Jan 26, 2009: iPod Envy

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2009, 11:46 PM

Everybody and his brother has an iPod these days... except me.
The iPod, in various guises, has been such a success there are bazillions of attachments for them being made by companies everywhere.
All the catalogs stuffed in my mailbox, as well as the online shopping outlets, have speakers, docks, pouches, and you name it, made specifically for iPods.

All this has led to another social phenominon... iPod Envy.
Envy of people that have a later or more expensive model. Or people that have more or better aftermarket accessories. How do you keep up with the Joneses?

Here's how... get an iPod Touch and sniper rifle software.

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A new application has been launched for the iPod touch to help gun users line up a clean shot at their target.

The BulletFlight app, which costs £6.99 to download from the iTunes store, has been developed by Runaway App to turn the iPod touch into a ballistics computer which the company says can provide “quick solutions in the field”.

Users can mount their iPod touch to their rifle, and then use the iPod’s touch-screen to tap in details about the wind conditions, ammunition type, distance to the intended target and even the wind speed.

“Unlike other apps, BulletFlight does not output information in table format,” says the application’s iTunes page. “What it does do is dynamically give you the solution you need now to take that shot.”

That'll fix the Joneses.

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wolf · 01-25-2009, 11:49 PM

Oh crap. Now I have to get one.

limey · 01-26-2009, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

Oh crap. Now I have to get one.

TheMercenary · 01-26-2009, 12:28 AM

Rock and Roll~!

But alas, that is not a sniper rifle.

Crimson Ghost · 01-26-2009, 04:59 AM

And your favorite tunes are just a click away....

ZenGum · 01-26-2009, 05:40 AM

For once the term "killer app" makes sense.

Sheldonrs · 01-26-2009, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

For once the term "killer app" makes sense.

So does the phrase "Number 1 with a bullet".

capnhowdy · 01-26-2009, 06:57 AM

I'd like to have the three rifles it is designed for. I can live without the device.

spudcon · 01-26-2009, 08:22 AM

Now you can get RickRolled on your iPOD, and get revenge at the same time.

sweetwater · 01-26-2009, 10:20 AM

Serendipity! I just got a gun - a Walther PP - last Saturday. Maybe I could sight it using that device. Or just listen to tunes while lining up cans.

TheMercenary · 01-26-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by sweetwater

Serendipity! I just got a gun - a Walther PP - last Saturday. Maybe I could sight it using that device. Or just listen to tunes while lining up cans.

Congrats! Walther is a nice gun. Interesting to me how many companies are trying to imitate them.

Scriveyn · 01-27-2009, 01:38 AM

Good thing this isn't a M$oft App

Oh, and shouldn't there be some US safety regulations heeded?

Leokins · 01-26-2009, 01:41 PM

I think the assassins just decided they needed something to do during those long boring minutes waiting for their shot.

capnhowdy · 01-27-2009, 06:55 AM

I'm sure the person on the receiving end has to click on an EULA.

Undertoad · 01-27-2009, 09:03 AM

"Do not allow this bullet to enter your body unless you agree to the following conditions."

01-25-2009, 11:49 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Oh crap. Now I have to get one. __________________ 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

01-26-2009, 12:28 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Rock and Roll~! But alas, that is not a sniper rifle. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-26-2009, 04:59 AM	#5
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	And your favorite tunes are just a click away.... __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

01-26-2009, 05:40 AM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	For once the term "killer app" makes sense. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-26-2009, 06:57 AM	#8
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'd like to have the three rifles it is designed for. I can live without the device. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-26-2009, 08:22 AM	#9
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Now you can get RickRolled on your iPOD, and get revenge at the same time. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

01-26-2009, 10:20 AM	#10
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Serendipity! I just got a gun - a Walther PP - last Saturday. Maybe I could sight it using that device. Or just listen to tunes while lining up cans. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

01-27-2009, 01:38 AM	#12
Scriveyn amnesic-confabulatory opsimath Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Between my ears Posts: 739	Good thing this isn't a M$oft App Oh, and shouldn't there be some US safety regulations heeded?

01-26-2009, 01:41 PM	#13
Leokins Civil Civilian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 34	I think the assassins just decided they needed something to do during those long boring minutes waiting for their shot.

01-27-2009, 06:55 AM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'm sure the person on the receiving end has to click on an EULA. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-27-2009, 09:03 AM	#15
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	"Do not allow this bullet to enter your body unless you agree to the following conditions."

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