tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post511413666003888726..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Little minds certified 100% hobgoblin-free.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53489946900416164562012-06-18T04:47:16.309-04:002012-06-18T04:47:16.309-04:00Tam said it best over at Day By Day:
'You kil...Tam said it best over at Day By Day:<br /><br />'You kill it, you clean it.'<br /><br />Cheers!Graysonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15012740996150528132012-06-18T01:34:13.231-04:002012-06-18T01:34:13.231-04:00Nope, I'm betting that the first jurisdiction ...Nope, I'm betting that the first jurisdiction to get a real live traffic enforcement drone will be some small podunk town that gets one courtesy of Federal Grant money. They will then use said drone for financial enrichment purposes to finance the town's operating expenses. This will go on until the state that said podunk town is located in gets enough complaints that it takes the drone and shuts down the whole operation (as Oklahoma has done to many small towns after declaring them "radar traps").Montiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17926708261895308192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27147436285975488572012-06-16T02:28:07.976-04:002012-06-16T02:28:07.976-04:00I had hoped to be the first to point out that, acc...I had hoped to be the first to point out that, <a href="http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/2012/06/09/" rel="nofollow">according to Chris Muir</a>, it would just end up becoming an expensive aerial target for you, but I was clearly too late. :)Matt Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500429239798601210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-45278531274811977652012-06-15T20:33:09.619-04:002012-06-15T20:33:09.619-04:00>Kristopher, most jurisdictions get around that...>Kristopher, most jurisdictions get around that by having an officer review red-light camera footage. <br /><br />Yea, <a href="http://www.stopbigbrothermd.org/2011/02/deceased-baltimore-cop-signs-2000-red.html" rel="nofollow">in Maryland they carefully review each and every ticket for a legitmate violation with the aid of an officer that has been dead for months before the infraction.</a><br /><br />Due process, what the heck is that?<br /><br />-SMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29174939435764389862012-06-15T18:59:03.008-04:002012-06-15T18:59:03.008-04:00rickn8or: it is still evidence ( a photo ) of an i...rickn8or: it is still evidence ( a photo ) of an infraction, and not witnessing the infraction.<br /><br />They still rely on people just paying the bail.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-20814718714551312932012-06-15T15:44:40.437-04:002012-06-15T15:44:40.437-04:00The insurance companies will be funding the roboco...The insurance companies will be funding the robocop programs. Every time someone gets a ticket, their revenue goes up. -- LyleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53845714912203478662012-06-15T13:53:11.099-04:002012-06-15T13:53:11.099-04:00...or in a government-mandated mass-transit thing ...<i>...or in a government-mandated mass-transit thing (which will always be cost-effective, clean, and on-time...</i>"<br /><br />And you'll be <i>safe</i> because (almost) everybody will be unarmed.rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-14000445818049129632012-06-15T13:36:34.588-04:002012-06-15T13:36:34.588-04:00Five words: Radar-assisted anti-drone fire. Latest...Five words: Radar-assisted anti-drone fire. Latest generation of WWII "ack-ack," at least until people figure out that eliminating the designers/builders negates the need for anti-drone devices.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32858720629156407542012-06-15T12:21:05.210-04:002012-06-15T12:21:05.210-04:00With the current admin, I'm betting on Ohio fo...With the current admin, I'm betting on Ohio for the flying robot police, since we just outlawed "hidden containers"...for the second time, apparently* but I digress.<br /><br />Still haven't heard if that crashed Navy drone had any extra holes that caused it to go down.<br /><br />*supposedly, folk who have lockable, non-factory installed containers to hide their heaters aboard is okay, but from many first hand accounts of folk pulled over by the Patrol, their keys to unlock will probably be placed into the trunk with instructions not to retrieve them until at home. Probably after said container was unlocked, heater unloaded, and ammunition placed with the key in the trunk. And, if it isn't addressed, some of us will have issues renewing our totin' license starting next year as well due to second time renewal requirements being so vague.Pakkinpoppanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32033158227714500572012-06-15T11:20:06.087-04:002012-06-15T11:20:06.087-04:00Stationary robot cops are about as popular as the ...Stationary robot cops are about as popular as the flying versions, from what I've heard and read. Not that we've got a whole lot of say on either one, of course.<br /><br />jfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-44761991138958786642012-06-15T11:19:52.143-04:002012-06-15T11:19:52.143-04:00Does anybody actually think that a severely dystop...Does anybody actually think that a severely dystopian future will have a dot-gov that allows ownership of private vehicles?<br /><br />Aside from The Chosen Few(tm) (dot-gov bureaucrats, the politically connected and the extremely wealthy) we'll all be either walking, riding bicycles, or in a government-mandated mass-transit thing (which will always be cost-effective, clean, and on-time...in theory).Blackwing1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-59762946095862205592012-06-15T11:18:31.442-04:002012-06-15T11:18:31.442-04:00OK, so I am re-reading David Weber's Honor Har...OK, so I am re-reading David Weber's Honor Harrington books again (up to <em>Flag in Exile</em>), and laser-head nuke missiles are on my mind.<br /><br />I wonder how long it will be before these "unarmed" (yeah, right, like any self-serving SWAT team doesn't want an observer or heavy artillery backup) flying traffic cops pack a paintball gun to "mark" a car, or a directed EMP pulse capable of crystallizing any modern engine and consumer electronics in the vehicle? You know, to stop bad guys from getting away from a massacre shootout. Or running a red light. Or failing to honk your horn when you begin to pass another vehicle.Brad K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18378344866487206569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72516843459123923262012-06-15T11:00:40.815-04:002012-06-15T11:00:40.815-04:00'Cause an airborne Bear can't HANDLE a .50...'Cause an airborne Bear can't HANDLE a .50..... :-D. JohninMd(help?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-55101504777646656032012-06-15T10:56:39.080-04:002012-06-15T10:56:39.080-04:00Hhmmmmm..... what firearm to hunt drones? Will Ole...Hhmmmmm..... what firearm to hunt drones? Will Oleg's B.A.R. suffice,(gratuitous DaybyDay reference) or something....larger? Radar guided, or simple tracer rounds? Would this give the Feds the excuse to really go after .50 cal. weapons and tracers, the way they banned A.P. ammo? how about armed R/C models to kamakaze .gov drones? Inquiring minds want to know..... ;-). JohninMd(help!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-29985105103111486002012-06-15T10:42:25.148-04:002012-06-15T10:42:25.148-04:00Oh, and those "speed enforced from aircraft&q...Oh, and those "speed enforced from aircraft" signs? Every time I see them I keep wondering why the guys who recently whizzed past me doing 80 aren't burning at the side of the road from a few well-placed .50cals...Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87373624087561808972012-06-15T10:38:25.440-04:002012-06-15T10:38:25.440-04:00Let's not forget that in Indy, you can get a t...Let's not forget that in Indy, you can get a ticket from a nearly-flying drunk cop on a fairly regular basis....Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-64605634017162037392012-06-15T09:38:18.083-04:002012-06-15T09:38:18.083-04:00Kristopher, most jurisdictions get around that by ...Kristopher, most jurisdictions get around that by having an officer review red-light camera footage. <br /><br />(Punishment for "suspended w/pay officers?")<br /><br />But yeah, in the scenario you described, the average motorist does most of the cops' work for them.rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-2242920752420163992012-06-15T09:07:51.000-04:002012-06-15T09:07:51.000-04:00You can, in most jurisdictions, get aircraft ticke...You can, in most jurisdictions, get aircraft tickets thrown out.<br /><br />A traffic ticket is an infraction. Unless they get a confession, enforcing an infraction requires that the officer witness the infraction, and write the ticket himself.<br /><br />The cop in the aircraft is not going to be able to truthfully state that he saw the license plate number, or even the face of the driver ... he just describes the vehicle from above, and depends on a cop on the ground ( who did not see the infraction ) to write the ticket.<br /><br />Obviously, some jurisdictions have different laws, but most just rely on people's tendency to just let the traffic cop make the sale.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-69603766718323335182012-06-15T09:04:07.161-04:002012-06-15T09:04:07.161-04:00I guess its time to fire up the Spad and start dro...I guess its time to fire up the Spad and start drone hunting!<br /><br />GerryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-77259906917005767002012-06-15T09:02:52.063-04:002012-06-15T09:02:52.063-04:00Ohio.....Hwy patrol there has Kontol Minds, top to...Ohio.....Hwy patrol there has Kontol Minds, top to bottom. A new uniform of Brown Shirts would go right along with Das Drones.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025768362210499102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-46836137607290685922012-06-15T08:17:38.576-04:002012-06-15T08:17:38.576-04:00Apropos of nothing at all, During WWII the allied ...Apropos of nothing at all, During WWII the allied fighters could not shoot down the ME-262 jet in dogfights. So they learned to wait until they were landing and jumped them during their landing approach.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4075000970672810782012-06-15T08:14:56.092-04:002012-06-15T08:14:56.092-04:00By the way, I read somewhere that the first person...By the way, I read somewhere that the first person to shoot one of these things down will be a folk hero.Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72206176522090701912012-06-15T08:10:54.891-04:002012-06-15T08:10:54.891-04:00" generating $158,811 in revenue in the first..." generating $158,811 in revenue in the first three months"<br /><br />There it is boys and girls. They yell about safety, yet here in the paper they are always bragging about the amount of revenue generated. I have asked (and never got a answer) if it's for safety, why isn't the revenue being put back into the police and fire departments for equipment and training?Robert Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03475193874676131196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38130830905368065832012-06-15T08:02:27.645-04:002012-06-15T08:02:27.645-04:00The speed of adoption of State Safety Enforcement ...The speed of adoption of State Safety Enforcement Pods will be directly correlated with the sheer volume of budget deficit for said state.<br /><br />The only real question that remains is which corporation will produce them. The result (Cyberdyne Systems, Weyland Yutani, General Atomics, Nexus Corp., Mr. Lee's Greater Hong Kong, et al.) will determine exactly which dystopian future we'll be living in.<br /><br />Personally, I'm pulling for Weyland Yutani. Those guys were sharp dressers and the firearms in that particular timeline looked pretty interesting.TxRednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-11144294857254338892012-06-15T07:55:30.155-04:002012-06-15T07:55:30.155-04:00In 20 years, I predict that citizens will have cou...In 20 years, I predict that citizens will have counter drones and we'll see aerial drone dogfights or just outright interceptions. Certain Americans will have that capability. It will be the same people that now shoot out the cameras, etc.Cargosquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109858929179841075noreply@blogger.com