Jason Betts

Food.

Oh cool! Me too  I can find a way to use that for $1...

Its funny that theres more topics on here than there is on General and Tech news combined

Drones SHOULD be banned from national parks. For MANY reasons.
 
1: They're loud.
2: They're dangerous in inexperienced hands.
3: They can destroy landmarks. Do you know how sensitive the hot springs are in yellowstone? A leaking li-ion battery could destroy the ecosystem that people come to see.
4: They can't be recovered from certain landmarks. Springs in yellowstone have been ruined by people throwing things like change and rocks into them. Heck, a drone was crashed into the grand prismatic spring. 
5: A drone attracts the attention of everyone around it. When it's landing, when it's taking off, everyone within 10 feet has their eyes on it. That sort of thing should not be allowed in the main places of the park. The "walkway" next to the grand prismatic spring and morning glory pool is 10 feet wide. That's the only place to walk. Everything else is bacterial mats which you are not allowed to even touch, let alone walk on. How many drone owners do you know could land their drone on 10 foot wide path which is constantly filled with hundreds of people? What are they going to do? Block off the walkway to land their drone. Sure, the park rangers would LOVE that. 
6: They can and do scare animals. Do you know how dangerous a scared bull moose is? A scared bison? Most of you probably don't realize how big those animals are. Most people don't realize it until they're driving in yellowstone and the bison comes up beside the car and it's taller than most cars and almost as long as a compact car. They're freaking huge. 
 
These places, national parks, are places to come see the beauty of NATURE. Not hear the buzzing of dozens of drones all looking to get the exact same picture that's on every postcard of yellowstone...
 
Besides, the air around the springs is constantly filled with steam. It'd be very dangerous to fly a drone there. You'd EASILY lose sight of it. 
 
Look at the effects of people throwing things into the "Morning Glory" spring. The blue color is from a "heat loving" bacteria. Things thrown into the pool block the heat vents, killing the bacteria and changing it from a deep blue to the pale blue/orange/yellow you see today. 
 
In 1966: 
 
Now: 

Hello I have been wandering through drone footage on Youtube (cause it's cool) and I have found some things that drone pilots may not be fully aware of yet. Some background on the issue is that my mom is a landscape architect who does contracted work for the National Park Service on a regular basis. Over the weekend while I was showing her footage that someone had taken of a National Monument she told me something interesting. Drones are not only illegal to fly without a commercial permit (only given for contractors for NPS use) in a National Park Service Unit (any piece of land belonging to the NPS). The penalties can vary in severity, I have heard as little as a $70 fine but the fines and penalties for flying over, say the Lincoln Monument or Arlington National Cemetery would be very different. Up to this year the policy would differ from park to park, but over this summer with the 100th anniversary of the National Parks a severe crackdown and emphasis on enforcing the law has been enacted, and yes even if you have a license you will be fined and/or arrested. Know before you fly, and know before you go. Have a good time flying!
https://www.npca.org/articles/951-flight-plan
https://www.nps.gov/policy/PolMemos/PM_14-05.htm
https://www.nps.gov/search/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&affiliate=nps&query=drones    
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org/for-recreational-users/

That's a cute bear. I'd trust it to drive a plane. 

Food.

Warning: this post is a rant.
 
I really feel like Motorola is dicking me around. Well, not me specifically, but customers in general. I love my Moto X Pure, but as a geek I work my smartphones hard, and it's hard to keep one working well after a year or so. Unlike those people who upgrade each year because they like burning money, I do it because my constant app installs and heavy use destroy my daily driver quickly. 
 
I would like to keep myself loyal to Motorola, since they've treated me well up 'til now and offer products I like, but this has been ridiculous! I just want to buy a Moto Z Force 64GB GSM unlocked phone, but here in the states they've made a deal with the mobile devil and only sell a V****** locked CDMA version. Up north in Canada it's not available yet, and in the UK they don't sell a 64 GB version, plus they add restrictions on the mailing address to keep from angering the aforementioned mobile devil. 
 
I want to give you my money, Motorola, but I can't because you feel the need to cock things up with your arbitrary carrior restrictions. No one else is currently offering a shatterproof display that I am aware of, but I'll give up technology before I start paying $400+ a month for my heavy data usage on V******. 
 
Man, life is hard enough in my first world middle class American household, why you gotta go and do this to me, Motorola? 

Food.

That's brilliant! I have a Radioshack closing nearby, I can get all the parts and tools for cheap  Thanks for the diagram! 

100+ GB, I dont bother using Wi-Fi since is worse 95% of the time.

Food.

amazon keep all there food in a airconned area of the warehouse its about 15 degrees so if it melts its will be the delivery bit so depending on how soon in the day they get there you know 
 
also totally unrelated side note that is the worst area to work in when your hungry 

I have a hard time going to bed before 2 AM, and I'm usually up until 3 or 4 AM.  
I used to work really late, like until 10 PM to 12 AM, those were around the times I usually got off of work, as a result, I've gotten used to staying up late as a result.

I share your struggle. I've avoided several classes because they start at 8 am. And had pissed instructors when I'm late. I went to sleep at 5 am! And that wasn't a "late night" for me, I wasn't being "irresponsible". You're an arse for not considering some people are keeping things running while you sleep. 
 
By some people I do not mean me though. I'm too lazy.

I wish I could follow my natural habit but college doesn't want to flow that way.

I am. My local pizza place is only open until midnight, they get mad when I order as *late* as 11 o'clock, even though I'm going to be up until 4 or 5 am and I don't want cold pizza... How stressful is it to make one pizza?! 
 
Anyway, I am a night owl, and I highly dislike how the world seems to shut down past 9 PM or so. We need more 24 hour places! Or better yet, an awesome night owls only store that opens 8 PM to 8 AM!

I would, if I disliked Amazon. While they can be expensive, they're also convenient and, at least in my experience, exceedingly nice. Now, if Walmart were doing this, hell I'd order free candy all day... but not from a company that's treated me well. 

I see, I see. That makes sense. I use a lot of home WiFi too, but my 4G doesn't benefit from that! I don't have WiFi at school, or work, or the other places I use my phone that aren't home. 
 
I guess I'm the only one here with charts like mine? 
 

cellular data? 0

So far, I have 1GB of data usage.

100mb a month  

I do see where you're coming from though, also edited my post a bit to actually answer the question, lol.
 
I'd say it's almost a mixed bag between power users of cell data and power users of wifi data which wouldn't count towards the limit.

Wow, that's a lot of data on the phone!

Cell data 0
Data in general anywhere from 30-120GB depending (maybe more idk I've had weeks of over 60GB of just downloads)