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...Predator is an unlikely star. In military terms, it is an unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV. It was first flown a decade ago and for years was armed with only an unsophisticated camera for intelligence gathering. After the fall of 2000, when Osama bin Laden was spotted in Afghanistan by an unarmed Predator, the U.S. government sped up a program to fit each aircraft with two Hellfire missiles. Awesome sounding but benign looking, the 27-ft.-long Predator is painted a dull gray and shaped like an upside-down spoon with wings. The drone is made of lightweight composite plastic...
...hours straight every day, they are controlled by Air Force crews sitting in six grounded cockpits at Nellis. Each cockpit consists of two large armchairs set in front of banks of computer screens with keyboards, control joysticks and live video images. Video is relayed from a camera mounted on the bottom of the Predator not only to Nellis but also to troops on the ground, commanders in the region and the Pentagon. The crew consists of a pilot who flies the plane and launches missiles and a sensor operator who controls the camera and the laser targeting device...
...high or so, look like the main character from the film “Short Circuit,” and can be programmed to do all manner of silly shakes. So, of course, Beck’s people hired all four of them to dance in front of a camera. They move slowly on a little stage while a bunch of people watch. It’s…not all that inspiring. Didn’t we invent robots to do more interesting things than move glacially and hold red fans? Damn Asimov’s Three Laws...
...perhaps the most captivating, puzzling, and laughable scene in the two-and-a-half-year history of the series. And we’ll come to that…but first things first. This episode’s major flaw was the editing. In one particular scene, the camera remained on Sandy standing alone in a room for about five seconds too long. I waited for something to happen; it didn’t. Reminds me of this season’s plot developments. But then, something notable finally did happen! Julie went from scamming Newport with Charlotte to silently...
...IXUS CAMERA Canon has added two models to its Digital IXUS range: 750 and 55. The former maintains a ?perpetual curve? design and comes in silver gray or satin beige. The 55 has a starburst radiating from the lens ring and is finished in silver-white palladium plating on stainless steel...