SAM would have a better chance than air-to-air would have. A jet would be too high and too fast to pick him out of the ground clutter, but from the ground, it's easier to see it against the sky. But even hitting him with a direct hit from a missile, regardless of where it was fired from, would likely do more damage to DC than anything he could do with his aircraft, had he been malicious.

Funny, given how the school contracted with Apple for the Apple+Pearson solution. The school paid Apple and contracted with Apple. Pearson was a sub-contractor for Apple. RTFA. They have a claim against Apple only, but not Pearson.

A comment in reply to the comment you refer to notes that accessories, warranty, and other costs were included such that the negotiated price was *below* retail. Apple isn't big on discounts.

The Apple's inherently closed garden makes administration easier. Apple includes enterprise management functions that are missing from Android. And Last I was in a store, the Note was not cheaper than the iPad.

The guy in charge was a former exec at Pearson, and probably broke the law pushing his ex-employer's flawed "solution."

Not for Apple. The guys who buy them in orders of 10,000 pay 5% off retail, and when they ask for 10% off retail, Apple refuses the sale and block all future business with them. I've seen it happen (though the percentages were changed so I don't violate any NDAs).

Why should I test when I have an ironclad clause in the contract? Oh, you mean they were calling the school's bluff over expecting the contract to be followed? If it doesn't work, and you say it does, and you take my money over it, that's fraud. Caveat emptor doesn't really apply to fraud.

Procurement is to get the "best price" for what management tells them to get. If management asks for 1000 #2 pencils, procurement isn't there to see if they really want #4 pencils.

A firewall is a special software device. There are lots of Linux firewalls out there and other purely software firewalls. Aside from protecting against electrical attacks, there is little that can be done to a software firewall that will be different from what can be done to a software firewall. I remember cracking open a Cisco PIX and seeing a bog-standard Intel wireless card plugged into the motherboard that was running an Intel Pentium CPU. But that relatively-standard PC is called a "hardware firewall" by most (and by "most" I mean "all", except for those who would lie to try to prove a point on Slashdot).

"Breathe" The process to take in and expel air.

How is that not what an engine does? And he never said the air in the cabin was not isolated from the engines, but that stating to physically close networks that run over similar protocols are inherently connectable is silly, as silly as saying that a human can hack an engine while strapped into a seat because both the human and the engine take in and expel air.

Yes, the useless GAO report says that "no security is 100%". There is no assessment of risk, recommended changes, or other useful statements being reported from the GAO report. Just FUD.

I'm simply explaining to the people that you don't know what you are talking about. I did so politely. You took offense because I was explaining how you are an idiot. I have a pilot license. I know how these things work. I've seen the news report it using the word "ultralight" http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

Have you seen any stating it isn't? No? Then you are guessing in direct opposition to the facts reported, in order to make yourself feel smarter by finding something to argue about that isn't actually a point of interest. Good for you. I hope you feel better, and that this makes up for all the times you were piked on in school. Now sit down, be quiet, and let the adults discuss the actual facts of the matter.

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If only there were some meaning to that date which would explain why such stunts are more common on that date.

You do it at a loss, but you still get some power recovery. It boosts efficiency, but never past 100%.

Are you sure it doesn't meet the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U... criteria?

Supposed to? Does he or doesn't he need one, and if he does need one, does he or doesn't he have it?

Don't know? Then shut up and learn something before opening your mouth.

Yeah, when you call ahead, and the background check indicates 10 previous arrests for terrorism, and your most recent credit card transaction was at Bomb-Mart, and you aren't an American citizen, I think the response would have been different.

Why are you so emotional about it? "Dodgy"? Says who? Oh, none of the reports, just your lies to insult him and us. "Crowds"? What crowds? Random people walking on streets he wasn't near, just over? His "stunt" would have been legal over Atlanta, which is as crowded as the area he flew over. There was no great risk. Note, you don't complain about his high speed craft, as it was slow, but the "rotors". Why do you hate helicopters? Should they all be banned from urban areas? If not, you are a lying hypocrite.