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  1. Re:Pretty big differencfe on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    "Powers not reserved... "?

    Easiest zing ever.

  2. Fabulously inefficient is what the US government *does*. Would you have these fine people out of a job?

  3. Or, indeed, getting shot at.

  4. I'm sure it's nice to ignore the niceties of constitutional law. But surely, if they weren't actually supposed to mean anything, no one would have bothered putting pen to paper.

  5. They really are inseparable. But I'm quite happy to agree that as things currently stand, the FAA rules the roost in this case. That triviality out of the way, I think the constitutionality is the more interesting question.

  6. You are mistaken if you think I'm not aware of that.

  7. Re:Secretive Democracy Alliance Meeting on Figuring Out the iPad's Place · · Score: 1

    The simple truth: Always worth modding down from the left.

  8. Re:'Real' money uhu on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    The pound stayed the same (fluctuations and inflation and design aside), the penny changed.

    For many years, you could use a shilling as 5p and a two shilling coin as 10p.

  9. Re:Breaking News: Rand Paul Invents... on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    It may just be me but whenever someone tells me they're a moderate it usually means "Close enough that Stalin's mustache is tickling my cheek".

  10. Re:History on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    It will have value to someone or possibly many someones. That is not intrinsic, however. It's an important distinction.

  11. Re:Out of Band? on XP Systems Getting Emergency IE Zero Day Patch · · Score: 1

    I stuck with Trumpet Winsock for a very long time. It was a far superior stack (I believe it supported IPV6 many years before Microsoft too. Not that I ever used it)

  12. Re:There are on Canonical (Nearly) Halts Development of Ubuntu For Android · · Score: 1

    Maemo is dead on the vine, right? I haven't tried firefox OS. May have to look into it.

  13. Re:It would be nice... on Canonical (Nearly) Halts Development of Ubuntu For Android · · Score: 1

    Already on my todo list. Need a nexus or appropriate Galaxy first though.

  14. Re:It would be nice... on Canonical (Nearly) Halts Development of Ubuntu For Android · · Score: 1

    They were mostly evil because their monopoly power meant their ineptness damaged computing (we've been set back at least 10 years). Now their ineptness mostly damages their market share.

  15. Re:Good on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    flying lawnmower

    Want

  16. Re:NO NO NO!!!!!!!! on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    I agree. he does not sound like a libertarian. Which is fine but he needs to recognize that. There are too many people who want to claim to be one thing but their beliefs and actions prove them to be something else. Often, introspection can help them resolve internal contradictions. Freedom does not mean "Freedom for me but not ye".

  17. Add che sticker and you can get first as well.

  18. Well, it would likely be SAAs. But it's not like it's hard. Europe and other amalgamations of countries manage it and my gosh, the US even manages to coordinate reasonably well with Europe and other political entities.

    The truth is that state legislatures are lazy and would simple cut & paste each others rules in any case.

  19. You do need these regulations and the constitution should be amended appropriately to accommodate them. Until it is, they are unlawful regulations.

  20. I challenge you to cut and paste that amendment here and actually read it.

  21. It really isn't. The constitution was written a long time ago and while the similar arguments about the FFs not being aware of the weapons of today is specious, they really did have nothing to compare to give them any idea of powered flight (constitution, 1787, first manned balloon flight in North America, 1793).

    Now, completely arguably, the feds should have this regulatory power but it should be added as an amendment with appropriate constitutional convention.

  22. Re:Pretty big differencfe on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    True. But you need to take that somewhere.

  23. Re:Pretty big differencfe on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    No. Based on that logic, it would not be breaking any federal laws which are supposed to be restricted by the constitution.

    I'm not completely sure where I stand on the issue but as someone who believes in a restricted federal government, it's food for thought.

  24. Re:Pretty big differencfe on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    One quibble. They have the power to do so, just not the authority.

  25. Re:Pretty big differencfe on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    Interesting point.