Macs the 'brain' of unmanned plane.

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Macs the 'brain' of unmanned plane.

Posted 29 November 2001 - 11:40 PM

Interesting article.. talks about an unmanned aircraft, named Helios, that looks similar to a giant wing with Macs at the core of it's thinking.

http://maccentral.ma...1/29.helios.php

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Posted 30 November 2001 - 11:56 AM

Well, It looks like you could either buy a mac to man you unmanned flying solar wing, or a P4 to make you MP3's sound better.

I wonder if that plane thinks different?

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Posted 30 November 2001 - 10:21 PM

i have no real need for an unmanned aircraft... and i do like to listen to mp3s... but i wouldn't buy a P4 for that...
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:07 PM

Did yall hear about the Navy shipt that was powered by win98???
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:16 PM

sounds pretty bad... blue screens of death while riding on the great blue sea of death...
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:18 PM

what about that semi powered by linux?
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:25 PM

oh yeah... i wanna share a highway with something powered by free software... AAAAHHHH!!!
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:29 PM

o thats not the worst of it, it was the WIPP truck. :none:
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:32 PM

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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:34 PM

they didnt get any blue screens.. jsut one of the yeomen entered a wrong value for the heading and the poor ship ran aground.
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:36 PM

vet: the nuclear waste facilitey down in roswell... the truck that delivers it....
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Posted 01 December 2001 - 05:39 PM

oh well... nuclear waste and linux have about the same value
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