for "It only disarms law-abiding members of the public, leaving them defenseless against any criminals.", maybe criminals carry guns in the US because they know that they need them because everyone else is armed? Just a thought, using your logic...

      I'd agree that criminals in the US know they will (potentially) face a serious fight, unlike other countries. Some will equip themselves for that fight, and take the risk - but the statistics suggest most of them decide not to take that risk in the first place. An armed populace - even if only a small percentage is actually armed - is a major deterrent.

      Finally: as I said earlier, I'm British. Despite that, I feel safer in the US (and to a lesser extent in Canada) than in the UK: even without a gun of my own, the statistics make robbing or attacking me a much more dangerous choice for any criminal in the US than in Canada or the UK, simply because I might be armed. It's also a (fairly minor) factor in my wish to emigrate to the US...

    108. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      I really think no object(s) a human could steal from someone's house could amount to the value of the life of that human. It's that simple.

      It isn't a trade. I'm not trying to compare the value of either: I'm not giving the person a loaf of bread in exchange for their life!

      Oh, and by the way, I believe that stealing as a teenager doesn't necessarily mean you'll screw up your life.

      No - but killing the criminal ones guarantees they won't remain criminals. Letting them get away with it doesn't - that way, they've profited from their crime, and are free to commit another. And another. I think you'll have to admit that criminals are far more likely to remain criminals than law-abiding people are to become criminals?

      I really don't think killing them would have done any good. Or are you so excellent as to be able to predict the future ?

      I don't need to predict anything. Just the possibility of dying in the act is a major deterrent to would-be criminals. If committing a crime becomes Russian roulette, it's a much less attractive option! At the very least, I can guarantee the dead criminal will never re-offend - all at far less cost to the public than trial and incarceration, even assuming the criminal is actually caught otherwise. Think of it as Darwinian law enforcement.

    109. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by justathought · · Score: 1

      I agree that killing them assures you they won't remain criminals. Just where do you stop with this logic ? Who decides what's a crime and what isn't ? What crime is "bad" enough to merit the death penalty ? Is jaywalking eligible ? Is stealing a loaf of bread eligible ? if not, is stealing 200 000$ eligible ? what's the threshold amount ? ... And more, who decides ? The angry citizen woken up at night, who's pissed and has a gun in his hand ? I just can't see this as right.

    110. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Nept · · Score: 1

      No.

      What's your problem with it?

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    111. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by carlos_benj · · Score: 1

      And how does your neighbor just wander into your house at night. Your scenario is silly since his key won't fit my locks and the only way he can get in is to break in.

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      As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.

    112. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by carlos_benj · · Score: 1

      Or are you so excellent as to be able to predict the future ?

      No. That's why I'm not sure why the guy is in my house in the middle of the night. Is he here to take my TV or my life?

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      --

      As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.

    113. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 1

      Yes well, Calafornia is a bit messed up in many ways if you asked me. In Arizona, gun laws are rather non-restrictive.

      As for ariplae transportation it is perfectly legal. You must check it in your luggage, and that luggage must be locked. You also must declare the gun and it must be unloaded, but it doesn't need to be dissassembled. Just pack it and declare it and you are fine.

    114. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 1

      Please don't take Bowling for Colombine as any sort of real story on the US. Micheal Moore is, at best, a person that exgerates the truth greatly for his own ends, and at work at complete liar.

      And yes, I know about Canadian gun law, I am Canadian as it happens (dual citizen). There are valid pros and cons to both countries' gun laws. My point was simply that there would be no troubles buying an AK mag modified to play MP3s in the US.

    115. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by i+chose+quality · · Score: 2, Insightful

      i'm just not used to it and can not understand why anybody should carry a gun around.

      where i live, you would get your ass sued if you used a weapon in a personal conflict. if you get attacked, you are allowed to counter the attack by reasonable means. and a gun is very high on that list.

      maybe it is just a regional problem, but the crime statistics don't justify carrying a weapon in my country.

      if you are not a criminal and if you don't work under personal danger (e.g. for the police), you don't carry a gun. it's easy.

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    116. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      (i'm the parent poster...)

      If the guy looked like a decent, reasonable human being, I'd be glad he was around. If he looked otherwise, I'd be worried about him even if he didn't have a gun (and I'd be hoping that a reasonable looking, gun-toting guy would show up).
      so you are the one who can read a persons thoughts on its forehead? i'm pleased to meet you, finally...

      no, sorry, you just don't have an argument. judgeing people by their appearance isn't practical in real life.
    117. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      I agree that killing them assures you they won't remain criminals. Just where do you stop with this logic? Who decides what's a crime and what isn't?

      That isn't really the question. When you have an intruder in your home, or you are attacked outside it, you have a right to defend yourself and household from that person.

      What crime is "bad" enough to merit the death penalty?

      Death penalty? There's an exhaustive list somewhere in the US Code and the relevant State Codes - basically, treason and espionage, terrorism, some but not all murders. I was not talking about the death penalty, though, I was talking about the use of force in self-defense. Obviously killing someone for jay-walking isn't self-defense. There is no "threshold amount".

      And more, who decides? The angry citizen woken up at night, who's pissed and has a gun in his hand? I just can't see this as right.

      It's a matter of self-defense: of course it is the victim's decision how to defend him or herself! (Since only the victim(s) and perpetrator(s) are present, that one seems obvious to me.) If you attack me, it's up to me how I defend myself - to me, that's not just right, but obvious.

    118. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by justathought · · Score: 1

      I totally agree with self-defense. However, there are certain rules to self-defense. You can't just shoot an unarmed man in the back while he's running away from your house with your stereo. That just doesn't qualify as self-defense. You could be accused of murder.

    119. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by intermodal · · Score: 1

      I think it's great. Carrying a gun means that there is a much lower chance that anybody will want to commit crimes around me, or attempt to steal my wallet. While I would prefer carrying a sword, carrying a gun is far more effective when the criminals have guns anyhow.

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    120. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by JohnnyCannuk · · Score: 1

      Isn't it more likely that the criminals will just carry bigger guns? Or start wearing kevlar vests? Or shoot you first in a surprise attack, so you don't have a chance to use your gun?

      By your logic, the US having a lot of nukes or a large army (a gun) should deter a criminal (Iraq) from harming them. So why did you invade again? To disarm them? Hmmmm.....

      You think your safe, but you are not. And that is most dangerous of all for you....

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    121. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Ryan+Amos · · Score: 1

      Hrm I thought CCW laws usually made you choose a gun to carry. Most people who carry a gun have a "carry pistol," i.e. a smaller gun like a glock 26 or a snub-nose .38 special. I've even seen a couple 5 shot .45 ACP carry guns. The snub-nose .38 is probably the most popular, mostly because revolvers are much more simple to use and it's a very small gun with a pretty big bang. I'm also rather sure that you can only carry one gun at a time, because there's no real reason to have more than one (unless you're a police officer.)

    122. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by BKX · · Score: 1

      You do have to choose a gun for the CCW but nothing says you can't have more than one.

    123. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      I totally agree with self-defense. However, there are certain rules to self-defense. You can't just shoot an unarmed man in the back while he's running away from your house with your stereo. That just doesn't qualify as self-defense. You could be accused of murder.

      It varies widely with jurisdiction. In the UK, if an intruder is accidentally harmed while breaking into your house, you can be sued; if the harm is intentional, that's assault, and you get prosecuted. Literally: even getting in a fight with an intruder will get you jail time. Meanwhile, in Texas, using force to prevent a criminal escaping with your property is OK. (I strongly prefer the latter system, as you can probably tell...)

    124. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by intermodal · · Score: 1

      what a stupid arguement. Criminals will carry guns they can hide, while if you aren't doing anything wrong and carry an AK-47 openly, you aren't going to have a guy with a glock as likely to go after you as a guy without a gun. Iraq may have hidden weapons, but we disarmed them by destroying their regime. Seems logical to me.

      to rebut your ending paragraph, i have resigned myself to lack of safety and therefore I prepare.

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    125. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      First, walking around with a loaded weapon displayed, waving or showing a weapon now falls under the "Anit - Terrorisim" bills. The main clause being, "Intent to cause Terror" an Open assult weapon is gonna scare people.

      Next, Self Defense does not pertain to a peron in flight. As soon as there is no longer a threat to your person, it's no longer self defense. If you shoot a man running with your TV, you WILL go downtown, you Will need a laywer. let the police do they're work... anyways, that TV is gonna cost you less than the lawyer.

      Now i know ur a gun loving texan, but i'd check the " you make me unhapay, i shoot you attitude". there are better ways to prevent criminals.

    126. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by justathought · · Score: 1

      What if that presumably dangerous "criminal" was your own son ? what if you knew he was delinquent but couldn't stop him ? would you say the same thing ?

    127. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      What if that presumably dangerous "criminal" was your own son?

      What about it? If you choose to commit a crime, you're taking a risk, and must face the consequences. Of couse I wouldn't want any of my family doing so, just as I wouldn't want them taking drugs or playing Russian roulette!

      what if you knew he was delinquent but couldn't stop him?

      If the person has some mental problem like that, have them locked up ("certified" or "sectioned"). That's exactly what those laws exist for: to control those who would otherwise present a danger to themselves and/or others.

      would you say the same thing?

      Yes. The solution is to stop them committing crimes, not to make crime safe for them!

    128. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by justathought · · Score: 1

      Ok, I think this discussion is going nowhere. Obviously, money and personal safety are more important to you than life. I prefer believing in a safe society as a whole, in the rehabilitation of individuals and in humans making errors and forgiving them for doing so. The most precious thing for me in life is... life. Remember, things are never exactly what they seem to be... don't shoot. Farewell friend, Philippe

    129. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Cyberdyne · · Score: 1
      Obviously, money and personal safety are more important to you than life.

      Far from it. I simply value personal safety and freedom more highly than you seem to: I believe I have a right to stop you interfering with my life, and vice versa. If you force a situation on me where I have to choose between my rights and yours, of course I will defend mine against you, the aggressor.

      Life matters very much to me as well - quantity and quality. To me, it seems entirely reasonable that if someone must lose, it is the attacker not the victim!

    130. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by paganizer · · Score: 1

      What's that thing you smack into the bottom of a Automatic Pistol? What does EVERYONE call it?

      Only in the military are they Anal enough to worry about the name of the boxy thingamajig that holds the bullets.

      I normally call mine clips... just to piss off some of the rambo wnnabee's I run around with.

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    131. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I don't think crime statistics justify carrying a gun in most countries, but that's not really the point. The point is that for any law the responsibility for justification lies with the person saying Thou Shalt Not, not the state of nature which existed previously. There's nothing inherently immoral or bizarre about holding a gun in your hand as you walk down the street, or at least not any more bizarre than me holding my camera in my hand as I walk down the street. It's just a conglomeration of metal and various other parts; as a fairly liberal person I really can't see where the government gets off telling people what they can and can't own or carry with them. It's like saying you can't own a CD burner.

    132. Re:Next trip on the airplane... by BenEnglishAtHome · · Score: 1

      Yeah, it's just you.

      Personally, one of my fave guilty pleasures is going to FotoFest, a huge photography exhibition that makes (or used to make...I haven't been in years) Houston the center of the photography world for a month every two years. The main exhibit hall is in our downtown convention center but doesn't take up the whole thing. Other events go on. One of them, invariably, will be a gun show.

      You don't know fun until you've seen a gaggle of good old boys strolling down the street with AKs, riot guns, and various destructive devices slung over their shoulders while visiting photo enthusiasts from France skitter away looking alarmed and Japanese tour groups start firing off the strobes. It's hilarious.

  2. A warning would be nice by captainstupid · · Score: 2, Informative

    For those coming in monday morning and checking out this story, be warned...

    BIKINI CLAD WOMEN LIE JUST BEYOND THAT LINK!

    Seriously, a warning from the editor would have been nice.

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    1. Re:A warning would be nice by VCAGuy · · Score: 1

      Definitely, a nice "NSFW" (Not Safe For Work--especially if you work in a church like I do) warning would've been appreciated. [Although, it's a pretty sad state of affairs when Slashdot starts accepting NSFW links...but that's another story for another day for another time...]

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    2. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And what's wrong with a BIKINI CLAD WOMEN at work? We all could use more BIKINI CLAD WOMEN at work.

    3. Re:A warning would be nice by CBNobi · · Score: 1

      I think the bosses upstairs would be worried for other reasons when they start seeing employees that look up AK-47 information at the workplace..

    4. Re:A warning would be nice by shadowbearer · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Seriously, a warning from the editor would have been nice."

      Heh. For who, slashdotters or the webadmin of the site? :-)

      SB

      --
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    5. Re:A warning would be nice by cyroth · · Score: 1

      Do you come with the MP3 player
      Oh you heheh

    6. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I always go on warez sites at work with their porn banners, no one says shit coz im the bastard administrator

    7. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Probably shouldn't be looking at AK-47-related links if you work for a church anyway...

    8. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sorry Reverend.

    9. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0



      Or sinful, godless Mp3 links for that matter.

    10. Re:A warning would be nice by ergo98 · · Score: 1

      Or Slashdot in general... One fullscreen Goatse ascii art snuck past the filter might confuse and frighten coworkers.

    11. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You must be a windows "administrator".

    12. Re:A warning would be nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      reading through the posts until here and what's to see? dozens of people seemingly knowing guns from the inside out, bragging about shooting and publicly wearing guns and then freaking out at the sight of not-even-naked woman.

      yep, americans for sure.

      don't shoot me for that comment, it's just too frightening to see it live.

    13. Re:A warning would be nice by tequesta · · Score: 1

      You're reading stuff (vaguely) about ASSAULT RIFLES, and you're worried about the BIKINI?

      I won't begin to tell you how sick I find this.

      Sheesh. Americans.

  3. Finally ... by pyramid+termite · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tupac and Dr. Dre as they were meant to be heard.

    1. Re:Finally ... by bedouin · · Score: 1

      Actually, M.O.P. (Mash Out Posse) would be a better selection for this device.

      Get on your favorite P2P client and check out their song "Cold As Ice," and I think you'll agree. "Follow Instructions" is another good one.

      No matter how peaceful you're feeling at the moment, listening to these guys may provoke you to beat the hell out of anyone/anything within a 12 foot radius.

  4. from the... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    swords-into-plowshares dept.

  5. *blink* *blink* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So what does an MP3 player in an AK-47 ammunintion clip have to do with a girl in a camoflauge bikini?

    Oh, right, nothing other than the fact that they wanted some cleavage to push their product.
    Useless camoflauge clothing and those damn sun-glasses. Two of my least favourite "fashion" statements.

    NEXT!

    1. Re:*blink* *blink* by inertia187 · · Score: 1

      More to the point. What does an MP3 player have to do with an AK-47 ammunition clip? Cleavage just goes with the territory.

      What happens if you load the MP3 player when you need ammo?

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      A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.
    2. Re:*blink* *blink* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Depends on what you have on the player and how loud the volume is turned up...

      "Errr. Really, I don't listen to Justin Timberlake. My sister happened to borrow this last night. Could you please stop laughing at me now?"

      It could almost be more effective than a real clip if used properly.

  6. Can you special order configurations? by Zygote-IC- · · Score: 1

    I would rather have AC/DC's Big Guns pre-installed in an eternal loop on mine.

  7. This is how the us army .... by ufpdom · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will controll the RIAA... oh yeah.. take our Mp3 players away from us.. hehehe.. click

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  8. Mag, not clip by captaineo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just to pick nits - it is improper to refer to the ammunition feeding device of an AK as a "clip." It has a spring inside of it, therefore it is properly called a "magazine."

    1. Re:Mag, not clip by broller · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, which is why when I read the title of this article I thought to myself, "Oh man it must be a slow day if we're pointing out MP3 Players in periodicals...and I didn't know that there were magazines soley about AK-47's" :)

    2. Re:Mag, not clip by blincoln · · Score: 1

      It has a spring inside of it, therefore it is properly called a "magazine."

      It may be technically proper, but they've been referred to as "clips" as well since at least 1986, which is when I first played Wasteland. It featured the phrase "[ name of character ] rips a clip into [ name of monster ]" when you used the full-auto option.

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    3. Re:Mag, not clip by Lt.Hawkins · · Score: 1

      not true. calling magazines "clips" is like calling linux "unix" or calling HTML "a programming language"

      it may not make much of a difference to you, but there is a difference that someone who is familiar with the topic can tell.

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      -- My Sig is a P228.
    4. Re:Mag, not clip by captaineo · · Score: 1

      Many games & movies do get it wrong. But ask anyone who's ever been in the military, or who owns an AR or AK - you will never hear them say "clip", ever.

    5. Re:Mag, not clip by jlanthripp · · Score: 1

      The venerable Mauser Kar-98k also uses a clip as opposed to a detachable magazine. Pictures available here. The pics are not of my rifle, but of another example of the same model.

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    6. Re:Mag, not clip by falzer · · Score: 1

      "[ name of character ] rips a clip into [ name of monster ]" ...exploding it like a blood sausage.

  9. Why by Camel+Pilot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would anyone find this interesting? This is completely useless.

    If I put a mp3 player in a toilet seat do I get to be on slashdot?

    1. Re:Why by Effugas · · Score: 4, Funny


      If I put a mp3 player in a toilet seat do I get to be on slashdot?


      Actually, yes.

    2. Re:Why by pmbuko · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, but only if there's a hot, bikini-clad chick taking a dump through said product.

    3. Re:Why by Idarubicin · · Score: 4, Funny
      If I put a mp3 player in a toilet seat do I get to be on slashdot?

      No, but if you put a web server and some neon lights in an AK-47 magazine, you will.

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    4. Re:Why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      put a web server (on a single chip, preferably) in an mp3 player in an ak-47 in a toilet, that should be slashdot worthy...
      and btw, rig the rifle up to fire at some random microsoft product when it overloads from the slashdot effect, and get sued by the RIAA for copyright infrigement on the mp3s stored on the player...
      front page, guaranteed

    5. Re:Why by mr.+methane · · Score: 1

      Not only will you get into slashdot, but you'll have a pefect metaphor reflecting the quality of today's top 10 ... I can't bring myself to call them musicians. Clowns with microphones? No, that's insulting to circus performers.

    6. Re:Why by shadowbearer · · Score: 2, Funny


      Doesn't Bezos have a patent on that?

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    7. Re:Why by Maniakes · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is completely useless.

      Not so. Now, if you get caught smuggling MP3s, you can claim you though you were just doing some innocent gun running.

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    8. Re:Why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      There's only one way to find out for sure... : )

    9. Re:Why by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yep. Actual, old-fashioned, real clownery is a very unfairly underrated craft. It's not just about wearing silly makeup and telling jokes or making balloon animals or whatever else people commonly associate with clowns these days - if you want to do it right, it actually requires training no less than that of the other performers. Of course, there are so many pseudo-clowns around - people who amount to no more than wearing silly makup and telling jokes and making balloon animals. There are in fact enough of these people to eclipse the true artists.

      Hmm, do I see a situation anywhere that runs maybe a little parallel to this?

    10. Re:Why by funkman · · Score: 1

      Because you Can't talk to a psycho like a normal human being. But now, you can.

    11. Re:Why by yarbo · · Score: 1
    12. Re:Why by NotAnotherReboot · · Score: 2, Funny

      Probably not, unless you can fit that toilet seat with an mp3 player in it into an AK-47 magazine.

    13. Re:Why by CracktownHts · · Score: 1
      Yes, but only if there's a hot, bikini-clad chick taking a dump through said product.

      Now, I'm pretty twisted so I like that sort of thing, but don't you think most Slashdotters wouldn't prefer the chick taking a dump without wearing a bikini?

    14. Re:Why by pimpinmonk · · Score: 1

      because it's cheaper than an iPod! They (AK-47s) apparently go for only about $2-$3 on the Iraqi market, says CNN.

    15. Re:Why by KilljoyAZ · · Score: 1

      Yes, and there's a good chance you'll get to be on slashdot multiple times.

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  10. If people would read more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    less people would die.

  11. Present for ESR... by Mindjiver · · Score: 1

    Someone should buy one of these for ESR with RMS on it.

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  12. Marketing 101 by SlashdotLemming · · Score: 4, Funny

    DO NOT put the picture of the crusty old guy next to the crotch shot of the hot model.

    1. Re:Marketing 101 by desertfish · · Score: 1

      Yeah, it totally diminishes the effect of the crusty old guy.

    2. Re:Marketing 101 by thynk · · Score: 1

      DO NOT put the picture of the crusty old guy next to the crotch shot of the hot model.

      There was an old guy? Sorry, I was, um, distracted and never got that far.

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    3. Re:Marketing 101 by Methiphisto · · Score: 1

      Ha ha! I thought the exact same thing. Sort of takes the fun out of looking at the model.

  13. Reminds me of... by Rorschach1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...the scene in Dreamcatcher where he takes a call on the Glock. Perhaps the next all-in-one media appliance? The original point-and-click interface...

    (OK book, lousy movie.)

    1. Re:Reminds me of... by CausticWindow · · Score: 1

      I just heard some sad news on Fox News - actor/NRA moses Charlton Heston was found dead in his Los Angeles home this afternoon. There weren't any more details.

      I'm sure everyone in the AK47 community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the gun crazy image of America. Truly an American icon.

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    2. Re:Reminds me of... by Fulcrum+of+Evil · · Score: 1

      What are you, an idiot? That's not even a decent troll!

      --
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  14. Cool! by Ryan+Stortz · · Score: 3, Funny

    Cool! I'm going to put my Bob Dylan collection on it.

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    1. Re:Cool! by Dylan+Zimmerman · · Score: 1

      Really? You have all of my songs?

      If you don't get it, look at my nick.

    2. Re:Cool! by i+chose+quality · · Score: 1

      no, he said bob dylan.

      if you don't get it, ask your mom.

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  15. New angle on ipod 'killer' by PaddyM · · Score: 1

    But it still weighs too much.

    Isn't it pathetic that capitalist America still hasn't come up with competition for the iPod? Even though the iPod's been out for at least 2 years?

    1. Re:New angle on ipod 'killer' by PaddyM · · Score: 1

      actually, it's unfair to put the blame on capitalist America. I should say, 'isn't it pathetic, that no one has come up with competition for the ipod'.

      I was just hoping that insulting capitalist America would make someone try to prove me wrong, i.e., by making iPod competition.

    2. Re:New angle on ipod 'killer' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Panasonic is making an iPod killer right now, It has 20GB hard drive and USB 2.0 and Firewire.

    3. Re:New angle on ipod 'killer' by PaddyM · · Score: 1

      where's a link?

      and even before I see it, I'll bet that it weighs more than the ipod and/or doesn't have a scroll wheel to navigate tunes.

  16. Wrong way around, silly ... by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    Build me an assault rifle in an MP3 player, then we'll talk

    1. Re:Wrong way around, silly ... by fredistheking · · Score: 1

      Maybe in a few more years: cell phone guns

  17. Not an AK magazine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Looks more like SVD (Dragunov) magazine than AK magazine to me.

  18. 200 audiobooks? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Isn't that sort of large capacity magazine outlawed?

  19. Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The AK-47 when absolutely positively need to kill every motherf**ker in the room, while drowning out their screams with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, except no substitutes.

    (Ah, Violence and soft symphany music They go so well together.)

    1. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      God, that could have been so funny, except you seem to have already accepted your inability to master the Enlish language.

    2. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Sorry, if you're not playing Flight of the Valkyries, then you've destroyed the ambiance.

    3. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by edgecrusher · · Score: 1

      which is why the classical station is the best one in GTA3 :D

    4. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Argghhh, nitpicking.

      It's spelled "symphony", but really you'd want "symphonic" as that's the adjective, but *really* Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is a *piano* sonata and not symphonic in the least. And it's not "soft" by any means either. The first movement, the only one you've likely heard as it's the one thrown into a lot of movies, is generally low in volume (although often high in intensity), but the second and third movement can be quite loud at times.

    5. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh yeah, and "except no substitutes"?! Seriously now, that is un*accept*able.

    6. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by tengwar · · Score: 2, Funny
      The AK-47 when absolutely positively need to kill every motherf**ker in the room, while drowning out their screams with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, except no substitutes.

      (Ah, Violence and soft symphany music They go so well together.)

      And perhaps a spot of milk-plus prior to the old ultraviolence, Alex?

    7. Re:Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) by Brummund · · Score: 2, Funny
      I take it you would like to read about The Mall Ninja. Read it, it is hilarious :)
      Preview:
      BTW, I am, of course, usually carrying a pair of ceramic plates in my briefcase so that I can shield my head. My SO (we work as a team when necessary) has a similar accessory containing a breakdown NEF single-shot 300 WinMag with an 18" bbl. The plan is that I shield us with my body and "catch the rounds" while she assembles the NEF. I lay down covering fire with my 23 (Bar-Sto .357 Sig barrel) and she makes the long shots. I will then throw smoke grenades to obscure the area while continuing to lay covering fire. The problem, of course, is when I have to turn my back to run, and then the problem crops up.
  20. Not an AK-47 mag... by ktakki · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's too wide for an AK-47 (7.62x39mm). It's really a Dragunov magazine (a sniper rifle based on the Kalashnikov action that's chambered for the old 7.62x54R round).

    k.

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    "In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." - Anne Frank
    1. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by Serk · · Score: 3, Funny

      Give 'em a break, they're British! Since their government has decided it doesn't trust it's citizens with weapons, they wouldn't know an AK-47 magazine from an AR-15 magazine...

      For what it's worth, I concur on your observations...

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    2. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      yeah, i think you're right...it seemed a little wide but i didn't think more about it until i read your comment

    3. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Since their government has decided it doesn't trust it's citizens with weapons

      you just wait.
      *goes in walmart*
      *buys gun and ammo*
      Now prepare to die, asshole. *shoots*

      Thank god we are living in a "free" nation, where weapons and violence don't matter and sex needs to be banned.

    4. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by Danse · · Score: 1

      Good point. This country really needs to get over its sexual hangups.

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      It's not enough to bash in heads, you've got to bash in minds. - Captain Hammer
    5. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by fenix+down · · Score: 1

      AP: I'm sorry, I didn't think I was going to talk about "man on dog" with a United States senator, it's sort of freaking me out.

      I think we just need different hangups, really.

    6. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      i thought so too..

      not that i would have seen a live(it certainly isn't an assault rifle magazine like ak47 has), but vietcong game has dragunov and the details are pretty good.

      besides than that: here and
      here are pics too.

      how they manage to start making them and advertising them while thinking they're ak mags(like, you see them in the tv enough too) is beyond me.

      i would love to get those chinese army babe posters though..

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    7. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Give 'em a break, they're British!

      Knob.

    8. Re:Not an AK-47 mag... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Citizens? They're *subjects*, not citizens.

  21. Today I didn't even have to use my A.K. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Just waking up in the mornin gotta thank God
    I don't know but today seems kinda odd
    No barkin from the dogs, no smog
    And momma cooked a breakfast with no hog
    I got my grub on, but didn't pig out
    Finally got a call from a girl I wanna dig out
    Hooked it up for later as I hit the do'
    Thinkin will I live, another twenty-fo'
    I gotta go cause I got me a drop top
    And if I hit the switch, I can make the ass drop
    Had to stop, at a red light
    Lookin in my mirror and not a jacker in sight
    And everything is alright
    I got a beep from Kim, and she can do it all night
    Called up the homies and I'm askin y'all
    Which park, are y'all playin basketball?
    Get me on the court and I'm trouble
    Last week messed around and got a triple double
    Freakin brothers everyway like M.J.
    I can't believe, today was a good day

    Creep to the pad and hit the showers
    Didn't even get no static from the cowards
    Cause just yesterday them fools tried to blast me
    Saw the police and they rolled right past me
    No flexin, didn't even look in a brother's direction
    as I ran the intersection
    Went to $hort Dog's house, they was watchin Yo! MTV Raps
    What's the haps on the craps?
    Shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em up, shake 'em

    Roll 'em in a circle of homies and watch me break 'em
    with the seven, seven-eleven, seven-eleven
    Seven even back do' Lil' Joe
    Picked up the cash flow
    Then we played bones, and I'm yellin domino
    Plus nobody I know got killed in South Central L.A.
    Today was a good day

    Left my homie's house paid
    Picked up a girl been tryin to do since the twelve grade
    It's ironic, I had the brew she had the chronic
    The Lakers beat the Supersonics
    Felt on the big fat fanny
    Pulled out the jammy, and killed the punanny
    And my jimmy runs deep, so deep
    So deep put her butt to sleep
    Woke her up around one
    She didn't hesitate, to call Ice Cube the top gun
    Drove her to the pad and I'm coastin
    Took another sip of the potion hit the three-wheel motion
    I was glad everything had worked out
    Dropped her butt off and then chirped out
    Today was like one of those fly dreams
    Didn't even see a berry flashin those high beams
    No helicopter lookin for the murder
    Two in the mornin got the Fatburger
    Even saw the lights of the Goodyear Blimp
    And it read, "Ice Cube's a pimp"
    Drunk as hell but no throwin up
    Half way home and my pager still blowin up
    Today I didn't even have to use my A.K.
    I gotta say it was a good day

  22. Please Be Careful by Josuah · · Score: 1

    Please, please be careful how you use this MP3 player. You really don't want to stick the wrong end into your ear. Although this might make for a good "it was an accident" excuse.

  23. Dreams come true? by ThumbSuck · · Score: 1

    Finally I can shoot shitty music without any involvement from police. + I have to say 'I dig the chick' Thumbs up for marketing.

  24. A new countermeasure by Angry+Black+Man · · Score: 1

    Replace foreign the standard issue AK magazines of foreign countries with these. Fill the harddrive with AK soundclips so when fired it plays and a cunning illusion is created.

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  25. Not a Military clip by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    That's not the 30 bullet military clip, too bad

  26. That explains... by morbuz · · Score: 1

    That explains how Osama makes the days go by, hiding in his cave...

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    1. Re:That explains... by Rolo+Tomasi · · Score: 3, Funny

      Cave? Bin Laden is running a burger joint in downtown Houston, Texas. I can't tell you where exactly, but it's only a few blocks from Saddam's garage.

      --
      Did you know you can fertilize your lawn with used motor oil?
  27. I wonder... by Chocolate+Teapot · · Score: 4, Funny

    if you were load up an AK-47 with Eminem and LL Cool J, would it be classified as a weapon of mass destruction? Hans Blix is going to be busy if these things become popular.

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    Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare
  28. first post by nuckin+futs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    that questions whether it supports OGG. :P

    BTW, it doesn't. It only supports MP3 and WMA.

    1. Re:first post by NonSequor · · Score: 1

      It says that it can be firmware updated to handle future formats. I would say it is likely that it could run the Ogg integer decoder, but the chance of them actually providing the firmware update for that seems pretty slim.

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      My only political goal is to see to it that no political party achieves its goals.
  29. Clever by malia8888 · · Score: 1
    The AK-47 magazine without the rifle just looks to us uninitiated like kinda-surplus-store-innocuous-tin-box.

    However, I hope these guys make some money for their creativity, imagination and some marketing skills--whatta babe..

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    Harpo Tunnel Syndrome--my wrist feels funny.
  30. Anti-Shock Protection? by AlaskanUnderachiever · · Score: 3, Funny

    "480sec Anti-shock"

    Anti-Shock protection? Hard drives and solid state electronics skip now? Since when? Did I miss a meeting again?

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    1. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      hard drives are not solid state, so it simply means it has ram for buffering if/when the hard drive will encouter read errors when you jump around (or fire your rifle)

    2. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by dduardo · · Score: 5, Funny

      All it means is don't hold the fire button for 8 minutes straight

    3. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by jeffmock · · Score: 1

      It's the same marketing thought process that puts "fat free" on a box of sugar.

      jeff

    4. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Hard drives can go into retries if you shake it too hard.

    5. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by Mononoke · · Score: 1
      Anti-Shock protection? Hard drives and solid state electronics skip now? Since when? Did I miss a meeting again?
      You must have. Hard drives (even sub-miniature ones) have mechanical parts that are sensitive to mechanical shock. The heads, tiny as they are, still have mass, and can still be momentarily misaligned by mechanical shocks.

      Don't believe me? Toss your laptop on the floor during boot. You'll see.

      (No, I'm not buying you a new laptop after you break yours.)

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    6. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by UnknownQ · · Score: 1

      Umm, hard drives aren't solid state. They have a nifty spinning platter.

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    7. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      HaHA ; they put "fat-free" on twizzlers now! HaHA.

      No fat, just 100g of sugar.

    8. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      A couple benefits:

      1. HDD can spin down for 8-min and save battery.

      2. HDDs have a better chance of surviving extreme shock (such as dropping the player) when spinned down.

    9. Re:Anti-Shock Protection? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Man you've been playing too many computer games. It's called a trigger.

  31. now what would be cool... by AssFace · · Score: 1

    It would be cool (and useless) if a hard drive were then fashioned to look like a bullet. Then you could swap in and out the hard drives as you would bullets out of the clips. The more bullets that the clip held, then the greater potential disk space.

    Perhaps if you wanted to trade songs with a friend, then you could arrange them all on a single drive (bullet) and then load your mp3 player (ak clip) into your weapon and fire it over to him. That way, even if you don't have an internet connection, you can shoot it a considerable distance.

    Just don't hit any pregnant women vacuuming.

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    There are some odd things afoot now, in the Villa Straylight.
    1. Re:now what would be cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well if you used either memorystick technology or designed a propritary system that could work. But a HD probably wouldn't. but that is only based on the size of the round you are using.

      Hell I bet a memory stick could fit into the casing for a browing 50cal... ::gets an idea::

    2. Re:now what would be cool... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      we'd be buying guns at our local technology and CD/media stores, wars would be synonymous with p2p networks, the RIAA would be suing the military, and their defense would be something like "we were only trying to spread joy through music". cool!

  32. Mirrors of pics by Cutriss · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In case anyone wants to see the pics of that really cool guy in the glasses, I've mirrored all the pics on my uni account.

    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/003mid.jpg
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/004mid.jpg
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/013mid.jpg
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/P0000381.gif
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/P0000387.jpg
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/bonifaciy.jpg

    Oh yeah...the pics of that chick are there too, but I know none of you care about that...

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    1. Re:Mirrors of pics by drink85cent · · Score: 1

      Dude, you only had to mirror the first 3 of the the girl. No need to waste your disk quota.

  33. Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO ??? by zymano · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am going to make a fortune!!!!

  34. LMAO by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What the fuck?

  35. just what we needed... by falconed · · Score: 1

    ...because firing an ak-47 is oh so boring.

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  36. Iraqi information minister says... by gilesjuk · · Score: 4, Funny

    "No these are not cruise missiles, they are MP3 jukeboxes with a 40GB hard disk"

    1. Re:Iraqi information minister says... by Alcohol+Fueled · · Score: 1

      Lol. Sounds like something he'd say. I know this is offtopic, but if you wanna see more of the Iraqi Information Minister denying EVERYTHING, check out WeLoveTheIraqiInformationMinister.com. It's a pretty funny site. :)

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      Ah am not a crook! (\(-__-)/)
  37. Since it's a rifle... by 1nv4d3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Since it's a rifle, for a couple days I could get a kick out of annoying people with my Heston impression. Ahem...

    They'll have to pry this MP3 Player from my cold, dead hands. Damn the RIAA. Damn them all to hell!

    1. Re:Since it's a rifle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      RTFA, asshat. It's a magazine, not a rifle. About the same amount of difference between a gas can and a BMW Z4.

    2. Re:Since it's a rifle... by GlassUser · · Score: 1

      "Get your hands off me, you damn dirty lawyer!"

    3. Re:Since it's a rifle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh, and that makes it SO much less funny.

    4. Re:Since it's a rifle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Keep trying, one day you may even get someone to chuckle.

    5. Re:Since it's a rifle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      They'll have to pry this MP3 Player from my cold, dead hands.

      That can be arranged Mr Heston ...

  38. this is not AK47 by krokodil · · Score: 1

    This does not look like AK47 magazine at all!

    As somebody born in Soviet Union, I know
    wery well how AK47 magazine looks like.

    1. Re:this is not AK47 by praksys · · Score: 1, Redundant

      This does not look like AK47 magazine at all!

      In the US it is now illegal to sell magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. I think the mag they are using is one of 10 round mags made for the US market, so it looks nothing like the classic AK-47 magazines.

    2. Re:this is not AK47 by chiph · · Score: 1

      As another poster has already pointed out, it's a magazine from a Dragunov

      On a side note, how did a UK company get hold of one of those? Aren't they a disarmed nation now?

      Chip H.

    3. Re:this is not AK47 by danielobvt · · Score: 1

      To manufacture or import magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. Just to get you terminology. You can go to any site and buy 30 round AK mags, I have bought several in the last few years.

    4. Re:this is not AK47 by rich_r · · Score: 1

      You can have as many magazines as you like! Provided you've got nothing to a) put in them or b) to put them in...
      (Yeah I know, some deactivated weapons, war trophies yadadada, but now I've spoilt the joke...)

    5. Re:this is not AK47 by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      actually, it's a dragunov(russian sniper rifle) magazine.

      http://club.guns.ru/images/svd2.jpg

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    6. Re:this is not AK47 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Yes it's vitally important that a nations citizens are stocked to the teeth with assault weapons to protect their freedom.

      For instance such freedom filled countries as Iraq and Afghanistan have the highest percentage of guns to people anywhere.

      The unprecedent level of freedom Iraqis and Afghans have experienced in the last ten years alone stands as a testament to the vital need for assualt weapons to maintain freedom in a country!

    7. Re:this is not AK47 by BVD · · Score: 1

      Yep, you nailed it. Arming sheep will not a free people make. But as a counter point...Had not the people been armed, they never would have attempted to revolt after the first Gulf War.

      They had the stones, they had the guns, they lacked the determination to fight a losing battle.

    8. Re:this is not AK47 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Well its true.

      Without assualt rifles the palestinian freedom fighters wouldnt be able to defeat nearly as many zionist crusaders as they do!

      Also without rifles heros like lenin and mao zedong never would have been able to liberate their countries.

      Having a shitload of guns is definatly important!

      Actually the FARC guerillas in Colombia are largely armed with legally purchased weapons from America! If they ban rifles arming marxist rebels is just going to get that much harder!

    9. Re:this is not AK47 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Although the Shiite uprising in Iraq failed the Shiite revolution in Iran was successful!

      I can assure the Iranians never would have been able to sieze the American embassy and defeat the Shah without the trusty Ak-47!

    10. Re:this is not AK47 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You can still import magazines that hold more than ten rounds, so long as the magazines being imported were made before 1994. There are a ton of old AK mags that have been imported since the ban. That's why they're still cheap. AR-15/M-16 mags are a bit more expensive, but we still get imports of Candadian Thermold mags and Israeli Orlite mags.

    11. Re:this is not AK47 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Just because I'm an American that doesn't mean I know what an American hydrogen bomb looks like. I know what the Soviet Union ones look like though - nothing, because your shitty country is gone.

  39. Just remember this, RIAA: by mcc · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Outlaw portable mp3 players, and only outlaws will have portable mp3 players inside the ammunition clips of their AK-47s.

  40. Mozilla by shadowbearer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Did anyone else have trouble with that page in Mozilla (1.3 here). It loaded, then the images disappeared and I couldn't get them back thru refresh or anything. No, the image urls are not on my blocked list.

    Worked fine in Phoenix, tho.

    Hmm. .asp file...

    SB

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    1. Re:Mozilla by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Are you THAT ignorant about web protocols and programming languages? It doesn't matter if it is .asp, .cgi, .pl, etc. What gets served to your browser is just plain old HTML.

      Sigh...just another ignorant M$ bashing...

  41. Shoot to the Rythm by beukerc · · Score: 1
    If anything it will help my Counter-Strike skills. Instead of just holding the trigger and spraying everything thing in sight, fire a round to the beat of the music should allow me sufficient time to re-aim. And for those really intense battles, I can always smack next and put on some fast beat rave music!

    Oh, wait, I can't use this magazine in Counter-String, can I? Doh!

    Oh well, maybe the military can use it as a training tool in this ways then.

    1. Re:Shoot to the Rythm by beukerc · · Score: 1

      Counter-string, Counter-Strike, same difference. :-)

  42. A for Effort F for originality by NetNinja · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I own a number of pistols. I love shooting as a hobby.

    Sometimes people just don't think.

    At least it's the Bill Clinton Bureaucratic mandated 10 round magazine variety.

  43. Correction by LittleLebowskiUrbanA · · Score: 1

    It was a pearl handled 1911A1, probably a .45. It was a Glock in the book, though :) Funny scene.

    1. Re:Correction by Rorschach1 · · Score: 1

      Yeah, I know. They changed it because of the stupid tracking device that totally cut out a major portion of the plot. And they were supposed to be in a HMMWV. But then, some of the stuff King described happening in the hummer wouldn't really fit with the standard seat layout...

  44. Forget mp3 clips, we need mp3 bullets. by Dr+Tom+Danger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine the glory of our army if every soldier had a theme song in their bullets so for every kill they got a burst of musical fanfare! It would probably liven up the monotony of semi-auto machine gun fire...

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    suck my ping!

    1. Re:Forget mp3 clips, we need mp3 bullets. by roseblood · · Score: 2, Funny

      Uhm..Semi-auto machine gun. I think one of the mandatory requirements for a machine gun is FULLY AUTOMATIC fire. I've seen semi-auto capable assult rifles (they also shoot full auto) and semi-auto selectable SMGs..but never a Semi-auto MACHINE GUN (except for the Browning BAR of WWII fame...) then again, I'm no expert.

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    2. Re:Forget mp3 clips, we need mp3 bullets. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Thank you, overly serious gun nerd, for completely missing the humor in his post.

  45. Just Great ! ! ! by cdu13a · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Now I will have the RIAA trying to take away both my mp3s and my guns.

    But on the other hand maybee we can get the NRA to
    lobby against the RIAA. The NRA has got a lot of clout in washington.

  46. I wonder, by Openadvocate · · Score: 1

    I wonder what people would think if my mp3 player looked like that. Came to think of a recent strip

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  47. Choice of militants and terrorists worldwide. by lophophore · · Score: 1

    The AK-47 is completely illegal in the U.S. without a federal permit, so I am unsure how popular this device will be here in the U.S. The AK-47 is the most reproduced assault weapon ever made, and is the likely choice of those who would attack U.S. soldiers and non-combatants worldwide... I hope that Koltakov is right when he says "Hopefully, from now on many Militants and Terrorists will use their AK47s to listen to music and audio books...They need to chill out and take it easy." I would rather see the AK-47s themselves beat into plowshares...

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    1. Re:Choice of militants and terrorists worldwide. by mgibbs · · Score: 1
      The AK-47 is completely illegal in the U.S. without a federal permit

      FYI - While there are some US states in which the AK-47 is illegal, and others where a permit is required, there are a number of states where it's perfectly legal to purchase, own, and fire one without a permit.

    2. Re:Choice of militants and terrorists worldwide. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Any automatic weapon is illegal without a special permit. There are semi-auto versions of the AK that are legal. (well, most places. California banned them for looking scary and being "bad guy" guns in too many movies)

    3. Re:Choice of militants and terrorists worldwide. by lophophore · · Score: 1

      Automatic weapons are prohibited by *federal* law. State law never preempts federal law.

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    4. Re:Choice of militants and terrorists worldwide. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      correct statement, but you are missing the point.

      as long as an ak-47 is not configured for automatic fire it can be legal to own... I've known multiple people whom own them in that state, and as long as they are incapable of automatic fire without modification, they are legal.

  48. Slow news day? by santos_douglas · · Score: 1
    Seriously what is up with this? Aside from being very strange, I'm trying to understand this product.

    I guess if you're a fanatical terrorist type out in the desert or jungle, you probably spend a lot of time lugging your AK around not really doing much. Why not listen to some Coasters or an eBook while you're standing post for hours on end, right?

    Talk about niche marketing.

  49. If only... by CaptCanuk · · Score: 1

    If only ALL AK's had these clips then we'd be making music instead of war.
    I'd hate to be the guy who had this plugged in to his AK in the middle of a real skirmish and only find out when he pulled the trigger (i'm sure his face would be red).

    I wonder if the trigger is the play button and if the safety turns it on.

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  50. Re:Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO by snitty · · Score: 0

    not if I can beat you to the patent:

    1) A method for delivering sounds though the vagina, mouth, or rectum
    2) A method of doing 1) though a phalic device

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  51. Silly mp3 player, but free audio books? by shooz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The mp3 player is silly, but has anyone tried any of the free audio books the site offers? They seem to offer all of their books for free in an inconvenient and low-quality manner, while charging for convenience and quality. Are the free quality books listenable?

    1. Re:Silly mp3 player, but free audio books? by Apaturia · · Score: 1

      Good luck clicking on those download links. All of them have this in their source: "http:download/default.asp?refnum=...", rendering them useless without some copy-paste work.

      I'm sure that's just an incentive to buy the high-quality ones. Must be. :P

    2. Re:Silly mp3 player, but free audio books? by satterth · · Score: 1

      the low quality files are just short of anoying.

      --
      Being called a dork on Slashdot must be like being called the retard in special ed.
  52. Woah by Adam9 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Holy shit, it's a guy? They sure fooled me!

  53. Great for travel too by nomadicGeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    The tough metal case makes if perfect for air travel as well.

    I got a stern look for having a nail file on my fingernail clippers and they broke it off an took it away. I bet this one would be fun. Try explaining to your friendly new federal employee that your magazine case plays music.

    Be sure to pack it on you next trip to Israel. They have a great sense of humor there. It will go great with your camo travel pants and Timothy McVeigh haircut.

    Have a happy trip!

    1. Re:Great for travel too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Better still is the mp3- grenade. Looks just like a real anti-personal grenade. Shock your friends as you pull the pin, and it turns into a pair of headphones!

  54. Queen by thanjee · · Score: 1

    Another one's gone, and another one's gone.
    Another one bites the dust!

    --
    Saying your OS is the best because more people use it is like saying MacDonalds make the best food
  55. AK is pretty open source, is the MP3 player? by evildead · · Score: 1
    The AK-47 military assault rifle is open source ... Observe the many countries that have made duplicates without paying royalties or patent rights to Auvtomat Kalishnikov.


    Also, the 7.62x39 is an open standard, so anyone with the knowhow and tools can replicate or modify it.


    Thus, in the spirit of things, the MP3 player should be open source and open standards.


    Too bad AK didn't include an infectious license, like GNU GPL.

    1. Re:AK is pretty open source, is the MP3 player? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Mike Kalashnikov didn't know about GNU-style infectious licenses when he came up with the GUN, but when I listened to him at a Budapest military hardware exhibition, and he expressed very strong (and somewhat stallmanish) opinions on intellectual property. He's your typical wise-old-man-still-going-strong type of guy, and a very witty one at that. I like him.

  56. Re: OGG by TeknoHog · · Score: 1
    Because.. if it doesn't support Ogg Vorbis, then the terrorists have already won!

    BTW, if this isn't the Killer App, I don't know what is.

    --
    Escher was the first MC and Giger invented the HR department.
  57. AK-47 magazine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    okay... this has nothing to do with MP3 players inserted into lifestyle periodicals for older folks living in Arkansas......just figured that out.....

  58. Cool idea, but only halfway there... by Moses+Lawn · · Score: 4, Funny

    Even better would be to put the player in the AK itself and have the magazines be replacable hard drives or memory sticks. That way I can change musical styles in a *really* cool way, which is the entire point, right?

    And wouldn't it be cool to carry my MP3 player slung over my back when I go to class or the airport? Imagine: extra battery packs and nice speakers built into the stock and barrel -- instant party device when I come by! Hell, put a microphone in the barrel for really easy recording of concerts, teachers, or just plain people outside the car.

    What a great idea - it can't miss. I'm going out to the shop with my soldering rig right now!

    --

    What if life is just a side effect of some other process and God has no idea we exist?

    1. Re:Cool idea, but only halfway there... by tloh · · Score: 1

      even better, put the microphone at the muzzle.

      --
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  59. libertarianism ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You're no geek, all geeks are libertarian, you moron.

    1. Re:libertarianism ... by GnarlyNome · · Score: 1

      You wouldn't think so reading some of these posts

      --
      Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
  60. Sounds cool by anon*127.0.0.1 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I'm just anticipating problems when I try to board a commercial flight carrying one of those.

    --
    I am NOT a man!
    I am a free number!
    1. Re:Sounds cool by KilerCris · · Score: 1

      I doubt it...long as you leave the rest of the gun at home...the headphone jack and control buttons should be a good indicator to someone that it isn't a real mag

    2. Re:Sounds cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      oh yeah I am sure that your jet-set lifestyle makes you fly alot...

      I'm betting $100.00 you havent ever sat on a commercial airplane let alone flew in one.

  61. Re:Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO by Comrade+Pikachu · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, someone has!

  62. YO YO YO Nigga! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Yo ho posse gunna git wet!

  63. Samuel Jaskson plug by Rai · · Score: 1

    "Uh Uh...Here we go! AK-47 MP3 Player...the very best there is. Where you absolutely, positively gotta play every mp3 in the room, accept no substitute."

  64. Indeed by The+Tyro · · Score: 3, Informative

    the term "clip" is properly used to refer to a "stripper clip."

    A stripper clip is a long, crescent-shaped piece of metal, with a flange on each side to grip the case head of a round of ammunition. They usually hold 10-15 rounds, and are typically used to feed ammunition into rifles that have a built-in box or rotary magazine (a common example would be an unmodified SKS). Note the middle of the linked picture... THAT'S a "stripper clip"

    A detachable ammunition feeding device that contains a spring, follower, etc (clearly the case for the AK-47) is properly called a "magazine"

    --
    Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
    1. Re:Indeed by Gareman · · Score: 1

      As a side note, most SKS users in the US ditch their lousy fixed magazines that use 10 round stripper clips and instead install a custom 30 round detachable magazine. In California, it is legal to own a SKS and legal to own a 30 round magazine. Place the 30 round magazine in the SKS and you've committed a felony. Go figure.

    2. Re:Indeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      While we're educating geeks. The thing holding the rifle is a human female.

    3. Re:Indeed by javatips · · Score: 1

      It is also legal to own fertilizer and other chemicals. But mix them in the proper proportion to create a bomb and you commit a felony! Go figure!

    4. Re:Indeed by Zak3056 · · Score: 1

      the term "clip" is properly used to refer to a "stripper clip."

      Almost, but not quite, correct.

      A "clip" is a device used to load a magazine. This includes stripper clips as you noted above, but also includes items like the 8-round "en bloc" clip of the M1 Garand, which is placed into the rifle's magazine, then ejected when empty.

      --
      What part of "shall not be infringed" is so hard to understand?
  65. Re:I didn't even have to use my AK... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    My God - i clicked the crotch and its full screen - im in heaven!!!!! wot was the story about again?

  66. Give him a break by Mr.+Arbusto · · Score: 2, Funny

    He just wanted to show off his new wife playing with his new gun.

  67. An even better picture by The+Tyro · · Score: 1


    For an even better picture of a stripper clip, try this link. you want to be looking at the second pic from the bottom.

    --
    Even if a man chops off your hand with a sword, you still have two nice, sharp bones to stick in his eyes.
  68. RIAA and BATF BOTH want to bust you! by billstewart · · Score: 1

    Great. Not only will you have the RIAA trying to bust you with a DMCA lawsuit because it's an MP3 player, they'll hire the BATF to do the bust instead of some wimpy process server! Yes, Mr. District Attorney, it violates the California ban on Scary-Looking-Weapons and it's Infringing Copyright, so we want you to go for the extra-5-years penalty for Using a Gun To Commit a Crime"

    --

    Bill Stewart
    New Fast-Compression-only CPR http://preview.tinyurl.com/dy575ks
  69. I'm waiting... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm waiting till Cmdr Taco posts the dupe to comment.

  70. Gun crazy yanks by CausticWindow · · Score: 1

    You've done it again.

    Too bad that old senile crank Charlton Heston weren't here to witness this blending of genius and modern technology.

    But seriously, maybe there is a good use for this. The next time you're supplying and training militias in some remote part of the world, you could supply them not only with AK47's, but with propaganda bullets. Chock full of Voice Of America and Rush Limbaug monologues.

    --
    How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
    1. Re:Gun crazy yanks by weeboo0104 · · Score: 1

      YeeeeHawwww!
      The only way you'll get my MP3's is PRY THEM OUT OF MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!

      You probably protested the Australian/American war too, didn't you?

      --
      It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. -Frederick Douglass
  71. M-16 by Scot+Seese · · Score: 1

    Rediculous. Everyone knows the M-16 ammunition magazine .OGG player is better!

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    THIS SPACE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK.
  72. Re:Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO by Rai · · Score: 1

    It should come with a integrated mp3 of "Oh Come All Ye Faithful."

  73. Load it with... by flogger · · Score: 1

    Michael Jackson and Brittany Sphears songs and then hold someone up. "Stop! Gimme your cash or so help me, I'll use this!

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    -- The Doctor, "Doctor
  74. In communist Russia,... by joshwa · · Score: 1

    In communist Russia, MP3 players are for hiding bullets!

    In communist Russia, this is digital music: policeman with AK-47 is 1, and you are 0!

    ah, back to the drawing board....

  75. There ya go by whereiswaldo · · Score: 1

    1. Purchase AK-47 MP3 player.
    2. Upload your Megadeth/Spawn/etc.. collection.
    3. Crank the volume.
    4. Kill!!

    Heh, and you thought I was going to say Profit!

    This item should come in handy for future liberations.

  76. Re:I didn't even have to use my AK... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    THE ATARIS
    "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start"

    today was a good day.
    I didn't even have to use my a.k.
    at least I didn't get my heart broken anyway
    wasting time in east new jersey.
    guess I could tell you 'bout
    the snow covered rooftops,
    sunsets, shooting stars and picturesque backdrops.
    or how I went and hung out at quick-stop
    and pretended that I was in clerks.

    sometimes you gotta stop and remember
    that your not gonna live forever.
    be young, think smart, stay true
    and just follow your heart.

    remember the times we watched "karate kid"
    and memorized every line
    skipped school and went to the arcade
    hung out and played galaga all day.
    stole a car and we drove to michigan.
    600 miles with no destination.
    except to get in the car and drive
    and see where we'll end up.

    sometimes you gotta stop and remember.
    that your not gonna be young forever.
    think smart, have fun, stay true
    and don't ever grow up.

    out of all I've learned in life
    you always keep your friends close to your heart.
    'cause who will help you if you're falling down.

    and everything is o.k.

  77. $200 for 200 FREE audio books by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Hmm... they're charging $200 for FREE audio books: "$500.00USD with 200+ audio books preloaded or $300.00USD without audio books".

  78. Rogue Trooper by tasq · · Score: 1

    All that's needed now is a backpack named Bagman and a helmet named Helm, and you, too, can wander the wastes of Nu Earth, listening to audiobooks like "A Brave New World" or a favorite mp3, such as "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" while evading the grasp of the Traitor General.

  79. 100 weeks == 1 year? by miradu2000 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "It will take dedicated listener 100 weeks or 1 year to listen them all."

    I don't know about the UK, but in a land called america, a year is 52 weeks.

  80. Accessories by dark&stormynight · · Score: 1

    Will they throw in the girl in the pictures as an accessory? I like the picture of the two pouches...one holds the player and the other holds the girl.

  81. Dood, what's that crap you're listening to? by hoojchoons · · Score: 1

    The *worst* case scenario:

    'Dood A: Dood, what kinda music is that you're listening to?

    Dood B: Don't you like it?

    Dood A: R u kidding me? It sucks!

    Dood B: Oh really?

    Dood A: Ya, really!

    Dood B: Erm, btw have I showed you my new MP3 player?'

  82. Re:Gun crazy yanks...erm...brits...yeah by ocelotbob · · Score: 1

    But the makers of these MP3 players aren't American, they're brits. Read the ad.

    --

    Marxism is the opiate of dumbasses

  83. I just wish I'd had one... by THEbwana · · Score: 1

    when I was in the army..
    True innovation! :-)

  84. Re:Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO by Chocolate+Teapot · · Score: 1

    I have to ask. Just how did you find that link? Oh, maybe I'd rather not know.

    --
    Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare
  85. Things that go great together by mabu · · Score: 4, Funny

    In keeping with the trend of bundling two things together that otherwise wouldn't be thought of, let me offer these equally-useful suggestions:

    * Upright vacuum with a blender attachment

    * Chess set/tampon dispenser

    * Combination show shovel and nosehair trimmer

    * 801.11 CAT 5 cable

    * Bicycle seat/Sliderule

    * Traffic light that blinks in morse code

    * USB-enabled fishing pole

    * Umbrella/universal AC adapter

    * Insulin pump/rodent defogger

    * Universal language translator/pulsating showerhead

    * Chainsaw/postage meter

    * voice-activated tire gauge which recalls your favorite mixed drink recipes

    * Electric guitar/cheese slicer w/Floyd Rose Grater attachment

    Jeeez. Where's a patent attorney when you need one?

    1. Re:Things that go great together by Cyno01 · · Score: 2, Funny
      * USB-enabled fishing pole
      Why not, catch the fish on your USB-enabled poll and then cook em on your USB-enabled Grill.
      --
      "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
    2. Re:Things that go great together by MyHair · · Score: 1

      * USB-enabled fishing pole

      Come on, fishing and anything probably already exists. Those are for Dreamcast and PS2, but not sure if they're USB.

      * Insulin pump/rodent defogger

      Rodent defogger? Que? Como?

      * Universal language translator/pulsating showerhead

      I can think of some uses for that...I'm attracted to foreign women.

    3. Re:Things that go great together by mabu · · Score: 1

      * Universal language translator/pulsating showerhead

      I can think of some uses for that...I'm attracted to foreign women.


      I made the foolish assumption that by the time you have your strange foreign babe in the shower, you've broken the language barrier. Then again, I could be wrong. Maybe she availed herself of your chess set?
  86. I can see it now... by rocjoe71 · · Score: 1
    The enemy had me surrounded, there was simply nowhere to go... They demanded I give up immediately or they would storm the castle. Not that I would have but they gave me no chance to surrender as I head them breach the first door and were trying to smash through the second, there was only two inches of oak in between me and the enemy. I checked my rifle one last time and muttered to myself: "let's rumble". Next thing I knew I flipped off the safety at the same moment the door broke down I squeezed the trigger and:

    "Feelings! Nothing more than-- feelings..."

    --
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  87. Re:Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO by ahaning · · Score: 1

    Memepool.com

    Well, uh, that's how I found it.

    --
    Withdrawal before climax is very ineffective and those who try this are usually called "parents."
  88. Works fine for me (Moz 1.3, Win2k) by Whizzmo2 · · Score: 1

    Subj line sez it all. No image problems here, and no flickering.

    1. Re:Works fine for me (Moz 1.3, Win2k) by shadowbearer · · Score: 1

      Thanks.
      It also works on two other machines here, but not this particular one in Windows on Mozilla 1.3. Strange. I've had some other strange problems with moz 1.3 since the upgrade...time to do another install methinks.

      BTW, mods, how is my original post redundant? I find no mention of mozilla anywhere else on the page, nor .asp...

      SB

      --
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  89. Re:Gun crazy yanks...erm...brits...yeah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Holy fuck, Tony Blair, is that you?

    Is this me?

    Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein

  90. Airports? by nurb432 · · Score: 1

    Could you take this on a plane with you with out being 'detained'? " it plays music.. really"

    Cool idea, but who has such small capacity magazines anymore? 40 rounders is the way to go !

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    ---- Booth was a patriot ----
  91. Finally by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... a gun that can say 'ra ta ta ta ta' while shooting.

  92. At last proof positive... by baudtender · · Score: 1

    Guns don't kill people, Britney Spears music kills people.

  93. Re:I didn't even have to use my AK... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Anyone who don't know what up up down down left right left right b a start is from you are a pussy ass biatch.

  94. Piracy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    mayby the proof will come soon - piracy does indeed kill babies!

  95. You forgot the M1! by w00d · · Score: 1

    How could you forget the old M1 Garand rifle? Its feeding device (an 'en bloc' clip) is also correctly called a clip yet it is not a stripper clip. This rifle also popularized the use of referring to any ammunition feeding device as a clip.

    When the US military switched to the M14 with its detachable box magazine, a lot of people still called it a clip, and it's been stuck in popular culture ever since.

    But anyway you got it right with the last line about springs and followers.

  96. Yea but is not an AK mag... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The mag they show is not in the AK that the girl is holding, it's in a pouch. Tha's because it's a dragunov mag not an AK mag.

  97. Finally! by fa098h23fra · · Score: 2, Funny

    A way to disseminate knowledge with extreme prejudice! Now to find an appropriate clock tower/speaker combination.

  98. Uh oh. by mrseigen · · Score: 1

    What happens when our powerful security forces are firing their "borrowed" AK-47s at evil terrorists and they accidentally pop in this mp3 player instead of a bullet-laden magazine? I smell lawsuit!

    1. Re:Uh oh. by NeuroManson · · Score: 1

      Or worst, you plug a rifle magazine into your PC to download new tracks, and accidentally blow your ears off.

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  99. Gold plated? by DrInequality · · Score: 1

    Where's the gold plated version to go with my gun?

  100. High-cap mag! by Lt.Hawkins · · Score: 1

    10 Gigs!! Talk about a high-capacity magazine! Schumer and McCarthy will be all over this one!

    oh, wait, no. 10 gigs is OK. You can also buy a pre-ban 13 gig drive for a premium, and law enforcement can get truly high-cap mags - 15+ gigs ;)

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    -- My Sig is a P228.
  101. Where do you keep your ammo? by Snaller · · Score: 1

    Or can you buy a clip that looks like a walkman?

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  102. Now I can by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Kill everyone in the room with my poor taste in music _while_ holding a cool gun!!!!

  103. God slashdot has gone down the drain... by Recoil_42 · · Score: 1

    my submission of Linux on an mp3 player gets rejected, but when someone sticks an mp3 player in a semiautomatic weapon, it passes? phsst.

    --


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    1. Re:God slashdot has gone down the drain... by The+Cydonian · · Score: 1

      Ahem. :-)

  104. They also sell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and SKS version which is write-once.

  105. The title was right. by GMontag · · Score: 2, Informative

    "These guys have apparently fit a hard drive based MP3 player into a
    Kalashnikov ammunition clip.


    Magazine, NOT clip.

  106. Why I would'nt buy this product by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What if you pull the trigger and it starts playing music?

  107. works in quake3 by towaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well my concentration improves when listening to music like slipknot or rage against the machine in quake3. Would not like to try it in the middle of a warzone though.

    --
    "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - Voltaire
  108. As they say.... by slothdog · · Score: 1

    Remember, kids.... Guns don't kill people, mp3s do.

  109. I knew it! by dave_mcmillen · · Score: 1

    Even before I clicked on the "these guys" link, I was thinking, "This has gotta be audiobooksforfree.com". I've spent the last few weeks listening to the works of Conan Doyle and Verne from that site, and every file starts with an announcement by a thickly Russian accented voice: "File tventy-seiven. No adverts. From audiobookfor free.com"

    When I saw MP3 player and AK-47 in conjunction, I figured, "Yup, that'll be this guy." And now I have a picture to go with the voice doing the intros. He doesn't read the books, thank Buddha!

    The site is worth checking out if you like audio books: free for low quality, cheap (a few US$) for increased bitrates. Nice idea: try it out first to see if you like it, then pay a few bucks if you want better fidelity. You don't need much, for voice, but 8 kbit is a bit on the low side. The narrators vary in quality, but the ones I've heard have all been at least competent, and some were very good.

    1. Re:I knew it! by Bitsy+Boffin · · Score: 3, Informative

      Is it just me or does this site seem a bit, well, scummy ? I mean, he's gota ton of audio books online, you can download them singly for free at 8kbps (yikes), not only does it cost you a heap for better versions but he'll charge you $2 just to zip them up, hell, it'll cost you $200 just to get them put on the mp3 player he's selling. He wants libraries, schools etc to give him free advertising.

      The licence agreement prohibits redistribution of even the free versions, and cites the DMCA, and I'm willing to bet if he pays the narrators at all it's a pittance.

      Just seems all a little antislashdot (that's a new word, you can use it if you like :-)) to me.

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    2. Re:I knew it! by dave_mcmillen · · Score: 1

      Is it just me or does this site seem a bit, well, scummy ? I mean, he's gota ton of audio books online, you can download them singly for free at 8kbps (yikes), not only does it cost you a heap for better versions but he'll charge you $2 just to zip them up, hell, it'll cost you $200 just to get them put on the mp3 player he's selling. He wants libraries, schools etc to give him free advertising.

      The licence agreement prohibits redistribution of even the free versions, and cites the DMCA, and I'm willing to bet if he pays the narrators at all it's a pittance.


      Huh, I hadn't noticed that in the license agreement, but you're absolutely right. It's just stupid not to allow redistribution, at the very least of the free version. So, I don't know if that's "scummy" or merely foolish. I have no idea what the deal is with the narrators, but it's quite possible that they are volunteer (or just-barely-paid) actors, looking to break into the business. Again, the scumminess of that is debatable. I don't find the cost of the better-quality versions to be "a heap" (compare the prices over at www.audible.com, another site I like but can barely afford), but you're right that charging two dollars just to zip the files is absurd.

  110. New Cell Phone! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This new cell phone is made out of a genuine dead Iraqi baby skull.

  111. You can take my MP3 player... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    from my COLD DEAD HAND!

  112. AK47 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "The AK47-mp3, when you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room while listening to Bach."

  113. listen to Poe on an assault rifle? by TheMonkeyDepartment · · Score: 1

    Well, it would certainly give a brand new meaning to her song "Trigger Happy Jack"...

    1. Re:listen to Poe on an assault rifle? by DarkKnightRadick · · Score: 1

      I think they meant Edgar Allan Poe. After all they are talking about audio books.

      --
      "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death." Proverbs 16:25 (NKJV)
    2. Re:listen to Poe on an assault rifle? by sn0wcrash · · Score: 1

      Great.. remind me of the Angry Psychos t-shirt she signed for me on her tour bus.. that my ex-g/f lost!!!!! grrr!!!

  114. Never S&W, by bluGill · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but to most gun owners a S&W gun is the most politicly incorrect thing you can own. After an agreement with the federal goverment to develop a lot of technology to prevent guns from firing except for the legal owner, most gun people decidxed S&W must die. Their sales have gown down and stayed down significantly since then (about 40%)

    An AK47 is a well respected gun, and a part of every complete collection.

    1. Re:Never S&W, by GnarlyNome · · Score: 1

      I know it was just a smartassed comment. Personaly I, use a matched pair of Detonics .45 bought used aroud '83 have shot the barrels out twice so far.

      --
      Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. Will Rogers
    2. Re:Never S&W, by MAXOMENOS · · Score: 2, Informative
      Sorry, but to most gun owners a S&W gun is the most politicly incorrect thing you can own.

      You'll get my scandium AirLite when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands.

      Anyway, I respectfully submit that you've got it mixed up. It's not that they were developing safety technologies, but that they accepted a consent decree to incorporate that technology in all guns as soon as it was 'marketable', where 'marketable' is determined by HUD. Gun owners saw a future of federally-mandated unreliable guns (except for older, 'dumb' guns) and reacted en masse.

      If safety technologies were the problem, then Taurus would get the same treatment that S&W got before the company changed hands. The trick is, the safeties have to allow the owner to shoot the gun when necessary. There's no room for error or delay. Gun owners don't trust the feds to understand this, and this is why we jumped on S&W.

    3. Re:Never S&W, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually, the gun owning world has mostly forgiven S&W since they have changed their policies and fired (or they "quit") all the people who were responsible for them. The new S&W management seems to understand that it is a really bad idea to do things that are going to piss off your customers. But you are certainly right about the AK47, it is an excellent design. Simple, durable, reliable, a true classic.

  115. DMCA plus Patriot act equals...? by L.+J.+Beauregard · · Score: 2, Funny

    And remember, kids, when you download MP3s, you're downloading TERRORISM!

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  116. umm wrong site by asv108 · · Score: 1

    What do you think this is, fark?

  117. Re:Has anyone ever thought of an mp3 player DILDO by Jim_Hawkins · · Score: 1
    I love the line...

    Its compact form and high-tech appearance allows it to be worn discreetly in public.

    ...just watch out for people enjoying their music a little TOO much.

  118. Pillow book for the NRA? by Shark · · Score: 1

    loaded with over 200 audio books

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    Mind the frickin' laser...
  119. Its not an AK-47 magazine..... by sogoodsofarsowhat · · Score: 1

    it is actaully closer to the AK-74 magazine. But who would be so anal as to point out the minute details :)

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  120. I can just see it now: by rune2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Apple assault rifle, the iKill.

  121. RIAA by echorun · · Score: 1

    You know the RIAA is getting out of hand when you need to protect your mp3's with an assult rifle.

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  122. Wouldn't "Geek Gets Laid" be a better story? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wouldn't "Geek Gets Laid" be a better story? I ask you, geeks.

  123. memories, memories... by puslik · · Score: 1

    One of the few advantages of beeing born in the former Soviet Union - a chance to learn to assemble the AK-47 in the 4th grade :) (it was part of the curriculum starting from the 10th grade if I'm not mistaken)

  124. for some machine gun-appropriate music... by Savatte · · Score: 1

    Check out Ted Nugent. Cat Scratch Fever is a classic, as is Stranglehold.

  125. Taking It In To Class by nick_davison · · Score: 1

    And wouldn't it be cool to carry my MP3 player slung over my back when I go to class

    It's only cool if it's unique and original. Carrying assault rifles in to high schools has so been done in the US already.

    Really does need Rage Against The Machine playing though. Either Killing In The Name or, if you really must take it in to class, "The teacher stands in front of the class, the lesson plan she can't recall. The students eyes, don't perceive the lies, written on every fucking wall." That'd go down well. ;)

  126. This is fantastic news... by Cranx · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...now I have one question: why?

  127. Open Source Tie-in by intermodal · · Score: 1

    Well, not to state the obvious, but as a communist weapon, the AK-47 is of course opensource...

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  128. Do they teach you math too? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Need I remind you that last year the capital of your "civilized nation" alone has a murder rate nearly 48 times that of my entire nation -> Washington DC, 48.5 murders per 100 000 people, compared to the entire country of Canada, 1.78 murders per 100 000 people.

    48.5/1.78 = 27.25, less than 57% of 48.

    1. Re:Do they teach you math too? by Timmeh · · Score: 1

      You know how Canada is.. they don't even know what a dollar is worth, can we really expect them to be able to handle division?

  129. Make music, not war. by Ripplet · · Score: 1

    Wow, a new way to flatten your enemies...

    "OK men, wait until you see the whites of their eyes, then fire a short burst of Britney Spears!"

    Anyone else here reminded of Monty Python's funniest joke in the world sketch?

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  130. Its a Dragunov not a Kalashnikov by DABANSHEE · · Score: 1

    SVD not AK-whatever

  131. More Bad Jokes... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Reminds me of bad SNES games... Music is your weapon!!!

  132. Now we know by ceeam · · Score: 2, Funny

    MP3 _is_ terrorism.

  133. Not a Kalashnikov Magazine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It appears to be the magazine to a SVD magazine. SVD is longer to hold the 7.62X54R cartridges vs the AK's 7.62X39. The ribbing is different, and so are the magazine catch and feed lips. Notice they don't actually show a picture of the magazine in the weapon. only in the 'ammo pouch'

  134. Good choice.. Poll: What song would you listen to? by rickmccl · · Score: 1

    My first thought was Gang of Four: "Armalite Rifle".

  135. Does this mean ... by akellens · · Score: 1

    ... I will soon be able to shoot bullets with my iPod?

  136. Jenny Jones makeover by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Notice also the subplot here - the Jenny Jones makeover - from Geek to Chic!

    Amazing what washing your hair, shaving and changing your outfit can do for your image.

  137. Re:100 weeks == 1 year? by sn0wcrash · · Score: 1

    100 weeks to a metric year maybe?

  138. NRA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    *holds his MP3 player tightly*

    FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!

    Hah - take that RIAA.

  139. LOL mod up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it's 100% true, too!

  140. Funny. Reminds of BfC, except that ... by Lio · · Score: 1

    ... these idiots are British. I really don't understand their buzz for guns.
    But for all of you who think this is is really fun, I suggest some more projects:
    - a home-theatre inside a M1 tank
    - a landmine with a boom-box
    - a bomb with a webcam.
    Ok, we already know the latter from the first gulf-war ...

  141. Because it helps against RIAA by Chemisor · · Score: 1

    It is not useless. It is what the Army calls a "controlled pair". First you play only MP3, then you back your actions with some serious firepower.

  142. forget the mp3 player by BobRooney · · Score: 1

    How much for the hot chick with the rifle?

  143. what they need by burninginside · · Score: 1

    to load on it, after attaching a speaker so other people can hear it of course, is the quote from samuel l. jackson.....ak-47 when you absolutely have to kill every mother f'er in the room.....

  144. Bloody hell... by Goth+Biker+Babe · · Score: 1

    ...the guy must have an extremely small penis.

  145. they tried with a cd player... by taperkat · · Score: 1

    but Sony couldn't come up with an anti shock that could combat the recoil. I say the next model includes an mp5 with a minidisc mod. :)

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  146. Elementary statistics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
    Need I remind you that last year the capital of your "civilized nation" alone has a murder rate nearly 48 times that of my entire nation -> Washington DC, 48.5 murders per 100 000 people [reuters.com], compared to the entire country of Canada, 1.78 murders per 100 000 people [statcan.ca].


    That argument is statistically meaningless... Is it any surprise that the murder rate in DC is also much higher than the murder rate for the entire United States as well?

    So, for an apples-to-apples comparison, the murder rate for the US was 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2000. Still higher than Canada yes, but you should at least compare the correct numbers.
  147. Hi-cap ban by ^_^x · · Score: 1

    And I suppose in this era of hi-cap magazine bans, the MP3 player will only be able to legally hold 10 songs? :P

  148. Audiobooks for free?? by SkankhodBeeblebrox · · Score: 1
    Pricing:
    $500.00USD with 200+ audio books preloaded
    or
    $300.00USD without audio books

    ABOUT AUDIOBOOKSFORFREE.COM[...]


    $200 in free audiobooks!! cool!!
  149. Do I Smell a Darwin Award candidate for 2003 ?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    hehehe.....

  150. They can have my mp3 player... by prentis · · Score: 1

    They can have my mp3 player when they pry it from my cold dead fingers.