Submission + - F-22 Raptor Gets Zapped by International Date Line
Anonymous Coward writes: "Lockheed's F-22 Raptor is the most advanced fighter in the world with its stealth capabilities, advanced radar, state of the art weapons systems and ultra-efficient turbofans.
But while the simulated war games were a somewhat easy feat for the Raptor, something more mundane was able to cripple six aircraft on a 12 to 15 hours flight from Hawaii to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The U.S. Air Force's mighty Raptor was felled by the International Date Line (IDL).
When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. Everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were completely taken offline. Numerous attempts were made to "reboot" the systems to no avail.
http://www.dailytech.com/Lockheeds+F22+Raptor+Gets +Zapped+by+International+Date+Line/article6225.htm "
But while the simulated war games were a somewhat easy feat for the Raptor, something more mundane was able to cripple six aircraft on a 12 to 15 hours flight from Hawaii to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. The U.S. Air Force's mighty Raptor was felled by the International Date Line (IDL).
When the group of Raptors crossed over the IDL, multiple computer systems crashed on the planes. Everything from fuel subsystems, to navigation and partial communications were completely taken offline. Numerous attempts were made to "reboot" the systems to no avail.
http://www.dailytech.com/Lockheeds+F22+Raptor+Get
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Submission + - Broadcasters will be fined $12.5 million in payola
An anonymous reader writes: http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/us/article/0,2 845,MCA_25346_5397222,00.html
WASHINGTON — Radio listeners sick of hearing the same tunes again and again may soon encounter surprising new voices, thanks to a $12.5 million settlement pending against major broadcasters accused of taking record companies' bribes.
Submission + - Wikipedia Admins Censor Criticism
Wikingo writes: "Wikipedia has been accused before of censoring articles that some of its admins are biased against, or that are critical of the censorship practice itself. A couple of recent incidents have only strengthened this impression. Is the select group of Wikipedia admins slowly shifting towards the Chinese Great Firewall model, where a lot of information is allowed to pass through, but nothing that doesnt toe the offical party line on certain controversial topics or is critical towards its censorship practices?"
