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Mommy, the Drone’s Here! [Mo Dowd]
NY Times ^ | 3 Dec 13 | Maureen Dowd

Posted on 12/04/2013 11:39:52 AM PST by seanmerc

The novelty of flying cars never materialized. But flying novels are right around the corner.

If you aren’t nervous enough reading about 3-D printers spitting out handguns or Google robots with Android phones, imagine the skies thick with crisscrossing tiny drones.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barkingmoonbat; chemtrails; flyingcars; hysteria; liberalmeathead; maureendowd; maureendrone; mentaldisorder; modo; modowd; nytimesisdead; randpaul; ronpaul
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MoDo is at it again...
1 posted on 12/04/2013 11:39:53 AM PST by seanmerc
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Didn’t NYC once have a fine institution to care for people like MoDo? I think it was called Bellevue.


2 posted on 12/04/2013 11:42:01 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Evidently, as I noted on another thread, Google is planning to use manless drones to deliver search results right to your doorstep.


3 posted on 12/04/2013 11:43:24 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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4 posted on 12/04/2013 11:43:36 AM PST by Hoodat (Democrats - Opposing Equal Protection since 1828)
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Wait til the drug cartels hear about these drones.


5 posted on 12/04/2013 11:44:17 AM PST by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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6 posted on 12/04/2013 11:46:05 AM PST by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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One lawyer is all it will take to bring this fantasy to a quick halt.


7 posted on 12/04/2013 11:47:01 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: seanmerc; a fool in paradise
THE RULES!


8 posted on 12/04/2013 11:47:40 AM PST by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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Come on, Mo - embrace change. Isn’t that what you wanted us all to do?


9 posted on 12/04/2013 11:47:42 AM PST by Billthedrill
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...imagine the skies thick with crisscrossing tiny drones.

I can imagine the opportunity for crime, knock a few of them out of the sky, steal their merchandise. Even assuming they had some form of GPS tracking or alert system, it would take law enforcement time to be alerted and track down the felled drone by which time the perps will be long gone.

10 posted on 12/04/2013 11:48:55 AM PST by apillar
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OK, work with me here: escort drones armed with laser designaters and air-to-surface missiles. EAT FLYING DEATH, BOOK THIEF!!


11 posted on 12/04/2013 11:51:56 AM PST by Billthedrill
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Classic case of hysteria


12 posted on 12/04/2013 12:10:53 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: MrB; Revolting cat!

And one lawyer to rule them all...


13 posted on 12/04/2013 12:11:34 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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Look! A squirrel!


14 posted on 12/04/2013 12:12:39 PM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: a fool in paradise

I think this is a hell of a Practical Joke Amazon’s CEO is playing on Ed Markey.


15 posted on 12/04/2013 12:18:26 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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One lawyer is all it will take to bring this fantasy to a quick halt.

I'm not so sure. Google has this habit of just ignoring copyright law when they scan and post older (but not too old) books and periodicals. They came very close to dictating terms to all authors and publishers. They certainly haven't suffered any serious penalty for their behavior, letting it become a fait accompli. The Amazons and Googles of the world seem to have their path cleared before them.
16 posted on 12/04/2013 12:23:18 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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I clicked in for the CZJ pic. I always do when I see it’s MoDo.


17 posted on 12/04/2013 12:23:27 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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Just wait till the Iranians figure this out...


18 posted on 12/04/2013 12:25:16 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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Pour that woman another drink. Straight vodka in a water bottle is what I heard she prefers.


19 posted on 12/04/2013 12:26:33 PM PST by Usagi_yo
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To: Dr. Sivana

Old books never put someone’s eye out... :)


20 posted on 12/04/2013 12:27:05 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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