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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I would start by adding "<i>wants"</i>
to the subject line. :-) It's sickening but true that a fraction
of folks will read your wording and assume this is going to happen
(but hopefully nobody on this list).<br>
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I have no doubt at all that some huge improvement in delivery
methods is coming, and it might involve drones. But I'm not going
to hold my breath waiting for this particular solution in the
short term. People in most of the world are <b>fearful</b> and
quadcopters with exposed blades buzzing around goes beyond my
imagination if I factor in human nature and recent history. But if
I pretend that the entire world is populated by Jeff Bezos clones
then OK. And I could imagine lots of simple homing devices that
you get from Amazon and stick in the exact spot you want your
delivery vehicle to leave your package. They would of course also
offer you seventeen flavors of annunciator, delivery within the
time window of your choice, etc for "reasonable" (tolerable)
prices. <br>
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-Pete<br>
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On 12/02/2013 09:48 AM, John Vaughters wrote:<br>
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<div>I can think of no better group than this to ask for
thoughts.</div>
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Grande', sans-serif; background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;">Crazy but possible, however, potential
for problems may make it impossible. Injury Lawsuits, Theft of
packages or even drones, really too many issues to even
mention.</div>
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font-style: normal;">Headline: Drone causes car crash, 8 dead</div>
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font-style: normal;">Anyone else care to comment?</div>
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