Limitless, unbearable pain!

[Mabs2]

OH SHI-
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=482560

"Where do I put my finger? There ... OK? Nothing's happening ... is it on?"

"Yes, it's on. Move your finger a bit closer."

"Er ... ow! OW!" Not good. I try again. "OWWW!" I pull my hand away sharpish. My finger is throbbing, but seems undamaged.

I was told people can take it for a second, maximum. No way, not for a wimp like me.

I try it again. It is a bit like touching a red-hot wire, but there is no heat, only the sensation of heat. There is no burn mark or blister.

Its makers claim this infernal machine is the modern face of warfare. It has a nice, friendly sounding name, Silent Guardian.

I am told not to call it a ray-gun, though that is precisely what it is (the term "pain gun" is maybe better, but I suppose they would like that even less).

And, to be fair, the machine is not designed to vaporise, shred, atomise, dismember or otherwise cause permanent harm.

Continued in link.

[Perd Hapley]

But it is a horrible device nonetheless, and you are forced to wonder what the world has come to when human ingenuity is pressed into service to make a thing like this.

    Later, he claims that the rack is more humane.  That writer sounds like he needs to be tortured with a clue-bat.  Whiny git.   

[Ned Hamford]

I want a pain box for christmas 

[K Frame]

Does it come with a gom jabbar, or is that extra?

[Jamisjockey]

But it is a horrible device nonetheless, and you are forced to wonder what the world has come to when human ingenuity is pressed into service to make a thing like this.

    Later, he claims that the rack is more humane.  That writer sounds like he needs to be tortured with a clue-bat.  Whiny git.   

No, he's on to something.  'cause shooting someone is so damn humane, especially when there is a crowd of hundreds of people and one or two people hiding in the crowd shooting at you.....

[LadySmith]

What would happen if they fell into the hands of unscrupulous nations where torture is not unknown?

I like how he worries about what might happen in places where people are already being tortured. As if not being able to have a "raygun" would make them stop, fold up their racks and go home.
Ban the Box!

[jeepmor]

If we can get Bush and Cheney to use one do you think they'll start being truthful?

[StopTheGrays]

Anyone know if tin foil can protect you from the rays or just turn you into a Jiffy Pop?

[280plus]

I'm voting Jiffy Pop... 

[Mabs2]

But it is a horrible device nonetheless, and you are forced to wonder what the world has come to when human ingenuity is pressed into service to make a thing like this.

    Later, he claims that the rack is more humane.  That writer sounds like he needs to be tortured with a clue-bat.  Whiny git.   

I thought that was a pretty stupid comment too.
My question is what colors does it come in?  But I'm mostly hoping for cell phone sized versions.

[Bogie]

If we can get Bill and Hillary to use one do you think they'll start being truthful?

[Perd Hapley]

  But I'm mostly hoping for cell phone sized versions. 

I want one that looks like a cell phone.  "Here, it's for you." 

[Sindawe]

When turned on, it emits an invisible, focused beam of radiation - similar to the microwaves in a domestic cooker - that are tuned to a precise frequency to stimulate human nerve endings.

Freaking Bene Gesserit witches.  What next for us, the gom jabbar?

[LadySmith]

Give it a little while. There will be videos of drunk guys using it on themselves and each other.

[mike]

One of these could put a stop to home invasions!

[Mabs2]

  But I'm mostly hoping for cell phone sized versions. 

I want one that looks like a cell phone.  "Here, it's for you." 

Set your phasers!

I bet these things actually would be useful in a HD situation.
Have them effect everywhere but the bedrooms, "WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?" *flip switch*
And the whole house is awash in pain.
Make sure the dog's on the bed though...

[HankB]

. . . I bet these things actually would be useful in a HD situation.
Have them effect everywhere but the bedrooms, "WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?" *flip switch* And the whole house is awash in pain . . .

Front porch - saleman, Jehovah's Witness, whatever . . . YEOWWW!

Or covering the backyard . . . armadillo starts digging, no safe shot due to neighbors (my situation  ) and . . . zap!

(Now, if you could only make it work over the phone . . . on telemarketers!)

[roo_ster]

I do suspect aluminum foil would do the trick.

[TF_FH]

Who remembers the Agony Booth from the Mirror Universe in the original Star Trek series?  Now I suddenly want one just for kicks.   

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Fear is the mindkiller...

[TMM]

Another reason anti's will give against owning guns...

[RevDisk]

Just to stir the pot, would it be morally/ethically/legally ok to shoot someone using said device on you?  What situations would it be wrong, which would it be right?

 

[roo_ster]

RevDisk:

Not just "yes," but "hell yes."  I would treat it as any weapon use, subject to similar analysis.

[Paddy]

Just to stir the pot, would it be morally/ethically/legally ok to shoot someone using said device on you?  What situations would it be wrong, which would it be right?

 

I'd Mozambique 'em.  Two in the chest, one in the head.

[Mabs2]

. . . I bet these things actually would be useful in a HD situation.
Have them effect everywhere but the bedrooms, "WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?" *flip switch* And the whole house is awash in pain . . .

Front porch - saleman, Jehovah's Witness, whatever . . . YEOWWW!

Or covering the backyard . . . armadillo starts digging, no safe shot due to neighbors (my situation  ) and . . . zap!

(Now, if you could only make it work over the phone . . . on telemarketers!)

hah!
It reminds me of a quote.
"I'll become rich and famous when I discover a way to punch someone over the internet."