This isn't what the Internet was designed to be, its not the outpost of freedom we wanted. I am trully disappointed.
The internet was designed to be a way for DARPA contractors to share data without having to mail giant tape spools to each other. "We" didn't get involved until a couple decades later.
I believe that among this target market there is a belief that any off-the-shelf hardware is going to have NSA back doors in it.
And you can certainly hand make one unit for less than $7500. But setting up mass production of any consumer electronics product, even one based on stock boards, requires one or two orders of magnitude more money than that.
The guys who said they could create custom hardware for 7,500 bucks were full of shit? I am shocked.
having to file a flight path befor the flight and waiting for the government official to give you the green light.
FTsummary- "The system will use what it knows about other drone flights, weather forecasts, and physical obstacles such as radio masts to give the go-ahead."
Where did you get that a "government official" would be involved?
What's the biggest campaign donation you think one of those "fat checks" represents?
You should actually read Citizens United. That's not at all what it says.
That decision had absolutely nothing to do with campaign donations or lobbying. Maybe you should read it.
And it's wrong a vast majority of the time.
For people that claim to be objective and science-based, people here sure don't seem to have the same rules of evidence for claims they want to be true and claims they don't want to be true.
Who needs evidence when you already know everything?
I was saying that "lobbying" and "bribery" have actual definitions as words.
So do you just ignore all facts that conflict with your narrative and make up word definitions as needed?
Look at the existing franchise laws and how they are being used. It's not really a question that bribes are occurring, it's what lobbying is by it's very definition.
No. Lobbying involves talking and bribery involves illegal money.
If it's "not really a question" then you should be able to provide tons of evidence to back up your claims. How about it?
s and futuristic car designs they probably stole from us!!
They pretty clearly copied Aston Martin's exterior design. But Ford only owns a small minority of Aston Martin.
Teslas are for the masses.
I'm a big fan of Tesla. But I wouldn't exactly say that their $75k cars are "for the masses". I have a Nissan Leaf, which is less than half that price. It's a great car, but it's certainly no Model S.
On Slashdot, bribery and shadowy conspiracies are always the default answer.
Do you have any evidence that anyone was bribed in this case?
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