"Why are you not standing up for your rights? Do you actually believe somehow that these people with their drones have the right to be flying around your house and looking in your windows, or looking at you and your family in your yard?"
I've been standing up for my right to not be surrounded by millions of trigger-happy, open-carry idiots who think their 3ft-wide flabby asses are all that's standing between me and Obama's Muslim Kenyan Army. So far, I ain't winning.
Calm down, khelly, your panties are bunched too tightly. Where did I ever say not to report it if you have concerns? It's the omigod-where's-my-gun mentality and the complete lack of a reasonable understanding of escalation of force. There are far too many twits who'll do all of the over-reactionary things and when all *those* aren't enough, only *then* will they look for more reasonable solutions.
That's how we ended up with millions of lunatics that have enough firepower, dried eggs & canned beans to wait out a Klingon invasion.
"anonymity emboldens the behavior." But so too does solidarity
"To which a prompt retort of buckshot that hurts nothing except the drone" I don't really have a beef with Granny unloading her shotgun instead of waiting for Jethro to spray some Texas Tea and gum it up good.
It's the fellas like the commenter some ways up in the discussion who says the pistol he takes to work holds 11 bullets - one for the vicious dog that he thinks he'll run into any day now and TEN for the owner
..... I believe that many of the same people who would resort to shooting down a drone as their 1st reaction wouldn't hesitate to do the same to a person at the slightest provocation. And those people are far more dangerous than suspected peepers. They end up being the ones who shoot strangers for playing their music too loud or for some other trivial slight. It starts with my castle, my property, my car and eventually becomes my world.
I've had this discussion on other sites before and didn't have to belabor the point this much. I really expected better here but, well......
Pull your shit back in - you're in serious danger of losing it. Oh wait, too late. Did you miss the part where I mentioned curtains? If your privacy matters so much, there are easier ways to protect it than standing guard packing heat. Of course laws can be passed and egregious offences dealt with but loudly proclaiming your right to open fire on any perceived incursion just makes you a gun-sucking nutcase.
Does your house have doors & windows with locks? I bet they do - or are you going to try to convince us they're wide open but with tripwires attached to shotguns?
I'm about to tell you something that'll cause your hair to fall out: long-range spying has been available for a LONG time, with binoculars, telescopes, telephoto lenses, etc. Not to mention webcam hacking and there are sites that'll give instant access to tens of thousands of those, all over the world.
Those nosey drones are doing you a favor, making you feel powerful, blasting that pest out of the sky. But your womenfolk's tits & asses have been photographed and fapped to for a very long time and you were none the wiser.
Let me guess: You were bullied all the time in school, and instead of even trying to fight back, you'd just curl up into a ball on the ground and wait until they stopped kicking and hitting you, right? Did you actually feel safer when they finally jammed you into a locker and closed the door? Some people don't just sit back and take shit from people, they fight back. Jackasses with their toy drones need to be taught some manners, and shotgun shells are cheaper than drone-toys. They have to go buy new ones a few times and maybe they'll learn to keep their quadcopter noses off people's property and out of other people's business. If not, then I guess it's target shooting practice. Meanwhile like the OP said the more this happens so much the better, we'll get our lawmakers to make new laws to keep these jerks out of our business.
I fought back plenty but I also learned how to pick my battles. Direct force is not the solution to every problem but not everyone is able to see that. As for new laws, that's just more interference by the state which doesn't go over well in many places and since laws are written quite broadly, I'd beware of unintended consequences.
Someone has to take a stand against these rude people with their privacy-invading toys.
I suppose laws could have written allowing you to shoot people off of your property looking through your windows. But someone invented curtains instead
I'm betting that there have been more strollers rigged as bombs than non-military drones - but if you see one of the latter, go ahead and unload your shotgun at it and let us know how that worked out.
Amen! A shotgun can hold more than one shell. Use the first to shoot down the drone and the others (preferably slugs) to shoot the operator.
I carry a.45 on my job, mainly for protection from vicious dogs. The pistol holds 10 rounds in the magzine + 1 in the chamber. The first round is for the dog, the other 10 are for the dog's owner. Haven't had to shoot one yet, but any day now . . ..
Sounds like there's a vicious dog with an itchy trigger finger
If it's strictly APIs, I don't think so but if the case ends of in the Eastern District Court of Texas, M$ could likely win the right to rape the ReactOS devs every 3rd weekend.
Um, since Microsoft doesn't release it's code, there is no way you determine that is was copied. Also, since Microsoft doesn't release it's code, there is no way to copy it. If the APIs are the same, of course. They are trying to create software that runs Windows programs that call Windows APIs. They would have to be the same. The law suit would fall into the same category as SCO vs IBM over Unix code in Linux.
"Unfortunately, tesla can't defy physics, and that means teslas have pretty poor handling. However, it is incredibly impressive for what it is -- a high tech 4 seater EV sedan."
And those sell in much higher numbers than cars like Stingrays. BMW, Audis and Mercedes have quite a few performance sedan models where Teslas are similar in weight and cost. I guess you don't have much to worry about for the next few years - until their next-gen Roadster debuts - if they survive that long.
I have been assigned a lot more responsibility since then. Maybe that's what it takes to be in management- boldness on the edge of recklessness.
You're halfway there. Add a lack of knowledge of the scope of the problems but the willingness to throw out the latest buzzwords and you're a shoo-in for the C-suite.
Oh, there's plenty to be mad about but I'm not sure if we'll agree to be mad at the same things. For example, I haven't found anything in common with those very angry people who see Donald Trump as the savior
I'm amazed how quickly Facebook bent over & greased up for the rightwingers. I think they should have told them to get lost and go live a wonderful social media life on Sodahead, which was tailor made for them
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"Why are you not standing up for your rights? Do you actually believe somehow that these people with their drones have the right to be flying around your house and looking in your windows, or looking at you and your family in your yard?"
I've been standing up for my right to not be surrounded by millions of trigger-happy, open-carry idiots who think their 3ft-wide flabby asses are all that's standing between me and Obama's Muslim Kenyan Army. So far, I ain't winning.
Calm down, khelly, your panties are bunched too tightly.
Where did I ever say not to report it if you have concerns? It's the omigod-where's-my-gun mentality and the complete lack of a reasonable understanding of escalation of force. There are far too many twits who'll do all of the over-reactionary things and when all *those* aren't enough, only *then* will they look for more reasonable solutions.
That's how we ended up with millions of lunatics that have enough firepower, dried eggs & canned beans to wait out a Klingon invasion.
"anonymity emboldens the behavior."
But so too does solidarity
"To which a prompt retort of buckshot that hurts nothing except the drone"
I don't really have a beef with Granny unloading her shotgun instead of waiting for Jethro to spray some Texas Tea and gum it up good.
It's the fellas like the commenter some ways up in the discussion who says the pistol he takes to work holds 11 bullets - one for the vicious dog that he thinks he'll run into any day now and TEN for the owner
.....
I believe that many of the same people who would resort to shooting down a drone as their 1st reaction wouldn't hesitate to do the same to a person at the slightest provocation. And those people are far more dangerous than suspected peepers. They end up being the ones who shoot strangers for playing their music too loud or for some other trivial slight. It starts with my castle, my property, my car and eventually becomes my world.
I've had this discussion on other sites before and didn't have to belabor the point this much.
I really expected better here but, well......
Look through the comments; you'll find plenty obtuse remarks by gun nuts
It's not just the spying; if the operator were to decide to "land" the thing on you, it could do some major harm, depending on the size of the drone.
I suppose so but so could the police or even civilian helicopters - would you open fire on them?
Pull your shit back in - you're in serious danger of losing it.
Oh wait, too late.
Did you miss the part where I mentioned curtains? If your privacy matters so much, there are easier ways to protect it than standing guard packing heat.
Of course laws can be passed and egregious offences dealt with but loudly proclaiming your right to open fire on any perceived incursion just makes you a gun-sucking nutcase.
Does your house have doors & windows with locks?
I bet they do - or are you going to try to convince us they're wide open but with tripwires attached to shotguns?
I'm about to tell you something that'll cause your hair to fall out: long-range spying has been available for a LONG time, with binoculars, telescopes, telephoto lenses, etc.
Not to mention webcam hacking and there are sites that'll give instant access to tens of thousands of those, all over the world.
Those nosey drones are doing you a favor, making you feel powerful, blasting that pest out of the sky. But your womenfolk's tits & asses have been photographed and fapped to for a very long time and you were none the wiser.
So sorry if that upsets you
Let me guess: You were bullied all the time in school, and instead of even trying to fight back, you'd just curl up into a ball on the ground and wait until they stopped kicking and hitting you, right? Did you actually feel safer when they finally jammed you into a locker and closed the door? Some people don't just sit back and take shit from people, they fight back. Jackasses with their toy drones need to be taught some manners, and shotgun shells are cheaper than drone-toys. They have to go buy new ones a few times and maybe they'll learn to keep their quadcopter noses off people's property and out of other people's business. If not, then I guess it's target shooting practice. Meanwhile like the OP said the more this happens so much the better, we'll get our lawmakers to make new laws to keep these jerks out of our business.
I fought back plenty but I also learned how to pick my battles. Direct force is not the solution to every problem but not everyone is able to see that.
As for new laws, that's just more interference by the state which doesn't go over well in many places and since laws are written quite broadly, I'd beware of unintended consequences.
Someone has to take a stand against these rude people with their privacy-invading toys.
I suppose laws could have written allowing you to shoot people off of your property looking through your windows.
But someone invented curtains instead
Apparently mild sarcasm as an attempt at humour doesn't work on slash dot. Duly noted.
Poe's Law covers this for a lot more places than Slashdot
I'm betting that there have been more strollers rigged as bombs than non-military drones - but if you see one of the latter, go ahead and unload your shotgun at it and let us know how that worked out.
Amen! A shotgun can hold more than one shell. Use the first to shoot down the drone and the others (preferably slugs) to shoot the operator.
I carry a .45 on my job, mainly for protection from vicious dogs. The pistol holds 10 rounds in the magzine + 1 in the chamber. The first round is for the dog, the other 10 are for the dog's owner. .
Haven't had to shoot one yet, but any day now . . .
Sounds like there's a vicious dog with an itchy trigger finger
"The developers weren't just intentionally vague, they outright lied,"
By developers, you mean Sean Murray, yes?
Keep the drone, throw the pizza in the garbage.
should be "ends up", not "ends of"
If it's strictly APIs, I don't think so but if the case ends of in the Eastern District Court of Texas, M$ could likely win the right to rape the ReactOS devs every 3rd weekend.
Um, since Microsoft doesn't release it's code, there is no way you determine that is was copied. Also, since Microsoft doesn't release it's code, there is no way to copy it. If the APIs are the same, of course. They are trying to create software that runs Windows programs that call Windows APIs. They would have to be the same. The law suit would fall into the same category as SCO vs IBM over Unix code in Linux.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... == Have a look; they may not be as vulnerable as you believe
If you have only 1 friend, get the Stingray.
"Unfortunately, tesla can't defy physics, and that means teslas have pretty poor handling. However, it is incredibly impressive for what it is -- a high tech 4 seater EV sedan."
And those sell in much higher numbers than cars like Stingrays. BMW, Audis and Mercedes have quite a few performance sedan models where Teslas are similar in weight and cost. I guess you don't have much to worry about for the next few years - until their next-gen Roadster debuts - if they survive that long.
"and it only took him 60 years to catch up"
Given that he's only 45 and SpaceX is only 14, that's some kind of magic
I have been assigned a lot more responsibility since then. Maybe that's what it takes to be in management- boldness on the edge of recklessness.
You're halfway there. Add a lack of knowledge of the scope of the problems but the willingness to throw out the latest buzzwords and you're a shoo-in for the C-suite.
Well it's not a new tactic for conservatives and they've fallen a long way down into the fearmongering pit since Reagan's Shining City on a Hill
Oh, there's plenty to be mad about but I'm not sure if we'll agree to be mad at the same things.
For example, I haven't found anything in common with those very angry people who see Donald Trump as the savior
I'm amazed how quickly Facebook bent over & greased up for the rightwingers.
I think they should have told them to get lost and go live a wonderful social media life on Sodahead, which was tailor made for them