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!

Maybe they should do hardware exclusively

[carcosa30]

cuz they sure can't make any bulletproof software.

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.

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: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... :)

Well he was aiming at the GameCube...

[AvantLegion]

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

Re:Nutjob

[Haeleth]

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

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.

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 :)