Does it come with an option for mounting on a sharks head?

welcome our new forehead-attached solid state frikkin lazorz shark overlords.

Don't be daft. No self-respecting shark would be seen dead with a piddling 15kw laser on its head.

This tech is still at the cod / herring / flounder market level.

Sharks, sharks, sharks! Will someone PLEASE mention sharks? Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarks!!!!

"a laser weapon that utilizes push-buttons for easy operation"

Who the hell uses the term "push-button" anymore? Is it 1958 again and I missed the announcement?

Regarding lethality: So what can you use this on except for humans and animals?

Plants? Germs? (Legal) Aliens? I'm not really in favor of this kind of testing (nor deploying)...

How the hell is the shark supposed to press the button???

Vesta II...presumably powered by late 1970s boil-in-the bag curry

The need for push-button operation comes from the obvious fact that, during the time taken to operate the slider, dim the lights, cover ones eyes and all that, the X-Wing and/or Millenium Falcon (depending on V1 or V3) will have time to swoop in and destroy the offending weapon. Thereby saving the Ewoks from severe economic consequences. Or something like that. NURSE!

.....you're all being very silly. Keep up the good work.

..the El Reg hive mind in full swing.

al dente?

My entry into the munitions business, any one want to buy a a half used roll of tin foil, sorry a "light weight anti lazer weaponry neutralizer"? a snip at $1999.99 per square foot.

ISBN 0-07-142609-4

Got mine from the US today .. its got some great DIY projects in it including ...

Electrokinetic Gun

High-Energy Pulser

Plasma Thermal Gun

Handheld Burning CO2 Gas Laser

Thirty-Inch-Spark Tesla Lightning Generator

Plasma Lightsaber (!)

Ion Ray and Charge Gun

EMP Generator

Phase Pain Field Gun

and my favourite ... Pain Field Property-Protection Guard ... which according the description produces "a moderately powered source of acoustical, ultrasonic energy ... causing certain adverse effects to the intruder. These may be paranoia, severe headaches, disorientation, nausea, cranial pain, an upset stomach, or just plain irritating discomfort." Cool 8-)

This will truly revolutionise the war on insects. The days of toxic fly sprays are surely numbered.

How will this help them get Osama?

I can haz it plz?

rayguns are obviously on the same cool-tech-development page.

has now officially jumped the, erm, shark.

Anyways, I want to see the kind of Powerpoint presentation you can do with one of these bad boys

Sounds like required reading for the BOFH. :)

"I'm still trying to work out how to set my laser printer to "Stun""

Ok, I'm probably going to Gitmo for revealing this, but all you have to do is:

A> Unplug laser printer's power and usb cables.

B> While carrying laser printer, approach your target from behind.*

C> Lift laser printer high over YOUR head, then bring it down sharply onto TARGET'S head. Mission accomplished!

Or alternatively, you can just use it to print out pictures of goatse and tubgirl, then leave them where your target will see them.

* approaching from behind is highly reccomended as it keeps the target from running away or punching your lights out.

That's nothing. I made my own my following a youtube instructional video. Now my converted lazer pointer pen can set a pile of kidling on fire within 4 minutes. Take that rip-off matchstick makers!*

* Requires 4 x AA batteries to light each fire. You must replace the pointer after every other usage. Needs around 400 quids worth of tools to build it.

"Or alternatively, you can just use it to print out pictures of goatse and tubgirl, then leave them where your target will see them." That wouldn't work as Fluffykins asked about setting said laser printer to "stun", not set laser printer to "cause targets head to explode". Believe me I've seen people otherwise unmoved by various and assorted disgusting things be pushed damn near the point of spontaneously vomiting on their shoes by either of those pictures.

I read "Vesta" as "Vespa" ... imagine my disappointment when I discovered that the article wasn't about laser-totin' Scooters-Of-Death[tm]

Just as well, though. There's no way you'd fit a scooter onto a shark, even if it did have frickin' laser beams on it.

"How the hell is the shark supposed to press the button???"

They press each others, so if you see one dorsal fin no problems, but two or more start dodging the lasers....

You could kill and cook your beastie in one go.

What's the Freekin' point, the animals are already Freekin' dangerous, they don't need no (I was gonna say Freekin' again but decided against it) lasers. What are Northrop wasting thier time on this for?

It would seem that the laser is only useful for shooting a bunch of odd shaped dominoes at a distance of about 12 inches.

I'd be taking that back to the shop if it was me.