Right, and now define probable cause. That happens outside of the constitution — in court. It's interpreted every time.

Here, try this article and its comments.

Only if it is daytime and not foggy or snowing heavily. Otherwise the windows don't help much either and pilots have to fly on instruments only. These days most of those instruments, even basic things like the artificial horizon, are LCD screens and need power.

The question is if an artificial display helps enough under normal circumstances to outweigh any draw-backs in extremely unlikely circumstances. Being able to see the world around you at night or in fog during routine landings, or seeing other nearby aircraft highlighted in space around you seems like it would avoid many accidents, so perhaps the trade-off is worth it.

If it had happened at night the pilots of the landing plane probably wouldn't have seen the one on the runway. If they had a screen with IR or night vision capability they would have a chance.

He doesn't mean the autopilot lands, although it is possible. He means that the pilots land "blind", using instruments only.

When you learn to fly aircraft you start off on Visual Flight Rules (VFR). You have to be able to see outside at all times, so no flying at night or in fog or in clouds. You then move on to Instrument Flight Rules (IFR), and can basically fly through anything the aircraft can handle without the need to ever look out the window.

A display screen would be able to display an IR or completely virtual overlay image, so in fog it would be a lot better than an actual window.

But won't you think of the economy? We must enable mankind to engage in economic activity, no matter the cost!

No beam. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.

I have an LG E960 (aka "Nexus 4") you insensitive etc.

I live in California. I have to pay when I buy electronics, but not when I dispose of them. Not more than a month ago I junked a stack of old electronics, from some of which I had cannibalized the good bits, and not even bothered with reassembly. Just toss 'em in the marked dumpster. And of course, the old cellphones can be disposed of at your local post office. California will also take my batteries for free, so I save 'em up in mayo jars.

Obviously, someone pays for this stuff, and that someone is partially me. But since I don't have to pay a fee to dispose of it, there's no incentive not to dispose of it properly.

Snowden is making a dent in American's wallets though, or at least in corporate profits. Financial pain is the only language the US understands, and the only thing that will make it stop.

Disagree. We can do a lot to make mass surveillance of the internet impractical. Real life is a bit harder, but private communication and thought is a worthwhile goal in itself.