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Protecting Cities from Hijacked Planes

Kong99 writes "A group at UC-Berkeley has proposed Soft Walls to stop hijacked planes from entering a protected airspace. Interesting read especially since they claim it is 'hack' proof."

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  1. It wo\uldn't work...... by Nagatzhul · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    All you are showing is a bit of ignorance about their culture and assuming that they share your values. They don't. Their value system encourages them to treat us (Western countries) like trash. They have an obligation, according to that value system, to kill us off if they can. It as much a part of their social background as the Christian Golden Rule is to ours. Try visiting a Muslim country some time. It is a real eye opener.

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    1. Re:It wo\uldn't work...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      I once spent just over 4 months in Turkey and Syria. The differences between those countries are obviously profound - totally different cultures and histories - but they have Islam in common. And guess what? In both countries, women were treated worse than shit. Signs on Turkish mosques: "Dogs, women, and other animals not allowed."

      The incredible thing is, if Islamic nations treated some visible minority (say, an indigenous people) the way they treat women, we (the West) would be all over them with sanctions and worse. So why are women any different?

  2. If you want to protect yourself by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you better change your leadership first. They stole the election and stacked every office from Supreme Court on up. They are the only ones responsible - and I mean directly. Everyone needs a 'Pearl Harbour' excuse to send boys to their death, this case is no different.

    Don't discount it until you've read it.

    http://www.globalhowler.com/911_files/frame.htm

    No words can describe it.

  3. Closing the barn door after by PhysicsGenius · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    the horses have been stolen. And the thieves apprehended.

    While this technology is theoretically interesting, it won't save the victims of the 9/11 FTC disaster. And the terrorists have been subdued--you only have to turn on CNN and see that Iraq is now safely under American (to say nothing of Christian) control.

  4. Re:That applies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, during a religious war you fucking bigoted idiot. If you don't have a reason for a Jihad then you don't have a reason to die a martyr. Labelling all Muslims as murderous bastards is exactly the fucking reason why many Muslims dislike people like you, and dislike America. Fucknuts with world views like yours are no better than anti-semites were 70 years ago; its just fashionable to be wildly ignorant about Islam these days.

    Fuck you and the flag waving "patriotic" fucking platform you rode in on.

  5. Re:That applies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Who cares if Muslims dislike us? Fuck Muslims. They have a backwards religion. What have Muslim scientists produced in the past 100 years? What's that? There are no Muslim scientists to speak of? Oh yeah, ah - it's because Muslims only want to destroy civilization. Given all the wealth that Saudi Arabia has, what have they added to civilization in the past 100 years? NOTHING. This is because Islam is an evil and violent "religion" and anyone who buys into it should be wiped off the face of the Earth. Face it, capitalism and democracy and Christianity are simply better than anything Islam has thrown together, proven by time.

    And what reason do Muslims have to go on their little jihad? Because Americans have bases in the Middle East? Because America protects Israel from Muslims? Ah yes, they are quite right. America should let the Nazis/Muslims destroy Israel. Let's see, when the 6 Days War broke out, what reason did those Muslims have to go on a jihad against Israel? Fuck all muslims. They will burn in hell for being cowards.

  6. Re:That applies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So fucking let them burn. Let the fucking Jews burn too; why the fuck should we protect them? If God is on their fucking side, he'll do the job. From previous evidence, frankly it doesn't look too much like God wants the Jews around.

    If the Muslims are backwards and will burn in hell, so what? Let them. Get the fuck out of the way and let them fuck it all up. Why the fuck should we care about any of it?

    This post brought to you by the word "fuck".

  7. Re:That applies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    I wasn't arguing that we need to defend Israel. We do have oil interests in that region and therefore preventing shifts in the balance of power are in our interests but otherwise, I don't give a fuck. The whole Middle East is the worst place in the world to live. The people are all dirty and disgusting. I would not wish life there on my worst enemy.

    Notice how the pro-Muslim post was modded up as insightful? Further proof that the hardcore Slashdot reader is an anti-American liberal fuck. I hate Slashdot more and more everyday.

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  9. Re:That applies.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    You're arguing that the majority of Muslims are good. I disagree. I look at the history of all cultures that are predominantly Muslim and see nothing but death and destruction. If the majority are peace loving why is it that the Middle East is always embroiled in turmoil and war?

    (Here's where you show your liberal colors and blame the United States.)

    You can say most people who call themselves Muslim are decent people but the facts stand for themselves. The "religion" is not good and perverts people minds. Violence is the only thing begat by Islam. Christianity, Judaism, Daoism, Hinduism, Buddhism - these religions all have led to cultures that have had some periods where there was not war. Muslims cannot claim the same. There has never been a Muslim country that has been at peace for a significant period of time and has not been agressive towards other nations. Face facts liberal scum.

    You are so underqualified to lecture me it's sad. You just bite right into what the television news tells you. When 9/11 happened, the talking heads kept saying that most Muslims are peace loving. When the DC snipers were killing people last summer, the TV news would not stop saying that it's got to be a white male - racial profiling is generally accepted when it goes against white males. Try it the other way and suddenly you're some kind of uneducated hick.

    Finally, your nonsense about the genocide of a race; that's funny. Islam isn't a fucking race you moron! It's a religion. There is a difference. I can convert to Islam. I cannot convert to be Chinese. See the difference, scum?

  10. Re:Sounds dangerous to me by kevlar · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Bogus. Over riding such a system is not nearly as dangerous as you'd think. If multiple air traffic controllers are required to override the system from the ground, there's virtually ZERO chance of a repeat of 9/11. In order for a plane to get clearence, they would need to communicate with the air traffic controllers, which is something that never happenned on 9/11. Two mumbled Arabic words over the comm channel was enough to tell air traffic controllers what was happenning on the plane, and unless Bob the pilot and Bill the Co-pilot have intentions about suicide, I'm not buying your ridiculous situation.

    People will always say this or that doesn't work. A perfect example is the re-enforced cockpit doors. The truth of the matter is that multiple levels of security WORK. Re-enforce the cockpit + soft walls + ground-based autopilot is an excellent idea and their existence themself is a deterrent for terrorists (lets use the proper term: Muslims) to even try.

  11. Re:Ri-i-i-ight. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, and the white Christians of today fully support the Crusades and have never apologized for them and are still doing the same thing.

    It was 1000 years ago. Get over it.

  12. Re:Sounds dangerous to me by kevlar · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If I'm Racist, then so was America when it went to war with the "Japanese" or the "Germans" during WWII. We all know there were Japanese and German Americans living in the country.

    So as to suggest that the vast majority of the population of Islam does not view this as a war with America, is simply naive and politically correct. They do. Therefore, we're at war with "Muslims" because it is the only common denominator amongst everyone who runs into a Mall in Jerusalem with TNT vests or crashes planes into buildings.