I keep reading PSH over the iPhone BulletFlight 1.0 app. If something that simple is going to cause embolisms in the gun fearing wussies, I need to get into that action.
Read this panty-waist's freak-out
So as an aspiring iPhone developer, what's a good way to cash in on all this hoopla? Of course -- it's to release your uber-realistic sniper app on the day of Obama's inauguration. Poor taste, indeed. This app is not a game -- it's a fully functional app that a real sniper could attach to their piece and have all the maths done for them -- complex ballistics variables such as the type of ammunition in their M110 semi-automatic, the distance to the soon-to-be-perforated plus prevailing wind direction and speed, temperature, humidity and current air pressure. Put simply, there’s now an iPhone app that takes care of the trigonometry so that all you need to do is press the trigger. Apple has approved the app for general consumption by the public -- presumably the gadget giant forgot to write a rule into its developer contract that outlaws realistic weapon applications -- but it hardly fits into Apple's 'family friendly' image. Nor, presumably, is Apple Public Relations looking forward to the day a disturbed kid gets their hand on a sniper gun, starts shooting his schoolmates from on top of the school gymnasium, and is found to have used the iPhone app for it.
So as an aspiring iPhone developer, what's a good way to cash in on all this hoopla? Of course -- it's to release your uber-realistic sniper app on the day of Obama's inauguration. Poor taste, indeed.
This app is not a game -- it's a fully functional app that a real sniper could attach to their piece and have all the maths done for them -- complex ballistics variables such as the type of ammunition in their M110 semi-automatic, the distance to the soon-to-be-perforated plus prevailing wind direction and speed, temperature, humidity and current air pressure.
Put simply, there’s now an iPhone app that takes care of the trigonometry so that all you need to do is press the trigger. Apple has approved the app for general consumption by the public -- presumably the gadget giant forgot to write a rule into its developer contract that outlaws realistic weapon applications -- but it hardly fits into Apple's 'family friendly' image. Nor, presumably, is Apple Public Relations looking forward to the day a disturbed kid gets their hand on a sniper gun, starts shooting his schoolmates from on top of the school gymnasium, and is found to have used the iPhone app for it.
You see, again those who know nothing about guns assume what they saw in Quantum of Solace represents reality. You just plug your iPhone into the rifle, punch in the temperature and wind speed and the gun automatically realigns and fires itself without human intervention, hitting the target at 4.8 miles dead on.
It's not like it takes years of training to hold the rifle correctly, teach yourself breathing control, proper trigger techniques, or anything like that. No, you just get a sniper rifle (you know, like a 30.06 deer rifle or something), punch in a few numbers and presto, you're just as good of a shot in real life as you are in Call of Duty XXII.
Ignorance - the best tool in the anti-gunner's arsenal.