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DIY Cruise Missile Grounded
PSaltyDS writes "The DIY Cruise Missile project from New Zealand has been previously covered on /., but the BBC now reports that Bruce Simpson has been forced to shutdown by his government. His project web site says 'The New Zealand government has moved aggressively to shut down this project -- and by using quite unscrupulous methods which appear to be in breach of the law.'"
Well, scratch the cruise missle off of my list of things to build...guess I'll just have to move straight to the ICBM. sigh.
.... his cruise missle project was shot down *budump bum ching*
Reminds me of the days when we were kids and used to strap on cans filled with a mix of sodium chlorate and sugar to our skateboards.
Fucking cops had no sense of humor.
He proclaims he doesn't want "nefarious types" to get ahold of the development information, but he doesn't say how he screens the subscriber list to weed out these people.
Open source software == good
Open source flying cylinder of death == bad
The New Zealand government has been pretty agressive about exploiting the success of the LOTR movies to make millions of dollars in tourism revenues.
I guess they don't want those befuddled tourists who knock on doors aking where Frodo lives to accidentally stumble upon a homemade cruise missile silo instead.
but the BBC now reports that Bruce Simpson has been forced to shutdown by his government.
Well, there goes his uptime...
"Mod, mod, mod...and another troll bites the dust."
As in Mouse that roared with Peter Sellers
Help fight continental drift.
No, then they'd arrest you for building a weapon of math destruction.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
If cruise missles are made illegal, then only criminals will have cruise missles.
... or does it seem like a bad idea to piss off someone who is building a missile?
1) create weapons of mass destruction
2) declare war on USA
3) ominous silence
4) discover your ass is actually a smoking hole in the ground
What the hell is wrong with red airplanes?
... when you sweep the bits from my warm, moist ashes.
The ______ Agenda
herrvinny: Who's there?
... mmmmph! mmmmph!
Guy in Sunglasses: John.
herrvinny: John who?
GIS: John Ashcroft, asshat. Please put this bag over your head, and come with me. We're going on a nice all-expense paid trip for one to Cuba.
herrvinny: Why? What did I do?
GIS: Does posting terrorist plots to Slashdot ring a bell?
herrvinny: But that was just hypothetical. I was critiquing a stupid government decision in a specific case --
GIS (hitting herrvinny with cattle prod, and putting a bag over his head): Shut up! We'll take care of you terrorist swine! You probably pirate mp3s, too.
herrvinny: mmmmph
(etc)
Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachtani?
www.fogbound.net
why the hell are you worried about a tax debt...you already have a more effective arsenal than the NZ govt ever had.
Go on...you know you want to...