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Encrypted Ammunition?
holy_calamity writes "A patent has been filed for bullets with built-in encryption. Pulling the trigger sends a radio signal to the cartridge in the chamber, but the charge only goes off if the right encryption key is sent. The aim is to improve civilian firearm security." Not sure I'm quite ready to trust the average techno-gadget failure rate on something like this just yet.
The final words of many a young gun owner "Hey, watch this!"
Three Squirrels
Do I have to enter an unique 8-digit pincode on the numpad everytime I want to shot too?
Anagram("United States of America") == "Dine out, taste a Mac, fries"
... for a lawyer after the bullet either A) doesn't work when it is supposed to in a life or death situation or, B) ends up working just fine even in a gun that wasn't authorized for it. Our society just keeps finding more and more interesting ways to keep lawyers employed!
Hexy - a strategy game for iPhone/iPod Touch
DIY Linux server on a Saw'd off!
...but hackers who hack bullets do!
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have to provide a secure key to be hit by the bullet ?
Ceci n'est pas une Signature !
Since locking people up for violent crimes isn't solving the problem, I guess that a better approach would be to reclassify things like armed robbery and murder as DMCA violations - then we'd have the full weight of the RIAA on our side for a change...
Does this mean that the NSA will be able to automatically fire my guns? Don't get me wrong, I like that idea, I just want to know ahead of time.
Someone finally made a bullet that costs $5,000.
Surely all that would be needed is a simple dialog box with [Yes] [No] and [Cancel] buttons over the question "Are you sure?", perhaps with a little warning about how dangerous guns are, every time the trigger is pulled.
With a larger screen and maybe a soundcard, it could popup a paperclip asking "I think you're trying to kill someone, would you like some help?"
A whole new meaning to the Blue Screen fo Death....
- Minutus cantorum, minutus balorum, minutus carborata descendum pantorum.
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No, it means you have to publish your public key and make it available to the game you shoot.
Just print it out base-64 encoded and nail it to trees in the area so that the deer can be sure that it's you shooting them and not someone else.
"It looks like you're trying to shoot someone in the chest.
Would you like me to:
Fire a bullet
Order more bullets
Call 911
Suggest better body parts to shoot?
[]Don't show me this tip again"
Hmm..you know, it actually might cut down on gun crime afterall...
Chuck Norris would roundhouse-kick the gun, and it would fire the full charge at once, killing all the bad guys.
Chuck Norris only uses firearms to warn criminals that a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick to the face is imminent. This is required by the Geneva Conventions.
Those of us born without bones find this post offensive!
Don't ask how I type without bones. You really don't want to know.
Apple's new iGun provides safe, encrypted personal security. The stylish clip holds 9 cartridges and over 400 songs. Be the first to sit at Starbucks ostentatiously sipping an overpriced cup of burned crud flavored to hide the real taste, while impressing babes with your RFID-marked ammunition. Oooh yeah. I want this bad. (consumerly shiver twitch)
You join the rest of the civilised world?
How many people can read hex if only you and dead people can read hex?
This gives a whole new meaning to bullet-proof encryption.
carry a small EMP generator
Dear Slashdot posters,
It is not necessary to force an EMP reference into every single post which mentions the operation of electronic devices.
Thank you,
Concerned Citizen
Help me take back Slashdot. When did 'News for Nerds' become 'FUD and Conspiracy Theories for Extremist Nutjobs'?
Your hunting pistol needs a permanent internet connection. For free shooting, stay within 100 meters of a participating McDonald or Starbuck coffee.
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
What about quantum encryption? As soon as they read your key, they're no longer sure it's you shooting at them...
Wait, the iGun is obsolete. Introducing the iGun Pequeña. We're very excited about this. It's a quarter the size of the original and holds 100 cartidges and can fire 1,000,000 rounds before running out of ammo.
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. -- H. L. Mencken