Comments on: We’re in the very best of hands https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 18 May 2015 17:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Daniel in Brookline https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-894105 Mon, 18 May 2015 17:21:17 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-894105 The most likely explanation for this — so far — is that a journalist reported something about which he or she knew very little, and, in the process, got some crucial details wrong. (I cringe — or laugh — every time I see a news story referring to “.9mm caliber” or a “semi-automatic revolver”. Sometimes there’s just no substitute for finding a knowledgeable proofreader.)

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-893933 Sun, 17 May 2015 17:08:59 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-893933 There’s no way he knows how to do it, because he didn’t test it. If he did, he wouldn’t have reported himself, would he?

Reporting yourself in and then claiming you tampered already with something, that’s kind of like convicting yourself without a jury or judge.

]]> By: neo-neocon https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-893931 Sun, 17 May 2015 17:05:15 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-893931 bob:

I’m not tech-savvy, but that’s what I would think, as well. The article seems to indicate it’s possible and that his claim is being taken very seriously, but I am highly skeptical.

]]> By: bob https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-893927 Sun, 17 May 2015 16:50:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-893927 Re: access to flight controls via the in-flight entertainment (IFE) system. Colour me *very* skeptical. I did design work on the IFE for two of the airplanes noted and there wasn’t even a *physical* connection between the two never mind a hackable computer controlled connection. Add to that: the throttles for those two planes are controlled by a steel cable that runs from the cockpit to the engine. Another of the planes noted is an older design than the first two but probably very similar in design architecture.

As to hacking into the IFE, I don’t have any personal knowledge of the system software but would be only mildly surprised if it is possible. And if it is possible, I’d be very surprised if it isn’t corrected quickly.

Further, the airframe, the engines and the IFE are all designed, and sold, by different companies; the airframe builder just integrates the items selected by the customer buying the airplane. The idea that the engines and the IFE systems would be electronically connected together is absurd and I doubt that *any* airplane manufacturer has *ever* done such a thing.

]]> By: Ymarsakar https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-893913 Sun, 17 May 2015 15:50:32 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-893913 Good thing people put computers in their cars, right?

Like I said before, really funny how those people and reporters died in car crashes because the computer “disengaged the breaks” and then “activated the acceleration”.

]]> By: vanderleun https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-893860 Sun, 17 May 2015 05:23:01 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-893860 Okay,I’m only going to travel by rick-shaw from this point out.

]]> By: Dennis https://thenewneo.com/2015/05/16/were-in-the-very-best-of-hands/#comment-893803 Sun, 17 May 2015 00:04:34 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=49234#comment-893803 Remember the Beltway sniper attacks in the Washington Metropolitan Area? Could we be dealing with another John Lee Malvo or John Allen Muhammad?

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