Awesome new laser pointer for cats everywhere!

jeff061 · 06-13-2010, 10:51 PM

http://www.dailytech.com/WickedLaser...ticle18681.htm

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Warning: Extremely dangerous is an understatement to the power of 1W of laser power. It will blind permanently and instantly and set fire quickly to skin and other body parts, use with extreme caution and only when using the included eye protection. Customers will be required to completely read and agree to our Class IV Laser Hazard Acknowledgment Form.

Handheld and available at the click of the button for $200....buy yours before it's illegal!!

Seriously though, I had no idea this kind of thing was so freely available. Unreal, you can literally buy this thing just like you could a book.

SackAttack · 06-13-2010, 11:10 PM

And probably wind up on a terrorist watch list just like you would if you bought, say, the Anarchist's Cookbook.

sterlingice · 06-13-2010, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by SackAttack

And probably wind up on a terrorist watch list just like you would if you bought, say, the Anarchist's Cookbook.

Or An Inconvenient Truth

Wait- Dick Cheney isn't Vice President any more? Are you sure? Has anyone checked the riding-in-a-wheelchair-stroking-a-fluffy-white-cat aisle lately?

SI

EagleFan · 06-13-2010, 11:38 PM

WTF? How is this even close to a good idea?

Mustang · 06-14-2010, 08:35 AM

I'm ok with it. I mean, you have to sign a form to purchase. People that sign forms don't take form signing lightly especially if they use black ink. Now those people that sign in blue ink.. I don't trust them.

jeff061 · 06-14-2010, 08:37 AM

Not really. The form is just a few check boxes on the checkout screen. I was reading simply looking at the dot on the wall without eye protection can cause permanent damage.

Goggles won't do anything for a direct hit.

Mustang · 06-14-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jeff061

Not really. The form is just a few check boxes on the checkout screen.

Whoa, just a online checkbox form that someone could not just gloss over and not read like some EULA?

BYU 14 · 06-14-2010, 09:41 AM

Love this quote

"With greater power comes the need for greater responsibility."

Glad they have those check boxes to insure this is practiced. I can't believe there is not already some kind of restrictions on what is available to the public. If this is legit (Part of me hopes it is a scam and the laser is not really 1 W) we won't make it out of 2010 before this makes the news tied to some type of catastrophe.

Mustang · 06-14-2010, 09:50 AM

As a side note, I prefer my lasers to be chemical lasers in solid, not gaseous, form. Put simply, it's like lasing a stick of dynamite. As soon as we apply a field, we couple to a state, it is radiatively coupled to the ground state. We can extract at least ten to the twenty-first photons per cubic centimeter which will give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megajoule per liter...

BYU 14 · 06-14-2010, 10:01 AM

Just realized this company is based in Hong Kong, pretty much insures this product is in the hands of people that should definitely not own it.

Also conflicting information on whether or not this can be imported into the US.

Celeval · 06-14-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Mustang

As a side note, I prefer my lasers to be chemical lasers in solid, not gaseous, form. Put simply, it's like lasing a stick of dynamite. As soon as we apply a field, we couple to a state, it is radiatively coupled to the ground state. We can extract at least ten to the twenty-first photons per cubic centimeter which will give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megajoule per liter...

Moles and trolls, moles and trolls.

DanGarion · 06-14-2010, 11:26 AM

My god, they better not ban this, I have a right to bear arms.

DanGarion · 06-14-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

Love this quote

"With greater power comes the need for greater responsibility."

I think that fucking quote should be changed to.

"With greater power, comes greater stupidity."

TroyF · 06-14-2010, 11:30 AM

Can someone with knowledge of lasers tell me what would be the practical application of a laser this powerful? I'm just preparing my lawsuit when some asshat blinds me for life with one of these things.

SackAttack · 06-14-2010, 12:52 PM

Training for the Death Star run, clearly.

06-14-2010, 08:35 AM	#5
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	I'm ok with it. I mean, you have to sign a form to purchase. People that sign forms don't take form signing lightly especially if they use black ink. Now those people that sign in blue ink.. I don't trust them. __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

06-14-2010, 08:37 AM	#6
jeff061 Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: MA	Not really. The form is just a few check boxes on the checkout screen. I was reading simply looking at the dot on the wall without eye protection can cause permanent damage. Goggles won't do anything for a direct hit. __________________ Last edited by jeff061 : 06-14-2010 at 08:39 AM.

06-14-2010, 09:50 AM	#9
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	As a side note, I prefer my lasers to be chemical lasers in solid, not gaseous, form. Put simply, it's like lasing a stick of dynamite. As soon as we apply a field, we couple to a state, it is radiatively coupled to the ground state. We can extract at least ten to the twenty-first photons per cubic centimeter which will give one kilojoule per cubic centimeter at 600 nanometers, or, one megajoule per liter... __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its... Last edited by Mustang : 06-14-2010 at 09:50 AM.

06-14-2010, 11:26 AM	#12
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	My god, they better not ban this, I have a right to bear arms. __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

06-13-2010, 11:10 PM	#2
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	And probably wind up on a terrorist watch list just like you would if you bought, say, the Anarchist's Cookbook.

06-13-2010, 11:38 PM	#4
EagleFan Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA	WTF? How is this even close to a good idea?

06-14-2010, 09:41 AM	#8
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Love this quote "With greater power comes the need for greater responsibility." Glad they have those check boxes to insure this is practiced. I can't believe there is not already some kind of restrictions on what is available to the public. If this is legit (Part of me hopes it is a scam and the laser is not really 1 W) we won't make it out of 2010 before this makes the news tied to some type of catastrophe.

06-14-2010, 10:01 AM	#10
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	Just realized this company is based in Hong Kong, pretty much insures this product is in the hands of people that should definitely not own it. Also conflicting information on whether or not this can be imported into the US.

06-14-2010, 11:30 AM	#14
TroyF Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Can someone with knowledge of lasers tell me what would be the practical application of a laser this powerful? I'm just preparing my lawsuit when some asshat blinds me for life with one of these things.

06-14-2010, 12:52 PM	#15
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	Training for the Death Star run, clearly.

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