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Comment: Emergency cell tower (Score 5, Interesting) 90

by Viadd (#36922130) Attached to: Hackers' Flying Drone Now Eavesdrops On GSM Phones

How often have you heard of people who are lost in the woods/at sea, and who could have called for help if they had cell phone connectivity?

They could fly one of these as part of a search. Even if the owner isn't actively using the phone, the drone could detect the electronic serial number of each phone in its coverage area and match it against the lost person's phone.

Comment: Re:The leaking pipe isn't 5 feet in diameter (Score 1) 799

by Viadd (#32201042) Attached to: Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario

If it is 53 cm instead of 5 feet, then scaling from the video is off by a factor of (5 feet/53 cm)^3 = 24 and his 4 bbarrels per second becomes 15 thousand barrels per day, assuming he only made that one mistake.

This is not good, but it is closer to the mainstream media than to the Revelation-quoting Alabaman.

If God had intended Man to Walk, He would have given him Feet.

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