Rubin Farr Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 No thread yet? It seems creepy as fuck to me. Bezos can suck a dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Most probably balls - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/dec/02/amazon-drone-delivery-jeff-bezos-hype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 dunno, the Bezos guy just seems to have a hobby with kinda extravagant techy stuff? space-exploration / california high-speed-tube / now this.. he's just very rich, other guys like him buy yachts or something, and a likeminded Joe Anyone would maybe be happy with a single multicopter for personal enjoyment... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 not sure about the publicity-stunt angle here, this is purely for the nerdy crowd, most amazon customers probably don't care about stuff like this really.... that said, i remember when they first announced the kindle, and everyone was like, "oh naaaa... books in a computer? really?"... amazon sure has some leverage.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olo Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 It's pretty damn gimmicky. Up there with that samsung phone watch shit. Too many issues that could arise imo to make this service completely safe. Rotor failure, falling from the sky, hitting power lines, little fucking drones flying all over tearing into your kites, air space with the FAA, birds getting killed, birds getting killed & falling on you, people trying to shoot them down, delivering to the house next door, your neighbor training his dog to steal your shit, falling on people, decapitating children. Won't bezos think about the children! Won't somebody think of the children!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I dunno about the social aspects of this but here's some (vaguely) scientific reporting on it. http://feedly.com/k/1gC7XTw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 He also had the idea to face time amazon support staff from the kindle. I wonder how that is going? 2 lonely depressed people talking to each other. Amazon Support Staff Fired for Exposing Self to Customer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Sounds like a great way to lay off more employees. Yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 quite amazon actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Amazon is already starting to pay the USPS to deliver on Sundays. Amazon can apparently do anything. Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 i thought/assumed it was illegal for anyone, private citizen or corporation to operate a drone without being able to see the drone with a real life line of sight (it cannot be piloted by looking at a camera). It seems like a publicity stunt to me and not something they have a clue about how they would pull off. If one of these drones fell out of the sky it could kill someone, it's not a super light material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 more like Jeff Bozos, eh? EH?? *elbows phling painfully in the ribs* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA *swills more wodka* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoodie Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubin Farr Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 He'll have to compete with this guy http://tacocopter.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 amazon switched to a third party local delivery company that i would rather forfeit the money that i paid for the package and the package itself just for the chance to punch one of those delivery guys in the mouth they throw my shit up the stairs and just leave it there i'll take anything over that shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Probably balls indeed: that article pete linked to articulates some of the major issues with the plan. Could a possibility be amazon linking up with google to use automated vehicles and some sort of biometrics as a security method for delivering the package - or possibly a one-time use code sent by sms/e-mail, something along those lines? That intrigues me - designing a van that could do this wouldn't be all that difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RadarJammer Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 i think they could arrange amazon copter meetup locations at big city parks or something. i would drive out to a seattle park to get my package a few days early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 i don't see it working right now, but it does sound like a thing of the future and maybe not that far off... * tinfoil hat* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Just add disenfranchised youth and baseball bats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 what about the privacy invasion of a corporate owned flying gps camera on your property? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 ay!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYYY what about the privacy invasion of a corporate owned flying gps camera on your property? OH FUCK OFF YOU STUPID COMMIE LOL LOOK LOL YUO THINK THERE IS DEMOCRACY IN CAMERSA? FUCKING LOL YUO ARE FUCKIGN DUMB THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT FAGGORT THE DMECARCY OF AMEICRA WILL TAKE CARE OF IT BECAUZ BUSINESS U DUMB FUCK LOL GODDAMN YUO OR DUM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcofribas Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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sheatheman Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Hahahahahahahahahahaha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YEK Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 cameras are for our safety... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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