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US Government mistakenly sends student a $350k drone

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The US Government has mistakenly sent a student parts of a $350,000 drone or UAV.

Having initially ordered a weightlifting bench the student was surprised to find that as well as the necessary equipment for improving his upper body strength he'd also been sent most of the parts needed for a military-grade unmanned aerial drone.

Resisting what must have been the obvious urge to become the next General Jumbo the student contacted the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, alerting them to the whereabouts of their high-tech flying machine.

This was of course after they posted their findings to reddit asking for any advice on what to do with what was almost certainly not an accessory for the weightlifting bench.

Initially intended for a wildlife sanctuary the Puma AE UAS drone was being sent to help monitor wildlife on the sanctuary however the drone has also been used by the US Army as a recon UAV.

With a range of over 15 miles and a battery life that gives it well over three hours of flying time the Puma puts consumer drones to shame, unsurprising really when you consider the difference in cost.

http://www.t3.com/news/us-government-mistakenly-sends-student-a-dollar-350k-drone

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Plagiarism much?

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if i was him id just keep it

dont say anything for about a year (if they didn't come looking around for it)

then just assemble it and use it :P

If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war.

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That is hilarious. Although that must have been terrifying to find drone parts at your door.

"If you do not take your failures seriously you will continue to fail"

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Plagiarism much?

he posted the source

this isnt considered plagiarism

If your grave doesn't say "rest in peace" on it You are automatically drafted into the skeleton war.

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if i was him id just keep it

dont say anything for about a year (if they didn't come looking around for it)

then just assemble it and use it :P

 

That is the kind of thing that gets the government to make you "disappear".

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Too bad shit like this never happens to us nerds who actually know what to do with it. Man that would be soo cool. Even though id be just as clueless as the kid id just ask for help on here and have a fking drone. I mean come on now thats friggen cool!

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Just saying, the UPS just made a mistake.

I don't think the US government would use UPS :P
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I don't think the US government would use UPS :P

Well this package came via UPS so......

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yes,i get it, :mellow:  but , does it come with a cup holder?

 

 

 

 

 

*by the way "the topic+your avatar=EPIC! :D "

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I would like this to happen to me.

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I would totally put it together and put that puny helicopter the neighbour has to shame.

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Well this package came via UPS so......

oh....
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yes,i get it, :mellow: but , does it come with a cup holder? :)

Thank you :)

*by the way "the topic+your avatar=EPIC! :D "

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if i was him id just keep it

dont say anything for about a year (if they didn't come looking around for it)

then just assemble it and use it :P

same here:D

 

I got personally a airplane and a helicopter which is controllable. I can controll the heli but the airplane, its fast and wild as hell

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he posted the source

this isnt considered plagiarism

 

 

what? how is this plagiarism?

Writing what someone else has written without a works cited. Linus has talked aobut this before and would like people to write in their own words, or give proper credit to the person who wrote the article.

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when i read the title i pictured a uav landing in front of his house.

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Those are just parts of the drone so without the rest of the parts and proper knowledge about the drone and the assembly he can't really put it to any use.

They wouldn't just send assembled military equipment via UPS and this is why :D

 

BTW I'm surprised they use UPS anyway since they really tend to just throw the packages regardless of what's inside lol

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On the reddit thread the OP said that UPS had sent it to him along with his weightlifting set because it was sitting with their undelivered items and for some reason had his name slapped on there. So UPS made a booboo. Not necessarily the US government.

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Writing what someone else has written without a works cited. Linus has talked aobut this before and would like people to write in their own words, or give proper credit to the person who wrote the article.

he put a source link

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>Spends ungodly amounts of cash for what many would consider illegal spying of citizens

>can't get a delivery address for military tech right

 

My confidence in the government shrinks each day.

 

 

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