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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: 2) by cykros on Monday January 12 2015, @02:52PM
Considering that DARPA has bullets that steer [gizmag.com] after they're fired, I'm inclined to agree with you. Still, accuracy of up to a mile being essentially democratized with civilian technology is definitely worth keeping aware of, because the point here is now that it's not only military trained snipers you have to worry about from half a mile away or more, but perhaps Bob who just snapped and walked out of work last week after you asked him to turn the music down in his cubicle. Or, of course, you can now recognize that perhaps you've found the perfect weapon to give your wife for Christmas for defending the ranch, as she was otherwise never a very good shot in the first place...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 12 2015, @05:12PM
I always fly into a murderous rage whenever people ask me to turn down the music in my cubicle.
Not that murder is an acceptable response for being a jerk, but there's a kernel of truth in an armed society being a polite one.
(Score: 2) by Immerman on Monday January 12 2015, @08:48PM
Asshole. I'm trapped slaving away in the next cubicle over, why should I have to listen to the blaring of your shitty music? Get some damned headphones and stop polluting the shared space.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 13 2015, @05:37AM
I have to call bullshit on this one. Have you checked the level of public discourse in the US, not just around politics but around any divisive issue? People thank each other for polite arguments when it happens because it's so rare. And apart for failed states, the US is one of the most armed Western "democracies" around. Listen again to what armed Tea Partiers want to do to "libtards".
Guns may make some people more polite, but for many more it seems to be associated with paranoia and,
paradoxically, an unwarranted ego rush and feeling of invulnerability That's as true in middle America as in the urban slums.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday January 13 2015, @06:35PM
You don't know my wife then. A Good Southern Woman can Shoot.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"