Recent content by Chip

By all accounts, your country has done very well developing its own domestic drone industry from scratch. How did you do it? I know incredible grit and toughness in terrible circumstances but was that the main ingredient?

What kind of workers are you referring to and what do you mean by "better treatment?"

The problem is that the statute specifically defines "surveillance." The first definition seems standard. But # 2 does not. It deviates from the standard privacy concern by referencing the observation of physical property improvements alone as opposed to the person or their actions. That part...

Yes, correct. Intent to surveil is critical element of the claim and it may be difficult to prove in case where drone is just flying over on its way to somewhere else. The flight records and video/photos of the flight would be important evidence obviously. Do not get me wrong. I would much...

You could look at it that way. But, you could also see it as a a somewhat clever effort to balance privacy rights of property owners with drone pilot's regulated license to fly. My hunch is would be very difficult to prove intentional surveillance in most cases. Flights simply passing over...

935.50(3)(b) says: A person, a state agency, or a political subdivision as defined in s. 11.45 may not use a drone equipped with an imaging device to record an image of privately owned real property or of the owner, tenant, occupant, invitee, or licensee of such property with the intent to...

It may matter because when you are flying a drone over someone's house you are not using your naked eye to observe anything. It actually is. I was responding to a post which suggested that the Ciraolo case from the 1980s (US Supreme Court) permitted the police or anyone to fly over people's...

Maybe or maybe not. In Ciraolo, the court noted that from the airplane flying at 1,000 feet, the police could see the pot plants with their "naked eye." A drone does not fly at 1,000 feet and the pilot is viewing nothing with the naked eye. The pilot is placing an electronic eye with a zoom lens...

It sounds like you are okay with Canada putting tariffs on US dairy because you have dairy already and you would rather pay higher dairy price to support the Canadian farmer anyway. Is that about right?

I figured you would agree with at least this one guy. But isn't this a reasonable expectation?

Okay well my apology for bringing it up. There must be quite a story there. But we must not dwell on the negative because its Friday night after all! I'm heading into the weekend fired up and loaded for bear...

Are you using "coworker" as a euphemism for "spouse?" If so but you cant talk now just give thumbs up. PS if so, been there done that.

The public weighs in: