USAF Taps ESPN To Compile Drone "Highlight" Video 114
mbstone writes "The Air Force has a problem: Its drones generate thousands of hours of video (I almost said 'footage.') And most of it is miles of endless desert. USAF needs to distill the highlights, if you will, and nobody does it better than ESPN, the TV sports network. Air Force officials have asked ESPN for help in analyzing the 327,384 hours collected just this year. What we really need in times like these is sportscaster Warner Wolf. 'Let's go to the videotape, pick it up right here, Taliban in the home black.'"
Sensationalized headline, once again (Score:5, Informative)
USAF Taps ESPN To Compile Drone "Highlight" Video
FTA:
Air Force officials have met with the sports cable network ESPN to discuss how it handles large amounts of video that stream in. The visit resulted in no technological breakthroughs, but helped in developing training and expertise, the Air Force said.
C'mon guys. Just a little bit of a clue?
Re:Droning On About Drones (Score:5, Informative)
is that some kind of vlassic humor or something?
No, that's the (long term) military slang for the button on the stick that releases the bomb. Generally, it is a red button.
Re:The Drones (Score:4, Informative)
"The death toll in Germany and Austria due to Allied strategic bombing was estimated at 500,000 by the West German government." from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_casualties_in_World_War_II [wikipedia.org]
Re:Droning On About Drones (Score:5, Informative)
pickle button?
Developed in the mid-1930s, the Norden bomb-sight was advertised as being so accurate that the operator could put a bomb into a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet.
It was an accurate sight, but complex to use and required skill. But "Pickling those bombs" stuck long after the sight had been retired.