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MagnetarJones writes "Another washingtonpost.com article reports that Federal regulators have begun considering rules that would allow drones, the pilotless planes being used in the war in Afghanistan, to fly in U.S. airspace. Supporters envision the use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, for such tasks as moving cargo, pinpointing traffic problems, patrolling the border, searching for fugitives or fighting forest fires..."
Federal Aviator cry "These are not the drones you are looking for."
BA DUM CHA!
For my next joke,
In Soviet Russia, Commercial Sectors Fly You!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, GOOD NIGHT! *Fingers*
Didn't they just recently invent a drone that could serve as President of the United States?
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There was just an article about the Predators on CNN the other day. It said half of them either crash or are shot down. And they cost $3 million each.
I say, give me the three million, pretend another one crashed.
except that these things still crash occasionally. No one cares if it lands on a afghani mud hut, but if it hits some power lines and crashes to the ground killing some americans in an city that might just be a problem..
How about tracking your speed and taking pictures of license plates? There goes the remaining points on my drivers license.
Worst. Sig. Ever.
Suddenly i feel like singing,
I am the Eye In the Sky, (...)
I can read your Mind.
Freedom is sinking.
Have you ever met a radical gun 'nut' who said that we all needed the right to have anti-aircraft guns for home defense??
THIS IS WHY.
The following is just a sig. (And truer everyday.)
If you voted for Nader, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!!
Supporters envision the use of drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles, for such tasks as moving cargo, pinpointing traffic problems
Yep, there's the problem right there; that clown in the Beemer that just cut me off.
Target lock acquired.... *poof*
Problem solved!
In walking, just walk. In sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.
-- Yun-Men
recent sales of ESTES model rocketry kits have skyrocketed in apparent attempts to make shoulder based rocket lauchers young domestic terrorists (previously known as teenagers) have been trying to shoot down the drones seen flying over american neighborhoods. These drones have been enlisted to keep a watchful eye in "Operation Neighborhood Surveillance" but recently have come under attack as many of americans youth sees the drones as model aircraft targets for saturday afternoon rocketry studies.
Seriously though, do we really need this? I just see these as prime targets for getting your hands on some really great RC plane gear.
At long last a brilliant technology has arrived that will enable society to lower the salaries of overpaid pilots worldwide. In as little time as one decade, no more $100k-200k per year hotshot airliner pilots! wh00 h00!!
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.
How about replacing drunk, overworked, sleep-deprived pilots?
Now that we've reached cruising altitude, we again welcome to the first fully automated Transatlantic flight on Fantastic Future Airlines.
Our systems have been fully tested and developed to insure you the smoothest, safest flight you will ever experience. Sit back, enjoy the flight with our assurances that nothing will go wrong... go wrong...go wrong... go wrong....
--old joke mode off--
...Open Source isn't the only answer -- but it's almost always a better value than the alternatives...
this drone war has.
-Yoda
that doesnt sound very good for a business to have
a 50% delivery rate
isnt that the delivery rate for the post office?
Heck, they were talking about this stuff after 9/11/2001. Using this technology so a ground pilot can fly a plane that has been comprimised. Quite an interesting idea.
If that's the audience's idea of "insightful," then I guess none of them work in the technology arena. Just imagine that all commercial airliners have some kind of "security override" that allows them to be controlled from the ground. Of course, there'll be magic crypto dust sprinkled over it so that it Can't Be Used Without Authority.
I'm going to prepare my comp.risks posting now, so I can just hit "send" the day after they turn the system on....
Drones in the air will mean less people at risk, safer borders, and a safer country. And hey! Let's cut the cost a bit by having them pull advertising banners!
... I can see it now.
A - S A F E R - A M E R I C A - - - B R O U G H T - T O - Y O U - B Y - P I Z Z A - H U T
pulled by a 3.7 million dollar plane
Or better yet, they'll do surveillance and transmit broadband signals!
This is America, don't dare us - we'll call you on it.
Cake or Death? Cake Please!
$4M is the price for spy drones. The freight route from Memphis to Denver has fewer hostile SAM sites to avoid. And the folks in St. Louis are less likely to execute a downed Fedex pilot. The drone makers might lower the price to accomodate the softer market in the less complex and less risky freight hauling market.
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sed 's/terror/commun/g' mccarthy > bush
You know, the government needs to have some computer system to control all these flying drones. That way it'll be totally automated. They could call it, oh I don't know... SkyNet. Put some artifical intelligence in it and it'd be great system. Although I bet it wouldn't be until 2029 when a system like this really gets going.