I would modify this advice slightly by suggesting you print out the documentation and get it professionally bound. In fact print out multiple copies. Document (and print) all the details of the development and maintenance processes. Everything from electrical schematics and tolerances to specific compiler versions.

Take the time to paginate all of the documentation and then build indices. When referencing code modules give printed hash values so potential bit rot can be detected.

I have CD-Rs, hard drives, and floppy disks that are twenty years old and can no longer be read reliably. However I have forty year old technical documentation that I can read with no issues.

Facebook could make sure all of your personal information is kept very safe and confidential, and only made available to anyone who claims to be an advertiser wanting to 'target' you.

The 2038 problem is similar to Y2K but for Unix. 2015 + 25 years = 2040.

Have no debt, and have no rent/mortgage payment. Make sure your vehicle is in good working order. Make sure you've got any health issues taken care of.

Basically the Boy Scout motto: Be Prepared.

Interesting point, I haven't thought of that. Maybe you could even build obstacle courses and windmills (like mini golf) that drones have to go through. That could be fun. Drones crashing is no big deal compared to a real airplanes crashing so they could add lots of stuff and fly very low.

FPV technology still sucks though, it needs to improve. Those beautiful FPV videos you see on Youtube, that's NOT what the pilot sees. Those footages are from GoPro recording that the guy retrieved from the SD card afterwards. Real-time transmission quality is very poor, it's just barely enough for the pilot to make out the sky, ground, tree.

but I can't see anyone getting interested as a spectator.

Real air racing is still around, featuring WW2 fighters thundering through the skies at 400mph, and interest from the general public is nil. There's a niche audience of aviation buffs but that's about it.

Drones are tiny compared to the majestic P-51s and Corsairs, and very twitchy, so it would be very difficult to keep a steady camera on them.

It could still take off, just don't expect to see it on ESPN anytime soon (or ever).

> If you don't like local Wal-Mart's policy which considers entering the store to be a sign of consent, what are you going to do

Amazon.com

Like encryption, those high powered IR LEDs to blind cameras, only attract attention -- until everyone is doing it.

Once encryption is outlawed, only outlaws will use encryption. Similarly wearing IR LEDs wired into your hat.


Well tested code is best. Therefore you should run your unit tests many times so you can say your code is well tested.

> In meatspace nobody recognizes Rorschach.

Um, if I am not mistaken, PermGen was replaced with Metaspace not meatspace. But considering what goes into both spaces, the confusion is understandable.

The stores which own the legislatures of both Illinois and Texas should simply order them to change the laws.

You can buy all of the government some of the time, and some of the government all of the time, but . . . it takes a lot of money to buy all of the government, all of the time. So that option is only available to very large companies.

> what is a passport? It's proof of citizenship

A passport is proof of ownership. Sort of like how a company puts a 'property of' sticker on a computer. But maybe my definition of passport is totally consistent with yours if you assume citizenship == subject of the realm == ownership.

Why should a robot need a passport? It is a machine. Like your toaster. This will continue to be true for some time to come.

Should other dangerous machines also need a passport? What about a robot welding machine? A numerically controlled drill press? (Hey, it could decide to hurt you just when you happen to have your hand in the wrong spot!)

What do you have against dicks? You probably don't like languages with dick typing.

Facebook already bought Oculus last year. Actually kind of makes sense that they'd sell units to Microsoft for Xbox use.

One engine delivering full power and 3 engines running at low RPM would be enough to take off, since the plane was empty and probably had a small fuel load as well.

Wiki has an article on the crash: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2...

Looks like they took off, but noticed a problem with the engines, turned around to do an emergency landing, but hit an electrical pylon and crashed. So it's not like they lost all power and fell out of the sky, they had some power and were doing an emergency landing when they hit an object on the ground just before touchdown. 2 of the 6 people on the plane survived.