2/9/2003: Cell-phone gun

Undertoad · 02-09-2003, 01:42 PM

Three weeks ago we had a rash of tiny guns "threatening Europe". Now, another one shows up in France - a mobile phone disguised as a gun, capable of firing four .22 bullets via the keypad. That's kinda cool... scary, but cool.

I know it seems like all technologies eventually converge into cell phones - PDA, digicam, voice recorder, mp3 player - but this is ridiculous.

All I can think is how important keypad lock becomes. Otherwise you might put it in your pocket and blow off your genitals, or kill somebody trying to make a call.

wolf · 02-09-2003, 02:01 PM

That might just entice me to upgrade my cell phone

Oh, and UT, don't you mean "gun disguised as a cell phone"?

Otherwise, you'd have people thinking you were attempting suicide everytime you placed a call to your mom ...

There have been kits and instructions available for years that allow you to transform an ordinary ball point pen as well as other household objects into single shot .22 pistols. This is just the next logical extension (phone pun not intended, I swear).

That also appears to be one hell of a lot of heroin in that pic. I assume the items shown were the take from a drug bust?

Undertoad · 02-09-2003, 02:08 PM

Yikes, and I've had my coffee so I have no excuse.

MaggieL · 02-09-2003, 05:17 PM

http://www.pengun.com

slang · 02-09-2003, 11:29 PM

What's next? Chewing gum guns? Cranial implant guns? Hearing aid guns? Christ.

SteveDallas · 02-10-2003, 12:12 AM

Neal Stephenson's novel "The Diamond Age" has cranial implant guns... kind of cool in an extremely warped way.

juju · 02-10-2003, 01:57 AM

Just better hope to god it doesn't backfire..

NateXLH1000 · 02-13-2003, 08:34 AM

I loved that book. I thought I was the only freak that liked it.

I want a matter compiler.

MaggieL · 02-13-2003, 09:39 AM

Diamond Age is a wonderful book...up to a point. It seemed to get a bit murky towards the end.

wolf · 02-13-2003, 11:08 AM

I really love Stephenson. My favorite so far has been Snow Crash.

I thought Cryptonomicon plodded along WAY too much, though.

SteveDallas · 02-13-2003, 11:29 AM

I agree Maggie, much as I like Stephenson (and The Diamond Age is my favorite), he does not do a good job at closing out his stories.

Torrere · 02-13-2003, 08:20 PM

Cryptonomicon really irked me because of how it kept switching from timeline to timeline and character to character. After reading for a while about Randy and Avi, I didn't want to read about Shaftoe for the next chapter, damnit!

I'd have to say that Snowcrash was my favorite Stephenson novel, and I'm anxiously anticipating Quicksilver.

02-09-2003, 01:42 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	2/9/2003: Cell-phone gun Three weeks ago we had a rash of tiny guns "threatening Europe". Now, another one shows up in France - a mobile phone disguised as a gun, capable of firing four .22 bullets via the keypad. That's kinda cool... scary, but cool. I know it seems like all technologies eventually converge into cell phones - PDA, digicam, voice recorder, mp3 player - but this is ridiculous. All I can think is how important keypad lock becomes. Otherwise you might put it in your pocket and blow off your genitals, or kill somebody trying to make a call.

02-09-2003, 02:01 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That might just entice me to upgrade my cell phone Oh, and UT, don't you mean "gun disguised as a cell phone"? Otherwise, you'd have people thinking you were attempting suicide everytime you placed a call to your mom ... There have been kits and instructions available for years that allow you to transform an ordinary ball point pen as well as other household objects into single shot .22 pistols. This is just the next logical extension (phone pun not intended, I swear). That also appears to be one hell of a lot of heroin in that pic. I assume the items shown were the take from a drug bust? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis Last edited by wolf; 02-09-2003 at 02:03 PM.

02-09-2003, 05:17 PM	#4
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	http://www.pengun.com __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

02-09-2003, 11:29 PM	#5
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	What's next? Chewing gum guns? Cranial implant guns? Hearing aid guns? Christ. __________________ FTFF

02-13-2003, 08:34 AM	#8
NateXLH1000 Wiseacre Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Masshole Posts: 35	Diamond age I loved that book. I thought I was the only freak that liked it. I want a matter compiler. __________________ I have no signature.

02-09-2003, 02:08 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yikes, and I've had my coffee so I have no excuse.

02-10-2003, 12:12 AM	#6
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Neal Stephenson's novel "The Diamond Age" has cranial implant guns... kind of cool in an extremely warped way.

02-10-2003, 01:57 AM	#7
juju no one of consequence Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Arkansas Posts: 2,839	Just better hope to god it doesn't backfire..

02-13-2003, 09:39 AM	#9
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Diamond Age is a wonderful book...up to a point. It seemed to get a bit murky towards the end. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

02-13-2003, 11:08 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I really love Stephenson. My favorite so far has been Snow Crash. I thought Cryptonomicon plodded along WAY too much, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-13-2003, 11:29 AM	#11
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	I agree Maggie, much as I like Stephenson (and The Diamond Age is my favorite), he does not do a good job at closing out his stories.

02-13-2003, 08:20 PM	#12
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Cryptonomicon really irked me because of how it kept switching from timeline to timeline and character to character. After reading for a while about Randy and Avi, I didn't want to read about Shaftoe for the next chapter, damnit! I'd have to say that Snowcrash was my favorite Stephenson novel, and I'm anxiously anticipating Quicksilver.

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