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World's First Linux Powered Rifle Announced

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-we-need-a-real-life-punkbuster dept.

stevew writes "Following up our earlier discussion about whether guns should be self-aware comes the announcement of the world's first Linux-powered rifle. A startup attending CES was showing how their 'Precision Guided Firearms' would use customized, computerized scopes to assist with aiming. 'The Linux-powered scope produces a display that looks something like the heads-up display you'd see sitting in the cockpit of a fighter jet, showing the weapon's compass orientation, cant, and incline. To shoot at something, you first "mark" it using a button near the trigger. Marking a target illuminates it with the tracking scope's built-in laser, and the target gains a pip in the scope's display. When a target is marked, the tracking scope takes into account the range of the target, the ambient temperature and humidity, the age of the barrel, and a whole boatload of other parameters. It quickly reorients the display so the crosshairs in the center accurately show where the round will go.'"

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  1. gotta ask by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    But does it run Windows?

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    1. Re:gotta ask by mjjochen · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, Crosshair Office.

    2. Re:gotta ask by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, [MS] Crosshair Office.

      You mean CrossChair Office

      or AcrossOffice Chair

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    3. Re:gotta ask by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      You have pulled the trigger. You need to restart Windows in order to complete this operation. Would you like to restart now? (restarting in 10s...)

    4. Re:gotta ask by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Red Screen of Death.

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    5. Re:gotta ask by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

      MS Ammo Clippy: "It looks like you are trying to waste a grade school. Would you like some help?"

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    6. Re:gotta ask by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's CrossChairOffice.Org goddammit! CCO.o

  2. So.. by robkore · · Score: 5, Funny

    Guns don't kill people, linux does.

    1. Re:So.. by Jeremi · · Score: 5, Funny

      Guns don't kill people, linux does.

      Yeah, but this model is safer -- you don't pull a trigger, you type "sudo kill -9 ".

      Please be careful when entering the target's social security number.

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    2. Re:So.. by Sulphur · · Score: 5, Funny

      When Linux is outlawed, only outlaws will have Linux.

    3. Re:So.. by History's+Coming+To · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The only thing that stops a bad guy with a Linux is a good guy with a Linux. (Which, ironically, makes quite a lot of sense.)

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    4. Re:So.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Linus doesn't kill people, Reiser does.

    5. Re:So.. by Rockoon · · Score: 5, Funny

      Finally the year of the linux headshot....

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  3. Oh boy by Hsien-Ko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now you can sudo rm rf the real world.

    1. Re:Oh boy by Beardydog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just drag it to the garbage can, like OSX taught you.

  4. Re:Thanks for nothing gun nuts by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Another case of gun nuts taking useful technology and exploiting it.

    You are making me feel shame in my Emacs Cannon

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  5. Imagine! by bradorsomething · · Score: 5, Funny

    Imagine Beowulf armed with a cluster of these!

  6. It's GNU/Linux by MrEricSir · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's GNU/Linux, not GUN/Linux.

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  7. Way to go by Cryacin · · Score: 5, Funny

    To overcomplicate a simple point and click interface.

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  8. Re:Deer deer me by Sulphur · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally .. a killer Linux portable

    Finally .. a killer Linux app

  9. Re:The Windows Version by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would that be a Blue Screen of Life?

  10. Re:Thanks for nothing gun nuts by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Another case of gun nuts taking useful technology and exploiting it.

    Yes. The hacker spirit lives.

    We just had them ruin 3D printing. I guess Linux is next?

    FYI, 3D printing lower receivers didn't ruin 3D printing. People with your attitude did. "Ahhh! It's a plastic gun! Overreact or it will kill us all!"

  11. Re:Do Not Want! by ifiwereasculptor · · Score: 5, Funny

    It already changes things substantially. Think about it: sniper teams will now have to consist of a sniper, a spotter and a debugger.