First: Yes, that is avoidable through design. It just depends on the foresight of the creators.
Second: Ah, this is an interesting speculation. I'm sure that there would be plenty of controversy around this if airships ever are truly considered. I'd assume they would fly high enough that it would be difficult to actually hit them, though that could be wrong. There's really no guarantee that this wouldn't happen, and I suppose we'd just have to rely on the good nature of people to leave things like this alone. Which, of course, means we're totally out of luck.
Third: I'd assume that there would be "no-blimp" zones near airports or similar takeoff/landing strips. Jets and prop-based aircraft, for the most part, would fly much higher than zeppelins or blimps would. It doesn't make practical sense to fly a blimp that high. This would be another "level" of air traffic, one at a different altitude. They'd share space with helicopter-type craft, which better darn well see a slow-moving mammoth balloon flying toward them.
A lot of it has to do with the obscene amount of "political correctness" that we try to uphold today. If you're stern with your kid, you're seen as a bad person. If you're nice to them and try to be the "best friend", regardless of the outcome, people respect you more. People try to shelter their children excessively, but in the end nothing actually changes.
What happened to tire swings, big slides, and wooden playgrounds? They were replaced by newer, "safer" equipment. There's still an equal chance that some kid will fall off the top platform and break something as there was before. Now it just seems safer, with all the rounded edges and soft surfaces. We make it look like we're doing something, but effectively nothing really changes.
But then there are still a lot of people without HD capabilities (myself included) that will be unable to use the system. Since Nintento's target group for the Wii is the "casual gamer", it seems that they'd want to have HD as an option, not a necessity.
The only access I have to HD currently is a small 480p TV I bought for my dorm room, which would mean no Wii for me. Granted, by the time next-gen consoles come out, many more people will have access to HD, but chances are there will still be a significant number of people lacking said capabilities, even with the digital broadcasting changes forcing people to purchase new TVs.
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On your points:
First: Yes, that is avoidable through design. It just depends on the foresight of the creators.
Second: Ah, this is an interesting speculation. I'm sure that there would be plenty of controversy around this if airships ever are truly considered. I'd assume they would fly high enough that it would be difficult to actually hit them, though that could be wrong. There's really no guarantee that this wouldn't happen, and I suppose we'd just have to rely on the good nature of people to leave things like this alone. Which, of course, means we're totally out of luck.
Third: I'd assume that there would be "no-blimp" zones near airports or similar takeoff/landing strips. Jets and prop-based aircraft, for the most part, would fly much higher than zeppelins or blimps would. It doesn't make practical sense to fly a blimp that high. This would be another "level" of air traffic, one at a different altitude. They'd share space with helicopter-type craft, which better darn well see a slow-moving mammoth balloon flying toward them.
A lot of it has to do with the obscene amount of "political correctness" that we try to uphold today. If you're stern with your kid, you're seen as a bad person. If you're nice to them and try to be the "best friend", regardless of the outcome, people respect you more. People try to shelter their children excessively, but in the end nothing actually changes.
What happened to tire swings, big slides, and wooden playgrounds? They were replaced by newer, "safer" equipment. There's still an equal chance that some kid will fall off the top platform and break something as there was before. Now it just seems safer, with all the rounded edges and soft surfaces. We make it look like we're doing something, but effectively nothing really changes.
But then there are still a lot of people without HD capabilities (myself included) that will be unable to use the system. Since Nintento's target group for the Wii is the "casual gamer", it seems that they'd want to have HD as an option, not a necessity. The only access I have to HD currently is a small 480p TV I bought for my dorm room, which would mean no Wii for me. Granted, by the time next-gen consoles come out, many more people will have access to HD, but chances are there will still be a significant number of people lacking said capabilities, even with the digital broadcasting changes forcing people to purchase new TVs.