Fruit Death

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"'Remember gawking at photos of bullets going through apples (and the pretty fruit gibbage)? We've recently built an apparatus to capture similar results, using a BASIC controller stamp, a disposable camera flash, an air compressor, an electronic sprinkler valve and some pipe. Considering the cost of the device, it has allowed us to take suprisingly crisp photos of high-velocity objects.'"

what's exciting isn't so much the technology that they used, but rather the MASSIVE size of the bolt. the thing is huge. it totally raped the grapefruit and its mother all at once.

i think if they put out more pictures of fruit on death row and showed the effects of munitions fire, i think it would deter a lot of ppl from getting any sort of gun. considering the gibbage that's involved, it's pretty kewl. wait, on second thought, maybe it wouldn't be the best deterrant.

things getting gibbed is just plain kewl. fruit is the next closest thing to people because of its relative squishiness and juiciness.