Get Your Shotguns Ready. Amazon Air Is Coming

[wkmac]

Drone shmone. Good luck Amazon. We are a very long way off from this. I think a self driving car or tractor trailer will come before drones. Only markets that would be affected would be the big cities and even then its not cost effective. I call bs PR stunt.

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Looks like about 2025' on that one.

 

[over9five]

All it's gonna take is one child running up to the drone to get that package, and having their arms taken off by the rotors, to have this plan grind to a halt.

 

[soberups]

All it's gonna take is one child running up to the drone to get that package, and having their arms taken off by the rotors, to have this plan grind to a halt.

In all likelihood, the drones will only deposit the packages in or on some sort of receptacle that is situated for that purpose.

 

[wkmac]

In all likelihood, the drones will only deposit the packages in or on some sort of receptacle that is situated for that purpose.

Your post made me think of a comical thought. To insure the public doesn't come in direct contact with drone causing injury, Amazon drops package from 500 ft. via parachute. Customer service phone line is overload with "package in trees" complaint.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Or the customer is electrocuted trying to retrieve the item hanging up in overhead power lines.

 

[toonertoo]

Rednecks dont offend me mate.

I are one. Well maybe not. Never been too drunk to fish, or went to my reunion to meet guys....

 

[over9five]

Could have been worded better, but pretty funny!

 

[Anonymous 11]

By stating this, would you have a problem if someone stated that a racial term for a black person would have a field day stealing them bother you?

I'm a hillbilly and I'd defend blacks Jewish people and any one to a fault. A white guy calling himself a redneck ore a white guy calling himself a hillbilly is more than ok. If a African American calls himself something I have no problem with this. So on with Jewish people and Arabs both Muslim and Christian. I think you are trying to stir something up.

 

[browntroll]

All it's gonna take is one child running up to the drone to get that package, and having their arms taken off by the rotors, to have this plan grind to a halt.

or someones pet dog, headlines are gonna read "amazon drones attack friendly dogs". i can imagine the trouble drivers get from dogs
now imagine drones since they look like a chew toy for them.

 

[Returntosender]

 

[soberups]

 

[toonertoo]

I was not a redneck for Obama.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I'd like to try Bigsandy, but boy it looks expensive.

 

[upsgrunt]

I'm a hillbilly and I'd defend blacks Jewish people and any one to a fault. A white guy calling himself a redneck ore a white guy calling himself a hillbilly is more than ok. If a African American calls himself something I have no problem with this. So on with Jewish people and Arabs both Muslim and Christian. I think you are trying to stir something up.

Not trying to stir anything up. I am a Christian, I don't hate anybody or any race either, and I try to practice tolerance the best I can. If I certain label bothers me, then it should be given the same sensitivity that a label or name that bothers someone else, no matter what color the messenger is.
All I'm asking for is for people to see another point of view without diminishing it as trivial just because they feel their feelings are more valid.

I had no other intentions.

 

[Just Lurking]

From June 24, 2014

http://techcrunch.com/2014/06/24/faa-bans-the-use-of-drones-to-deliver-packages/

It's another PR stunt. In about two weeks the the FAA would go from not likely anytime soon to its on the way because Amazon says pretty please again.

More likely, some fund manager needs to unload some Amazon stock so we pump some drone news.

 

[Anonymous 11]

Not trying to stir anything up. I am a Christian, I don't hate anybody or any race either, and I try to practice tolerance the best I can. If I certain label bothers me, then it should be given the same sensitivity that a label or name that bothers someone else, no matter what color the messenger is.
All I'm asking for is for people to see another point of view without diminishing it as trivial just because they feel their feelings are more valid.

I had no other intentions.

I think the term redneck doesn't mean that someone's a raciest or that it's a bad term. It's a term of endearment between two rednecks. I grew up poorer then poor. Some would say white trash. I have some white trash brothers that I'd call that to as being friendly.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Redneck and white trash are derogatory terms.


Resident know-it-all.

 

[Just Lurking]

Redneck and white trash are derogatory terms.


Redneck know-it-all.

 

[jr32bad]

If I see one near my house its toast

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[blkmamba]

Ultimately, the goal would be an unmanned drone that could utilize GPS technology. This is the only way that drones could ever represent any sort of a threat to our jobs. But even if the computer technology is eventually developed to safely fly and navigate the drone without human assistance, you are still running into the brick wall of power-to-weight ratio in terms of the drone being able to carry a meaningful amount of cargo. Having a greater lift capacity requires a more powerful motor...which weighs more than a small motor and uses more fuel...which adds even more weight and size to the equipment....which in turn requires even more power. I simply cannot imagine drone deliveries ever representing more than a miniscule percentage of our daily delivery volume.

Honestly, my gps in the car is not 100% accurate, I would hate to leave a delivery up to an unmanned drone.