Krepostnoi
Increasingly disenchanted
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Any excuse for old Bill to be able to say, when the 36 hours was up, "Anyway, Mr Gait, watch your step."What made them pick on this couple, I wonder?
Any excuse for old Bill to be able to say, when the 36 hours was up, "Anyway, Mr Gait, watch your step."What made them pick on this couple, I wonder?
TGI Fridays Has Dispatched Mistletoe-Carrying Drones in Restaurants
There’s already been one collision between drone and human
TGI Fridays unrolled a bit of holiday geekery earlier this month: mistletoe-carrying drones. The flying bots hover over potentially romantic customers' heads in an attempt to encourage traditional smooches, NY Daily News reports. If the couples comply, the drone takes a photo and projects it onto a large screen set up in the restaurant.
The drones, however, aren't necessarily welcome bringers of love and good cheer for all they visit. As one customer attested to NY Daily News: "Some people might be on a date with their side chick and wouldn't want their face up on the screen. I'm keeping it PG."
Additionally, there has also been at least one drone-on-face collision since the project launched. Brooklyn Daily photographer Georgine Benvenuto—on assignment to report on the mistletoe drones—says the robot attempted to land on her head but as a result "took off part of my nose and cut me here, right under my chin." TGI Fridays said that was an isolated incidence, and that the accident resulted because Benvenuto moved her head.
DRONE STRIKE! OUR PHOTOGRAPHER INJURED BY TGI FRIDAY’S MISTLETOE COPTER
Turns out a moment of awkwardness wasn’t the worst that could happen when a popular family restaurant chain unleashed indoor aircraft with the mission of prompting diners to kiss on camera.
TGI Friday’s much-hyped “Mobile Mistletoe” drones drew first blood in their New York City debut on Dec. 4 at the chain’s beloved Sheepshead Bay location when one of them hit our intrepid photographer right in the face.
The two remote-controlled helicopters dangling sprigs of mistletoe were intended to spread holiday romance, but one of them flew out of control and clipped Courier photographer Georgine Benvenuto in the nose with one of its spinning, uncovered blades. ...
“It literally chipped off a tip of my nose,” said Benvenuto, using tissues to stanch the blood. “It took off part of my nose and cut me here, right under my chin.” ...
https://apnews.com/article/lifestyl...and-politics-7047c30a4ac97ca3a5faed07a1c41d50ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (AP) — A New Mexico sheriff who is running for mayor of Albuquerque was interrupted while on stage at a campaign event by a flying drone with a sex toy attached to it and a man who punched him.
Bernalillo County Sheriff Manuel Gonzales’ campaign said the Democrat was unharmed and “will not be intimidated.”
The Albuquerque Journal reported that a video posted on Facebook shows Gonzales answering questions from the audience while standing on a stage at an events center when the drone bearing the sex toy started buzzing near the stage.
A sheriff’s office report said the owner of the event center grabbed the device and that 20-year-old Kaelan Ashby Dreyer unsuccessfully tried to grab it.
Here's a photo of the so-called "Dongcopter."Unfortunately, I could not find any images of the drone in question ...
Or a 'whopperchopper'Surely they should have called it a helicockter?
Included for dildos not politics:
Indeed but y'know....'whatever floats your boat' as they say.It doesn't look much like a sex toy to me
I was rather fond of that stuffed caterpillar...Indeed but y'know....'whatever floats your boat' as they say.
FULL STORY: https://kdvr.com/news/woman-gets-surprise-air-mail-when-drone-carrying-marijuana-crashes-into-home/Woman gets surprise air mail when drone carrying marijuana crashes into home
Someone in Ohio expecting a “gift” by air, and not from Santa, will now have to go the sheriff’s department to claim it. ...
Richland County Sheriff Captain Donald Zehner said a drone carrying marijuana, cell phones, and tobacco crashed into a home on Evergreen Avenue in Mansfield Monday evening. ...
A woman living at the home heard something hit her house, ran outside and found the drone. The drone had a package attached to it with a cord.
The woman told deputies the drone was still “beeping” when she found it and she immediately called 911.
According to the sheriff’s report, all of the lights on the drone were covered with duct tape.
“We believe the drone is worth about $2,100,” Zehner said. “If anybody is missing it and wants to claim it they can come to the sheriff’s office.” ...
I read once that someone downed a drone flying over their property with a shotgun. Would that be legal?
We had a couple of Drones being flown over the farmland we rent for the pheasant shoot. The guys spooked the birds on a couple of our better drives.
So they could trespass again?In their defence they stopped me as I was leaving and asked for all our future shoot dates so they could avoid them.
So they could trespass again?
SOURCE: https://www.wdbo.com/news/high-flyi...rnational-airport/VCOMSFKXR5AE5KBZ4D4WPG7XCY/High flying drone comes within 8-feet of Delta flight landing at Orlando International Airport
A Southwest Airlines pilot reported seeing a drone flying 2000-feet over Orlando International Airport Thursday afternoon.
Moments later, a Delta Airlines pilot reported that the same drone narrowly missed their windshield by 8-feet.
The FAA limits the altitude of drone flight to 400 feet and areas around airports are highly restricted air space. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.theverge.com/2022/9/30/23380044/food-delivery-drone-knocks-out-power-australia-wingFood delivery drone lands on power lines resulting in power outage for thousands
A food delivery drone operated by Alphabet subsidiary Wing landed on overhead power lines in Brisbane, Australia, and caught fire. As a result, the network was shut down by energy firm Energex to respond to the incident, leaving thousands without power.
Some 2,000 individuals were left without electricity for around 45 minutes, reports ABC News and The Age, while 300 customers had no power for three hours.
Energex spokesman Danny Donald told The Age that the drone “landed on top of 11,000 volts and whilst it didn’t take out power, there was voltage tracking across the drone and the drone caught fire and fell to the ground.”
A spokesperson for Wing told the publication that the drone made a “precautionary controlled landing yesterday … and came to rest on an overhead power line.” ... “Two hours later, during the retrieval process, there was a power outage in the area,” said the spokesperson. “We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused. We’re currently conducting a review of yesterday’s event.” ...
Donald told ABC News: “This is the first time that I’ve seen it happen. It could have simply been an equipment malfunction. It may have been human error.” He added that there was no damage to the network ... “The meal was still hot inside the drone’s delivery box when the crew got there,” said Donald.
“Fifteen years ago, we asked people to be careful if they were giving their children kites for Christmas and where they were flying them,” said the Energex spokesperson. “Now we’re asking parents to be very careful with where their kids fly their drones.” ...
The security implications are also rather concerning.This is why routine drone deliveries won't work commercially.
Perhaps best used only in emergency situations - I can't imagine whole fleets of the things flying around everywhere with 100% safety.
Long article in the Guardian, which I've yet to read – cup of tea first, I reckon! (Read the article, and I won't spoil it for you, except that I can't say I'm surprised by the conclusion, Occam's razor n'all...)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/01/the-mystery-of-the-gatwick-drone