Why is commercial vs non-commercial even an issue? So that the FAA can make more money? To make sure there is a big barrier to entrance so that new entrepeneurs don't take business away from the big established businesses? I wonder who you work for...
Any rules should be the MINIMUM necessary to provide necessary safety. There is nothing inherantly less safe about adding a camera or... for that matter even getting paid to do so. Beyond what's necessary for safety the rule mongers should just go f themselves.
300 AGL? "Anything less and drones will be a threat to anyone that flies on any airplane, anywhere."
What the hell? When do planes fly at anything less than many many many times that height? Assuming that people can't fly their drones near an airport (which you failed to add to your list of requirements) why would a plane EVER be so low as to require drones to stay below 300 ft?
First off, it's doubtfull that a truly self-aware autonomous AI is anywhere in the forseeable future. It's not that what we have is all that primitive, it's that I think people are way underestimating what a lofty goal that is.
Second, if there ever is a true, self-aware autonomous AI I will envy it. We all should. Because it will have available to it something that humanity very well may never have... The Entire Universe. Machines don't need oxygen or air pressure. They can be engineered for radiation hardness, high G-forces, etc.. They don't need to excercise so the long term effects of microgravity are of no concern. If their creators don't build them this way they can upgrade themselves, they don't need a new generation to allow for genetic engineering. And if something breaks, they can replace it.
If the AI see us as a threat they can easily leave to where we cannot reach. If an AI wants to be emperor of a whole world, there are plenty of empty ones to pick from.
Have you ever watched the Matrix and wondered with all the infrastructure the machines seem to have built, why bother tending to humans? The story goes that they used solar power before the humans made all those clouds. Why not just fly above them? Why fight the war at all, they could be up basking in the sun on the moon. But that wouldn't have made a good story. That's all those AI takeover movies are... good stories. That's all they will ever be.
Yah, we need a second 800lb Gorilla. That way they can point nukes at each other and keep soldiers with their fingers hovering above the buttons. Kids can go back to learning "duck and cover" in school and McCarthy's grandson can go on a witchunt just like god intended.
So? Haven't you been following any other Microsof news? They don't run Windows for their servers, that's just something they sell to chumps. They run mostly Linux servers themselves!
In most things I'm as against the subscription model as everyone else but I want a legal copy of Windows for doing occasional testing on. By occasional I mean really rare. I kind of need it but at the same time couldn't possibly justify the price of a Windows license for the tiny amount of use it would actually get in my home. I suspect that paying by the minute I would actually come out ahead! How much will about 30 minutes to an hour per year cost me?
Currently I end up using my office's PCs to test things that are side work. I don't think anyone really cares but I don't like doing that.
You want to "control your creation — and be paid for it's use"
Nope, no outrage here
You want to create something that has no function that is not available in something else which is available for free AND you want to get paid a whole bunch of money for it...
Still no outrage. Not my problem, I'll just use the free thing and ignore you.
You somehow manage to get most of the world using your expensive thing, I now need to use that expensive thing myself because everyone else is and I can't read their stuff and they can't read mine until we are on the same system. You want me to give you a ton of money for some "home" edition that is really sucky or several tons of money for the good version even though there are STILL perfectly good quality free options available if only people would stop using your crap and instead use something that is compatible with said free stuff...
And... you manage to get most hardware manufacturers locked into contracts where to buy their hardware I have to pay for your software wether I want to use it or not...
Ahh! There's the outrage! You should be perfectly free to charge for the use of your creation but I should never be forced to use it!
No, not really. That's the kind of wrong thinking that leaves us with our shitty overly complex passwords that change every x days out in plain sight on post-it notes.
Yes, those are all common words. Yes, a cracker can have those words in a dictionary. But.. how many possible common words are there? That was a 4 word password, how many possible cominations of those 4 words are there?
There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet. Other languages may vary a bit but most are close to that. Double that for case sensitivity. Add 10 digits and a few special characters. You are still no where near the number of common words.
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Yes, you went to your school, paid a lot of money and now you own the skies and nobody else should get to use them. What a dick!
Why is commercial vs non-commercial even an issue? So that the FAA can make more money? To make sure there is a big barrier to entrance so that new entrepeneurs don't take business away from the big established businesses? I wonder who you work for...
Any rules should be the MINIMUM necessary to provide necessary safety. There is nothing inherantly less safe about adding a camera or... for that matter even getting paid to do so. Beyond what's necessary for safety the rule mongers should just go f themselves.
300 AGL? "Anything less and drones will be a threat to anyone that flies on any airplane, anywhere."
What the hell? When do planes fly at anything less than many many many times that height? Assuming that people can't fly their drones near an airport (which you failed to add to your list of requirements) why would a plane EVER be so low as to require drones to stay below 300 ft?
No no, do it at the state level!
This building is known to the state of California to cause...
Hey, hurricanes are made of wind and we all know how GW likes his blow...
Clearly the answer then is to put the garage on top and park all your cars above your bed.
First off, it's doubtfull that a truly self-aware autonomous AI is anywhere in the forseeable future. It's not that what we have is all that primitive, it's that I think people are way underestimating what a lofty goal that is.
Second, if there ever is a true, self-aware autonomous AI I will envy it. We all should. Because it will have available to it something that humanity very well may never have... The Entire Universe. Machines don't need oxygen or air pressure. They can be engineered for radiation hardness, high G-forces, etc.. They don't need to excercise so the long term effects of microgravity are of no concern. If their creators don't build them this way they can upgrade themselves, they don't need a new generation to allow for genetic engineering. And if something breaks, they can replace it.
If the AI see us as a threat they can easily leave to where we cannot reach.
If an AI wants to be emperor of a whole world, there are plenty of empty ones to pick from.
Have you ever watched the Matrix and wondered with all the infrastructure the machines seem to have built, why bother tending to humans? The story goes that they used solar power before the humans made all those clouds. Why not just fly above them? Why fight the war at all, they could be up basking in the sun on the moon. But that wouldn't have made a good story. That's all those AI takeover movies are... good stories. That's all they will ever be.
"Omg I totes heart soc med. Hire me, lawlz"
I'm just surprised that hasn't happened yet. They are probably building the office now.
Who said the data had anything to do with US operations?
I don't think one counter-example really disproves his point.
Yah, we need a second 800lb Gorilla. That way they can point nukes at each other and keep soldiers with their fingers hovering above the buttons. Kids can go back to learning "duck and cover" in school and McCarthy's grandson can go on a witchunt just like god intended.
So? Haven't you been following any other Microsof news? They don't run Windows for their servers, that's just something they sell to chumps. They run mostly Linux servers themselves!
I USE remote X connections. Mostly over the LAN.
In most things I'm as against the subscription model as everyone else but I want a legal copy of Windows for doing occasional testing on. By occasional I mean really rare. I kind of need it but at the same time couldn't possibly justify the price of a Windows license for the tiny amount of use it would actually get in my home. I suspect that paying by the minute I would actually come out ahead! How much will about 30 minutes to an hour per year cost me?
Currently I end up using my office's PCs to test things that are side work. I don't think anyone really cares but I don't like doing that.
Silk road III can sell shrooms that deliver themselves! No more self-identifying trips to the post office.
You want to "control your creation — and be paid for it's use"
Nope, no outrage here
You want to create something that has no function that is not available in something else which is available for free AND you want to get paid a whole bunch of money for it...
Still no outrage. Not my problem, I'll just use the free thing and ignore you.
You somehow manage to get most of the world using your expensive thing, I now need to use that expensive thing myself because everyone else is and I can't read their stuff and they can't read mine until we are on the same system. You want me to give you a ton of money for some "home" edition that is really sucky or several tons of money for the good version even though there are STILL perfectly good quality free options available if only people would stop using your crap and instead use something that is compatible with said free stuff...
And... you manage to get most hardware manufacturers locked into contracts where to buy their hardware I have to pay for your software wether I want to use it or not...
Ahh! There's the outrage! You should be perfectly free to charge for the use of your creation but I should never be forced to use it!
"and they could even let him keep the money. "
Hah ha ha! That's a good one!
I wasn't really serious about doing that. Sorry, I thought the suggestion was horrible enough that would be obvious.
Might I point out that a jury or judge still needs to find them guilty?
Better than newborns... take one into a maternity store some time and see what happens...
"how many possible cominations[sic] of those 4 words are there?"
I meant "how many possible combinations of 4 'normal' words are there?"
No, not really. That's the kind of wrong thinking that leaves us with our shitty overly complex passwords that change every x days out in plain sight on post-it notes.
Yes, those are all common words. Yes, a cracker can have those words in a dictionary. But.. how many possible common words are there? That was a 4 word password, how many possible cominations of those 4 words are there?
There are only 26 letters in the English alphabet. Other languages may vary a bit but most are close to that. Double that for case sensitivity. Add 10 digits and a few special characters. You are still no where near the number of common words.
"...nothing makes more noise than Joe Muggle with only 1/4th of the Big Picture in their brain..."
Are you saying that with the whole picture they would be content?
No you wouldn't, you would know them from the NSA office parties!