4 out of 4 drone owners I know have knowingly broken the rules. And I saw one showing their friends how high they could fly it, whilst I was there. They were near a VFR approach point.

And a warrant is useless in this case. If their RC aircraft hits your car whilst driving, I promise you won't find the owner.

The justification for blocking the proposal is mainly that it prevents hobbyists flying planes, which is NOT true at all. In fact, almost every argument made in the video is assumption, and the other argument regarding privacy is true, however, the argument works vice versa (and given RC planes regularly violate people's privacy, it's not valid).

I'm willing to bet that most people arguing against the laws probably don't even have the aviation knowledge to fully understand the NPRM (nor have they tried to read it).

Where do I begin (I'm a private pilot by the way here in Australia)...

For starters, a huge number of assumptions are being made, such as about the possibility that approved flying sites will decrease, etc. That's all assumptions which are unlikely to be true..

Secondly, it does NOT end hobby RC's. It just means they need a transponder on them. It's an extra step, but it doesn't prevent people building these things. Yes, it would be TRAGIC if people breaking flight rules were caught, especially stalkers. It simply allows people to hold drone owners accountable finally. You license your car, so why would it be any different to be required to license a flying rock?

Thirdly, we REGULARLY see people fly drones with no consideration for flight rules. I've literally stood onsite, at a wealthy families house working, whilst their teenage son was showing off his drone to his mates, and showing them how high it could fly (and I know their property was in-line of an approach point). In fact, on Reddit, we REGULARLY see people post video's constantly breaking the rules here in Australia.

Finally, out of all 4 drone owners I know, every single one has knowingly broken rules. I also run a meetup trekking group and was annoyed when one pulled out their cheap drone in a national park and started flying it around.

Sorry, but don't confuse a professional video with good points. So many assumptions in the video have been made, and there was nothing neutral about it. Arguments such as "privacy concerns" are made, however, those are negligible compared to the effect on MANY other people's privacy.

Sorry, as a pilot, I agree with this proposal. It doesn't affect tiny drones less than 0.5lbs. Nothing about this proposal bans hobbyists flying these things, and it actually protects other people's privacy.

Remember when the US got busted installing backdoors in Cisco equipment? Cisco apparently has to manage the US Governments BS.

I trust Huawei more than I trust the US government..

Years ago I developed a project called driver on demand for Linux which was simply an easy way to install drivers (this pre-dated ubuntu's driver project).

The amount of BS you put up with is incredible..

I had people telling me that they didn't want linux to be like windows and it wasn't needed because all the drivers were included, etc. If people are wondering what's holding linux back, sometimes I feel its the "elite" users from the non-development community..

I do mountaineering as a hobby.

If you actually have a working phone and download an App, you can use Google Maps and find your way. Rescue can also likely mostly triangulate your mobile phone signal anyway to a fairly small distance..

Secondly, a lot of people who end up in this mess don't have reception. Get an EPIRB or PLB if you think there is a chance you may get lost. Those can work WITHOUT reception, and Digital ones send the GPS coordinates anyway.

This post is not only BAD advice, but its likely going to get someone killed (the people who got lost here are CLEARLY idiots). If you speak to REAL rescue companies like Ripcord or Global Rescue (ie, ones who send veterans to Everest to try to save people), they'll probably want GPS coordinates instead.

This app might be fine if you got lost trekking, and are too lazy to stay overnight, or, need an easy way to provide coordinates verbally. But GPS coordinates would be way better.. Or even use Google Maps and send them live updates on your location.

It's open source. You can add it yourself and maintain it. Nobody else really cares about it anymore anyway.

This isn't always true though. Often the record companies make the majority of the money, and everyone down the chain takes their cut.

You can buy the music often as a digital download directly off the artists website, or order the CD from them.

Apparently most artists make the majority of their money from concerts though.

Don't be surprised if feature creep sets in, and in a few years, they also doing aerial videos during the trip.

This isn't a good thing..

Firstly, they're beats. I hate to say it, but at least for aviation, Bose's headsets are FAR in front of others in terms of noise cancellation, and I'm guessing their Quiet Comforts are too.

Apple and Beats work hand-in-hand because they are marketing brands whose survival relies on clever marketing.

It's funny, because many Linux distro's auto-install some updates including security updates. But, when Microsoft does it, its criminal apparently..

Credit card companies game the system, to allow them to profit from sellers, whilst providing very little in return.

They're inconsistent because they're probably wrong.

Mountaineers regularly climbing above altitudes where there is less than 45% oxygen. Yes, we also sleep up there too. For Everest base camp, you regularly sleep in small rooms with multiple people.

Unless you're running around in a tiny box, I can't really see the amount you exhale having much effect on the O2 content. Your diet would probably have a much bigger impact

What does the author propose is used to determine if there is a surface point there? Magic?

Great question.. Unfortunately, pointless if the author doesn't have a single idea. More sounds like they're a journalist trying to get info to write a new article

Cyanogenmod didn't...

I agree Google is getting more and more dodgy, but we need both companies to go down...

Apple is just as bad as Google honestly. They just have better marketing

Generally I'd have no problem with this, but this is more targeted at destroying Android. He has no problem accepting billions of dollars from Google each year to be the default search engine, so he's basically profiting off sending their users to another vendor.

Furthermore, all Apple users basically have to give Apple their details at one time or another. The moment the privacy regulations involved allowing iPhone users to operate their phones without submitting any details to Apple, THEN, he'd object heavily. If the laws didn't allow that, then they really don't accomplish much..