It's okay, they won't normally be using visible light, so they won't know why they suddenly went blind :P
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 4:09 PM, Bill Prince <[email protected]> wrote: > Airplanes probably don't care much one way or the other. > > Ask a pilot though... > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > > On 7/2/2015 2:06 PM, Chuck Macenski wrote: > > Aren't airplanes allergic to lasers? > > On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It would make more sense if the lasers are between balloons/drones, >> not to earth stations (and certainly not to end users). >> >> One would also think if communications drones are the next big thing, >> they would go the way of communications towers and even satellites. Where >> one company owns them, and then rents out space. Remember when 5 cellular >> companies would all build their own towers right next to each other? >> >> On the other hand, this might conflict with the idea of doing it on the >> cheap and basically giving away Internet to get eyeballs. >> >> >> *From:* Josh Luthman <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 02, 2015 10:55 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] worthless Zuckerberg post about lasers from the >> sky >> >> >> There is no fog where they will be deploying this wonderful service. >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> On Jul 2, 2015 11:52 AM, "Bill Prince" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> How is that different from FSO? FSO has always had problems with >>> anything beyond a 1/4 mile or so. Fog is not friendly to light. >>> >>> bp >>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>> >>> >>> On 7/2/2015 8:47 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >>> >>> It says nothing and has some stock photos of lasers. But 132,000+ >>> already like it. And the news aggregators are picking it up. >>> >>> https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10102217102231151 >>> >>> Sounds like a TED talk. How to get Internet to the whole world. Get a >>> bunch of money, hire some really smart people, and tell them to launch >>> balloons with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads. Enjoy. >>> >>> >>> > >
