did idrmrsr light a fart?
Correspondent:: SubGenius Spice
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:08:05 GMT
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http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041230/ap/d879nei00.html
Thursday December 30, 11:34 AM
FBI Probes Laser Beam Directed at Cockpit
Authorities are investigating a mysterious laser beam that was directed
into the cockpit of a commercial jet traveling at more than 8,500 feet.
The beam appeared Monday when the plane was about 15 miles from
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the FBI said.
"It was in there for several seconds like (the plane) was being
tracked," FBI agent Robert Hawk said.
The pilot was able to land the plane, and air traffic controllers used
radar to determine the laser came from a residential area in suburban
Warrensville Heights
[...]
Correspondent:: Zapanaz
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:12:13 -0800
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 07:08:05 GMT, SubGenius Spice
wrote:
>
>http://asia.news.yahoo.com/041230/ap/d879nei00.html
>
>Thursday December 30, 11:34 AM
>FBI Probes Laser Beam Directed at Cockpit
>
>Authorities are investigating a mysterious laser beam that was directed
>into the cockpit of a commercial jet traveling at more than 8,500 feet.
>
>The beam appeared Monday when the plane was about 15 miles from
>Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, the FBI said.
>
>"It was in there for several seconds like (the plane) was being
>tracked," FBI agent Robert Hawk said.
>
>The pilot was able to land the plane, and air traffic controllers used
>radar to determine the laser came from a residential area in suburban
>Warrensville Heights
>
>[...]
They started selling really cheap commercial lasers a couple years
ago. I don't know what kind of range one of those would have but in
really clear weather, I don't think you really need a very intense
laser to shine a beam a couple thousand feet. I dunno.
Since those started showing up in supermarkets and radio shacks, I
have seen people playing with them from time to time, assholes shining
them in windows and stuff like that.
As far as what they are saying about needing super sophisticated
tracking hardware, I think they are tripping. If you shine a beam in
the right general direction, and you have any idea where the beam is
landing, and if there is a window on your line of sight, then it's
going to cross over that window.
It wouldn't need to land precisely on the window for extended periods
of time. If you are inside the plane on the other side of the window,
you are going to see a laser beam jumping across the room every few
seconds.
hmm I can picture what I'm trying to say in my head but I think I am
not explaining it well.
I don't think you would need any kind of tracking electronics anyway
as long as you had a beam that would shine that far.
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Correspondent:: "iDRMRSR"
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:21:25 -0500
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Suffice it to say, my burning farts do not emit cohesive light. However,
they certainly warm up the Condo of Solitude here, as long as I remember not
to aim at the curtains.
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Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 16:34:14 GMT
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In article ,
"iDRMRSR" wrote:
> Suffice it to say, my burning farts do not emit cohesive light. However,
> they certainly warm up the Condo of Solitude here, as long as I remember not
> to aim at the curtains.
That was a scene from "Cat In The Hat." Or was it "The Living
Daylights" with Timothy Dalton? It would have been in "Pink Flamingos,"
but Waters didn't have that big a special fx budget.
--
HellPope Huey
The sleep of reason begets bupkiss, these days
A professional politician
is a professionally dishonorable man.
In order to get anywhere near high office,
he has to make so many compromises
and submit to so many humiliations
that he becomes indistinguishable
from a streetwalker.
- H. L. Mencken
"If you can make a million dollars eating a rat,
you can make TWO million PASSING one."
- Super Dave Osborne
Correspondent:: HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:01:03 -0600
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:12:13 -0800, Zapanaz
wrote:
>
>They started selling really cheap commercial lasers a couple years
>ago. I don't know what kind of range one of those would have but in
>really clear weather, I don't think you really need a very intense
>laser to shine a beam a couple thousand feet. I dunno.
>
>Since those started showing up in supermarkets and radio shacks, I
>have seen people playing with them from time to time, assholes shining
>them in windows and stuff like that.
>
>As far as what they are saying about needing super sophisticated
>tracking hardware, I think they are tripping. If you shine a beam in
>the right general direction, and you have any idea where the beam is
>landing, and if there is a window on your line of sight, then it's
>going to cross over that window.
>
>It wouldn't need to land precisely on the window for extended periods
>of time. If you are inside the plane on the other side of the window,
>you are going to see a laser beam jumping across the room every few
>seconds.
>
>hmm I can picture what I'm trying to say in my head but I think I am
>not explaining it well.
>
>I don't think you would need any kind of tracking electronics anyway
>as long as you had a beam that would shine that far.
The weird thing though is that a kid holding an upgraded version of a
laser pointer could not humanly keep it consistently on the cockpit of
a plane. Too much shake.
A kid has probably jerry rigged a sophisticated tracking device that
can keep a laser trained on the cockpit of a jet from at least 8500
feet away. Science fair blue ribbon stuff.
Salacia
Correspondent:: nenslo
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:40:00 -0800
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"HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer" wrote:
>
>
> A kid has probably jerry rigged a sophisticated tracking device that
> can keep a laser trained on the cockpit of a jet from at least 8500
> feet away. Science fair blue ribbon stuff.
And how do you know that.
Correspondent:: HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 14:25:23 -0600
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:40:00 -0800, nenslo wrote:
>"HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer" wrote:
>>
>>
>> A kid has probably jerry rigged a sophisticated tracking device that
>> can keep a laser trained on the cockpit of a jet from at least 8500
>> feet away. Science fair blue ribbon stuff.
>
>And how do you know that.
I don't. I made up a story about the story. i've been bored.
Correspondent:: HellPope Huey
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:45:02 GMT
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In article <2ro8t05apcnlufq3ut1949kcsu42v7sqfh@4ax.com>,
HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:40:00 -0800, nenslo wrote:
> >"HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer" wrote:
> >>
> >> A kid has probably jerry rigged a sophisticated tracking device that
> >> can keep a laser trained on the cockpit of a jet from at least 8500
> >> feet away. Science fair blue ribbon stuff.
> >
> >And how do you know that.
>
> I don't. I made up a story about the story. i've been bored.
Me too, but the holes keep sealing themselves up and I continue to post
as usual. Ya can't even trust a goddamned power drill, these days.
Religion, Science, Politics, Dobbs, its all the same horseshit, just
like the 3 varieties of Duff beer that come from different nozzles that
trace back to the same vat. Fuckin' damned fuckers.
--
HellPope Huey
The sleep of reason begets bupkiss, these days
A professional politician
is a professionally dishonorable man.
In order to get anywhere near high office,
he has to make so many compromises
and submit to so many humiliations
that he becomes indistinguishable
from a streetwalker.
- H. L. Mencken
"If you can make a million dollars eating a rat,
you can make TWO million PASSING one."
- Super Dave Osborne
Correspondent:: Zapanaz
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:22:20 -0800
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:01:03 -0600, HdMrs. Salacia the Overseer
wrote:
>The weird thing though is that a kid holding an upgraded version of a
>laser pointer could not humanly keep it consistently on the cockpit of
>a plane. Too much shake.
>
Well yeah, that's what I was thinking.
In the article they say the beam was on them for 2 to 3 seconds, which
would need some kind of tracking, but I am really wondering, if they
saw a beam jumping around in the cockpit a couple of times over a
period of a few seconds, consistent with somebody trying to track it
by hand, if they might not misestimate that as 2 to 3 seconds.
That is hard to explain for some reason. I could draw it easier than
I can say it.
>A kid has probably jerry rigged a sophisticated tracking device that
>can keep a laser trained on the cockpit of a jet from at least 8500
>feet away. Science fair blue ribbon stuff.
--
Zapanaz
International Satanic Conspiracy
Customer Support Specialist
http://joecosby.com/
You're out of your mind Bennie; you should take more drugs.