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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: 1, Funny

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

    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. 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.

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

      s/for the music/fine for the music/

    7. 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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    8. 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.

    9. 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?

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

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

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

    swords-into-plowshares dept.

  4. 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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  5. 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 shadowbearer · · Score: 2, Funny


      Doesn't Bezos have a patent on that?

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    5. 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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    6. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.)

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

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

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

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

  10. 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 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?

    2. 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.
  11. 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

  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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 dduardo · · Score: 5, Funny

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

  15. 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" :)

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

    I am going to make a fortune!!!!

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

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

  19. 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!

  20. 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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    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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  21. 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!

  22. 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!

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

    Actually, someone has!

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

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

  25. 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.

  26. 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.

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  27. 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.
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  28. Re:Indeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  29. Finally! by fa098h23fra · · Score: 2, Funny

    A way to disseminate knowledge with extreme prejudice! Now to find an appropriate clock tower/speaker combination.

  30. 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!!!!

  31. 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.

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  32. 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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  33. I can just see it now: by rune2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Apple assault rifle, the iKill.

  34. This is fantastic news... by Cranx · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...now I have one question: why?

  35. Now we know by ceeam · · Score: 2, Funny

    MP3 _is_ terrorism.