Amazon’s Prime Air is FUN
I noticed a few items yesterday about Amazon's proposed Prime Air thing.
My first reaction was to vomit.
Have you noticed how any new innovation these days has to be "fun" and "exciting", no matter how dull or impractical?
Anyhows, back to Prime Air.
I suppose it's only a matter of time before every single aspect of our living spaces is invaded by some new fucking "innovation"? It's bad enough having people photographing me with their mobile phones, or filming me with their fucking Google Glass, but now we have Amazon threatening to fly these overgrown mosquitos everywhere.
Do we seriously want these fucking things buzzing over our back gardens?
But then I had a thought.
It was one of those Eureka moments.
What fantastic targets!
Sod your clay pigeons.
Polish up the old 12 bore.
BRING 'EM ON!!
Yep, sounds like an EXCELLENT idea! But, assuming they ever get the green light to begin using these drones, how long before one causes a mid-air collision with an aircraft taking off or landing? Or two of them collide, and the wreckage hits some wealthy Yank with a top notch lawyer friend?
How are they going to avoid such trivia as overhead power lines?
Filthy Engineer has a good one.
Nice one!
I also thought I read somewhere that this is in fact an Amazon spoof to boost Christmas sales.
I can't see how, unless they have a special offer on for anti-drone missiles?
Never wanted a shotgun before. Perhaps now is the time to apply for a licence. My air rifle probably would not do enough damage. At least Amazon are promising to put some fun into life again. How many of these things do you think would survive the first week?
The trouble with rifles is that they tend to be too precise. Shoot one of those yokes with a rifle and you could blow an entire rotor off leaving the thing still flying, if a bit erratically. You need a shotgun to reduce the thing to a little flying cloud of debris.
How many of these does Amazon think it will get back. Respray, new electrikery receiver, remote control, sorted. An extra present for Christmas for the grandchild…..
Nah, never happen, publicity stunt, as mentioned by Mossy
Even more fun – hack into the software and redirect every delivery to your own back lawn!
And then shoot them. Rats in a barrel?
But only after unloading their cargo…..
yes yes,but then can we shoot them,pleeeeeeeeese?
Or….. Send them a little present back in the little yellow box.. Oh, the options are endless….
A friend of mine has an old Marlin Goose Gun in 10 guage. It reaches out twice as far as a 12 guage. Instead of shooting them down in your neighbors back yard you could shoot them from way down the street. 🙂
Send us over a crate of 'em, will ya?
read this while eating my lunch that made me laugh so hard i snorted my soup! GREAT idea btw
Sincere apologies, 😈
Obama called Bezos this morning and offered to trade some drones for a working web site.
If it ever gets over here I can see the the 'bad lads' in 'Norn Iron' using them to deliver little parcels of gelignite.