Re: Avoid the sh1t
I don't think that I have OCD - rather CDO (as the letters are now in the correct order!)
I larfed...
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Oh, you've done it now!
Let's avoid the obvious ones, like Scunthorpe and Penistone, shall we? Oh, too late...
Cockermouth, Cumbria
Ecclefechan, Dumfries and Galloway
Lickey End, Worcestershire
Little Snoring, Norfolk
Lower Assendon, Oxfordshire
Lower Dicker, East Sussex
Upper Boddam, Aberdeenshire
Shall I go on?
So far nobody else has been identified or arrested over the shutdown.
Curious how the story has rapidly been squashed, and not one enterprising journalist has written anything about why, given the massive disruption, nothing much has been done.
Gatwick, Heathrow and Edinburgh have apparently bought unspecified (but very expensive) anti-drone technology, but it would be interesting to see what would actually happen if someone reported drone sightings this week...
Now you've reminded me, there used to be a company - can't remember the name now, but a well known purveyor of computer peripherals - who sold a set of floppy disk holders (5 1/4 natch) which were designed... designed! to fit over a CRT monitor like a pair of saddlebags, with the floppies each side of the screen!
I wonder how many people thought that was a good idea...
Exactly.
Look at what's just happened in Germany:
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/01/04/germany_mass_hack_merkel/
and now imagine that they already had a porn watchers database in operation.
If data is collected by the government, it WILL be hacked, and it WILL be used for malicious purposes.
My comprehension is that "eggheads" refers to those who work purely theoretically, whereas "boffins" are those who combine the theory with the practical tinkering necessary to produce a working version.
However there is some blurring of this distinction, as I would consider Trevor Bayliss to be a Boffin, but I would also put Barnes Wallis in the same category, even though strictly he was an Egghead.
Oh, and I don't consider either term to be pejorative or derogatory.
It's defeatist nonsense in either case.
So you think punishing or restricting the majority will make any difference to future instances like this?
Or do you perhaps think it's possible to unilaterally ban the manufacture, sale and use of drones completely, remove all the internet content on how to bypass drone restrictions, or modify a drone for longer endurance, and get everyone to forget completely how to build, modify or fly a drone?
If not, then this is going to happen again and again.
Why is it that politicians (and pilots on PPrune) don't seem to understand that regulation only stops people who are prepared to abide by the rules?
Criminals and terrorists will just ignore any restrictions, so the only impact will be on law-abiding citizens who already follow the existing rules.
You cannot ban drones, anymore than you can ban encryption, the technology now exists and is widely available, it's too late.
As I posted above in response to a similar question:
What resources do you think the RAF has which are capable of dealing with a threat that is slow moving and doesn't go above about 800 feet?
What has the RAF got that can deal with what is essentially a mobile but ground-based threat?
FlightRadar24 doesn't use radar, sorry.
It relies on ADS-B information, or multilateration using FlightRadar24 receivers, both of which techniques require the target to be actively transmitting a recognisable signal. It is unlikely that a drone would have that sort of transmitter fitted.