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http://gizmodo.com/5560206/the-spyde...ife-lightsaber
Great, Let the shit storm and regulation commence.
And it was wicked themselves who wrote to giz. That means that we will see this every ware within 24 hours. And they advertise that it came from the projector. What a bunch of fucking dick heads.
chad
FUCK......
Well, It was bound to happen.
'It can permanently blind you and set your skin—or anything else, really—on fire almost instantly'
Im not sure all those statements are true....but with quotes like this....
'the mad geniuses behind the Spyder III, wrote to us in an email describing this terrifying piece of technology. What it is, really, is a weapon.'
Im kinda thinking with freinds like that who needs enemies - just the sorta numb hype that gets the bed wetters excited and will probably make our life more difficult when they start weilding them in public.
Great!
Rob
DUCK & COVER !!!!
ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seatbelts....
I don't think having this in the comments helps: "10% off code LPF10" O_o
-Adam
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Originally Posted by stanwax
"Stop, Drop & Roll" may be more fitting.Quote:
Originally Posted by carlos3621
A friend just posted this on my facebook.. Lame how they advertise it as a lightsaber too.
even more scary, their website is experiencing an unbelievable amount of web traffic right now
Unbelievable !!! THIS may be the proverable straw !!!! Completely uncalled for and very stupid !!!
CDBEAM
Hey Bob
what hapens when the shit hits this fan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8he8afjQyd8
Rob
why oh why....
oh well. in australia laser pointers (handheld, portable lasers) over 1mw are already considered prohibited weapons - and fall under similar controls to guns.
its the best thing, except for when eBay Australia pull all your auctions that have "laser" in them because they don't understand the law.
I saw the light saber thing too and thought the same thing. Instead of the free goggles they should give candied cigarettes too.:rolleyes:HTML Code:A friend just posted this on my facebook.. Lame how they advertise it as a lightsaber too.
...I have a feeling an 'FAA-originated hammer' will be coming very soon... no 'specific-intel' to make me say that, just knowing that the Fed will respond to them faster than anyone else... and who in their right ****ing mind would support being 'reactive' vs 'proactive' on that-front... if someone actually does ever crash a chopper or plane - heck, even cause a car-accident - we'll all be back to playing with penlights and cellophane... http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...cons/icon9.gif ...not really, I know, but sheesh - we certainly don't need more regulation, they just need to 'fix' the Regs, and enforce, where truly needed...
...anybody know how to DDoS? >:)Quote:
Originally Posted by dream beamz
*kers are gonna ruin it for everybody... "With greater power comes the need for greater responsibility." and yet they sell these like lollypops... :mad: and they just HAD to go and TELL everybody where they 'got' these...Idiots..
I predict a worldwide recall from Casio within 1 week or less... time to break the piggybanks, boys...
cheers...
j
PS - someone should write to 'Giz' and tell them WHY this is a bad-idea to post, like this - at LEAST the part about the Casios... it's like publishing the recipe for ANFO...'freedom of information' or just plain stupid?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzsNG...layer_embedded
Is this Wicked's official video advertisement. If so there target demographic is kids trying to burn things. Classy!
If they end up in some sort of lawsuit the judge isn't going to take any of their warnings on they website as legitimate when he/she see's this video. (if it is in fact their video) They advertisement is all over though at the end.
The Casio XJ-A AKA Pandora's Box.
Its wicked's last harrah and he knows it. Hence the low pricing.
Thor's hammer is inbound..
Steve
good luck on that... let me know when you get DVD/Blu-Ray burners banned too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mixedgas
you realize the more fuss you make about this stuff the more possibility of all of it getting legislated to oblivion right?
You realize I'm just a toothpick sized splinter on the huge iceberg making the fuss.Quote:
Originally Posted by flecom
Modding 1 does not fuss make. Modding 30 does not fuss make.
Importing 3000, warming up.
Steve
I'll bet you'd like to take my guns away too :pQuote:
Originally Posted by mixedgas
I figure this is very much a coincidence, however I had significant trouble getting hold of another 2 projectors today. The XJ-A140-EJ.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsli_jon
I've ordered 5 so far...
Went to order another 2 today and my order was chucked out soon after, as the product has been discontinued;....and they had 8 in stock... Phoned up; they're not getting any back in. O_oO_oO_o
(So I ordered the "Leisure" sub-stream of the product... meant for pubs/clubs - no difference to unit, just affects warranty - as if that's much use for us...)
No big problem; just could be a coming sign...
Dan
where did you order from?
THINK: who has more to 'lose' from these things being available like they are: Steve or Some Co (or Co's) that has spent a ****ton of $$ on waaaay overpriced, shall we say, certain German-designed / built projectors incorporating 445s... it's NOT Steve you / we have to 'worry about', leading the cavalry-charge against-these, TRUST me on that...Quote:
Originally Posted by flecom
Steve is y(our) FRIEND, trust me on that, too... think about it... :cool:
peace....
j
Wrong thread.. :s
..
Also remember that this all went mainstream. So there a shit load of projectors being sold today.
chad
Yep; but you don't discontinue a product that sells well... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by chad
Eek. Put me down for one, ASAP.... *retardoQuote:
Originally Posted by danielbriggs
cheers..
j
PS - I haven't forgotten you on the '600-series' questions, m8... but I guess we've both been a little 'distracted' as-of-late, eh?... http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ons/icon10.gif ...will be in-touch... :cool:
ciao
No worries Jon.Quote:
Originally Posted by dsli_jon
Understatement of the century!!
Cheers :)
God NO, My dad was a former Marine. Snap in and hit that target son, make a nice group, squeeeeeze that trigger!Quote:
Originally Posted by flecom
You know this one, right, courtesy of the Marines:
"This is my rifle. There are many like it, but this one is mine.
My rifle is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life."
I bet you didn't see that coming.
Seriously, I have friends that make their sole living working with scientific, medical, and industrial lasers, Its a knee jerk reaction that I worry about.
Steve
And my reply to this is.....can't find a projector in stock locally.....
Same here. My local Best Buy called around to stores in the area where computer showed in stock, but when they went to physically look for them, they were gone. My local store sold me their last 140 for the same price as a 130.Quote:
Originally Posted by MechEng3
Hey Kats -
I've got the last two *apparently* physically-available, w/in a 100 mi. radius of me, on hold (...and NO I ain't sayin where...http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ons/icon10.gif) - anyone wanna go-in '50/50' with me? (1 each) I can't see needing more than 24W for DSLI... *retardo
PM-bin, standing by... :cool:
j
PS - ya know, the 'irony' of all this insanity is that it's helping 'fix' the economy... http://www.photonlexicon.com/forums/...ons/icon10.gif
I'll be offline, but PM-if interested... going to the un-named store mañana...:cool:
peace...
j
To quote....
"With greater power comes the need for greater responsibility."
Responsibility?......like not making a laser pointer this powerful, that is readily available to the general public?
I can probably get my hands on a few projectors if need be, I only need a few diodes (assuming the ones I ordered from Dan's group buy live up to the hype), so if anyone does want a projector (or portion there of lol) PM me and we can work something out.
Wickid lasers did this on purpose in my opinion. They new they could throw enough bad press around, flood the market with the 1watt lasers they could help the demise of the cassio projector. If people can get a watt of sexy blue for $50 one would buy their ' check out my big penis' profitable other lasers.
Chad
ok good :)Quote:
Originally Posted by mixedgas
ehh, something tells me laser projectors are not going away quite yet.. I am sure casio and the other laser projector/tv companies have spent quite a bit of R&D money and are more than willing to lawyer up to defend their product...Quote:
Originally Posted by chad
i mean hell, how long did ford sell vehicles with those cruise control switches that burned your car down?
mmm conspiracy theories... although I would definitely not put it past themQuote:
Originally Posted by chad
I think they simply saw an op to make a *kton of $$ in a short time... say they bought 100 projectors = 2400 diodes. Assuming at such quantities, they could get wholesale, say, $600. / projector (??) x 100 = $60K. Now, what do those 'Spyder barrels' and assembly cost them, per-laser? Dunno, but 2400 pointers @ $200. = $480,000. less the $60K buy-in (which is a high cost-guess) - - I think they could probably afford the '9-12 year-olds' sweat-shop' to get the pointers built, and still 'drive away in new cars'... O_oQuote:
Originally Posted by chad
If they bought 500 projectors = 12K diodes = $2,400,000. gross less ~$300K buy-in, less the 'sweat-shop', still = 'Wicked' deserves to have their site vigorously 'cyber-squatted'... :mad: ...and if I'm waaay-off, and they get the projectors for like, say, $350. / each? Well, then that makes them all the more reprehensible...
...And do we think it is possible for them to sell 12K pointers? They probably got 15K orders today, alone!... :rolleyes: ...Truly, the 'BP of the laser industry' O_o (profit at any/all costs / consequences)...
Anyhoo, http://cgi.ebay.com/CASIO-XJ-A140-GR...-/150452666045 - aka "50 Yards to the Outhouse", written by Willy Makeit, illustrated by Betty Wont... *retardo
peace...
j