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