Even a low powered laser when it hits the cockpit of a helicopter (especially at night) will illuminate every scratch in the plexi and even if it doesn't hit the pilot in the eye (which can blind) which makes it impossible to see. Flying a helicopter is very demanding (yes I have my PPL helicopter) and at night the demands are even higher. Remember those aircraft are millions of dollars, and might have four people onboard. On top of the damage you'd cause on the ground by causing a crash.
These guys have a hard enough time doing their job, which might be chasing a car thief, or flying you to the hospital after a car accident. You'd think common sense would prevent this, but hey I guess that's out of the question.
The livesaver bottle seems to provide 1000+ gallons for water for the price. This $50 bottle provides 26 gallons.
"LIFESAVER cartridges LIFESAVER bottle is fitted with either a 4000UF or 6000UF replaceable cartridge. The 4000UF has a service rating of up to 4000 litres of water and the 6000UF up to 6000 litres. The cartridge will remove bacteria, viruses, cysts, parasites, fungi and all other microbiological water-borne pathogens from your water (see performance data)."
No one seems to have mentioned anything about security and privacy. From reading their FAQ:
"I closed ClipRead, and when I re-opened it, it showed the last thing I had submitted. Are you saving a copy of the text I submit?
No. ClipRead takes whatever is on your virtual Clipboard, and submits it to our parsers. Anytime you highlight and copy something, it is saved to your Clipboard, and it will remain there until you highlight and copy something else."
The key being that "and submits to our parsers". The way I understood their information you have to copy and send the text to them. Which means that they read everything that you read. Seems a little scary to me and my tin foil hat.
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Even a low powered laser when it hits the cockpit of a helicopter (especially at night) will illuminate every scratch in the plexi and even if it doesn't hit the pilot in the eye (which can blind) which makes it impossible to see. Flying a helicopter is very demanding (yes I have my PPL helicopter) and at night the demands are even higher. Remember those aircraft are millions of dollars, and might have four people onboard. On top of the damage you'd cause on the ground by causing a crash. These guys have a hard enough time doing their job, which might be chasing a car thief, or flying you to the hospital after a car accident. You'd think common sense would prevent this, but hey I guess that's out of the question.
Cheaper solution = Interns
The assignment goes something like this:
"If you want to graduate, you're going to sit here and watch this rock for the next four months. See you in June."
The livesaver bottle seems to provide 1000+ gallons for water for the price. This $50 bottle provides 26 gallons.
"LIFESAVER cartridges
LIFESAVER bottle is fitted with either a 4000UF or 6000UF replaceable cartridge. The 4000UF has a service rating of up to 4000 litres of water and the 6000UF up to 6000 litres. The cartridge will remove bacteria, viruses, cysts, parasites, fungi and all other microbiological water-borne pathogens from your water (see performance data)."
Everything you watch looks like it's a classic!
No one seems to have mentioned anything about security and privacy. From reading their FAQ:
"I closed ClipRead, and when I re-opened it, it showed the last thing I had submitted. Are you saving a copy of the text I submit?
No. ClipRead takes whatever is on your virtual Clipboard, and submits it to our parsers. Anytime you highlight and copy something, it is saved to your Clipboard, and it will remain there until you highlight and copy something else."
The key being that "and submits to our parsers". The way I understood their information you have to copy and send the text to them. Which means that they read everything that you read. Seems a little scary to me and my tin foil hat.