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Tim, you're hyperventilating... relax!!!
Tim Killian wrote: Nearly 300 million people inhabit the U.S. these days, and roughly half of them are old enough to wave a laser pointer around. If only 1/10 of 1% are imbeciles with a sociopathic streak, that means 150,000 of our fellow citizens could be lighting up police cars, busses, aircraft, and NFL quarterbacks for sheer amusement. Laser pointers have been compared to guns in this discussion, but there are big differences -- a pointer can be used covertly, and the beam travels at the speed of light. In a fit of deranged anger, I might go out in the back yard and try to hit a police helicopter with a high-powered rifle, but I'd probably miss the target, and the noise would certainly draw attention. With a GLP, the situation is very different -- it's more like a shooter with a silencer on the weapon, and the weapon never misses. Czar7 wrote: Just thought you might be intersted in this little nugget. Davoud...this was on WBAL.com this morning: ********* Linthicum Man Faces Charges In Laser Incident Tuesday, January 25, 2005 WBAL Radio and The Associated Press LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Police are announcing the arrest of a Linthicum man in a laser pointing incident involving an Anne Arundel County Police helicopter. Thirty-eight-year-old Edward Pannell of Eva Avenue was arrested yesterday after a three-week investigation. Police say Pannell admitted pointing a high intensity green laser at the helicopter December 31st while the aircraft was involved in a search for a criminal suspect in Pasadena. The pilot had to break off the search because the laser interfered with his visibility. Pannell is charged with reckless endangerment and a violation of a prohibition on laser pointers -- both are misdemeanors. The investigation was conducted by county and state police detectives in the Baltimore Joint Terrorism Task Force. *********** My question or point would be the quote "...and a voloation of a prohibition on laser pointers."??? I don't have details, yet, on what was pointed since I don't know what the AP considers "high intensity". So it may be that this GLP was over 5mw. But the comment was a prohibition on laser pointers...not GLP's or high intensity laser pointers...but laser pointers. What I can tell you is that Linthicum is home to BWI airport and I am sure they are watching the area like a hawk. I am also sure that Mr. Pannell is very foolish to point the thing at a police helicopter. Oh well...be careful about rumors. You never know when they will become misdemeanors! Dave |
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On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 09:25:28 -0700, Tim Killian
wrote: Laser pointers have been compared to guns in this discussion, but there are big differences -- a pointer can be used covertly, and the beam travels at the speed of light. In a fit of deranged anger, I might go out in the back yard and try to hit a police helicopter with a high-powered rifle, but I'd probably miss the target, and the noise would certainly draw attention. With a GLP, the situation is very different -- it's more like a shooter with a silencer on the weapon, and the weapon never misses. Not to mention a weapon that does no damage. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com |
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Chris L Peterson wrote:
Not to mention a weapon that does no damage. Ahh. So to put it in terms that some of us geeks over here in the RPG corner can understand, it's a magic wand that does 4d0+0 HP damage. Brian Tung The Astronomy Corner at http://astro.isi.edu/ Unofficial C5+ Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/c5plus/ The PleiadAtlas Home Page at http://astro.isi.edu/pleiadatlas/ My Own Personal FAQ (SAA) at http://astro.isi.edu/reference/faq.txt |
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Tim Killian wrote:
With a GLP, the situation is very different -- it's more like a shooter with a silencer on the weapon, and the weapon never misses. I still can't belive that you can fixate the beam on a target or even find it. Maybe I need to practice.. |
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Do people still play tabletop D&D? I though MMO's had pretty much
killed it off..... Tom T. |
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