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Droning On

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..."

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  1. FP Hoooo Boooy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP Hoooo Boooy
    I win
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  2. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by ComradeEnchilada · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    war in Afghanistan uses YOU!

    1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      yup, it's true.

    2. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Afghanistan kicks YOUR ass!

    3. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by notcreative · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      In America you use drones to execute foreign policy. In Soviet Russia, foreign policy is to execute drones!

  3. woot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post

  4. Try and solve these! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I have a few math problems i need help with:

    1. Find the area enclosed by the curves shown here: . What would i integrate and between which points?

    2. Evaluate the following integral t(t+1) / t^0.5 dt between 2 and 1.

    3. Find the general expression for dy/dx at any point on the curve given by
    f(x,y) = x + y + sinx + cosy = 1

    4. Find du/dt when u = acosk(x-ct) where a,k,c and x are constant, t and u being independent and dependent variables respectively.

  5. Imagine by Skyleth · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine a beowolf cluster of these...

  6. A study on the delights of men. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I love men. If it's not too much trouble I'd like to share some of my tastes regarding the men of the world with you - the casual Slashdot reader.
    I have decided to split the different categories of men up by their racial characteristics. African men, Asian man, and so forth.
    There are so many wonderful flavours to try it's hard to find the right place to start.
    Okay. Let's proceed.

    My first candidate in this dissertation is that of the Nordic man.
    I'm just licking my lips at the very thought of Nordic man.
    For many years I was satisfied with the surprisingly cosmopolitan range of men here in my home "town" of London.
    Suave guys, thin guys with lots of piercings etc. But eventually I came across a group of fantastic young chaps from Amsterdam during yet another illegal party.
    And boy was I surprised let me tell you. They were straight of course(always the way!), but they had grown so tall.
    Well over 6 foot tall each and every one of them. I didn't know which part of them I wanted to start sucking on first - there really was so much man muscle to drool over. Three of them were the classic Nordic blonde types. Sharply dressed, hair naturally neat and tidy - very, very tight lines all over, and there was one guy who had the mind of a darling and the body of a brunette Adonis.
    6 foot 5 in height, dark expressive eyes, beetling eyebrows, and the body of a Pro-American Footballer.

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  7. Exactly... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    +5 Funny

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  8. Sound Of Confusion by bluethundr · · Score: 0, Offtopic



    This is disturbing. How can a headline with the phrase Drone On NOT include a story about the Spacemen 3 or Alpha Stone???

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  9. I see tons of drones everyday by Gortbusters.org · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They sit in traffic jams packing themselves into large cities for most likely mediocre work to support their "nice" stuff.

    Ah, the drones [gorts].

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