It is not surprising that there are ths many attempts, or that most of them are accidental. There are a staggering number of people flying, and a high number of guns in the US.

The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (http://www.transtats.bts.gov/) says there were 689 million passenger enplanements. You can do the math, but approximately 2,000 guns found is nowhere near a concerning number. It sounds shocking on the face of it, but with a decade of record gun sales and a strong movement for people to carry concealed, I expected for more to be found.

News for nerds on the same day that it matters? Nice.

I hope therer isn't too much flail resulting from this. Flying in the US is already painful enough.

Im surprised you need malware to break winows update. I can't count the number of times I've had to do something like delete the softwaredistribution folder to start getting updates again.

Just because something starts out as military hardware, doesn't mean it doesn't have valid, peaceful uses.

The helicopter is a great example. Some military hardware has uses other than killing people and breaking things.

I could see something like an RQ-1 being used in much the same way as traffic and police helicopters are used today. They should have the hell regulated out of them, of course. Not just for privacy, but for safety.

It has to do with a popular American sit-com reference. In the show Happy Days, a main character jumped over a shark, and the show was all downhill from there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_the_shark

Why not assure that they have to publish the list--get it written into the law!

Use the tech ignorance of the sponsors against them, and de-fang part of the bill.

I happened across a blog (http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/12/crystal_cox_oregon_blogger_isn.php) that had some potentially illuminating facts.

- she was her own legal representation
- the law seems to say that he should be shielded

I'm not surprised there would be a shocking verdict in a case when the defendant is acting as their own legal counsel. From the snippet of the law in the blog, it seems like it should have been an open an shut case.

Unless her blog was so bad that it could not be considered "any medium of communication to the public"

Troll quotes are a thing these days....

http://www.trollquotes.com/

Or just google troll quotes for more.

I'm sure that the founding fathers would have had an amendment of the constitution that guaranteed against what is going on right now.

People should also focus on how unnecessarily dangerous that traffic stop was.

Why did off-duty officer feel it was necessary to endanger his own life, the motorcyclist and the life of the motorists in the nearby vehicles? His weapon was drawn before he announced that he was a police officer. Somebody who would have chosen fight over flight could have caused a serious altercation. IANAPO, but why couldn't the officer have recorded the details of this obvious lawbreaker and reported it to a marked unit to take care of traffic violations?

I'm hoping there are other details I don't know about, but the video evidence seems to indicate an investigation of the officer's conduct would be prudent.

This study sure seems conveniently timed in relation to the current healthcared 'debate'.

Here's to hoping it is good science and not mostly partisan.

I'm getting tired of that crap.

That is just the ticket.

I have taken my $35 ironman from being submersed 60' below sea level to 20,000'+ pressure altitude, all within a matter of days. It has traveled from hot deserts to snowy mountains to swamps and survived extended G loading.

The only 'maintenance' it has needed in the past eight years are three new wristbands and a battery.

I can't imagine any multi-use device even getting close to that (especially at the low cost). There will always be a benefit and need for device specialization.

It is pretty amazing how far you have to drive into the desert to get away from the lights. Just ask anybody who has driven towards Las Vegas at night. I have been able to see the glow from over 100 miles away when conditions are right.

You can really limit down the search area by doing some research first. If these are traditional cabled weather balloons, near areas of high population density, and at altitudes visible to the ground, they will be a flight hazard. Based off those assumptions, they should either be in restricted areas or NOTAMed. Too bad that idea alone isn't worth any money.

Another phrase I've heard thrown around is "we don't have enough time to do it right, but time to do it over again" there was a time I thought it was funny, until it became too true.