Set Free Your Inner Jedi (Or Pyro)

sirgoran writes "We've all thought about being the hero fighting off evil-doers and saving the day ever since we first saw Star Wars. The folks at Wicked Lasers have now brought that a little closer to reality with their latest release: a 1-Watt blue diode laser that can set skin and other things on fire. From an article at Daily Tech, where they talk about the dangers of such a powerful laser: 'And here's the best (or worst) part — it can set people (or things) on fire. Apparently the laser is so high-powered that shining it on fleshy parts will cause them to burst into flames. Of course it's equally capable of blinding people.' The thing that caught my eye was the price: $200. I wonder if they'll be able to meet the demand, since (if it works as advertised) this will be on every geek's Christmas list."

Comments

Re:2nd Amendment

[Zerth]

I can't wait for the "Assault Laser Restriction Act of 2015".

Then the UK will ban flashlights with latching buttons, because they are more dangerous than flashlights with momentary buttons.

Re:2nd Amendment

[Shadow of Eternity]

Actually it's even simpler than that. The grandparent's assertion requires the acceptance of the definition of "begging" as dodging or avoiding rather than the current universally accepted dictionary definition.

If that assertion is accepted then my assertion that "letting" means hindering rather than permitting must also be accepted.

Both rely on non-dictionary uses of a given word. Saying that something "begs the question" to mean that something "desperately asks the question" is no less grammatically correct than saying that someone "lets him get away with murder" and meaning that they permitted behavior rather than hindered it.