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Non-Lethal Sniper Rifle: You're Tagged For Life
gbjbaanb writes "Cool new urban battlefield weaponry for the geeks to fear. The
Id Sniper is a nonlethal sniper rifle that fires tiny GPS microchips into the body of the target. The idea is that a rowdy crowd can be tagged for later 'processing' by law enforcement officials.
Apparently the chip hitting you will feel like a mosquito-bite lasting a fraction of a second.
Although it looks, and sounds like a cyberpunk weapon, its for real from a Danish company that has already shown it off at a Chinese Police exhibition.
check out the tracking software." Here's hoping this is cautionary artwork.
I was just talking about this with a friend, and now it's real!
Use it to 'mark' the kids your child hangs out with so you can always keep track of what they do. Love and trust your kid, but be wary of his/her friends!
GPL Deconstructed
Now I know it's just a joke. _No_ commercial software runs on OpenBSD.
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"Besides the fact that this is invasion of privacy (in the weirdest possible way), what happens when the sniper decides to shoot and it hits your eyeball?"
It is just the first step. Eventually, you will look like this
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Full body Aluminum foil get-ups just got more popular.
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Snake Plissken: Got a smoke?
Malloy: The United States is a non-smoking nation! No smoking, no drugs, no alcohol, no women - unless you're married - no foul language, no red meat!
Snake Plissken: Land of the free.
If you recieve the mark of the beast involuntarily, you can still switch sides, right? ...right, guys?
When you look at the state of the world, how can you not become a radical, liberal anarchist?
Sure, they work.
To identifiy a pet when you have it at a location where it can be scanned (such as a vet or the humane society). It does not allow you to track your pet.
And my dog thinks your cat is a pussy.
Pardon me, I have to return a parrot...
There are 10 kinds of people: ones who understand ternary, ones who don't, and ones who think this joke is about binary