I figured that they would have to drone deliver one thing while the driver did another.
On Wednesday, February 22, 2017, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Looks like they want to park in centralized location, sort and load the > drone pickup thing while it is flying around. > Yeah, did not look like a great time saver to me. > > *From:* Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:38 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Drone problem? Done. > > That UPS drone really seems pretty dumb... so the drive pulls up in front > of your house and sends his drone out to deliver the package while he sits > there and eats donuts waiting for it to come back, or what? > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:39 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > >> I find it interesting that people are in a tizzy over jobs supposedly >> going to Mexico and China, yet we seem to spend an inordinate amount of >> time thinking about how to eliminate jobs with things like drones. What’s >> so wrong about just hiring UPS guys to deliver packages? Or meter readers >> to read your meter. We want self-driving Uber cars and robot vacuums and >> drones to deliver our packages and self-checkouts at the store and bank. >> >> >> >> In the case of feral hogs, it seems there are hunters willing to go shoot >> them. But no, let’s poison them with rat poison so you’re scared to eat >> the bacon. >> >> >> >> I’m not sure why the fascination with drones for package delivery. Is a >> drone going to leave the package inside my front porch if I’m not home, or >> drop it on the sidewalk in the rain? Is the pizza delivery drone going to >> ring the doorbell and then hover in front of the door? Will it read the >> sign that says to go around to the back door? These are all jobs that are >> not going to be offshored to Mexico or China, unless that’s where they >> intend to hire the drone operators. >> >> >> >> I am all for robots that do things like welding and painting cars. Or >> cutting up meat in slaughterhouses. But once there are no UPS drivers or >> meter readers or grocery checkers or bank tellers, where are our kids going >> to find jobs? Oh, right, the coal mines and steel mills and iPhone >> factories are coming back. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Dave >> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 22, 2017 9:06 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Drone problem? Done. >> >> >> >> Guess I need to be more specific.. I want an Eagle with an American flag >> worn as a cape on the eagle. :) >> >> On 02/22/2017 08:30 AM, Jon Bruce wrote: >> >> Would this help? >> >> https://samy.pl/skyjack/ >> >> >> On 2/22/2017 9:25 AM, Dave wrote: >> >> I want one with the american flag as a cape. >> >> >> On 02/21/2017 08:38 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: >> >> What can Brown do for you? >> >> http://gizmodo.com/ups-showcases-new-delivery-drone-fucks- >> it-all-up-1792586968 >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:15 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Drone problem? Done. >> >> >> >> This is pretty badass. >> >> >> >> https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/ >> 21/terrorists-are-building-drones-france-is-destroying-them- >> with-eagles/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.e3dbf2132ea6 >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> > >
