h a l f b a k e r yThere's no money in it.
add, search, annotate, link, view, overview, recent, by name, random
news, help, about, links, report a problem
browse anonymously,
or get an account
and write.
register,
|
|
|
This would be ideal for destroying someone's computer from a distance. If the impact of the bullet didn't physically destroy the machine, the malware-loaded flash drive might lodge in the USB port and infect it, thus destroying it from the inside out.
Please log in.
If you're not logged in,
you can see what this page
looks like, but you will
not be able to add anything.
Annotation:
|
|
That's pretty silly alright. |
|
|
I was hoping for a normal bullet that I could shoot infected computers with. Damn sight quicker than rebuilding... |
|
|
That's two high-tech projectile weapons in one day for you, [andrewbee]. A favorite mode of yours ? (-) |
|
|
It would be better is the bullet exploded gently, spraying the
interior of the computer with dust and plagueing the user
with many small and annoying difficulties until a few months
later, when the CPU finally dies. Ha! Ha! Ha! |
|
|
I like it, especially because of the assertion that it would be ideal and the improvement on a simple bullet described. Rather than destructive malware I think the Bonzi Buddy would suffice,as the computer would then have the purple Buddy to keep it company as it recovered from its bullet wound. |
|
|
This scheme reminds me of the Mercury Bow cited in an anno to a scheme here: a railgun fired projectile made of mercury, so the person who gets hit by it then develops mercury poisoning. Like you don't have enough to worry about after being it by a railgun! |
|
|
Surely there's a bit of a grey area in between "destroying someone's computer" and "ending up correctly and firmly placed in the USB slot with all electronic connections intact and without damaging anything"? |
|
|
[-] boo that is just plain mean.
I'd like to say welcome to the halfbakery, but I wish you were nicer...(for the moment). |
|
|
[xandram] Yeah, well, some days I'm nice and some days I'm not. Stick around and you'll see plenty of ideas that are less destructive! |
|
|
[normzone] - I think the use of storage media for destructive purposes has been greatly underestimated. The Pentagon should be taking a long hard look at this. The fragmentation potential of DVDs had hardly even been touched on yet. |
|
|
Bizzarely you can get bullet-shaped USB drives but you connect them by plugging them in rather than actually firing them into a computer. |
|
|
It transfers both data and kinetic energy at approx. 1200 ft./sec. |
|
| |