Commercial exceptions are well-established in U.S. law.
But this isn't a case of a commercial exception. Commercial aircraft operators are subject to far more stringent regulations than private/recreational*. And that's fine, particularly for passenger carriers. For the public on the ground, I want the regulations to treat commercial and private safety equally. I'm not going to be happier if some billionaire drops his personal 737 on my house than if it was Southwest Airlines. On the other hand, once a drone operator 'goes comercial', I would expect them to carry liability insurance and have deep pockets to protect. As a result, I'd be more comfortable with a business operated drone than a hobby flyer over my house.
This is just like Uber and Lyft vs New York City. The entrenched cab interests have one way of doing things and they are using their regulatory agency to block new technology. The same appears to be happening for flight serice companies. Piloted aircraft for hire are having the FAA protect their turf.
*The general aviation manufacturing business almost went under in this country until legislation was passed to limit their liability. That runs counter to the idea that there is an atmosphere of business exception in this country.
Nope. It's a completely appropriate action according to the FAA's mandate and charter. It's their exact *job*.
Maybe. But then perhaps its time for Congress to rewrite the mandate and take the commercial/hobby distinction out.
Leave them with the safety and certification roles. But the operation of drones needs to be consistent across all uses. Something isn't more or less safe if money changes hands. We (the USA) are going to be left behind as other jurisdictions allow commercial drone use, subject to rules compliance. Commercial use brings money into the industry, which pays for R&D and the refinement of safety rules. US manufacturers don't have the ability to participate in this, leaving the business to foreign concerns. That is definitely NOT the FAA's charter.
Because historically, the response to unfettered competition in New York City involved bodies floating in the East River. Either the city 'manages' the market using regulation or Vinnie and Guido do it with steel pipes.
Stolen from a Tesla service center. As such, they had possession and responsibility for the car. Probably no warrant needed. A simple call from the service department to Tesla's IT department would suffice.
A reflector like one of those disco balls. When illuminated by a laser, it breaks up the beam and illuminates a number of spots on surrounding objects. Passive defense. No sensors/electronics required.
Actually most of America would applaud the SWAT team entering banks with shotguns and tasers.
Only if I can get there and withdraw my savings first.
All of you haters underestimate the extent to which our economy depends on the unimpeded flow of capital and assets facilitated by these legal loopholes. Plug them and 1929 and 2008 will look like good times by comparison.
What I object to is the two tiered system that results from this. Any one of us plebes tries to move more than $10K across a border without doing the paperwork and its off to the rebar Hilton. A company moves assets worth billions from a high to low tax rate regime and nobody notices. Its not that I think the latter is evil. I just want the ability to participate as well. Equal protection under the law and all that.
Now, replace the term 'Bitcoin' in that sentence with 'unregistered securities'. Then ask Wall Street's dark markets, the banking and investment community what their opinion is on that and they will 1) shit themselves, and 2) run to Congress for an exemption to monetary reporting regulations.
De-facto money, yes. But money for the purposes of FINCEN and IRS regulations?
Money and 'property' are subject to different federal regulations. So if Bitcoin is considered money, then a whole bunch of addtional reporting requirements and controls apply to it.
Unless countries start pushing out nuclear barges, a highly impractical solution,
Why impractical?
Every few years, some crackpots roll out a proposal for a 'neighborhood' scaled nuclear reactor. Or a sealed unit you could bury under a house and forget, just big enough to power the house. Perhaps its about time to revisit the design of economic nuclear ship propulsion. Its an order of magnitude less whacky.
Isn't there supposed to be some gov't office or book of code names to ensure that secret project names are not re-used? Someone looks up 'Aurora' and sees that this was declassified years ago. So they upload it to the public site. Whoops.
I'm doing a study on architecture in New York City. I think I'll call it the Manhattan Project.
Unless the particles aren't the message but the means of communication. Maybe they form some kind of field mechanic communications bridge to enable instantaneous communications?
So that would be like needing to make a phone call immediately. And then standing in line for the next version of iPhone.
I'm certain that advanced civilizations have evolved beyond this kind of behavior.
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Commercial exceptions are well-established in U.S. law.
But this isn't a case of a commercial exception. Commercial aircraft operators are subject to far more stringent regulations than private/recreational*. And that's fine, particularly for passenger carriers. For the public on the ground, I want the regulations to treat commercial and private safety equally. I'm not going to be happier if some billionaire drops his personal 737 on my house than if it was Southwest Airlines. On the other hand, once a drone operator 'goes comercial', I would expect them to carry liability insurance and have deep pockets to protect. As a result, I'd be more comfortable with a business operated drone than a hobby flyer over my house.
This is just like Uber and Lyft vs New York City. The entrenched cab interests have one way of doing things and they are using their regulatory agency to block new technology. The same appears to be happening for flight serice companies. Piloted aircraft for hire are having the FAA protect their turf.
*The general aviation manufacturing business almost went under in this country until legislation was passed to limit their liability. That runs counter to the idea that there is an atmosphere of business exception in this country.
Our energy supply is still at the mercy of those damned Arabs!
Nope. It's a completely appropriate action according to the FAA's mandate and charter. It's their exact *job*.
Maybe. But then perhaps its time for Congress to rewrite the mandate and take the commercial/hobby distinction out.
Leave them with the safety and certification roles. But the operation of drones needs to be consistent across all uses. Something isn't more or less safe if money changes hands. We (the USA) are going to be left behind as other jurisdictions allow commercial drone use, subject to rules compliance. Commercial use brings money into the industry, which pays for R&D and the refinement of safety rules. US manufacturers don't have the ability to participate in this, leaving the business to foreign concerns. That is definitely NOT the FAA's charter.
Because historically, the response to unfettered competition in New York City involved bodies floating in the East River. Either the city 'manages' the market using regulation or Vinnie and Guido do it with steel pipes.
Sleep in?
I don't understand. This just means you swing by and do the update after they close the bar and throw you out.
That's SOP around here.
Stolen from a Tesla service center. As such, they had possession and responsibility for the car. Probably no warrant needed. A simple call from the service department to Tesla's IT department would suffice.
And then perhaps the Chinese will return the iPhone trademark to the stove company.
A reflector like one of those disco balls. When illuminated by a laser, it breaks up the beam and illuminates a number of spots on surrounding objects. Passive defense. No sensors/electronics required.
In Morse code: 'Come in Rangoon.'
If they have 20 deliveries to my 600 home neighborhood, will they send 20 drones or send a few drones multiple times?
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can't tell if she's a human or a robot.
I think you've got the wrong success criteria there. It's if you can't tell she's a she or not.
Actually most of America would applaud the SWAT team entering banks with shotguns and tasers.
Only if I can get there and withdraw my savings first.
All of you haters underestimate the extent to which our economy depends on the unimpeded flow of capital and assets facilitated by these legal loopholes. Plug them and 1929 and 2008 will look like good times by comparison.
What I object to is the two tiered system that results from this. Any one of us plebes tries to move more than $10K across a border without doing the paperwork and its off to the rebar Hilton. A company moves assets worth billions from a high to low tax rate regime and nobody notices. Its not that I think the latter is evil. I just want the ability to participate as well. Equal protection under the law and all that.
Now, replace the term 'Bitcoin' in that sentence with 'unregistered securities'. Then ask Wall Street's dark markets, the banking and investment community what their opinion is on that and they will 1) shit themselves, and 2) run to Congress for an exemption to monetary reporting regulations.
De-facto money, yes. But money for the purposes of FINCEN and IRS regulations?
Money and 'property' are subject to different federal regulations. So if Bitcoin is considered money, then a whole bunch of addtional reporting requirements and controls apply to it.
Unless countries start pushing out nuclear barges, a highly impractical solution,
Why impractical?
Every few years, some crackpots roll out a proposal for a 'neighborhood' scaled nuclear reactor. Or a sealed unit you could bury under a house and forget, just big enough to power the house. Perhaps its about time to revisit the design of economic nuclear ship propulsion. Its an order of magnitude less whacky.
But this damned dog keeps following me around, barking.
Isn't there supposed to be some gov't office or book of code names to ensure that secret project names are not re-used? Someone looks up 'Aurora' and sees that this was declassified years ago. So they upload it to the public site. Whoops.
I'm doing a study on architecture in New York City. I think I'll call it the Manhattan Project.
The "OOOOOOOOHOHHHHH Particle?"
It has been discovered. Unfortunately, with a very fast decay rate.
Unless the particles aren't the message but the means of communication. Maybe they form some kind of field mechanic communications bridge to enable instantaneous communications?
So that would be like needing to make a phone call immediately. And then standing in line for the next version of iPhone.
I'm certain that advanced civilizations have evolved beyond this kind of behavior.
the young lads at the pool power past me, but I could prob write a better C program or shell script than they could.
Don't let my management hear that. Or they'll throw everyone in the pool and the ones that sink will get put at a developer's workstation.
Running ther reactors without shielding.
F*cker woke me up early on a Sunday morning. Can't get much worse than that.