- A series of avalanches in the western US this week have killed six across Utah, Colorado, and Oregon.
- Washington State police say a man caught on a grocery store security tape trying to fondle an 11-year old girl is also a wanted fugitive who bombed several abortion clinics decades ago.
- Virtual currency Bitcoin is under attack from hackers who are disrupting transactions and exchange operations with "mutating" code.
- Two Hong Kong trading firms have agreed to $11 million in SEC fines for improperly trading news of a Chinese venture capital group buying a Canadian energy company.
- The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for reports of people using high-intensity laser pointers at commercial aircraft as incidents have increased tenfold since 2005.
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"The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for reports of people using high-intensity laser pointers at commercial aircraft as incidents have increased tenfold since 2005."
ReplyDeleteHere's an Old Tech story from ca. 1964. A farmer in Bavaria was upset because the jetliners from a nearby airport were scaring his animals, and he wanted the airport to reroute the planes. The airport refused, so he created a giant slingshot and fired German dumplings at the planes, reportedly striking one or two.
I recall this directly, being an army brat stationed in (then) West Germany with my folks at the time. I don't think the farmer was arrested, or that anything was done to him. It was presented as a humorous news story on German TV.