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Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates

From Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates
Date 2015-08-03 18:31 +1200
Organization Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID <030820151831223277%YourName@YourISP.com> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <mpgnba$59v$1@dont-email.me> <310720152054426630%star@sky.net> <mplcmu$h2h$1@dont-email.me> <ocadnZPkxIOFpCPInZ2dnUU7-Y2dnZ2d@giganews.com> <mpmn43$3nf$1@dont-email.me>

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In article <mpmn43$3nf$1@dont-email.me>, Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org>
wrote:

> On 8/2/15 11:36 a, Alan Browne wrote:
> > On 2015-08-02 11:25, Fred Moore wrote:
> >> On 7/31/15 8:54 p, Davoud wrote:
> >>> Warren Oates:
> >>>>> I know Amazon are toying with "same day delivery" but not in the
> >>>>> boonies
> >>>>> where I live.
> >>>
> >>> Fred Moore:
> >>>> Well, you know they are well into development of drone delivery. Just
> >>>> make sure you remember to check the 'no napalm' box.
> >>>
> >>> They need to worry about anti-aircraft weapons. I think that this
> >>> drone-delivery fad is a *very* bad idea, along with other commercial
> >>> drone missions--they represent a hazard and an annoyance. I will not
> >>> allow drones on my property. The barrage balloons will be unsightly,
> >>> but I won't need to keep them up for very long before the drone
> >>> terrorists get the message.
> >>
> >> Much as I agree with you, the FAA will haul your ass to jail for barrage
> >> balloons. I don't know what the maximum allowed height for teathered
> >> lighter-than-air craft is, but I doubt it's greater than 100', if that
> >> high. Your 'air rights' are minimal.
> >
> > In the US, towers can be built to 99' w/o having a red light or strobe.
> >  Helicopters, esp. EMS, are quite vulnerable to these.  I've been told
> > that Florida is very problematic as very many towers go to exactly 99'
> > to avoid putting in lights (I assume avoidance of maintenance cost is
> > the primary driver).  That is old thinking.  With today's LED lighting
> > and solar panels I'd assume maintenance costs have plummeted v. filament
> > lighting with power fed from the tower base.
> >
> > Within class C and D airspace the height restriction may be tighter
> > generally or close to approaches.
> 
> Here's an interesting article which relates the FAA's claim that it has 
> complete jurisdiction of airspace and air rights from the ground up. The 
> article may also portend what's to come with small drones being used for 
> target practice.
> 
> New telemetry suggests shot-down drone was higher than alleged
> <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/08/new-drone-telemetry-suggests-shot-down-drone-was-higher-than-alleged/>

There's some new rules here in New Zealand for drones as well as other
similar things like radio-controlled model aircraft. Some of them are
privacy (such as getting permission) and others are safety (like
needing to actually see the craft - which basically rules out
autonomous delivery drones ... at the moment)
http://www.caa.govt.nz/rpas/

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Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-28 11:04 -0400
  Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-28 15:33 -0400
    Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-29 08:21 -0400
    Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-29 10:05 -0400
      Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 11:38 -0400
      Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-07-30 09:45 +1200
        Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 07:47 -0400
          Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-07-31 09:10 +1200
      Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-07-31 16:56 -0400
        Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-31 20:54 -0400
          Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-01 10:10 -0400
          Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-08-02 11:25 -0400
            Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-02 11:36 -0400
              Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-08-02 23:29 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-08-03 18:31 +1200
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-08-03 08:21 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-08-03 17:47 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2015-08-03 18:10 -0700
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-03 23:23 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-04 05:22 +0000
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-04 01:34 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-04 05:56 +0000
    Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-29 18:26 -0400
      Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-07-30 13:43 +1200
        Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 08:07 -0400
          Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-07-30 17:05 +0000
            Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 13:16 -0400
              Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 14:35 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 16:26 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-07-31 17:02 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-08-15 10:50 +1000
              Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-07-30 17:28 -0700
            Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-07-30 17:27 -0700
              Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Desh <desh@treadstone.net> - 2015-07-31 13:24 -0400
                Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-08-02 05:27 -0700
        Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-30 10:02 -0400
      Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 07:48 -0400
        Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 08:08 -0400
          Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-07-30 09:14 -0400
          Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2015-07-30 07:16 -0700
        Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Aldo Raine <apache@scalpem.net> - 2015-07-30 10:06 -0400
  Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> - 2015-07-29 15:35 +0000
    Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-07-29 13:30 -0400
      Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 18:14 -0400
    Re: Wonky Apple delivery dates Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-07-30 08:01 -0400

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