Comments on: Smart Gun New Jersey: 5 Years Later http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/22/smart-gun-new-jersey-5-years-later/ Where There's Snow, There's Firepower Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:40:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: HTRN http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/22/smart-gun-new-jersey-5-years-later/#comment-21808 HTRN Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:48:34 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=3279#comment-21808 Sebastion, the "simpler solution that will work better" wouldn't happen to be the magnetic system made by Magna Trigger or Smart Lock? Sebastion, the “simpler solution that will work better” wouldn’t happen to be the magnetic system made by Magna Trigger or Smart Lock?

]]> By: Alcibiades McZombie http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/22/smart-gun-new-jersey-5-years-later/#comment-21766 Alcibiades McZombie Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:04:44 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=3279#comment-21766 The NJ police won't be required to use Smart Guns, and yet they are the most likely to be shot with their own sidearms. The NJ police won’t be required to use Smart Guns, and yet they are the most likely to be shot with their own sidearms.

]]> By: Sebastian http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/22/smart-gun-new-jersey-5-years-later/#comment-21741 Sebastian Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:12:35 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=3279#comment-21741 The ironic thing is, even though Bryan has little appreciation for the difficulty of the engineering problem, he's essentially correct based on what I know about this project. Any kind of biometric smart-gun technology is going to be a folly. It pretty much just isn't going to work, no matter how good the technology is, because there's too much variability to account for. A ring system isn't as slick technologically, but it'll work far better. It's prone to jamming, batteries going dead, and you have to wear a ring if you want to use your gun. It's a bad solution, but only for reasons of practicality, not for fundamental engineering reasons. Bryan, of course, doesn't give a shit if someone can't fend off a criminal attack because they can't find their ring, or the battery in the gun goes dead. That's fine by him. But he's essentially correct that what's being done at NJIT is an expensive boondoggle. There is a simpler solution that will work better, but it's not one that will interest computer researchers. The ironic thing is, even though Bryan has little appreciation for the difficulty of the engineering problem, he’s essentially correct based on what I know about this project. Any kind of biometric smart-gun technology is going to be a folly. It pretty much just isn’t going to work, no matter how good the technology is, because there’s too much variability to account for. A ring system isn’t as slick technologically, but it’ll work far better. It’s prone to jamming, batteries going dead, and you have to wear a ring if you want to use your gun. It’s a bad solution, but only for reasons of practicality, not for fundamental engineering reasons. Bryan, of course, doesn’t give a shit if someone can’t fend off a criminal attack because they can’t find their ring, or the battery in the gun goes dead. That’s fine by him. But he’s essentially correct that what’s being done at NJIT is an expensive boondoggle. There is a simpler solution that will work better, but it’s not one that will interest computer researchers.

]]> By: Kurt "45superman" Hofmann http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/2008/04/22/smart-gun-new-jersey-5-years-later/#comment-21738 Kurt "45superman" Hofmann Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:56:40 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=3279#comment-21738 From the title of the article: <i>Research stalls on a weapon hard-wired to shoot only in the <b>right</b> hands</i> (my emphasis): Kinda discriminatory against southpaws, isn't it ;-)? From the title of the article: Research stalls on a weapon hard-wired to shoot only in the right hands (my emphasis):

Kinda discriminatory against southpaws, isn’t it ;-)?

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