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|  04-26-2005, 01:34 PM | #1 | 
| The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida 
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				Shoot To Kill Real Animals Using Your Computer Mouse For $300
			 
			
			http://www.channel3000.com/technolog...59/detail.html Think you need a weapon to go hunting? Think again. Inside a shed in Texas is a robotic 22-caliber rifle system people all over the world are tapping, literally. The Web site Live-Shot.com lets computer users log on and start firing a remote rifle by clicking a mouse. Right now, there are only targets to shoot, but starting next month you can hunt live animals. The first live hunt is set for April 9. For $300, you'll get control of a remote camera and rifle and be able to fire real-time bullets at non-native Texas animals, such as baraby, big horn sheep, antelope and wild hogs, on Lockwood's 200-acre fenced ranch. ...more... 
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|  04-26-2005, 01:43 PM | #2 | 
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			if they let me hunt real people, i'm in.  i'll pass on the animals, though - i have a truck for that.
		 
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|  04-26-2005, 11:56 PM | #3 | 
| This is a fully functional babe lair Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Akron, OH 
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			Hmm, problem: what's to stop some deranged person from hacking into the system and shooting anything in sight?
		 
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|  04-27-2005, 12:22 AM | #4 | 
| lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs 
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			I sure hope they increase the caliber for live targets.  Otherwise, they are going to have one pissed off bighorn sheep. 
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|  04-27-2005, 08:14 AM | #5 | |
| The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida 
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|  04-27-2005, 08:19 AM | #6 | 
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			I didn't read the link, but I read about this a few months ago.  I believe at that time anyway that there was a plan to have a live operator at the ranch who would supervise the sessions and override anybody who tried to shoot at things they shouldn't be shooting at.
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