Please -- there isn't a need to be scared of blimps. Cars, trucks, planes, helicopters, ships, satellites, etc. etc. are all used for surveillance. But OH MY GOSH IT'S A TRAVESTY when blimps are also used?
Compared to satellites, blimps are CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. I will not be surprised at all if in 10-20 years platforms like this are used for telecommunications regularly. And people won't be scared of them, either.
Oh, and to the Euros telling us 'Mer-cuns how Big Brother-esque we are comparatively, I would say give me a break -- the UK is the most overwhelming surveillance society ever created, and look at what's coming out about Sweden and how Swedes' phone calls have been secretly monitored by their government for decades? Likewise, Australia is pretty Orwellian, and Canada, and... and...
The Triumph proved to be one of the better looking and performing pre-paid handsets we'd had the pleasure of holding in our sweaty mitts, but we had one major hangup: the name.
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Please -- there isn't a need to be scared of blimps. Cars, trucks, planes, helicopters, ships, satellites, etc. etc. are all used for surveillance. But OH MY GOSH IT'S A TRAVESTY when blimps are also used?
Compared to satellites, blimps are CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP. I will not be surprised at all if in 10-20 years platforms like this are used for telecommunications regularly. And people won't be scared of them, either.
Oh, and to the Euros telling us 'Mer-cuns how Big Brother-esque we are comparatively, I would say give me a break -- the UK is the most overwhelming surveillance society ever created, and look at what's coming out about Sweden and how Swedes' phone calls have been secretly monitored by their government for decades? Likewise, Australia is pretty Orwellian, and Canada, and... and...