I just read an article in Fortune magazine on the important new technologies and products of 2004 ... both good and bad. The bad went to Live-shot.com. The only reason I'm putting their website in this post is to see how technology is used for evil.
This place has a loaded hunting rifle mounted on a motorized platform which is connected to a videocamera that is patched into the Internet. They have the rifle in front of a feeding station for exotic animals on a ranch in Texas. (In the words of the author, "Where else?") So, your trigger finger is on the mouse of the Internet-connected computer while you monitor the feeding station through your web browser. When an animal has unfortunately wandered into the "killing zone," aim the rifle by moving your mouse and fire by clicking. Hunting assistants at the ranch will then butcher the animal and send its mounted head to you.
By you, I mean coward.
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