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Re:How drones and UAVs are already affecting construction jo... by treerock on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @08:36AM (#8329637)
I find it weird when press call what are basically kids playing toy helicopters 'drone operators'[1]. They are definitely playing on the negative connotations have with the word 'drone' which, as you point out, is closely associated with the military.

1: http://onforb.es/1matUzZ

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Re:How drones and UAVs are already affecting construction jo... by baddox on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @12:30PM (#8330805)
I obviously don't approve of blatant attempts to conflate toys with military aircraft, but that has little to do with the word "drone." The military "drones" aren't even officially called that. The reason we call military remote controlled aircraft "drones" isn't that they shoot missiles and kill people. It's because they are unmanned aircraft. We don't call manned military aircraft "drones," and they also kill people.
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