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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by cuboidGoat on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @09:45PM (#18081601)
I was just working from the principle that lightweight ground drones containing pizza will get nicked and flying pizza will get shot down and nicked, but it isn't fair to use weaponry just to defend a pizza and a drone, so the best approach is to make it heavy enough not to get nicked, at which point you might as well put the oven in there too.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by wincy on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:57PM (#18082039)
I mean this might happen a few times, but considering it’s still a crime to shoot an expensive drone out of the air, you probably don’t want a conviction for shooting down a drone just because you’re Jonesing for some Dominoes.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by Jedi72 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @09:27AM (#18084216)
Spoken like someone who wouldn't shoot down a drone, the kind of people who would do not think along these lines.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by wincy on Thursday September 27, 2018 @09:07PM (#18090227)
I’d definitely shoot down a drone if it was hovering over my back yard while my daughter was sunbathing, which is one of the cases that was brought to court.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by RugnirViking on Thursday September 27, 2018 @08:50AM (#18083926)
in much the same way that the pizza delivery driver could just drive home and take his truck and the pizzas. Or that someone could 'just' rob an armoured truck taking money to a bank.

Why don't people do it? Generally, very few people commit crimes in the first place. Especially if you make it difficult, and extra-especially if they are backed up by rule of law in your country.

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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by cuboidGoat on Thursday September 27, 2018 @11:58AM (#18085703)
The pizza delivery driver probably wants their job more than a stack of pizza and often provides their own vehicle. And robbing armored bank trucks involves attacking people, there isn't the same moral guideline when it comes to robots. Flying pizza robots will be considered 'fair game' by a lot of people.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by krageon on Thursday September 27, 2018 @10:26AM (#18084799)
More people do it if it is easier. For example, far more people steal bikes than cars. Catching a drone with a pellet and a net and taking the pizza out isn't exactly unthinkable. Especially if you compare it to taking boltcutters to a bike lock (or a saw) and selling it for basically the price of a pizza.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by slumberlust on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:22PM (#18086651)
Would you eat a pizza that's been dropped by a drone? I wouldn't.
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Re:Are Delivery Drones Commercially Viable? Iceland Is About... by cuboidGoat on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:46PM (#18086892)
Why not?
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