Elderly Amish Man Caught on Film With Prostitute, Blackmailed
When a 75-year-old Amish widower slept with a prostitute, he -- we feel certain -- felt pretty bad about it the next morning. As if that guilt weren't enough for the old man, the prostitute and her boyfriend demanded $67,000 from him, claiming that they had filmed the scene with wall-mounted cameras and would upload the recording to the Internet. The pair was later arrested and, we can only imagine, the Amish man abhorred technology more than ever.
Bank Robber Gets Away With the Help of Craiglist
In October, a bank robber -- wearing a safety vest, blue shirt, face mask and goggles -- eluded police with the help of Craiglist. Just outside the bank, while the robbery was in progress, stood a group of men who were responding to a Craiglist day labor opportunity. As the advertisement required, they were all wearing safety vests, blue shirts, face masks and goggles.
Nude New Zealander Arrested After Responding to Fake Sexy Text Message
Late in 2007, a Wellington, New Zealand man received a racy text message from two anonymous "ladies," giving him only an address and a request that he show up naked. Well, he indeed showed up naked... at the home of one appalled, unsuspecting New Zealander. Both the nude Romeo and the sadistic texter were arrested, though neither were prosecuted.
Fake Craiglist Ad Costs Man Most of What He Owns
Last Spring, a post appeared on an Oregon Craigslist board stating that the owner of a specific house was leaving all of his worldly possessions (still in said house) to whoever wanted them. When homeowner Robert Salisbury rushed home -- on a tip from a woman suspicious about the offer of a free horse -- he found his house being ransacked by 30 strangers. We suggest he take that horse and collect some vengeance Clint Eastwood-style.
17-Year-Old Jailed for Stealing Virtual 'Furniture'
When a 17-year-old Dutch boy hacked into several accounts on the Second Life-style site 'Habbo' in 2007, the the law got involved. The boy was discovered to have stolen $5,800 worth of virtual furniture and knick-knacks. Apparently, crime -- whether actual or virtual -- does not pay.
Phishers Going After Your Phones in New 'Vishing' Trend
Over the past year, sneaky spammers have begun to forsake the worn-out territory of e-mail in favor of cell phones' fertile frontier. The result? "Vishing." Get it? Voice mail phishing. It might be more ominous if it didn't sound like a James Bond villain saying, "Wishing."
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave Money / Food Behind
Around Halloween of last year, a truckload of thieves drove into -- that's right, into -- a Pennsylvania Mexican restaurant, where they -- apparently uninterested in the cash register -- stole a mid-grade 47-inch HDTV and fled the scene. We've all heard about how this generation is lacking in ambition, but this generation's thieves, too?
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Bill said 9:09PM on 10-10-2008
Luckily for those of us flying high-performance general aviation airplanes, the ability to fly point-to-point is already here. Much of the time when away from the major hubs, ATC allows us to "go direct." Many of the air carriers have the capability also, but the terminal airspace structure at the hubs limits the use.
And the use of WAAS capable GPS systems now allows much lower approach minimums at many smaller general aviation airports.
Avionics has been the big improvement in aviation in recent years.
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Brian said 10:24PM on 10-10-2008
Why will it take over a decade and why in the heck does it cost 200k per plane?
I assume most of that must be the price to license software... from what I understand, most aircraft have some pretty darn accurate GPS system.
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Moongrim said 9:40AM on 10-11-2008
Horsefeathers!
You read all the time about GPS followers making wrong turns. The FAA doesn't know squat about the limitations of GPS. Six feet worth of difference can make the difference between a successful landing and a disaster.
The FAA is just determined to do to N.A.S. what Quisling did to Sweden.
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reirobt said 12:03AM on 10-14-2008
Moongrim -- Your statement is very incorrect. I have 6 years of direct command and control & User segment GPS experience. The FAA is very informed on the positional accuracy limitations & capabilities of GPS.
warner said 5:30AM on 10-12-2008
When do gps fliers make "wrong turns"?
Angiebaby said 10:18AM on 10-11-2008
If they could develop a system to save $$ on ticket fares and reduce flight delays they would catch my interest....
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PlasticPilot said 3:07PM on 10-13-2008
Despite the new system will bring some advantages (mostly for runway incursions... on ground), it will not solve the present causes of delays, which are mostly:
1) Lack of runway capacity
2) Weather
3) Lack of air traffic controllers.
Read a more detailled review of these reasons on http://www.plasticpilot.net/blog/2008/10/13/why-nextgen-will-not-triple-the-atc-capacity/
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