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Re:Amazon to deliver by drone? Don't believe the hype by leoc on Monday December 02, 2013 @09:34AM (#6833822)
High latency's hardly going to be the end of the world for a slow-moving, low-mass n-copter that can just sit where it is during a lag spike.
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Re:Amazon to deliver by drone? Don't believe the hype by pyre on Monday December 02, 2013 @10:29AM (#6834192)
I think the point the parent was making was lack of real-time feedback for the pilot.
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Re:Amazon to deliver by drone? Don't believe the hype by leoc on Monday December 02, 2013 @11:07AM (#6834471)
Yes, my point was that such a device is going to be relatively easy to fly remotely even over a balky, high-latency connection. (Except perhaps in high winds, but high winds are likely to ground these things anyway.)
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