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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Your Name  wrote:   
      
   >In article , John F. Eldredge   
   > wrote:   
   >> On Thu, 16 Jan 2014 09:16:02 +1300, Your Name wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> > Amazon, and others, are working on having smaller items delivered by   
   >> > autonomous flying drone (yet another reason flying cars are a silly   
   >> > idea) ... so expect your next book order to be "delivered" to the   
   >> > swimming pool in your neighbours back garden.  ;-)   
   >>   
   >> One Facebook joke I have seen described the new Amazon drones as "skeet   
   >> shooting with prizes".   
   >   
   >I have no doubt some criminal scum have already thought of such things   
   >to intercept deliveries.  :-(  Just one of many reason why it's a   
   >rather ridiculous idea.   
      
   There's already a report that one of these drones was discovered,   
   downed, with a drugs payload near a major prison.  There's no evidence   
   that it was "aimed" at someone in the prison, but the criminals would   
   probably be more interested in the drone than some textbook.   
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