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MP3 Player In An AK-47 Magazine 459

Posted by timothy from the have-fun-going-through-security dept.
Comrade Pikachu writes "These guys have apparently fit a hard drive based MP3 player into a Kalashnikov ammunition clip. They are accepting pre-orders now. It fits into a standard AK-47 and comes pre-loaded with over 200 audio books. Listen to Poe on your assault rifle!" Audiobooksforfree also is one of the few places I've found online with free (low-fi) audiobooks -- for greater fidelity, you can buy files or pre-loaded hard drives, or (at long last) this unorthodox player.
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  • Good luck getting that through airport security ;-)

    Nice babe by the way. Wouldn't try to mess with her though....

    • Nice babe by the way. Wouldn't try to mess with her though....

      If the article wasn't already Slashdotted, you bet it will be now... :-)
    • This is great news! While mp3 technology may soon be illegal in the U.S., the conservatives have shown they are highly dedicated to protecting our god-given right to carry an assault riffle! I can't wait until I have to hide my mp3s in an Ak-47 to keep the secret police from finding them...

    • Re:Next trip on the airplane... (Score:4, Insightful)

      by JohnnyCannuk ( 19863 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:26PM (#5821179)
      Airport?

      Hey man, good luck even getting this in the first place. If it comes through the regular mail, it's likely to be delivered in person by FBI/RCMP/Federale/MI5/(your national police force here) officers...;)

      If it's couriered, it's likely to be inspected by their internal security and then reported to the above just the same...

      Even if you get it, how long can you use it before your shot by a state trooper of you lodal police service when they see it and decide not to question you as to the location of the rest of the Kalashnikov...

      Gotta love the Patriot Act... :)

      • Did I already mention that you americans are in deep shit ;-)

      • Re:Next trip on the airplane... (Score:5, Informative)

        by Sycraft-fu ( 314770 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @06:16PM (#5821471)
        I realise that things are different in Canada, but in the US it is completely legal to have even a fully operational (which this is not) magazine deliever to you. I ordered a magazine for my pistol some time back and they just shipped it UPS. No big deal. Guns themselves are restricted, those have to be shipped to someone with a permit, but the associated parts you can just get shipped to you personally.

        Oh, and there's nothing illegal about owning an AK either. In the US you can't own fully automatic weapons (without a permit) but semi autos are fine. I know a couple peopel that have civilian versions of the M16 which just don't have burst or auto fire modes.

        Believe it or not we are actually a very gun totin' nation. Here in Arizona, it's leagal to carry a firearm openly, it just had to be holstered. I've done it and the police have nothing to say about it, it's legal and so they don't bother you.

        • Re:Next trip on the airplane... (Score:5, Informative)

          by silentbozo ( 542534 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @07:24PM (#5821722) Journal
          That's in Arizona. Here in the People's Republic of Kalifornia, it is illegal to have, transport, manufacture, cause to transport, manufacture, to sell, or even give away any magazine that holds more than 10 rounds. Of course there's an exemption for the entertainment industry, but it means that all magazines fitting that description not already in your personal posession at the time the law took effect are illegal.

          Note that this is different from the national law forbidding the importation or manufacture of magazines that hold more than 10 rounds - you can still buy magazines that were here in the US at the time (and there are presumably stacks of them lying in warehouses that were manufactured just prior to the passage of that law.) You just can't bring them into California...

          And just try to open carry any kind of firearm in Los Angeles, I dare you. :) Actually, the worst thing about being in LA is that there are no indoor gun ranges within the city limits that I know of, with the exception of the police ranges, and the LAX range, which is getting run down and rather unsavory. No place to shoot means no place to practice. :(
        • Well then, remove the FBI from my list.

          I can tell you for sure, Canada Customs wouldn't let this into my country because owning automatic weapons is illegal unless you can prove that you need it for your work (that means only cops and certain members of the military).

          • You're very wrong. I'm a Canadian with my Restricted and Unrestricted PALs, and the magazine itself is not illegal. Sure, owning fully autos is illegal, but so what? What on Earth makes a clip "auto" or "semi-auto?" It's just a clip - it holds ammo. The action of the rifle that'll hold it is completely unrelated. It could be either.

            Yes, it is illegal to have a magazine that'll hold more than ... I think it's 7 rounds in Canada. But this isn't a clip anymore. It's just an MP3 player that happens to l

        • Re:Next trip on the airplane... (Score:5, Interesting)

          by Ryan Amos ( 16972 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @07:37PM (#5821772)
          Actually you can ship pretty much anything except the lower reciever to a gun without any sort of permit. For example, I can ship an entire M16 through the mail, no questions asked -- though it can't have the lower reciever (and thus is not a functioning weapon.) To ship a lower reciever you have to do it through someone with a license (normally a gun shop.)

          Here in Texas, you can walk down the street with a loaded automatic rifle and so long as you legally own the gun, nobody can do anything about it. Though if you point it at someone, that's considered a threatening action and is illegal. Oh, and it's legal to shoot a robber in the back as he flees from your house. So don't rob my place if you don't wanna get shot. ;)
        • See also Packing.org [packing.org] for concealed carry (CCW) laws in the US, state-by-state.

      • You'll be happy to know that Ashcroft has specifically excluded gun-loving Americans from particular scrutiny. Apparently, he considers violation of the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments okay, but not the 2nd. Whew!

        Yes, that's true.

  • Argh!!!! (Score:5, Funny)

    by alwsn ( 593349 ) * on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:13PM (#5821083)
    Meanwhile, if you already own other HDD-MP3 Jukebox (e.g. ARCHOS, iPOD, MAMBOX, NORMAD/CREATIVE, etc.) you can buy just a belt-pouch
    (without a player or a girl).

    Argh, I have the player and a belt-pouch, I just need that girl!

  • Typical geek response... (Score:5, Funny)

    by MrFenty ( 579353 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:14PM (#5821085)
    There's a bikini clad babe with an assault rifle, and what to Slashdot editors say ?

    Ooh look, a MP3 player !

    :(

    • I didn't bother reading the article (might now ;)...), but as an Englishman reading the title "MP3 Player In An AK-47 Magazine", I was thinking

      "Hmm, do they mean they're reviewing it for some reason, or they've got it on the cover as a really generous free gift? Why would the readers of an AK-47 magazine be interested in that?" before going on to think

      "Or maybe they mean someone actually built an MP3 player out of a magazine, like you can hollow out books and put things in them? Wow, that'd have to be a r

  • Nice advert (Score:4, Insightful)

    by dtldl ( 644451 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:14PM (#5821087)
    It never hurts to have pictures of a bikini clad babe holding a big gun when selling new high tech products.
  • For those coming in monday morning and checking out this story, be warned...

    BIKINI CLAD WOMEN LIE JUST BEYOND THAT LINK!

    Seriously, a warning from the editor would have been nice.

  • Finally ... (Score:5, Funny)

    by pyramid termite ( 458232 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:15PM (#5821094)
    ... Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tupac and Dr. Dre as they were meant to be heard.

  • from the... (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:16PM (#5821096)
    swords-into-plowshares dept.
  • Will controll the RIAA... oh yeah.. take our Mp3 players away from us.. hehehe.. click

  • Mag, not clip (Score:5, Informative)

    by captaineo ( 87164 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:16PM (#5821104)
    Just to pick nits - it is improper to refer to the ammunition feeding device of an AK as a "clip." It has a spring inside of it, therefore it is properly called a "magazine."

    • Re:Mag, not clip (Score:4, Funny)

      by broller ( 74249 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:27PM (#5821186)
      Yes, which is why when I read the title of this article I thought to myself, "Oh man it must be a slow day if we're pointing out MP3 Players in periodicals...and I didn't know that there were magazines soley about AK-47's" :)

    • Indeed (Score:4, Informative)

      by The Tyro ( 247333 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @06:00PM (#5821402)
      the term "clip" is properly used to refer to a "stripper clip."

      A stripper clip is a long, crescent-shaped piece of metal, with a flange on each side to grip the case head of a round of ammunition. They usually hold 10-15 rounds, and are typically used to feed ammunition into rifles that have a built-in box or rotary magazine (a common example would be an unmodified SKS). Note the middle of the linked picture... THAT'S a "stripper clip" [glocksbr.com]

      A detachable ammunition feeding device that contains a spring, follower, etc (clearly the case for the AK-47) is properly called a "magazine"

  • Why (Score:5, Funny)

    by Camel Pilot ( 78781 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:16PM (#5821105) Homepage Journal
    Why would anyone find this interesting? This is completely useless.

    If I put a mp3 player in a toilet seat do I get to be on slashdot?

  • Marketing 101 (Score:5, Funny)

    by SlashdotLemming ( 640272 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:17PM (#5821110)
    DO NOT put the picture of the crusty old guy next to the crotch shot of the hot model.

  • Reminds me of... (Score:3, Funny)

    by Rorschach1 ( 174480 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:17PM (#5821113) Homepage
    ...the scene in Dreamcatcher where he takes a call on the Glock. Perhaps the next all-in-one media appliance? The original point-and-click interface...

    (OK book, lousy movie.)

  • Cool! (Score:3, Funny)

    by Ryan Stortz ( 598060 ) <ryan0rz@@@gmail...com> on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:17PM (#5821114)
    Cool! I'm going to put my Bob Dylan collection on it.
  • But it still weighs too much.

    Isn't it pathetic that capitalist America still hasn't come up with competition for the iPod? Even though the iPod's been out for at least 2 years?
    • actually, it's unfair to put the blame on capitalist America. I should say, 'isn't it pathetic, that no one has come up with competition for the ipod'.

      I was just hoping that insulting capitalist America would make someone try to prove me wrong, i.e., by making iPod competition.

  • Wrong way around, silly ... (Score:5, Funny)

    by BabyDave ( 575083 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:18PM (#5821117)

    Build me an assault rifle in an MP3 player, then we'll talk

  • Sorry couldn't pass itup :-) (Score:4, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:20PM (#5821127)
    The AK-47 when absolutely positively need to kill every motherf**ker in the room, while drowning out their screams with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, except no substitutes.

    (Ah, Violence and soft symphany music They go so well together.)

  • Not an AK-47 mag... (Score:5, Informative)

    by ktakki ( 64573 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:20PM (#5821129) Homepage Journal
    It's too wide for an AK-47 (7.62x39mm). It's really a Dragunov magazine (a sniper rifle based on the Kalashnikov action that's chambered for the old 7.62x54R round).

    k.
    • Give 'em a break, they're British! Since their government has decided it doesn't trust it's citizens with weapons, they wouldn't know an AK-47 magazine from an AR-15 magazine...

      For what it's worth, I concur on your observations...

  • Replace foreign the standard issue AK magazines of foreign countries with these. Fill the harddrive with AK soundclips so when fired it plays and a cunning illusion is created.

  • I wonder... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Chocolate Teapot ( 639869 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:22PM (#5821149) Homepage Journal
    if you were load up an AK-47 with Eminem and LL Cool J, would it be classified as a weapon of mass destruction? Hans Blix is going to be busy if these things become popular.

  • first post (Score:5, Interesting)

    by nuckin futs ( 574289 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:22PM (#5821150)
    that questions whether it supports OGG. :P

    BTW, it doesn't. It only supports MP3 and WMA.
    • Because.. if it doesn't support Ogg Vorbis, then the terrorists have already won!

      BTW, if this isn't the Killer App, I don't know what is.

  • Anti-Shock Protection? (Score:4, Funny)

    by AlaskanUnderachiever ( 561294 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:24PM (#5821161) Homepage
    "480sec Anti-shock"

    Anti-Shock protection? Hard drives and solid state electronics skip now? Since when? Did I miss a meeting again?

  • Mirrors of pics (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Cutriss ( 262920 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:28PM (#5821191) Homepage
    In case anyone wants to see the pics of that really cool guy in the glasses, I've mirrored all the pics on my uni account.

    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/003mid.jpg [msstate.edu]
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/004mid.jpg [msstate.edu]
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/013mid.jpg [msstate.edu]
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/P0000381.gif [msstate.edu]
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/P0000387.jpg [msstate.edu]
    http://www.msstate.edu/~ajl3/cache/bonifaciy.jpg [msstate.edu]

    Oh yeah...the pics of that chick are there too, but I know none of you care about that...

  • Iraqi information minister says... (Score:5, Funny)

    by gilesjuk ( 604902 ) <giles.jones@nospaM.zen.co.uk> on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:33PM (#5821224)
    "No these are not cruise missiles, they are MP3 jukeboxes with a 40GB hard disk"

  • Since it's a rifle... (Score:5, Funny)

    by 1nv4d3r ( 642775 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:33PM (#5821225)
    Since it's a rifle, for a couple days I could get a kick out of annoying people with my Heston impression. Ahem...

    They'll have to pry this MP3 Player from my cold, dead hands. Damn the RIAA. Damn them all to hell!

  • This does not look like AK47 magazine at all!

    As somebody born in Soviet Union, I know
    wery well how AK47 magazine looks like.

    • Re:this is not AK47 (Score:2, Redundant)

      by praksys ( 246544 )
      This does not look like AK47 magazine at all!

      In the US it is now illegal to sell magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds. I think the mag they are using is one of 10 round mags made for the US market, so it looks nothing like the classic AK-47 magazines.

  • Forget mp3 clips, we need mp3 bullets. (Score:4, Funny)

    by Dr Tom Danger ( 621664 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:41PM (#5821277) Homepage
    Imagine the glory of our army if every soldier had a theme song in their bullets so for every kill they got a burst of musical fanfare! It would probably liven up the monotony of semi-auto machine gun fire...
    • Uhm..Semi-auto machine gun. I think one of the mandatory requirements for a machine gun is FULLY AUTOMATIC fire. I've seen semi-auto capable assult rifles (they also shoot full auto) and semi-auto selectable SMGs..but never a Semi-auto MACHINE GUN (except for the Browning BAR of WWII fame...) then again, I'm no expert.
  • I wonder what people would think if my mp3 player looked like that. Came to think of a recent strip [penny-arcade.com]
  • The mp3 player is silly, but has anyone tried any of the free audio books [audiobooksforfree.com] the site offers? They seem to offer all of their books for free in an inconvenient and low-quality manner, while charging for convenience and quality. Are the free quality books listenable?

  • Great for travel too (Score:4, Funny)

    by nomadicGeek ( 453231 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:53PM (#5821354)
    The tough metal case makes if perfect for air travel as well.

    I got a stern look for having a nail file on my fingernail clippers and they broke it off an took it away. I bet this one would be fun. Try explaining to your friendly new federal employee that your magazine case plays music.

    Be sure to pack it on you next trip to Israel. They have a great sense of humor there. It will go great with your camo travel pants and Timothy McVeigh haircut.

    Have a happy trip!

  • Another one's gone, and another one's gone.
    Another one bites the dust!

  • Cool idea, but only halfway there... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Moses Lawn ( 201138 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @05:58PM (#5821378)
    Even better would be to put the player in the AK itself and have the magazines be replacable hard drives or memory sticks. That way I can change musical styles in a *really* cool way, which is the entire point, right?

    And wouldn't it be cool to carry my MP3 player slung over my back when I go to class or the airport? Imagine: extra battery packs and nice speakers built into the stock and barrel -- instant party device when I come by! Hell, put a microphone in the barrel for really easy recording of concerts, teachers, or just plain people outside the car.

    What a great idea - it can't miss. I'm going out to the shop with my soldering rig right now!

  • Sounds cool (Score:2, Redundant)

    by anon*127.0.0.1 ( 637224 )
    I'm just anticipating problems when I try to board a commercial flight carrying one of those.

  • "Uh Uh...Here we go! AK-47 MP3 Player...the very best there is. Where you absolutely, positively gotta play every mp3 in the room, accept no substitute."

  • 100 weeks == 1 year? (Score:3, Funny)

    by miradu2000 ( 196048 ) * on Sunday April 27, 2003 @06:24PM (#5821500) Homepage
    "It will take dedicated listener 100 weeks or 1 year to listen them all."

    I don't know about the UK, but in a land called america, a year is 52 weeks.

  • Things that go great together (Score:5, Funny)

    by mabu ( 178417 ) on Sunday April 27, 2003 @06:45PM (#5821575)
    In keeping with the trend of bundling two things together that otherwise wouldn't be thought of, let me offer these equally-useful suggestions:

    * Upright vacuum with a blender attachment

    * Chess set/tampon dispenser

    * Combination show shovel and nosehair trimmer

    * 801.11 CAT 5 cable

    * Bicycle seat/Sliderule

    * Traffic light that blinks in morse code

    * USB-enabled fishing pole

    * Umbrella/universal AC adapter

    * Insulin pump/rodent defogger

    * Universal language translator/pulsating showerhead

    * Chainsaw/postage meter

    * voice-activated tire gauge which recalls your favorite mixed drink recipes

    * Electric guitar/cheese slicer w/Floyd Rose Grater attachment

    Jeeez. Where's a patent attorney when you need one?

  • The title was right. (Score:3, Informative)

    by GMontag ( 42283 ) <gmontag@guymontag. c o m> on Sunday April 27, 2003 @08:35PM (#5821978) Homepage Journal
    "These guys have apparently fit a hard drive based MP3 player into a
    Kalashnikov ammunition clip.

    Magazine, NOT clip.

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