[Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
This is a bit different: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto- aim-to-the-real-world/ -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
Hi Terry, > This is a bit different: > > http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto-aim-to-the-real-world/ Interesting. I know someone that used to cull New Forest deer; I'll pass it on. It might be a bolt-action rifle but does it turn a novice into a sniper? Only one high-probability shot required. RMS'll be along shortly, annoyed it's not GUN/Linux. :-) Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
On 10/01/2013 19:56, Ralph Corderoy wrote: Hi Terry, This is a bit different: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto-aim-to-the-real-world/ Interesting. I know someone that used to cull New Forest deer; I'll pass it on. It might be a bolt-action rifle but does it turn a novice into a sniper? Only one high-probability shot required. RMS'll be along shortly, annoyed it's not GUN/Linux. :-) Cheers, Ralph. Add some servos to move the rifle and you have the ultimate in safe sniping. -- P.Lane CEO Lectrics Ltd Poole Dorset -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
On 14/01/13 16:33, p.lane wrote: Add some servos to move the rifle and you have the ultimate in safe sniping. Now there's an oxymoron if ever I heard one! On a more serious note, is no one else troubled that arguably one of the most complex artefacts created by man (through cooperation no less) is being adapted for killing? *sigh* Sean -- music, film, comics, books, rants and drivel: www.funkygibbins.me.uk -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
On Monday 14 Jan 2013 21:30:45 Sean Gibbins wrote: > On a more serious note, is no one else troubled that arguably one of the > most complex artefacts created by man (through cooperation no less) is > being adapted for killing? That's exactly what my wife said and asked if 'that was allowed'. I had to explain that the GPL makes no stipulations about the purpose of a Linux deployment, only detailing the responsibilities to give back the code. -- Terry Coles 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
On 14/01/2013 21:30, Sean Gibbins wrote: On 14/01/13 16:33, p.lane wrote: Add some servos to move the rifle and you have the ultimate in safe sniping. Now there's an oxymoron if ever I heard one! On a more serious note, is no one else troubled that arguably one of the most complex artefacts created by man (through cooperation no less) is being adapted for killing? *sigh* Sean The H-bomb is fairly complex. -- P.Lane CEO Lectrics Ltd Poole Dorset -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
Re: [Dorset] The Latest Linux Powered Device
> The H-bomb is fairly complex. Not really. An uncontrolled explosion of tritium and deuterium is no work (i.e. it happens on its own), you just have to make the stuff. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-02-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
