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The political and ideological discussion in the USA about gun control laws and the 2nd Amendment has been a hot topic for decades. Usually, the topic remains in a glowing, hot-ember state. The heat and light emanating from this hot-ember pulses and intensifies when fanned by the news of mass murder involving guns. As drones become more prevalent in society, I fear the hot-embers of this age-old debate will fan into flames. While one must have a license to operate either machine, that legal requirement will not deter those with harmful intent.
Putting aside the political and ideological debates, how would soylentils implement a no-fly zone for drones - especially ones with harmful payloads or in areas containing volatile substances?
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innovate, v.:
To annoy people.
(Score: 2) by q.kontinuum on Wednesday December 02 2015, @01:37PM
The question was not "Do you mind strangers drones invading your privacy" but rather "how would you go on to prevent [...]".
I wasn't yet bothered by any drones, if it's playing kids I probably wouldn't mind, if someone would actually try to annoy / spy on me I'd probably retaliate... But its very hypothetical for me.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by Knowledge Troll on Wednesday December 02 2015, @02:01PM
if it's playing kids I probably wouldn't mind, if someone would actually try to annoy / spy on me I'd probably retaliate... But its very hypothetical for me.
I would never tolerate an unknown r/c aircraft anywhere around me, kids or not. Your biggest threat is from being hit by the craft for some reason or another. If your neighbors are annoying you with their quadcopter then knocking their quadcopter out of the air isn't going to change their shit attitude towards you.
In theory someone could hover a drone up a few hundred feet and keep an eye on your property and watch the dots that are people move around. Go Pros and other action cameras that are suitable for going on a machine that costs less than a few thousand dollars have no mechanical zoom capability.
For a Go Pro to spy on you to any useful degree, the type where they could catch you doing something embarrassing, they have to be really close. Close enough you could probably smack the drone out of the air yourself with your hands and if you were wearing heavy welding gloves the props probably would not even break the skin. You might have a bruise. Close enough you could get a net on it. If they hover far enough up you can't reach them reasonably they can't see much.
A spy machine drone is about $1k starter for the air frame, add in another grand for motors and control system, and another grand for a motion stabilization gimbal that can handle a good camera, and of course the camera itself. Then you would have useful levels of zoom where details like your dick in your hand show up instead of just being a dot. It would be the class of machine that the AP and BBC use.
To recap: spying on you costs many thousands of dollars. If you neighbors invest that much money to watch you or fuck with you good luck. That's some serious fucked up neighbor. If someone has got their drone flying around your property and you don't know who they are then they are dumb or fucking with you. Either case you don't want that thing near you. But they aren't spying on you unless the craft is hovering right outside your window. Then I'd suggest the appropriate course of action is full Goatse.cx on the thing.