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SteveEisenberg · 07-12-2014, 10:48 PM

The house in that video doesn't look like a monkey home to me. At least, not a home to any monkey who usually gets his books from the library

Even most other McMansions aren't going to have such as clear run in to the front porch.

Interesting how the Amazon video left out any view of the pilot flying the thing. Yes, they need a highly skilled pilot. There will be self-driving cars with no humans inside before there are self-piloting planes swooping down into residential neighborhoods.

My interpretation of the drone thing is as a threat to UPS and FedEx of what could happen if they don't give Amazon the discounts and speed of delivery it demands. But it's an idle threat, because the FAA isn't playing, and, if they did, state and local government, and the utilities in whose wires the gadget may get caught, would take a quite literal NIMBY stance.

Now, if I'm wrong -- Is there any law against a Hachette author whose advance buy button was taken away throwing a rock at the thing?

07-12-2014, 10:48 PM	#6
SteveEisenberg Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,435 Karma: 43514536 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: near Philadelphia USA Device: Kindle Kids Edition, Fire HD 10 (11th generation)	The house in that video doesn't look like a monkey home to me. At least, not a home to any monkey who usually gets his books from the library Even most other McMansions aren't going to have such as clear run in to the front porch. Interesting how the Amazon video left out any view of the pilot flying the thing. Yes, they need a highly skilled pilot. There will be self-driving cars with no humans inside before there are self-piloting planes swooping down into residential neighborhoods. My interpretation of the drone thing is as a threat to UPS and FedEx of what could happen if they don't give Amazon the discounts and speed of delivery it demands. But it's an idle threat, because the FAA isn't playing, and, if they did, state and local government, and the utilities in whose wires the gadget may get caught, would take a quite literal NIMBY stance. Now, if I'm wrong -- Is there any law against a Hachette author whose advance buy button was taken away throwing a rock at the thing? Last edited by SteveEisenberg; 07-12-2014 at 10:51 PM.