Transmeta to build a rifle (Score 1)

Transmeta are building a rifle - but not any old rifle.

This one is super accurate - say, accurate enough to fire it from California, and hit someone in the head in, say, Redmond Seattle.

The barrel is 4 yards long, calibre .303 inches. It has taken 4 years to build so far because the barrel and rifling need to be 100% perfect for this level of accuracy. This requires 4 years of hand finished rifling grooves.

Once a round has been fired, the barrel then has to be discarded, as the wear from a single bullet will be enough to alter the accuracy.

The first (and only) round is due to be fired at midnight on New Years Eve, and all being well, will successfully blow billy's brains out.

The Cops in Seattle will be able to determine the direction that the shot came from, but no-one will be able to guess just how _far_ the bullet travelled.

SteveOC