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Two years ago, TrackingPoint made a major stir at CES with its Precision-Guided Firearm, or “Linux gun.” The weapon integrated a smart scope that displayed weather conditions, wind speeds, and other target information, and only fired the gun when the crosshairs were lined up properly on the target. Fast-forward to today, and the company has unveiled another milestone. Its new 'Mile Maker' is a custom weapon that’s capable of firing a round up to 1800 yards at a target moving at up to 30 miles per hour.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/196993-next-gen-linux-powered-rifle-is-accurate-up-to-a-mile?
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Next-Generation Linux-Powered Rifle is Accurate up to a Mile
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Forms follow function, and often obliterate it.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 12 2015, @04:24AM
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/can_terms_gpl_prevent_gnulinux_being_used_war [freesoftwaremagazine.com]
http://opensource.org/docs/osd [opensource.org]
6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
The license must not restrict anyone from making use of the program in a specific field of endeavor. For example, it may not restrict the program from being used in a business, or from being used for genetic research.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 12 2015, @04:29AM
In other words, if my criteria for truth and virtue conflict with your criteria, my criteria trumps yours. Otherwise, general suckage.