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Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by phreeza »

keymone wrote: post #344
Jiocus wrote: post #70

Artist James Bridle calls them "Rainbow planes" and has used this in his art. Rainbow Plane 002: Kiev. October 29, 2014: https://booktwo.org/notebook/rainbow-plane-002-kiev/ Rainbow Planes: https://www.flickr.com/photos/stml/sets/72157637938061015/

Reminds me of when Russia tried to blame Ukraine for downing the MH17 by producing a satellite image of the plane being chased by a jet fighter and even capturing the moment of launching the missile. Of course none of the moving objects had any sign of the color shifting. https://nationalpost.com/news/russian-satellite-image-of-mh1...

Well it's a b&w image so...

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by quickthrower2 »

olliej wrote: post #151

Potentially dumb question - how do people even find these things???

People use Google maps for all kinds of things. Example checking out land for real estate purchase. Or to go travelling virtually. Millions of eyes on points around the globe and you’ll find something.

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Post by agilob »

MontyCarloHall wrote: post #9

Interesting how the three separate R/G/B images are taken independently a few ~seconds~ milliseconds apart, with a different color filter placed over the image sensor. I assume this is to maximize resolution, since no Bayer interpolation [0] is needed to demosaic the output of a traditional image sensor that integrates the color filters onto the sensor pixels themselves. As these satellites are not intended to photog…

There is plenty of RGB planes on Google Maps https://duckduckgo.com/?q=rgb+plane+on+google+maps+!gi

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by quietbritishjim »

cyberlurker wrote: post #303
xvector wrote: post #284

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Learning things becomes much harder when you are older. Our brains are physically less receptive to the process of learning.

I don’t think this is true. I think responsibilities pile up and/or the need to learn more is less. The physical ability to learn is probably hardly impacted.

That's a nice idea but definitely not reality. Just try learning a language at different stages of life. I guess you could argue it's still the responsibilities holding you back but the difference is so stark that it's clear it's not just that.

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by metafunctor »

thih9 wrote: post #350

Offtopic, it takes me 6 clicks to access google maps (click to “customize” privacy options, select “off” three times, “continue”, and “use web” when asked about downloading an app). I’m on iOS and use safari in private mode. How are others dealing with this? Do you accept the terms or do you do something different?

My Safari doesn't, in private mode, eventually, open the link at all: after customizing the privacy options (all off), Google still tries to bounce me through googleads.g.doubleclick.net, and I have that blocked.

The way I “deal with this” is that I have a work Google account which I've signed into. With that in place, the link just opens. Obviously I have clicked "I accept" on a variety of forms saying Google is allowed to track my activity as they see fit.

I guess you can run a browser without ad blocking and the link will open after accepting the terms. However, I prefer to still block ads even in private mode for various reasons.

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by dest »

thih9 wrote: post #350

Offtopic, it takes me 6 clicks to access google maps (click to “customize” privacy options, select “off” three times, “continue”, and “use web” when asked about downloading an app). I’m on iOS and use safari in private mode. How are others dealing with this? Do you accept the terms or do you do something different?

I blindly accept the terms in Firefox private mode, consult the content, then close the tab, which deletes all cookies AFAIK.

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Post by gorgoiler »

jimmyed wrote: post #318
hk__2 wrote: post #286

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is still the case today. See for example this military base in France: https://goo.gl/maps/gRLEBcCQB9CCx8Au6

Why does _france_ need to hide their millitary bases? I mean, France?

This isn’t an answer to your inflammatory question, but there are only a handful of nation states with nuclear weapons, and France is one of them.

These aren’t hand-me-down US warheads on the back of a missile truck: the flagship of the French navy is a 40,000 tonne nuclear armed, nuclear powered aircraft carrier floating above a strategic submarine fleet that can destroy the world.

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Post by hutzlibu »

nine_k wrote: post #332
hutzlibu wrote: post #279

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And embassies in foreign lands are usually very well defended against bomb raids?

Large foreign capital cities usually have thick air defense "umbrellas".

Yes, which is why in this case, it was effective against the already smashed small serbian anti air capabillities. And not against chinese ones.

Re: Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps

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Post by mekkkkkk »

jcims wrote: post #296
iamtedd wrote: post #262

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What an awful picture of the NRO Director. Surely they have plenty of experience in photography in less than ideal conditions. So why have this photo as the first thing I can see on their website?

It’s so bad it seems unlikely it isn’t a joke. I mean look at their mission patches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_NRO_launches

The juxtaposition of the Ursa Major and Onyx/Vega patches almost gave me whiplash. Judging by the list of patches it seems like NRO is a fun place to work. Thanks for sharing!
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