He was charged with terrorism so they wouldn't have to spend a lot of time chasing down the next twit who decides to point a laser at an airplane. I suspect that once he's spent most of his net worth on lawyers he'll be allowed to plead guilty to some form of criminal stupidity and do a few months of house arrest. --rick Larry Pint wrote: > It's my understanding that by charging him with terrorism, he can be > held indefinitely without formal charges or hearings. He can also be > sentenced without a formal trial and doesn't have the normal legal > protections. And , without those due process checks, it's easy to > charge someone. In the name of terrorism prevention we have forfeited > many of our rights. (In my opinion, way too many.) It seems to me > that anyone charged with terrorism is stripped of all normal legal > rights, and the definition of terrorism is so broad and vague that it > can easily be applied to too many situations. > > My not so humble opinion. (I am not a lawyer.) > > Larry Pint > > > Jay Austad wrote: > >> Hehe, no. That guy that got busted was a total dummy. Even at >> relatively low powers, the dot is visible on clouds. The guy that >> got busted had a fairly high power unit. Still, at a long range, it >> won't cause damage to eyesight, but it will temporarily flash blind >> someone. In any case, he deserves to get charged with something. >> But I think charging him as a terrorist is a bit excessive. Maybe a >> reckless endangerment count for each person on the plane, or >> something similar. Either way, he's screwed. >> >> Lasers are a fun hobby, and it's idiots like this guy that are going >> to screw it up for everyone else. >> >> >> On Jan 9, 2005, at 8:52 AM, Sam MacDonald wrote: >> >>> You're not going to be pointing it at air craft are you ;-) eheheheheh! >>> >>> Sam. >>> >>> Jay Austad wrote: >>> >>>> Anyone have access to one of those little devices that tells you >>>> the power output of a laser? Like a Coherent LaserCheck or similar? >>>> >>>> I've got a green laser that I cranked the power up on, and I want >>>> to test it. I need to check and realign the crystal also, and >>>> doing this with a power meter would be the best way. Judging from >>>> the current draw, it should me outputting somewhere around 40mw. >>>> But, if the crystal is aligned improperly, it could be considerably >>>> less. >>>> >>>> So yeah, this is way OT. But, considering any true geek totally >>>> digs lasers, I figured this is the place to ask. >>>> >>>> ~jay >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>>> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>>> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >>>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>>> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >>> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >>> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org >> Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery >> tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org > Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list