Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
On 22/09/2014 3:47 pm, Texler, Michael wrote: There has been recent press/hype about hack-ability of new cars that use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Media beat-up, panic or some merit? (http://au.pcmag.com/opinion/23312/security-experts-identify-20-most-hackable-cars) Well, certainly makes stealing cars a heck of a lot easier if all you have to do is hang out in a carpark for an hour or so and then walk up to the target of choice and drive away without having to be noisy breaking windows or jimmying doors. Almost always, the product producers prefer to provide easy of use over security (eg MS Windows), and only add on security after being embarrassed enough by high profile breaches or the insurance industry. Would a pilotless aircraft be any less susceptible to been hacked? That is dependent on the standards used and ensuring appropriate amounts of encryption and other security measures, then on the authorities being willing to enforce them. Hopefully for something like this they call in real experts, not the local sysadmin. -- Justin ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
The stats were interesting. Pilot error is the leading cause of airliner accidents, greater than all other causes combined. However maybe we still want a pilot there. Sometimes they manage the right response when all else fails. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Nelson Handcock nelson.handc...@gmail.com wrote: Somewhat offtopic perhaps, but would be interested in observations/reactions from the soaring community http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/sci-tech/are-you-ready-to-fly-on-a-pilotless-plane-20140921-10j70w.html ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
It starts to sound like the old joke of the modern airliner only having a pilot and a dog in the cockpit. The pilots job is to feed the dog. The dog is there to bite the pilot if he tries to touch the controls. From: aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.internode.on.net] On Behalf Of Peter Champness Sent: Monday, 22 September 2014 5:50 PM To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane? The stats were interesting. Pilot error is the leading cause of airliner accidents, greater than all other causes combined. However maybe we still want a pilot there. Sometimes they manage the right response when all else fails. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Nelson Handcock nelson.handc...@gmail.com mailto:nelson.handc...@gmail.com wrote: Somewhat offtopic perhaps, but would be interested in observations/reactions from the soaring community http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/sci-tech/are-you-ready-to-fly-on-a-pilotless-plane-20140921-10j70w.html ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
That's self defeating, what about all the times the pilot has done something wrong a computer would have handled fine? It's just a matter of time... Self flying planes should be a much simpler problem than self driving cars/buses/trucks. ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
Has anyone else read QF32 by Richard de Crespigny? Might change your mind about the pilot and dog theory... ROSS _ ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
[Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
Somewhat offtopic perhaps, but would be interested in observations/reactions from the soaring community http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/sci-tech/are-you-ready-to-fly-on-a-pilotless-plane-20140921-10j70w.html ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
Re: [Aus-soaring] Would you fly on a pilotless plane?
There has been recent press/hype about hack-ability of new cars that use Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Media beat-up, panic or some merit? (http://au.pcmag.com/opinion/23312/security-experts-identify-20-most-hackable-cars) Would a pilotless aircraft be any less susceptible to been hacked? On the flip side, there are very many UAVs flying around as we speak. But how real is the threat of hacking to them? (http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140206-can-drones-be-hacked) At the end of the day it comes done to risk assessment, no system is perfect. I don't think gliding on planet Earth will be pilotless quite yet, but aren't they working on a Martian solution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Scout_Program)? ___ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
