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How You Too Can Be Shut Down By the Feds For Flying Drones

An anonymous reader writes "University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor Matt Waite waived a government cease and desist letter recently received for his experiments using 3-pound, $500 drones for news reporting (specifically, for a story about drought in Nebraska). He gave journalism organizations the lowdown on what they can expect from the government on this front going forward and said he's posting his experience in trying to get certified by the FAA on GitHub so they can follow along."

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  1. Re:God by davester666 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Always bet on black.

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  2. Re:Wrong by girlintraining · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    No it enforces this rule pretty evenly across the board. I suspect in 5 years this won't be an issue becasue they will have proper regulation.

    When the German soldiers loaded Jewish citizens into train cars and shipped them to concentration camps, they enforced the rules pretty evenly across the board then too. They were, in fact, marvels of government efficiency.

    That did not make them right.

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  3. Re:God by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Obligatory...

    Jackson: The second Goa'uld representative we're expecting is Yu.
    O'Neill: Me?
    Jackson: Yu is the name of the Goa'uld.
    O'Neill: Ah. Sorry.

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