A good friend of mine is in the Navy, He works on the USS Vincent, he does electronic tech work on helicopters. The lasers they have on the Helicopters will burn very fast but you wont know it until some time later. Blindness is almost instant with these lasers. They wear special eye protection for obvious reasons. They have a doctor on the ship that has had special training on laser burns. In the training the doctor gives he says, It burns very deep, very quickly, causing muscle damage in only moments. I guess the laser to guide a missile or gun is a little different =-O Sam. 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