PhotonWrangler
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Did they actually trace the laser to Wicked, or did someone in the newsroom simply do a search for dealers and then pick one from the list?
Police probe lasers aimed at Sea-Tac planes
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wintermute
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Here's another incident...info posted today:
Another laser beam is targeted at an airplane leaving Sea-Tac
THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Last updated: February 17th, 2005 08:13 AM
There's been another case of someone shining a laser beam at a commercial jet in Pierce County, and the FBI is now involved in the investigation.
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said someone pointed a laser at an aircraft leaving Sea-Tac Airport about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Alaska Airlines pilot told Federal Aviation Administration officials the beam emanated from an area along Interstate 5 near McChord Air Force Base, Troyer said. A search of the area turned up no suspects, he said.
It was the second day in a row that someone shined a laser at flights leaving Sea-Tac. On Monday, four pilots reported being hit with the beams. No one has been hurt and no planes damaged.
Deputies believe the person pointing the beams at aircraft considers it a prank, but it is a federal offense and a felony.
The sheriff's department has assigned a detective to the case, Troyer said, and deputies also are working with the FBI and FAA to track down a suspect.
Adam Lynn, The News Tribune
So, as of 8am they had not caught anyone yet...but that surely may have changed by now.
Another laser beam is targeted at an airplane leaving Sea-Tac
THE NEWS TRIBUNE
Last updated: February 17th, 2005 08:13 AM
There's been another case of someone shining a laser beam at a commercial jet in Pierce County, and the FBI is now involved in the investigation.
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said someone pointed a laser at an aircraft leaving Sea-Tac Airport about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Alaska Airlines pilot told Federal Aviation Administration officials the beam emanated from an area along Interstate 5 near McChord Air Force Base, Troyer said. A search of the area turned up no suspects, he said.
It was the second day in a row that someone shined a laser at flights leaving Sea-Tac. On Monday, four pilots reported being hit with the beams. No one has been hurt and no planes damaged.
Deputies believe the person pointing the beams at aircraft considers it a prank, but it is a federal offense and a felony.
The sheriff's department has assigned a detective to the case, Troyer said, and deputies also are working with the FBI and FAA to track down a suspect.
Adam Lynn, The News Tribune
So, as of 8am they had not caught anyone yet...but that surely may have changed by now.
Lasernerd
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Yes they arrested a subject today charged with 9 counts felony ,He told them where he bought the laser and all.
Lasernerd
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It`s on the NWCN now,,they are showing the video clip from wicked of the virtual laser pen.
NorthWest Cable News
here`s a link
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_021705WABlaserarrestLJ.b82e647a.html
NorthWest Cable News
here`s a link
http://www.nwcn.com/topstories/stories/NW_021705WABlaserarrestLJ.b82e647a.html
wintermute
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For some reason I can't even register...can you post the article.
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SEATTLE - Pierce County Sheriff's Office officials say they have nabbed the man they claim has been shining lasers at commercial planes flying over Western Washington.
A 911 called helped them make an arrest Thursday morning.
"We know we have the guy who's responsible for all of the laser beams being pointed at the aircraft over the past few days in Pierce County," said Ed Troyer, spokesman for Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
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Lasers can temporarily blind pilots.
Pilots of commerical aircraft, many of them from Alaska Airlines flights that were leaving and arriving at SeaTac Airport, reported that those confusing, dangerous beams of light were hitting inside their cockpits since Monday.
Over the past few days, the FAA was able to give police specific coordinates of where the lasers might be coming from. But the break came Wednesday night when a neighbor called police saying he could see someone pointing the laser into the sky.
Investigators moved in and arrested the 25-year-old man on nine counts of unlawful discharge of a laser.
Police say the potentially mentally-challenged young man probably did not realize the dangers.
"We're still trying to determine his capacity for understanding the ramifications of his actions. He does have some issues that we're looking into. We don't believe he tried intentionally to do anything to hurt anybody or bring an aircraft down," said Troyer.
Since Monday night, airline pilots flying over Pierce County have complained about the disorienting lasers hitting their planes while trying to land or take-off at Sea-Tac Airport.
With detectives anxious to find the culprit, the big break came Wednesay night in a Lakewood neighborhood when someone called 911 to report a man was shining a laser at passing aircraft.
"This laser only cost $200, and he got it on the Internet," said Troyer. "It really proves that anyone can get one of these items for a nominal fee and take it out and cause a lot of havoc."
Detectives were still trying to figure out why the suspect was aiming the laser pointer at commercial aircraft.
"Well, some of the reasons he gave why he was doing it don't make any sense," said Troyer. "We have some issues we have to work through."
The suspect is now at the Pierce County Jail.
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SEATTLE - Pierce County Sheriff's Office officials say they have nabbed the man they claim has been shining lasers at commercial planes flying over Western Washington.
A 911 called helped them make an arrest Thursday morning.
"We know we have the guy who's responsible for all of the laser beams being pointed at the aircraft over the past few days in Pierce County," said Ed Troyer, spokesman for Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
File
Lasers can temporarily blind pilots.
Pilots of commerical aircraft, many of them from Alaska Airlines flights that were leaving and arriving at SeaTac Airport, reported that those confusing, dangerous beams of light were hitting inside their cockpits since Monday.
Over the past few days, the FAA was able to give police specific coordinates of where the lasers might be coming from. But the break came Wednesday night when a neighbor called police saying he could see someone pointing the laser into the sky.
Investigators moved in and arrested the 25-year-old man on nine counts of unlawful discharge of a laser.
Police say the potentially mentally-challenged young man probably did not realize the dangers.
"We're still trying to determine his capacity for understanding the ramifications of his actions. He does have some issues that we're looking into. We don't believe he tried intentionally to do anything to hurt anybody or bring an aircraft down," said Troyer.
Since Monday night, airline pilots flying over Pierce County have complained about the disorienting lasers hitting their planes while trying to land or take-off at Sea-Tac Airport.
With detectives anxious to find the culprit, the big break came Wednesay night in a Lakewood neighborhood when someone called 911 to report a man was shining a laser at passing aircraft.
"This laser only cost $200, and he got it on the Internet," said Troyer. "It really proves that anyone can get one of these items for a nominal fee and take it out and cause a lot of havoc."
Detectives were still trying to figure out why the suspect was aiming the laser pointer at commercial aircraft.
"Well, some of the reasons he gave why he was doing it don't make any sense," said Troyer. "We have some issues we have to work through."
The suspect is now at the Pierce County Jail.
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Lasernerd said:
"This laser only cost $200, and he got it on the Internet," said Troyer. "It really proves that anyone can get one of these items for a nominal fee and take it out and cause a lot of havoc."
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Friggin @#$!&^% !!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banned2.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif
Lasernerd said:
"This laser only cost $200, and he got it on the Internet," said Troyer. "It really proves that anyone can get one of these items for a nominal fee and take it out and cause a lot of havoc."
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Friggin @#$!&^% !!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banned2.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rant.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/xyxgun.gif
PhotonWrangler
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Groan - the reporter always tries to show off his/her vast knowledge of lasers by showing a photo of one along with a phrase like "...and they used a pointer JUST LIKE THIS ONE THAT ANYBODY CAN BUY AND OPERATE TO CAUSE TERRIBLE HARM TO ALL LIVING THINGS!"
I think this is sweeps week...
I think this is sweeps week...
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opps very sorry
Pila_Power
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"They don't publish ANY stories Ever about conterfeiters but they catch 600 or more per year. I guess they don't want to inspire any "Copycats". As long as an idiot can easily get hold of a tool, there will be problems. Ask some of the fools doing 20 years for abusing a copy machine. It just doesn't make the news like a LASER item."
True but counterfeiters have been around since the dawn of currency. No new news there.
Lasers on the other hand...
True but counterfeiters have been around since the dawn of currency. No new news there.
Lasers on the other hand...
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Link to video
Just go to the link that was listed in one of the previous posts and use this generic login and password
email/username: gojoe
password:badger
This login/password does not belong to anyone, it is a generic login from www.bugmenot.com
bugmenot.com provides logins and passwords for newssites and newspapers for those who do not want to register and keep their privacy.
Jack
Just go to the link that was listed in one of the previous posts and use this generic login and password
email/username: gojoe
password:badger
This login/password does not belong to anyone, it is a generic login from www.bugmenot.com
bugmenot.com provides logins and passwords for newssites and newspapers for those who do not want to register and keep their privacy.
Jack
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Re: Link to video
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002183496_laserbeam18m.html
No passwords necessary. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Yes this person is an @$$.
Looks like people will never learn.
Methinks if this person bought a wicked laser from the internet, they would have known what's going on in the world. Perhaps they figured they could do it without being caught.
IMO, the news should have NEVER revealed that a neighbor called 911. This gives copycats more ideas on how to do this without being caught. Unfortunately, I don't think these incidents are going to stop anytime soon. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&ie=UTF-8&ncl=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002183496_laserbeam18m.html
No passwords necessary. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Yes this person is an @$$.
Looks like people will never learn.
Methinks if this person bought a wicked laser from the internet, they would have known what's going on in the world. Perhaps they figured they could do it without being caught.
IMO, the news should have NEVER revealed that a neighbor called 911. This gives copycats more ideas on how to do this without being caught. Unfortunately, I don't think these incidents are going to stop anytime soon. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mad.gif
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Gentlemen, please no foul language in this froum /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif, not even when replace with (%&@(/ ...
Lasernerd, Empath wanted you also to edit your post and remove the large quote.
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Gentlemen, please no foul language in this froum /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif, not even when replace with (%&@(/ ...
Lasernerd, Empath wanted you also to edit your post and remove the large quote.
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Empath, with all due respect, the only reason that he posted the article was because many of us were not able to view the information. The news site requires registration, and although I tried...approximately 20 times, with 2 different types of browsers, and 2 different email addressed...I was completely unable to get a username/password for the site. I just wanted to have Lasernerd's back on this, because many of us were very interested in the article, but could not access the information through other means.
Just for clarification, what about an article that is not available online, for instance an article out of a technology magazine. If I typed a copy of the article, is it against the rules to post it? Keeping in mind that it is not available online for anyone else.
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The postings of entire articles will need to stop. You can post a link, and paraphrase.
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Empath, with all due respect, the only reason that he posted the article was because many of us were not able to view the information. The news site requires registration, and although I tried...approximately 20 times, with 2 different types of browsers, and 2 different email addressed...I was completely unable to get a username/password for the site. I just wanted to have Lasernerd's back on this, because many of us were very interested in the article, but could not access the information through other means.
Just for clarification, what about an article that is not available online, for instance an article out of a technology magazine. If I typed a copy of the article, is it against the rules to post it? Keeping in mind that it is not available online for anyone else.
Just because you cannot access the article does not mean it is legal to quote at all. Same goes for an offline article of course.
"No quote >100 words" always applies, except you have the copyright owner allow you to quote more than that ...
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P.S.: it is always possible to write a nice short summary of the article in question.
"No quote >100 words" always applies, except you have the copyright owner allow you to quote more than that ...
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P.S.: it is always possible to write a nice short summary of the article in question.
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Just out of curiousity, where does the 100 word breakpoint come from? Is that some widely accepted standard or does it stem from the fact that it's difficult to write a complete article in under 100 words?
Well, it is an accepted standard around CPF. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon3.gif
We do not expect to see a fully quoted article with 100 words to be possible. It should be more of an introdution, the interested reader can always follow the link if the found text seems interesting reading. Also it doesn't clog CPF with information that is written down elsewhere and can be found there. If you own the (c) on something you can post the whole thing. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
We do not expect to see a fully quoted article with 100 words to be possible. It should be more of an introdution, the interested reader can always follow the link if the found text seems interesting reading. Also it doesn't clog CPF with information that is written down elsewhere and can be found there. If you own the (c) on something you can post the whole thing. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Under copyright laws, a segment of a copyrighted work can be quoted under 'fair use' exceptions. Of course if the 100 words encompasses the bulk, or all of the works, then even 100 words are too many.
Basically, you can't reproduce the copyrighted works, but a small segment used as a reference to the works is permitted under law.
Basically, you can't reproduce the copyrighted works, but a small segment used as a reference to the works is permitted under law.
