Anyone see this on 60 minutes last night?
No more waiting 2 days for your package. Of course it is not a reality yet.
Amazon testing 'octocopter' package-delivery drones (http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57614166-93/amazon-testing-octocopter-package-delivery-drones/?tag=nl.e404&s_cid=e404&ttag=e404&ftag=CAD1acfa04)
Now it would be funny if the drone I bought was dropped off by one of those...
Not sure how well that will work in major cities with already congested airspace. Never mind the updrafts and such from in-between the skyscrapers.
Really, in the land of liability litigation? :sceptical: 60 Minutes end-of-year stocking filler. But you can call me wrong in a year. Only in America...
Because waiting 2 days is too long...
Yea, see what happens when one of those glitches and it drops on someone's head. Won't matter if they got a little bump from it, instant millions in a settlement.
The one I have is basic. No GPS control but I can still confuse it pretty easily with a fast stick command. Just think how many times your GPS glitches or your phone does something silly and reboots. You really want them flying around overhead carrying god knows what?
Did you buy yours for future OPSEC?
Not to mention the NSA hacking them and having them fire missiles at suspected terrorists. Sorry Grandma...
I bought it because I've been interested in quad rotors for a while. It had a camera and a cheap buy-in so I said fuck it. Once I understand these things a little better I see about building my own airframes and have them self guide and such. It's pretty scary what you can do with off the shelf hardware. Just imagine what kind of tech the NSA has. One turn of the key and it can go from "searching for the terrorists" to...
I also got it because my brother really hates the things.
Quote from: gnubler on December 02, 2013, 01:17:43 PMBecause waiting 2 days is too long...
The closest Amazon to me is in Fernley, Nevada... maybe 2 hours away. But that's not good enough for Amazon; they're opening a new center in Livingston, about an hour or so from me.
I had an opportunity to move to Fernley, Nevada in 2001. I declined obviously.
Between Fernley and the Oregon/Idaho border you have 2 towns (it seems like). Lovelock and Winnemucca. And you think they fuck you at the drive through...
I live in the woods and Amazon can still get me stuff in one day with 2 day shipping.
Yes but someday they will be able to get it to you before you even know you want it.
Quote from: Farabomb on December 02, 2013, 01:23:46 PMYea, see what happens when one of those glitches and it drops on someone's head. Won't matter if they got a little bump from it, instant millions in a settlement.
The one I have is basic. No GPS control but I can still confuse it pretty easily with a fast stick command. Just think how many times your GPS glitches or your phone does something silly and reboots. You really want them flying around overhead carrying god knows what?
Ooooh, how great would it be to have your pet picked up and dropped off at the vet? Just put Spot into the quaint little picnic basket I imagine they use and off to get checked for his diarrhea. No more worry about having him shit in your car. Sign me up.
I can see a value in that with getting the cat to the doctor. I'd much rather let a robot do that task than put my life at risk.
That reminds me, Storm needs a checkup.
http://gizmodo.com/amazon-drones-are-truly-revolutionary-marketing-1474861589/@matthardigree (http://gizmodo.com/amazon-drones-are-truly-revolutionary-marketing-1474861589/@matthardigree)
I just watched that video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU)
Quote from: Joe on December 02, 2013, 02:42:58 PMI just watched that video...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU)
I can't wait to start my collection of orange containers! I visualize Amazon buildings with swarms of drones coming and going like clouds of swallows. Except around airports.
Captain! We just had a drone strike! We'll have to land in the Hudson River.
Quote from: DigiCorn on December 02, 2013, 01:56:36 PMBetween Fernley and the Oregon/Idaho border you have 2 towns (it seems like). Lovelock and Winnemucca. And you think they fuck you at the drive through...
I'm hearing lonely/scary Ry Cooder slide guitar. :undecided: Bill Bryson, in one of his USA travel books, talked about the number of hitchhiker disappearences in Nevada, over the years. :shocked:
Quote from: DigiCorn on December 02, 2013, 01:56:36 PMBetween Fernley and the Oregon/Idaho border you have 2 towns (it seems like). Lovelock and Winnemucca. And you think they fuck you at the drive through...
I drove across Nevada once, the "loneliest highway in America". After the Fernley metropolis there was really nothing but barren desert for 250 miles until Ely, other than the old shoe tree that some fucker has since chopped down. Seriously, it was the only tree within 200 miles.
Quote from: gnubler on December 02, 2013, 08:29:29 PMQuote from: DigiCorn on December 02, 2013, 01:56:36 PMBetween Fernley and the Oregon/Idaho border you have 2 towns (it seems like). Lovelock and Winnemucca. And you think they fuck you at the drive through...
I drove across Nevada once, the "loneliest highway in America". After the Fernley metropolis there was really nothing but barren desert for 250 miles until Ely, other than the old shoe tree that some fucker has since chopped down. Seriously, it was the only tree within 200 miles.
You should try driving I-70 across Kansas then.
I've done it, twice. :yawn: Along with driving across Texas, it took me two days because it got so boring. Most of the western states have so much empty space it's possible to drive at least an hour or two (off interstate) and not see another car if you time it right.
Quote from: gnubler on December 02, 2013, 10:16:30 PMI've done it, twice. :yawn: Along with driving across Texas, it took me two days because it got so boring. Most of the western states have so much empty space it's possible to drive at least an hour or two (off interstate) and not see another car if you time it right.
My son drove from Toledo OH to South Padre Island Texas with 5 of his buddies in a jeep (not the kind you can take the top off), stopping only for taco bell and coffee... imagine the stink!!! I think I'll take two days of boring over that! lol
Quote from: Grimace on December 02, 2013, 04:55:51 PMI visualize Amazon buildings with swarms of drones coming and going like clouds of swallows. Except around airports.
Captain! We just had a drone strike! We'll have to land in the Hudson River.
I sometimes wonder if the passenger pigeon hadn't become extinct when it did, if the airline industry would've been able to progress the way it did...
But then I try to steer my mind onto more productive paths. Usually doesn't work... :rolleyes:
Cheers, John the Fontaholic
My brother brought up a good point. People are going to shooting these things out of the sky with paintball guns and such.
This is so not going to work.
Quote from: Farabomb on December 03, 2013, 08:33:36 AMMy brother brought up a good point. People are going to shooting these things out of the sky with paintball guns and such.
This is so not going to work.
:laugh: That was my first thought when I saw the pics yesterday.
Quote from: frailer on December 02, 2013, 05:02:37 PMQuote from: DigiCorn on December 02, 2013, 01:56:36 PMBetween Fernley and the Oregon/Idaho border you have 2 towns (it seems like). Lovelock and Winnemucca. And you think they fuck you at the drive through...
I'm hearing lonely/scary Ry Cooder slide guitar. :undecided: Bill Bryson, in one of his USA travel books, talked about the number of hitchhiker disappearences in Nevada, over the years. :shocked:
More like dueling banjos.
Back in '80 or so my Aunt had a diesel Rabbit, and taking us kids to Idaho for the summer it broke down between Winnemucca, NV and McDermitt, Oregon. Turns out if was a clogged fuel filter. No one had metric tools. I can't remember how long we got delayed. Buzzards were circling.
Those are good eatin' out in Winnemucca.