People don't really do this, do they?
May 7, 2005 9:23 AM Subscribe
Real Online Hunting. Do people really do this? The State of California seems to be taking it seriously enough to ban it, anyway. Color me perplexed.
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Crap. Sorry. I searched the archives by the company's URL and name, and for various combinations and permutations of internet, hunting, etc.
Much apologies.
posted by dersins at 9:28 AM on May 7, 2005
Much apologies.
posted by dersins at 9:28 AM on May 7, 2005
Well, to give you credit, the articles do differ somewhat. The CNN article definately is new...
posted by C17H19NO3 at 9:30 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by C17H19NO3 at 9:30 AM on May 7, 2005
Still, though, I shoulda found it. My bad. I've flagged it as well...
posted by dersins at 9:33 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by dersins at 9:33 AM on May 7, 2005
NPR covered the guy in Texas recently. A quadriplegic former hunter who was using a mouse to aim the gun was one of the customers. The "hunter" and the guy from Texas worked together via phone and computer hookup to look for the prey. They stressed that pulling the trigger remotely was not possible unless the gun in the blind was attended by a human being. Not being a hunter myself, I'm not commenting on whether or not it's a good thing.
posted by Doohickie at 9:44 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by Doohickie at 9:44 AM on May 7, 2005
Texas does seem to have a penchant for producing people who profit from remote-control killing...
posted by dersins at 9:59 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by dersins at 9:59 AM on May 7, 2005
Doohickie writes "A quadriplegic former hunter who was using a mouse to aim the gun was one of the customers.... Not being a hunter myself, I'm not commenting on whether or not it's a good thing."
Even guys in wheelchairs have to eat, you insensitive clod!
posted by orthogonality at 10:00 AM on May 7, 2005
Even guys in wheelchairs have to eat, you insensitive clod!
posted by orthogonality at 10:00 AM on May 7, 2005
Even guys in wheelchairs have to eat, you insensitive clod!
Yes, but must they kill it from a computer?
posted by C17H19NO3 at 10:04 AM on May 7, 2005
Yes, but must they kill it from a computer?
posted by C17H19NO3 at 10:04 AM on May 7, 2005
As long as nobody decides to put the computer/rifle array in a bell tower somewhere...
This makes me think of The Jackal, with Bruce Willis.
To be honest, I would have signed up if it wasn't so prohibitively expensive.
posted by Jon-o at 10:26 AM on May 7, 2005
This makes me think of The Jackal, with Bruce Willis.
To be honest, I would have signed up if it wasn't so prohibitively expensive.
posted by Jon-o at 10:26 AM on May 7, 2005
They can have my gun when they pry it from my cold, dead, servomechanical hands.
posted by felix betachat at 10:33 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by felix betachat at 10:33 AM on May 7, 2005
Supporters have suggested the remote hunting could be beneficial for hunters with disabilities...
Yeah? Cry me a river.
posted by Down10 at 11:19 AM on May 7, 2005
Yeah? Cry me a river.
posted by Down10 at 11:19 AM on May 7, 2005
I wants me some remote control nerf-guns.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 11:24 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by Baby_Balrog at 11:24 AM on May 7, 2005
Why am I supposed to be insensitive, exactly? Not following your little joke there.
posted by Doohickie at 11:36 AM on May 7, 2005
posted by Doohickie at 11:36 AM on May 7, 2005
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