So, AT&T long distance service hasn't been a telecommunications service but, instead, an information service since the 1980's because computers? Go ahead, AT&T, back this argument, retroactively lose common carrier status for your long distance network from the moment you computerized it, and for your POTS network from the moment you merged with the mini-Bells. I wonder how many of the felonies that were committed while utilizing your network are still within their statute of limitations...

Of course he could have. And by the time he wrote all of that out and held it up, the perv with the drone has gotten his jollies off over the two young girls he was watching several times already. Better to just blast it out of the sky under the circumstances.

Altitude dependent. Bigot.

Context. Photography. Shoot. Got it?

And this is why I don't post from my phone. "the same values to her" should be "the same applies to her". I love autocorrect.

My trick is that I've learned to simply not give a fuck. Seriously, that's all there is go it. And I mean genuinely just don't care about anything but the moment you're in. When I'm working, all I care about, all I pay attention to, is my work. When I'm dealing with finances, they're the only thing in the world. When I play, nothing else exists. You'd think my wife would get annoyed with that, but, well... The same values to her and that more than makes up for the other times.

Of course, I'm not ALWAYS so focused; most of the time I spread my attention like everyone else, and I can be startled my focused state, but having the ability to just let every other concern in the world fall away has proven invaluable. I find that my work (application development) gets done better and faster, my finances are handled without error, and I even do better at games and useless stuff when I'm in that state.

Recapture? I live there, friend.

That's one damn huge slingshot. Where do I get one?

Nice choice of Unicode; looks like a 2-character ASCII comic of you trying to smile but ending up with a blank face in the first frame (character) and throwing your hands up in frustration in the second.

Indeed, but let's be realistic, these craft can't reach that altitude. If the "pilot" isn't being a douche and hanging around your property or buzzing your head, don't be a douche and shoot down his drone. Let him pass over and expect to see him again on his return pass. Of course, if he's making laps around your property or repeatedly passing over, take whatever action is necessary to stop him, starting with trying to locate him and asking him to stop and escalating from there as necessary. But if that drone is being a nuisance by hovering over your property or getting dangerously close to you, by all means, take it out.

I wouldn't be happy because my phone wouldn't work near the jammers, but I'd be delighted in knowing how jammers actually work. I'd probably knock on their door, greet them with a smile, shake their hands, maybe even brink a cake, pan of brownies, plate of cookies, or fruit basket, and say something along the lines of "Way to amplify the problem you're trying to prevent, dumbasses."

Indeed, and that would also have been the reasonable response to the drone had it been within that range, as well. Failing that, a longer-range approach is necessary.

Wrong. You have no expectation of privacy from satellites in their planned orbits or aircraft flying their FAA-approved routes over your property, but you still have expectation of privacy from people and their toys that have no business being there.

Been there, done that. Even after proofreading several times, passing the text to my wife for proofreading and having her point out the missing word, and reading it again myself, I'll still "see" the word there until she literally points at where the missing word should be. Quite a number of times I've proofread a post before posting, only to read it a week later (after I've forgotten the exact wording I intended to use) and catch the missing word. The brain is funny like that.

I think you fell victim to a typo. I'm pretty sure he meant "Most Americans are not rednecks like this"; the second clause in that sentence simply states that most gun owners are, likewise, not rednecks. I had to read it a few times to parse it properly, as well, because of the typo but, once you've done that, the meaning becomes quite clear.