Are you kidding? Flying barely over peoples heads with 8 powerful and noisy propellers, scaring the shit out of old ladies. Beside, there is a small matter of property rights to consider. IANAL but I believe, in the US at least, the house owner also owns the air above their property with some special exceptions made for air travel (waaaay higher than 10ft). Also, what about noise pollution, liability issues etc.
10ft is too low to get you over trucks
But you can maneuver around them.
Possible, but not really practical given that the current infrastructure is not designed for something like this, what with all the light poles, traffic lights hanging above the intersections, low bridges and overpasses etc. We are talking pod racer skills, not your average commuter.
Also, the hysterical laughter by the insurance agent upon hearing exactly what you are trying to insure might offend some people.
What good is hovering 10ft above the ground, except for fun. How do you get from home to work in this thing?
Surely you can't fly over people's backyards so you'll have to follow the roads. 10ft is too low to get you over trucks so you won't be able to fly over the traffic easily, so you'll just have to follow the traffic like in a car except for the temptation to skip over low cars and cut across corners etc. while avoiding the power lines, overpasses etc.
No way will this thing ever be legal unless the whole infrastructure and traffic laws are changed to accommodate which ain't gonna happen either. So, what good is it?
Depends on what you mean by "attacks". If I tell you that I believe my cat can fly, are you not free to say "wow, what a ridiculous thing to believe". Does that count as an attack? Are you supposed to say, "yes I respect your beliefs very much and lets include them in the school curriculum and here is some money and tax breaks for you"
Species: "A fundamental category of taxonomic classification,... consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding."
So yes, we are a different species from chimps, orangutans etc as we cannot interbreed with them, and they are different species from each other as well.
However, we are all members of the apes family, humans included. As for the common usage distinction of apes and humans, its a cultural thing I guess.
The only tragedy here is that this kind of stuff gets published in a "science magazine".
We will outgrow Earth eventually, so what are we to do - expand into space, naturally. And why? Because universe will miss us if we were to disappear!?
I guess this stuff would be pretty impressive as a 10 year old's school assignment.
Huh, I don't know if you are trolling or joking or what but anyways. Why is our existence only meaningful if it serves some purpose of some creator or "something greater than yourself" (whatever the hell that means)? Say that you discover tomorrow that there is no such creator, would you really commit suicide? If not, than you must have some other reasons for living. As your homework, figure out what they are.
Seriously though, this must be some kind of silly bureaucratic mixup, someone overreacting to the new directive from above etc.
As if someone trying to build a freaking ICBM would not have already picked up every bit of public information (and more) regarding US, Soviet etc rocket technology.
I figure from the article that it looks for certain plates (stolen cars etc) and only the matches are being stored, not every plate scanned. At least, that would make sense, article doesn't really make it clear. If so, how is this different than a cop seeing a "wanted" licence plate on a car and recording the time and place where it was seen? He has to look at a lot of plates but he disregards those that don't match. If every single plate scanned is stored with GPS data then obviously its a different story
Ever walked down the toy section at wallmart (or was it toys'r'us, can't remember). There are toys in packaging with sensors that detect people walking by and set off the sales pitch when you get close enough. Its quite startling, not to mention annoying.
Seems like there was a police car righ behind (chasing?) him at the time he crashed. See the dark car that comes up right behind about 9 seconds after the crash. It's hard to see but it seems like a police car to me with lights flashing.
Not sure I understand what "state controlled" means here. Is it financed by the state i.e. from the taxes? From what I can tell from wikipedia, Channel One is a privately owned company, no?
It does make all the difference. A public TV station should not use taxpayers money to promote a particular party or a politician. A private company can do whatever it wants.
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Surely you can't fly over people's backyards
Why not?
Are you kidding? Flying barely over peoples heads with 8 powerful and noisy propellers, scaring the shit out of old ladies. Beside, there is a small matter of property rights to consider. IANAL but I believe, in the US at least, the house owner also owns the air above their property with some special exceptions made for air travel (waaaay higher than 10ft). Also, what about noise pollution, liability issues etc.
10ft is too low to get you over trucks
But you can maneuver around them.
Possible, but not really practical given that the current infrastructure is not designed for something like this, what with all the light poles, traffic lights hanging above the intersections, low bridges and overpasses etc. We are talking pod racer skills, not your average commuter.
Also, the hysterical laughter by the insurance agent upon hearing exactly what you are trying to insure might offend some people.
What good is hovering 10ft above the ground, except for fun. How do you get from home to work in this thing?
Surely you can't fly over people's backyards so you'll have to follow the roads. 10ft is too low to get you over trucks so you won't be able to fly over the traffic easily, so you'll just have to follow the traffic like in a car except for the temptation to skip over low cars and cut across corners etc. while avoiding the power lines, overpasses etc.
No way will this thing ever be legal unless the whole infrastructure and traffic laws are changed to accommodate which ain't gonna happen either. So, what good is it?
OH Nooooooooooooooo.... oh wait a minute, what the hell are Opus strips?!
Depends on what you mean by "attacks". If I tell you that I believe my cat can fly, are you not free to say "wow, what a ridiculous thing to believe". Does that count as an attack? Are you supposed to say, "yes I respect your beliefs very much and lets include them in the school curriculum and here is some money and tax breaks for you"
You are mixing species and family.
... consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding."
Species: "A fundamental category of taxonomic classification,
So yes, we are a different species from chimps, orangutans etc as we cannot interbreed with them, and they are different species from each other as well.
However, we are all members of the apes family, humans included. As for the common usage distinction of apes and humans, its a cultural thing I guess.
The only tragedy here is that this kind of stuff gets published in a "science magazine".
We will outgrow Earth eventually, so what are we to do - expand into space, naturally. And why? Because universe will miss us if we were to disappear!?
I guess this stuff would be pretty impressive as a 10 year old's school assignment.
Huh, I don't know if you are trolling or joking or what but anyways. Why is our existence only meaningful if it serves some purpose of some creator or "something greater than yourself" (whatever the hell that means)? Say that you discover tomorrow that there is no such creator, would you really commit suicide? If not, than you must have some other reasons for living. As your homework, figure out what they are.
Just buy a new one from ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Apollo-Saturn-V-Plans-1967-Ama zing-Item_W0QQitemZ230155998873QQihZ013QQcategoryZ 13903QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Seriously though, this must be some kind of silly bureaucratic mixup, someone overreacting to the new directive from above etc.
As if someone trying to build a freaking ICBM would not have already picked up every bit of public information (and more) regarding US, Soviet etc rocket technology.
I figure from the article that it looks for certain plates (stolen cars etc) and only the matches are being stored, not every plate scanned. At least, that would make sense, article doesn't really make it clear. If so, how is this different than a cop seeing a "wanted" licence plate on a car and recording the time and place where it was seen? He has to look at a lot of plates but he disregards those that don't match. If every single plate scanned is stored with GPS data then obviously its a different story
Ever walked down the toy section at wallmart (or was it toys'r'us, can't remember). There are toys in packaging with sensors that detect people walking by and set off the sales pitch when you get close enough. Its quite startling, not to mention annoying.
Seems like there was a police car righ behind (chasing?) him at the time he crashed. See the dark car that comes up right behind about 9 seconds after the crash. It's hard to see but it seems like a police car to me with lights flashing.
Not sure I understand what "state controlled" means here. Is it financed by the state i.e. from the taxes? From what I can tell from wikipedia, Channel One is a privately owned company, no?
It does make all the difference. A public TV station should not use taxpayers money to promote a particular party or a politician. A private company can do whatever it wants.