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Comment Re:Rationale for the ban is??? (Score 1) 199

Presumeably the FAA doesn't think that hobbyists are much more responsible flyers than corporations doing business, so there must be another reason for this ban, yes? What could it be?

a) Corporate business use would amount to greatly increased drone flights, and the FAA just doesn't think its regulatory ability, or the safety aspects of the technology, is ready for prime time wide scale use yet? For example, the interaction of drones and conventional aviation would have to be worked out in great detail for safety, and more technology and rules would be needed.

b) Nuisance aspect of the technology? Noise? If widely deployed?

c) The FAA just likes banning stuff in general, and new stuff in particular?

d) Some vested competing interests (say, trucking industry? teamsters?,...?) are lobbying / bribing FAA senior administrators and/or politicians who have a say?

You forgot
e) All of the Above.

Comment Re:Lick my balls and call me Sally! (Score 2) 97

the federal, state and local governments within the united states can't mod you down, but everybody else can tell you to go fuck a duck.

A note of caution, do not actually try fucking said duck while under observation by any representative of federal, state or local government... Even if it's obvious the duck REALLY wants it bad...

Comment Re:Origin story sounds familiar (Score 3, Funny) 98

Why am I not surprised that the first post to this thread is from someone who doesn't know where babies come from?

Exactly, everyone knows they come from storks.

I was trying to explain that to a park employee the other day...
he still made me let the stork go and pull my pants up...

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