(It's time for the Amish Tech Support Blog A Day Tour. This post is going to be a surprise to Jack, since I had somebody else lined up for today and only posted here because I've got a standing invite. Shucky darn, I suppose.)
Now what silly headline would Jack get a kick out of... hrm...
REUTERS: French police seize mobile phone guns
Remember when the science news was that cell phones are slowly killing their users? Here's a cell phone that can be used to kill a bystander:
French police said Friday they had seized two lethal mobile phones capable of shooting four bullets, with the digital touchpads used as triggers.The black phones, identical to normal mobile phones on the outside, were discovered in a raid on a suspected criminal's home Tuesday in the northern city of Rouen.
The deadly phones come apart in the middle to reveal a four-chamber compartment for .22 caliber bullets, which can be shot out of a protruding fake antenna.
"These would be lethal at 10 meters," said Michel Lavaud, head of a local police brigade.
Police seized the telephones along with 1,000 ecstasy pills, heroin, cannabis and $25,000 in cash at the home of a man suspected of armed robberies and drug trafficking.
Lavaud said police thought the weapons were of a kind believed to be made in Eastern Europe and to have appeared in Belgium and the Netherlands in 2001.
Sure, they have 4 shots of .22-caliber ammunition, but when you discover all your minutes are weekend minutes the per-minute daytime rate will end up killing you.
