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I'll admit the technology is cool and brings back memories of teenage sci-fi fantasies but there needs to be some perspective here. Sure, the author is clearly being politically correct to avoid the part about melting/boiling people in the process (never mind the birds). Everyone seems to think the soldiers are "just following orders" - just like our boys are and we are supposed to "support our troops" just as our opponents are supposed to support theirs. Everyone seems, conveniently, to forget the hypocrisies of their tepid mottos and slogans or did we all forget the typical Nazi soldier was also "following orders"? What has happened to personal accountability and doing the right thing at the right and wrong time? How about if all this energy and thought processes went into actually trying to find resolutions and peaceful solutions instead of Darth Vadering everyone to death? Think people. Think.

JetBlue has videoscreens in front of each passenger to allow entertainment of sorts (TV, music, movies, trivia games). As part of the "where the heck are we now" screen where it shows a map view of your GPS location, just add another series of screens to show your front view (this would be super cool at take off), left view, right view, rear view (like a video game), and for the brave (a bottom view). Just set up the different cameras. 5 or 6 cameras are chump change to an airline if they are saving huge $$ for fuel. Just for fun show a camera view of the pilot's console/control panel (or a computerized rendition -to maintain privacy for the pilots). When people aren't looking out the window they are looking at TV shows, working on their laptops, reading, or snoozing. Worrying about whether people want a window or not is short-sighted. People would adjust like they did when they got on their first airplane. The only significant hurdle is adding more exits and elbow room. I'm sick of sitting next to the overweight guy whose arms hog the arm rests and encroaches on my ability to type on my laptop. Cheers and jeers!