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Protecting Cities from Hijacked Planes

Posted by michael on from the father-knows-best dept.

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. Not very close by bigman2003 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate to be picky, but-

    It is not "university of Berkley"

    It is the University of California at Berkeley.

    Just like Michigan State University is not East Lansing University.

    --
    No reason to lie.
  2. Re:Protecting Yourself by letxa2000 · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    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.

    Yeah, just what I need... A website that doesn't work in Mozilla and looks like a Powerpoint presentation in IE. Definitely a site targetted at the least common denominator.

    Come on, wake up and smell the conspiracy theory. I understand you don't like Bush. I hated Clinton. But how some people go on to smoke some wonder drug and publish this kind of BS is just offensive.

    It's been said that conspiracy theories exist because certain people have a need to feel they "know something" the rest of the world doesn't. It gives them a feeling of power, of knowledge. Luckily, most of us don't need those kinds of fantasty-style reassurances and can deal with reality.

  3. Blimps/Airships by CrosseyedPainless · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Forget the airplane: noisy, dangerous, inefficient, polluting.

    Let's go to nice, whisper-quiet airships, gently wafting from point A to point B. Far quieter and safer, and frankly, just more civilized.

    Worth a try, I say!