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Amazon unveils delivery by drone: Prime Air. No, seriously
Ziff-Davis Net ^
| December 2, 2013 -- 01:14 GMT (17:14 PST)
| Zack Whittaker
Posted on 12/01/2013 8:12:54 PM PST by Olog-hai
Not content with next-day delivery service through its Prime program, Amazon wants orders to land on people’s front porches in as little as half an hour.
Just when you thought the technology industry couldn’t get any stranger, the latest idea from the retail giant is to offer an audacious delivery-by-drone service. …
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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 0bamadrone; amazondotcom; amazondrones; drones
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:12:55 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Ah, but can it ring your doorbell ?
To: Olog-hai
This is awesome. Next time the husband pisses me off I’m buying a piano and sending him out front to rake leaves.
To: fieldmarshaldj
It doesn’t need to ring the doorbell. It will take out the door with a Hellfire missile from 8000 ft.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:17:39 PM PST
by
43north
(BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED)
To: All
seriously, in five years drone technology will be omnipresent. so really, as with all things Bezos, he’s wasting amazons money.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:21:12 PM PST
by
willywill
To: ToastedHead
Judging by your post, the guy would probably welcome it.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:21:17 PM PST
by
Ghost of SVR4
(So many are so hopelessly dependent on the government that they will fight to protect it.)
To: Olog-hai
Air Traffic Control nightmare
To: Ghost of SVR4
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:23:07 PM PST
by
MNDude
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:26:23 PM PST
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Great vid by ShorelineMike! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOZjJk6nbD4&feature=plcp)
To: Olog-hai
meh, omg the hype. This is going to be vapourware. Its not going to work anytime in the next few decades because we can’t pack enough energy into such a small copter to travel enough distance to make this worth while
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:26:37 PM PST
by
4rcane
To: fieldmarshaldj
Ah, but can it ring your doorbell ?
____________
No. It launches an RPG through the door.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:27:09 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(we didn't love freedom enough... Solzhenitsyn.)
To: Olog-hai
I wonder what the penalty is for kidnapping a drone.
To: clearcarbon
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:29:56 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: ToastedHead
" Next time the husband pisses me off I’m buying a piano and sending him out front to rake leaves."
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:30:06 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
To: Olog-hai
To: ToastedHead
Lady Nancy Astor: “Winston, if you were my husband, I’d poison your tea.”
Winston Churchill: “Nancy, if I were your husband, I’d drink it.”
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:30:07 PM PST
by
Monitor
("The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-front for the urge to rule it." - H. L. Mencken)
To: ToastedHead
One of the best things a person could own, a piano.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:32:36 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: 4rcane
I thought this story was a satire piece at first, noone could seriously believe this is going to work in any practical fashion. In 3-5 Years? Only problem is with FDA? Seriously? What a BS story
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:34:13 PM PST
by
4rcane
To: Ghost of SVR4
HA HA HA HAHAAAAA!
Priceless.
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posted on
12/01/2013 8:34:34 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I know things that you don't. I've done things that you won't.)
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