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Aerial Video Footage of New York Taken By RC Plane
kkleiner writes with this fun bit from Singularity Hub: "Expert remote control pilot Raphael 'Trappy' Pirker recently took his 54 inch Zephyr model plane on a harrowing tour of Manhattan and the surrounding area. The best part: his RC vehicle was fitted with a camera that wirelessly transmitted an amazing recording of everything it saw – Pirker was piloting his craft with this visual feed. As you can see in the video, the results were spectacular. The plane looks to be flying within a few feet of buildings and whizzing past bridges with ease. You have to check out around 2:01 when he starts to buzz right by the Statute of Liberty."
very simple. Now, some idiot with some islamofascist idea, can buy a readymade tool (he says he's going to sell it ) with some petrodollars and God knows do what. You GEEKS now cry awesome! Cool! etc, you morons are interested only in tech. It would not be any funny when this moron sells a readymade plae to some fool who then uses that to do some damage. Also, how close he flew it to Liberty too is disconcerting.
Sometimes we are saved because the bad guys are not that smart - think the Time Square bomber. Now what this guys is going is making it ready-made for them. Govt has a very valid reason to be concerned, and so have I. Some geek like you will still keep asking 'does ti do Linux'. Morons go to hell.
Mr. O. B. Lada of Chicago
So wait, this changes everything: not only is Paul McCartney alive and the head of Al-Qaeda, but he's living in freakin' Chicago? Crazy world...
If that plane had crashed into a building, it would have been like 911 divided by 100
Yes. Nine point one one!