----- Forwarded message from David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- From: David Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 17:10:04 -0500 To: Ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Subject: [IP] Jasper Green Lasers: useful tool or terrorist weapon? User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
------ Forwarded Message From: "Richard M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 16:46:02 -0500 To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Jasper Green Lasers: useful tool or terrorist weapon? Yikes! High-powered laser pointers do seem to present a problem to pilots. Richard http://www.bigha.com/blog/archives/000058.php?0 >From Saturday, January 1, 2005 Jasper Green Lasers: useful tool or terrorist weapon? posted by Noah <http://www.bigha.com/meet_us/stories/noah.php> , at 2:52 PM I'm sure we've all read stories like this one <http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/12/09/terrorist.laser.ap/index.html> or this one <http://www.kktv.com/home/headlines/1309846.html> or this one <http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050101/D87B2G180.html> in the past week or so. The theme is consistent: some dorkus is shining a green laser into moving aircraft and temporarily blinding pilots. Not cool, obviously. On Thursday I was contacted by the FBI. They were investigating a new incident even scarier than the ones we've read about. The good news is they are coming up with ways to track and catch the culprits. The bad news is, we have reason to believe at least one of the culprits is using a Jasper. Wow. The theory is this: the dorkuses possibly modified their lasers (this is easy to do) to increase the power. and accessorizing it with a tripod and a scope to track and aim at aircraft. Even the unmodified Jasper is plainly visible at 10,000 feet. At 25,000 feet it is still visible, but it becomes fainter and obviously much more difficult to aim from the ground. Since there are so many reflective surfaces in the cockpit, it only takes the beam landing on one of the cockpit windows for 2-3 seconds before it bounces all around, and temporarily blinds the pilots. We have been asked if there are any suspicious persons have purchased from us, especially in areas like Colorado, New Jersey, Ohio and southern Oregon where instances have been reported. We are trying to cooperate with the authorities while at the same time respecting the privacy of our customers. If you own or are about to purchase a Jasper, please do not point it towards people or moving objects. It is dangerous. Please do not modify it to increase the power output. It will void your warranty, harm your laser and render it largely unuseful for serious pointing. And if you are amongst the one or two losers amongst thousands of responsible Jasper users, please be aware that you will soon be caught. The next time you point your Jasper towards a plane, you will see a police helicoptor or military aircraft flying around your area. They will see your beam, which points right back to you. Then they will come to arrest you, and hopefully put you in jail. Your Jasper will be confiscated, and you will not be issued a refund. Commenting is Closed For questions email us <http://www.bigha.com/contact_us/index.php> or to order by phone call (888) 258-8440. ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net
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