Bullet-Proof Xbox Wows Police

DocUi writes "The Baltimore Sun is reporting about how a man, upset with his roommates playing videogames late at night, decided to take it out on their Xbox using a gun. He stormed into their living room and fired a round into the offending game console. However, 'The 9mm gunshot did not penetrate the system and did not injure anyone at the scene, police said', although it 'disabled' the machine."

Comments

Like a heat sink, only for bullets

[ObviousGuy]

The front of the XBox is vaned, much like a heat sink, so the bars of the grill on the front may have been just lucky enough to deflect the direct impact of the force in different directions, causing the force of the bullet to be dissipated over a larger area.

But I'm no physicist.

Re:Like a heat sink, only for bullets

[weicco]

No, no. XBox used Godmode and cheated!

Re:Like a heat sink, only for bullets

[Anonymous Coward]

"But I'm no physicist."

no shit.

I can't wait until the comments start rolling in..

[NanoGator]

.. so I can see the spin put on this that proves Microsoft is evil.

"Microsoft just built a bullet proof game machine so nobody'll be able to throw it away."

Re:If the FP is on a game story, does it count?

[NanoGator]

"If the FP is on a game story, does it count? "

Remember when Al Bundy won a senior citizen's race? It's sorta like that. Hold your head high, brother!

Nutjob

[Mark_MF-WN]

What a freak. That's really the best solution he could come up with to deal with the noise of his roommates X-Box? (I presume it was the noise that bothered him... otherwise he's an even bigger freak) Seriously, people like that don't need jail time; they need to be put in psychiatric hospitals.

Re:Nutjob

[TwistedGreen]

Everyone gets angry.

And when you're angry, you fantasize about fun things like "what i would do if i had a fragmentation grenade... or a 9mm handgun."

But acting on it is rather a different matter.

Re:Nutjob

[Haeleth]

Yeah, he must be crazy. It's obvious that the tool for the job is a sledgehammer.

Re:Nutjob

[ViolentGreen]

I find it hard to believe that normal and balanced people fantize about grenades and handguns when they are angry.

Re:Nutjob

[Jerf]

Let me give you the flip side: People who care so little about their noise because it doesn't bother them, and they have nothing remotely resembling a clue that it does bother other people, and it's not a "choice" the other people make, it's a deep-seated instinct.

You can't turn your ears off.

These people made my dorm years a living hell, and they couldn't care less.

I would never have brandished a gun, but I sure as hell did fantasize about it.

Re:Nutjob

[MMaestro]

I think the craziest part of this report is that somehow some jackass and a retarded jury will actually let this guy go. It'll probably be something like "the Xbox has too many FPS games and that made him a super elite military aiming sniper who woulda made his college the next Colombine."

Or worse, 'video game rage'. Followed by a 1 hour TV special, 'When Gamers Go Mad!'

Re:Nutjob

[randomizer9]

"When Gamers Go Mad!" 1 hour of gamers chucking controllers at walls! At least it would probably be more entertaining then most of UPN's lineup.

Re:Nutjob

[BrynM]

I came up with a solution a long time ago for my ex-roommate who played his NES way too loud constantly. While he was at work, I opened up his TV and disconnected the speaker. When he turned it on, he started smacking the TV and cursing at the "stupid peice of ____". I then asked him what was wrong and said that we should try the NES on my TV. Sure enough, it mad noise. I then "diagnosed" that he had blown the speaker and op amps in his TV by using the NES too loud. The classic line was telling him that the FM synth sounds that the NES made were perfect for blowing out a speaker and spouted some realistic sounding theories. He never did figure it out, but also never did turn it up loud again. Every so often, I would catch him trying to "warn" some of his friends about doing the same - "Dude! That's how I messed up my TV". Heh. If you're reading this, sorry Mike. It was me :)

Re:Nutjob

[damien_kane]

"Normal" and "Balanced" are subjective terms.
I feel I am completely "Normal" and "Balanced". It's just that very few people agree with me at first glance.

I do fantasize about various weapons of destruction and brutal acts of violence when I'm angry.
That's usually around the time I start into the heavy bag for 20-30 minutes...

Re:Nutjob

[BrynM]

It wasn't that it was too loud at night really, just that he was playing it at every waking moment. I'm even a night owl and kinda loud myself (who doesn't turn good music up?). I even did the Zappa-esque 36/12 sleep schedule for a couple of years (up for 36 hours then sleep 12 on a rotating schedule). And yes, the cops come to my parties too.

My particular solution came after he had just spent the past four days staying home from work and playing games nearly 24 hours a day (He was proud to have played for 50 hours straight without having to stop for sleep). He even mentioned quiting his job and selling Pot for money so he could play full-time. Clearly, something had to be done.

By the way, I also play guitar, so I can attest that loud can be good - just not the same damn 8 bit music for days on end being distorted by a crappy TV speaker turned all the way up. There are only so many times you can stand hearing the "bla-ding" of a Mario coin at full volume per day. You try to live with that and then see how much of a pussy you are. Fscking trolls.

Re:Nutjob

[cicatrix1]

That's no way to talk about your mother.

Re:Nutjob

[00420]

Let me give you the flip side: People who care so little about their noise because it doesn't bother them, and they have nothing remotely resembling a clue that it does bother other people, and it's not a "choice" the other people make, it's a deep-seated instinct.

Yes but there is a big difference in telling your roommates to STFU (which he should have done), and shooting up their XBox.

Hell even unplugging the damn thing in the middle of their game would've gotten the point accross.

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

Holy shit, nice followup!

Re:Nutjob

[TwistedGreen]

Ever been hit in the head with a can thrown from a moving car that was travelling (at least) 80 km/h? While you were simply walking at the side of the road?

Until you've been used for someone else's amusement and can't do a thing about it, you won't know anger. I sure wish I had a rocket launcher handy then, though it was probably better that I didn't.

Re:Nutjob

[ClioCJS]

lol.....

You should have mentioned it was 8-bit. That changes everything.

Re:Nutjob

[jcenters]

No, but I nearly got my head busted open by a bottle.

One time a few years ago, a buddy and I were walking down the street in front of my house, and a truck drove past. In the bed were a group of hispanics (Not racist, just being detailed.) and one of them hurled a beer bottle at me. The bottle whizzed about an inch in front of my nose and shattered near my friend's feet.

After that, I started carrying a .357 magnum revolver in the front of my pants while walking in front of my house. I never intended to actually shoot at someone, but I figured a shot into the air would get the point across.

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh hey, I bet you're also one of those fat losers who always whines about something or the other. It's a fair deduction that you also fart a lot - when you do, do you demand that everyone wear noseplugs as well? Polluting a shared resource (it's called "noise pollution", fool) is against the common good, and if your neighbor gets angry and feels like using his revolver on you, more power to him.

Re:Nutjob

[ClioCJS]

The inverse of your metaphor seems to imply that people who fart should be stopped by law. After all, farting messes up a shared resource (it's called "smell pollution", fool).

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

Haha I suspected it all along! Now you're in for a world of pain.

Sincerely,

Mike

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

No, it's obviously the video game's fault.

Whenever somebody grabs a gun and starts shooting, it's the video game's fault, and the manufacturer should be sued.

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

I never intended to actually shoot at someone, but I figured a shot into the air would get the point across.

Bullets land somewhere, idiot.

Try explaining your reasoning to the 5-year old down the street who gets hit by your falling .357.

Re:Nutjob

[rthille]

There's a reason that I've got a lock on the 9mm in my nightstand. Looking for the key, struggling with the lock, etc. gives you time to think that you maybe don't want to put a bullet in the neighbor's dog that's been barking for the last 6 hours...

Re:Nutjob

[GooseKirk]

I agree. The normal people I know fantasize about flamethrowers and LAW rockets and railguns when they are angry. What's the point of fantasizing about small arms, when you can have a whole fantasy world of BFGs? Sheesh.

Re:Nutjob

[Uma Thurman]

It's your own damn fault. If you were smart, you would make enough money to afford to live somewhere safe. You're so irresponsible.

And now you carry a gun like you're some fucking cowboy. Well, you're all hat, and no horse.

Re:Nutjob

[jcenters]

Well, for one thing, at the place I used to live, I was miles away from our closest neighbor. Second, I doubt that a free-falling bullet would have enough velocity to hurt anyone, even if the tiny thing managed to hit them.

Re:Nutjob

[cableshaft]

If you shot it straight up, it should have the same velocity as the point it was fired from the gun when it got back to ground level (not accounting for air resistance, of course).

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

If farters were easily detectable (which they probably are in your case, given that your odious appearance probably gives the game away), I'm sure societal pressure would force such a law or a civic ordinance, since it would be equivalent to dumping garbage in a public area. That is not the case however, and most people are aware of the benefits of being mannerly, so they restrain themselves in public. Given your rant above, I doubt you're one of them. Adios

Re:Nutjob

[ClioCJS]

If you think there's any sanity whatsoever in any form of an anti-farting law whatsoever, then you deserve to suck the farts out of Hitler's ass, you fucking fascist. Go to hell.

You really think people can choose not to fart? Then how come we do it? Fucking idiot. Go move to Afghanistan.

Re:Nutjob

[gagy]

So why did you say they were hispanics if it's not supposed to matter. Would you have said "In the bed were a group of caucasians and..." no you wouldn't. People like you piss me off.

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

No I was being facetious, moron. You just proved my point by effectively saying that if people can control their pollution of a shared resource, and they are asked to stop, they should do so. I don't think any reasonable person (and that's not you, obviously) would agree that if say an elderly couple who need their rest were living in a quiet area where some frat had decided to hold a party, they would be well within their rights to ask for a reduction in noise. But whatever, continue spewing your vitriol (you've invoked Godwin's law at this point anyway), I'm not going reading the vitriol that drips from your nether orifice any further. I glanced through your site and you claim to be a libertarian - perhaps you misunderstand libertarianism (or you claim you're one to be "cool"), but your stance here is one that would be espoused by the stupidity party (which is alas the one that seems to be most popular in our country).

Re:Nutjob

[Anonymous Coward]

s/don't//g

Re:Nutjob

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

"Looking for the key, struggling with the lock, etc. gives you time to think that you maybe don't want to put a bullet in the neighbor's dog that's been barking for the last 6 hours..."

It also gives a murderer time to stab you in the back.
http://www.libertyartworx.com/images/gun_lo ck_safe ty_700.jpg
There was an even better (less comic-like) one of a man in a skimask grabing a woman with a knife in his hand, but I can't seem to find it now.

Re:Nutjob

[irc.goatse.cx troll]

because its funny.

Re:Nutjob

[robslimo]

BS. Read up on your physics.

If you shot it straight up, it would slow down by the normal rate of acceleration at 1 Gravity (muttersumthin/sec/sec) plus air resistance, and then fall back with the same acceleration until reaching terminal velocity, which is the speed at which air resistance creates an opposing force equal to the weight of the falling object. For a slug, that could be pretty fast, but with no direct relationship to the initial muzzle velocity.

Re:Nutjob

[ClioCJS]

You just proved my point by effectively saying that if people can control their pollution of a shared resource, and they are asked to stop, they should do so.

I did?
I think you misunderstood me.

Re:Nutjob

[pangloss]

damn that's twice today i've almost fallen out of my chair reading /.

Re:Nutjob

[nacturation]

Second, I doubt that a free-falling bullet would have enough velocity to hurt anyone, even if the tiny thing managed to hit them.

Guess again: Participant at KKK initiation wounded after shots are fired into sky Quoting the article: "A bullet struck Murr on the top of the head and exited at the bottom of his skull, authorities said."

Re:Nutjob

[cableshaft]

I don't think you read till the very end of my original post, so here it is again.

If you shot it straight up, it should have the same velocity as the point it was fired from the gun when it got back to ground level (not accounting for air resistance, of course).

So while it's true it'd be slower thanks to the effects of air resistance and terminal velocity, it should still be fast enough to "hurt someone", which the grandparent believed it would not do.

Of course, I haven't done the math (nor have time to), but I remember doing similar problems with bullets in Physics a few years ago and coming to the same conclusions.

Elvis would've been proud

[F1_Fan]

A much more direct approach than shooting the TV...

Re:Elvis would've been proud

[tyler_42]

It was probably his tv or that would have been capped too.

Maybe they should do hardware exclusively

[carcosa30]

cuz they sure can't make any bulletproof software.

Re:Maybe they should do hardware exclusively

[linzeal]

Microsoft mouse and KB are the de facto standard in hostile enviroments where I am from. Logitech does not even match the sheer tenacity of a MS mouse after its cord being stretched and working in spilled beer for hours at a time.

They OEM their hardware right, someone else engineers them?

Re:Maybe they should do hardware exclusively

[great om]

yeah, to logitech (for input devices)

Re:Maybe they should do hardware exclusively

[DAldredge]

I have killed at least 4 microsoft keyboards in the past 3 years. 3 due to h2o death and the other just quite working. I now have a model M and I do not think anything can kill it.

Wow.

[Dr. Photo]

When you try to shoot an Xbox and fail, it has got to be a sign.
You need to take a deep breath, go out, and get a bigger gun.

Re:Wow.

[ajberg]

Why use a gun? I'd rather use a screw driver or microwave. Just find some geekey whay to take it out. Anyone can think of poping it whith a 9. But who whold think thay you wold microwave it or disable the fans to make it overheat.

Batfink eat your heart out.

[captainkibble]

Your bullets cannot harm me! My X-Box is like a shield of steel! :)

Bad XBox Slogans

[felonious]

Bad XBox Slogans:

1)X marks the Box
2)Sendin' shots out for all the true game playas
3)The wrong consol-igga to fuk wit
4)More durable than Kurt Cobain's dome
5)Doubled vested
kevlar injected
makin' ya
waste da
mags a bullets
forev-a

Re:Bad XBox Slogans

[sammaffei]

6) More durable than most of the Kennedys
7) John Hinkley Jr.'s favorite Christmas present.
8) It takes a licking and keeps on clicking.
9) Vin Diesel is XXXBox
10) Ohio drivers prefer the XBox.

9mm = pussy pistol

[mrshowtime]

The xbox is a pretty thick bit of hardware. A 9mm bullet does not have that much "stopping power" Now a .44 would have done the job right :) "It's an 88 magnum. It shoots through schools."

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[sigxcpu]

A pistol bullet is made of lead (=soft when thinking of a collision at about the speed of sound).

All you need to stop it is to have it hit something hard that is x10 heavier.
A power supply would do the job quite well.
What you get then is a lot of shrapnel flying everywhere, but a thick layer of plastic will stop that.

(I am a physicist and I have done lots of tests involving 9mm bullets)
BTW a thick book will stop even an M-16 5.56 round.

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[Anonymous Coward]

BTW a thick book will stop even an M-16 5.56 round.

Good to know the bible can actually save my life!

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[0x0d0a]

(I am a physicist and I have done lots of tests involving 9mm bullets)

I always suspected that you physicists were plotting, up to no good.

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[borkus]

I'm not sure I agree, but I can't wait for the Ars Technica article on shooting game systems.

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[mikelu]

Obviously he should've remembered to spray his bullets with teflon first.

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[lcde]

BTW a thick book will stop even an M-16 5.56 round.

I'll have to remember that the next time I'm robbing a library.

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[emilng]

(I am a physicist and I have done lots of tests involving 9mm bullets)

Freeman, weren't you supposed to be in the test chamber an hour ago?

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[Anonymous Coward]

Good to know the bible can actually save my life!

I don't know about that; the last Bible I had my hands on had extremely thin paper, so thin you almost didn't have to turn the page to read the other side (only the printing on the first side and an inability to read mirrored text would prevent it).

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[Bios_Hakr]

Here is some more info for you on different ammunition...

Read the comments and take it all with a grain (no pun intended) of salt.

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/8/23/175329/1 97

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[Feztaa]

No, I think that information would be more useful if you happened to be in a library that was being robbed. Just use duct-tape to create a makeshift vest out of thick books, and you'll be fine.

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[sir99]

Must have been playing with electricity again. Zzzt! Ow!

Re:9mm = pussy pistol

[bobbozzo]

That'd have to be an extremely thick book! I shot 2 3" phone books (stacked together on the ground) with a .22lr from an 18" barrel and it went completely through the first and 1/3 into the second.

A .223Rem/5.56 Nato has more than 10X the power of a "high velocity" .22lr, and I've seen them nearly penetrate 1" thick Aluminum blocks, using standard FMJ ammo.

Ammo for the special interests

[Anonymous Coward]

99% of all Xbox games involve guns. That combined with this incident is sure to rile up a certain segment of the population.

Re:Ammo for the special interests

[neglige]

99% of all Xbox games involve guns. That combined with this incident is sure to rile up a certain segment of the population.

Yeah, I'm sure police stations all over the world will be equipped with a Xbox now... :)

Re:Ammo for the special interests

[.!. (0.o) .!.]

Yeah, I'm sure police stations all over the world will be equipped with a Xbox now... :)

and replacing their kevlar vests with them...
???
Profit!

Re:Ammo for the special interests

[Mike Hawk]

Considering there are about 380 XBOX games and 89 sports games have been published for the system, its safe to say that quite a bit less than 99% of the system's games involve guns.

This is less a comment on the original post and more about whoever modded it insightful instead of funny. This proves that hate and ignorance are alive and kicking on slashdot and that the games section has left too much power in the hands in the fanboy fringe. I say kill the games section or remove the moderation. The games news pieces become Nintendo cheering sections with police with names like Nintendoctor around to ensure only things that show Nintendo in a positive light and XBOX in a negative light get modded up. Its counter to what moderation is all about and a slap in the face to open-minded, progressive readers of this website.

Only in America!

[Anonymous Coward]

In lesser countries we would just crush the thing with large boots and a rigourous kicking action!

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[GreyWolf3000]

You ruined it! Now no one will post anything to that effect.

Of course, if you waited until the comments rolled in, and told people you predicted it all along, then no one would take you seriously. Catch 22, I suppose.

Well he was aiming at the GameCube...

[AvantLegion]

... but he couldn't miss the Xbox.

Re:Well he was aiming at the GameCube...

[Anonymous Coward]

In Soviet Russia, the game consoles shoot YOU!

BulletProof?

[Robmonster]

They say it was bulletproof, yet it disabled the system...?

Seems to me that bullet did something......

Re:BulletProof?

[Aelfy]

The gunman tried to install third party hardware.

Re:BulletProof?

[tarius8105]

They say it was bulletproof, yet it disabled the system...?

Dont know why they said it disabled the system but if you read the article it does not mention anything about it being disabled.

Re:BulletProof?

[Dylan_t_p]

rtfa (wait crap, this is slashdot.) it does mention disabling the system in the article so maybe you should take your own advice and read the article :)

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[Scorchio]

Folklore says that to truly kill an XBox, you need to use a silver bullet.

There. Will that do?

IBM PS/2 keyboards

[Maggot75]

These keyboards can take anything! I have owned three, two of which are still operational. The third died when car windshield detergent accidentally leaked into it, when I was storing it in my trunk. Apart from that, the only trouble I've had with them is the kids peeling off the labelled caps from the keys and hiding them (I have to guess where F1 is on my keyboard).
P.S. I haven't actually shot my keyboards, though. The stupid laws of my country require too much effort for me to get hold of a handgun.

Re:IBM PS/2 keyboards

[elementik]

It's next to F2...

Classic

[Anonymous Coward]

1) Appearently you've never played Ninja Gaiden. I played it so much that now I know exactly how Bruce Banner must have felt. That rage, white hot, always underneath the surface just waiting to break free and destroy everything it sees. In fact if I even saw someone ever playing any version of Ninja Gaiden anywhere, but particularly a part involving jumping onto little platforms while avoiding demonic falcon refugees from Karataka, I can't say I wouldn't go on a shooting spree.

2) Everyone has limits. Some roomates are masters at finding those. And while the last straw may have in fact been what broke the camals back, I think we can safely say the rest of the straw at least had a hand in it. Some of those roomates, seriously, no harm in killing them and disappearing the body. Sure people would miss them, which is to say they'd notice the abscense, but there might not be much in the way of disappointment. Not that I'm making judgements of either of the roomates.

3) You more or less reasonable observation has been modded as flamebait. Priceless. After all this is Slashdot, and he didn't shoot a PS2. Where are you priorities! Brand loyalty, then public saftey!

Re:Classic

[meta-monkey]

I played so much Ninja Gaiden 1 and 2 on my NES I could complete the game blindfolded. NG 3, however, kicked my ass. WTF do you mean only three continues?!?!

Re:Classic

[Anonymous Coward]

One of my friends the most polite, proper, and best person I know, was left to his own devices, playing Ninja Gaiden in my room while the rest of us were busy doing something eles. My curiosity piqued by a stream of unaccounted for cussing led me back to my room and my NES.

Given to such out bursts myself I shouldn't have been shocked. But never before had I ever heard him swear, and never since. Just an observation.

I'm surprised

[Programmer_In_Traini]

I'm surprised, I have not read any comments about the cop losing his temper in the first place.

I mean...those supposedly well trained, patient and skilled are actually losing patience over a frickin' xbox ?? rofl.

Let's not put the eggs in the same basket..but this guy should take a day off or two.

Yes, bulletproof.

[BZArcher]

Shock and expansion damage. Even if the bullet was stopped, there's a hell of a lot of force to get distributed. All bulletproof means is that it didn't penetrate.

Now, that said, that doesn't mean that they couldn't turn it back on...

My thoughts? The damn thing is made of kevlar.

Well I definitely have to buy one now.

[Sevn]

Yup. Because making sure I can shoot my console gaming system is very important to me. I mean, I just totally fucking lose it and shoot shit all the time. You should see my house. My coworkers cringe when they see me pull a gun out to shoot my laptop. Like it's a big deal or something. I'm glad microsoft is addressing this important, and often overlooked area in console design. I hope President Bush gives Bill Gates some sort of presidential design award for patriotic console design of the year. We must stop the terrorists with our SUV's.

I know why he shot it.

[Lemental]

He was mad about Ninja Gaiden being delayed again.

Obviously the Warthog ....

[dustpuppy]

in Halo is made of the same material as the Xbox!

Re: Your signature

[jhoffoss]

Maybe more Kazaa users should get up and vote, then we might have a little more sway over our elected officials. (Not trying to be inflamatory here, but I see a hole in your sig's logic...)

That would *really* piss me off.

[PerpetualMotion]

We need pics of an xbox barbeque.

A thick book?

[danro]

BTW a thick book will stop even an M-16 5.56 round.

Got to be a really fat book, I guess...
Maybe something with a pagecount like Marcel Proust's "Remembrance of Things Past".

Re:A thick book?

[photon317]

I've heard this said before. My understanding is that something along the lines of a typical 3-5 inch think telephone directory is deal for stopping a high-powered rifle round.

While we're on the subject, the caliber of the bullet has a lot less to do with what a bullet ends up doing than the exact brand and type of ammo involved, the gun it was fired from, the shooter's technique, and the point/angle of impact. e.g. A low-powered "target practice" plain lead .44 mag round coming out a short-barrelled pistol and hitting in the wrong place or at the wrong angle would probably bounce off of damn near anything, much less hurt a human. A very well-placed hollow-point +P (high pressure) 9mm from a long barrelled handgun will wreak serious havoc.

Re:A thick book?

[danro]

When I did my military service i put a 5.56x45mm NATO FMJ from one of these through a 25cm thick pinetree...
But I guess a tree is less compact than stacked paper, so who knows?
Under any circumstances, I would recommend being very careful around firearms.

Re:A thick book?

[Anonymous Coward]

Under any circumstances, I would recommend being very careful around firearms.

Ohh... *carefully removes loaded Desert Eagle from turkey fryer*

from the click-click-boom dept.

[JHromadka]

Shouldn't that be "from the tick-tick-boom dept" ? /90s hip-hop :)

What exactly did he hit then?

[anakin513]

The article says that he "fired a single gunshot to the gaming system disabling it" it then goes on to say that the "gunshot did not penetrate the system" and "Kersey has been charged with ... destruction of property"

My question is if he didn't penetrate the case of the XBox, yet he still disabled it and is being charged with destruction of property, what did he hit?

Fancy shooting that took out the controller, or shot out the power cord. Maybe he aimed at the XBox and hit the TV. That would disable my ability to Game.

Re:What exactly did he hit then?

[Anonymous Coward]

The bullet likely crushed the front of the casing into some internal components, but didn't actually manage to penetrate into the actual machine. It's like wearing a bullet resistant vest; it stops the bullet from penetrating, but it still hurts like hell.

Matrix style

[JFMulder]

Xbox owner : Do you mean that when I will own an Xbox, I will be able to dodge bullets?
Bill Gates : No, I mean that when you will own one, you won't have to.

Evil

[esaglam]

The guy tried to exorcised the evil M$ from the box, and apparently he managed to do that without damaging the body it possessed...

Boooring...

[Anonymous Coward]

...someone shot a lousy XBox? Why is that news? In US even people get shot.. EVERY DAY...

Re:Boooring...

[Anonymous Coward]

yeah, but they usually penetrate people...

if a bullet bounced off someone, THAT'S news.

Security

[johnkoer]

Microsoft is going to use this as an example of their new dedication to security. They are going to show how there are no Linux boxes that have demonstrated they can stop a bullet.

Grabity

[Sentry21]

Probably the bullet just didn't have the speed necessary to escape the XBox's gravity.

--Dan

Oops...

[00420]

I somehow didn't see parent's last sentence before I replied. I guess I need more caffeine :)

Re: Your signature

[Mark_MF-WN]

I just think that fact is funny, is all. I'm Canadian, so it's doubly irrelevant. As far as I'm concerned, Americans have it pretty easy. We have to pay taxes to the RIAA whenever we buy blank CDs or blank memory sticks for cameras, MP3 players, etc. And we'll probably have to pay an internet-bandwidth tax to the RIAA soon too. As far as I'm concerned, I've already paid for every song I download, and downloading more just means I'm getting a bulk-discount. What was the point again? ... Oh yeah. Like all issues, it would be easily solved if more people voted. Homosexuality? There are more American homos than there are active voters. Poverty? There are 9x as many poor people as there active voters. All these issues could be easily solved if the people concerned voted. America's next president could be a homeless black lesbian, if homeless black lesbians simply united and voted.

The real reason

[IntergalacticWalrus]

Actually the guy thought his XBox has too slow, so he tried adding some "speed holes" to enhance its performance!

Oh come on, 9mm doesn't go through much.

[Myself]

Although, next year we might have to add an Xbox to the suite of hardware being shot at during our Independence Day celebrations.

Last year, we decided to find out just how tough a Toughbook is. Turns out they'll stop small handgun rounds with no problem. A .22 just leaves a dent, and the 9mm rounds went through the first layer of the screen casing but not the rest of the machine. The .410 shotgun left some cool marks in the paint. Anything larger went right through.

The question is, did the hard drive in the Xbox survive?

Aw come on...

[mightymik2]

It's just a flesh wound!!! :)

I'm not

[BoyHowdyAAF]

Because it wasn't a cop who shot the XBox. :)

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[Wolfrider]

--Seriously, 9mm? What a pansy. Xbox probably just LAUGHED at him and decided to turn off for the hellofit. Guy just needs a bigger gun.

--A .45 now, or even a .38 -- THAT'll f--k that Xbox up.

"This is a 12-gauge, double-barrelled Remington. Come get some."

Bullet physics

[Anonymous Coward]

Real life bullet physics != movie and video game bullet physics.

I have a friend who is a cop told me that when a bullet strikes a wall, it rarely goes through the wall or ricochets (speilling?). When a bullet strikes a wall it normally hits the wall and then scoots across the wall in the direction that the bullet is spinning, so it is possible to be shot if you are standing along a wall that is struck with a bullet.

Im guessing a a similar thing happened in this instance.

Now I understand MS plans...

[Anonymous Coward]

So this is the kind of security they've been talking all along.

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[jrock74]

bah just get a .357 and then see how many pieces you can find

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[Aelfy]

The bullet obviously didn't have an authentic Microsoft Signed Security Certificate, so the machine rejected it.

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[NanoGator]

Heh that was actually kind funny.

knowing xbox users..

[Flunitrazepam]

that idiot probably shot it with a Light Gun

Xbox = Bulletproof?

[Aytros]

Good ole Xbox. So it served a purpose other than Halo, KotoR, and Fable.

Better luck

[mollyhackit]

I think a 9mm would have better stopping power against a game console made of flesh.

Re:Better luck

[Aytros]

Looks like a great movie! I can't wait to buy it! XD Hrm, it appears that my sig in my last comment was fucked up...

Re:9mm = pussy pistol(?) Doubtful...

[Anonymous Coward]

Must be a really thick book, considering an FMJ 5.56mm round can penetrate up to 1 inch of steel or Kevlar. (Are you reading this Military R&D? You need to start issuing us really thick books as body armor, you'll save millions!). And I doubt the actual 9mm projectile was to blame in this situation, more than likely defective or cheap propellant was used, and the shooter was at an odd angle when he fired. (It had been a head on shot it would have penetrated more than likely even with defective/cheap propellant.

Thank God for the NRA...

[dootbran]

This is exactly why we need to keep our right to bare arms. What would this world would be like if we weren't able to shoot our home appliances.... speaking of which I think I've got a slug with my toaster's name on it.

Re:Thank God for the NRA...

[ShortSpecialBus]

It's not like the government is infringing on your right to wear short sleeve t-shirts.

Or did you mean to _bear_ arms?

wahahaha!

I'm here every night folks. Be sure to tip your waitress.

.50 Cal

[Doc Squidly]

If you want to do real damage you've got to get military grade hardware. You're dealing with Microsoft.
.50 Cal would do the most damage but are too hard to get. 5.57 or .308 are good rounds if you prefer rifles to pistol.
If a 9mm is all you got at least use partially jacket hollow points
Better yet, booby-trap the CD drive with C4 to get the roommate when he puts the game in.
I deny responsibility if anybody tries this.

Re:I can't wait until the comments start rolling i

[Anonymous Coward]

My automatic nuke launcher will destroy it. The best thing is its even handheld.

Where did hr hit?

[Zugok]

did he hit the broad side of the X-barn?

Re: Your signature

[jhoffoss]

*sigh* if only!

I wonder what a SW 500 would do?

[Anonymous Coward]

mmm plastic bits :)

weak fantasies

[t0ny]

Who dreams of using a wimpy 9mm? Thats really why it didnt go thru the XBox.

Real men use Desert Eagles!