Groan... now that it's on Slashdot, we can expect several lame and alarmist TV reporters grabbing the nearest laser pointer and doing a standup about laser safety, where he/she holds the laser pointer up to the camera and says, breathlessly, ..."by using a laser pointer JUST LIKE THIS ONE that I purchased at the nearest drugstore!" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
Mind you, I'm all for laser safety and I handle mine responsibly. It's just that those kinds of articles pulled from places like Slashdot and Fark have "slow news day" or "sweeps week" written all over them.