In Reply to: Bin Laden Determined to Attack in the United States posted by Don T on April 9, 2004 at 10:16:38:
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- I predict an eartquake will strike LA and San Fran.....Do something..nt - Rich Jura 04/9/0410:39:56 04/9/04 (44)
- well let's hope those in charge of tracking earthquakes realize on is happening when the ground starts to shake. (nt& - Don T 11:10:19 04/9/04 (1)
- Them I trust - Charlie_L 15:22:09 04/9/04 (0)
- Not even apples and oranges - Charlie_L 10:53:21 04/9/04 (41)
- "Our technology will allow us to stop commercial aircraft from purposely ramming into buildings." Really? - Tinnitus 11:07:52 04/9/04 (39)
- Yep..... - chickenlogic 13:03:35 04/9/04 (1)
- GW got a phone call after the first crash but.... - Don T 15:24:41 04/9/04 (0)
- I have personally studied such technologies - Lord Dot 11:30:52 04/9/04 (17)
- Sounds kinda like collision avoidance - Charlie_L 14:48:41 04/9/04 (2)
- As I note below, I would bet Airbus will have these sort of features before Boeing. Sad, Very Sad. nt - Lord Dot 15:01:03 04/9/04 (1)
- It is sad - Charlie_L 15:10:18 04/9/04 (0)
- Re: I have personally studied such technologies - Victor Khomenko 13:37:07 04/9/04 (8)
- "are you suggesting a programmed crash of an airliner?" No not at all, you misunderstood. - Lord Dot 14:11:12 04/9/04 (7)
- Re: "are you suggesting a programmed crash of an airliner?" No not at all, you misunderstood. - Victor Khomenko 14:18:44 04/9/04 (6)
- "Any system what would overrule the pilot's decision is not going to be an easy sell at all." this is indeed the RUB. - Lord Dot 14:40:48 04/9/04 (5)
- I don't see this as a rub, but rather the common sense - Victor Khomenko 15:24:09 04/9/04 (4)
- Two tricky terms 'Authority' and 'Fly By Wire' - Lord Dot 17:02:20 04/9/04 (3)
- Re: Two tricky terms 'Authority' and 'Fly By Wire' - Victor Khomenko 18:22:56 04/9/04 (2)
- Hmmm, we may be agreeing, in any case, the 777 is the first non-hydraulic control design. Yes? - Lord Dot 20:03:26 04/9/04 (1)
- Oh, I thought the 777 was one of Sony's original SACD players.... :0) nt. - oscar 21:28:43 04/9/04 (0)
- Yeah -- a friend and I discussed such a system ~ 1953... But, the inference is to Existing Technology. (nt) - Tinnitus 12:42:10 04/9/04 (4)
- What do you mean? All these things are off the shelf technologies. No? - Lord Dot 12:44:34 04/9/04 (3)
- "What do you mean?" Strewth! The inference was to Exisiting Technology. Not something we could build... - Tinnitus 12:49:52 04/9/04 (2)
- Calm yourself no need to be all Strewthed out. - Lord Dot 12:57:06 04/9/04 (1)
- Thanks. I feel better now ;- )........................................(nt) - Tinnitus 13:02:21 04/9/04 (0)
- Ever hear of something called an F-16? - Charlie_L 11:13:08 04/9/04 (18)
- Ever hear of responding to a direct question re: your specific post, "Technology"? - Tinnitus 12:51:48 04/9/04 (1)
- I thought I did - Charlie_L 14:54:18 04/9/04 (0)
- Use of an F-16 to shoot down commercial aircraft would require Presidential authorization... - Mike_D 12:00:25 04/9/04 (1)
- I'm sure George gave a second or two of thought to the matter - Charlie_L 14:57:30 04/9/04 (0)
- Off Switch - Jim Roy 11:30:22 04/9/04 (1)
- That would be cool - Charlie_L 11:36:41 04/9/04 (0)
- Why weren't they in the air in the hours after the hijackings & before the toweres were hit. - Dave VH 11:22:52 04/9/04 (1)
- Who knows? - Charlie_L 11:28:13 04/9/04 (0)
- Why not A-bomb? Even more impressive. Dumb. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 11:19:49 04/9/04 (9)
- Now that's dumb - Charlie_L 11:23:55 04/9/04 (8)
- There are, reportedly, air-to-air nuclear missiles. Very small yield but more than enough to do the job. - Tinnitus 12:47:26 04/9/04 (1)
- Why bother with nuclear missiles - Charlie_L 14:59:45 04/9/04 (0)
- Re: Now that's dumb - Victor Khomenko 11:39:38 04/9/04 (5)
- You have a point - Charlie_L 12:01:39 04/9/04 (4)
- Re: You have a point - Victor Khomenko 12:02:42 04/9/04 (3)
- Re: You have a point - Charlie_L 12:07:21 04/9/04 (2)
- Re: You have a point - Victor Khomenko 13:57:58 04/9/04 (1)
- I would have done something besides reading to children. - Charlie_L 14:36:25 04/9/04 (0)
- start evacuating.. you've been warned..nt - Rich Jura 10:58:22 04/9/04 (0)