Lucas van H Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Here in Holland and Belgium, police is playing with these stupid drones... they are breaking laws of privacy BUT if you hurt the stupid machine you can pay 30.000 (!) for something you've done to protect your and others privacy... My dad is just going to shoot them when their above our garden. A farmer did and he got charged for destroying police stuff. He thought it was an UFO. And what do you mean with "Playing"? I know that those buggers are legal, as long as you submit a flight plan, and notify the owner of the property/land you're going to fly above. If they're "playing" with them, they're breaking the law since they have to have permission to fly above your property. But if they're working on a case which may or may not involve narcotics, they're allowed to use them. The main difference is that the police ones have some kind of sensor which picks up unusual heat spots on roofs or somewhere else. Ofcourse, it's still strange that they have the privilege to do as they please... Lucas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete J. Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Ok, this happens about once a year here in SoCal and I have to believe it also happens elsewhere. Several of the fast food places, Starbucks in particular keep very nicely trimmed plants and shrubs on their property. To provide a break between the outdoor seating area and the drive through, they line the drive through with boxwood. Beautiful stuff! Looks very nice, but it is spring and in bloom. Guess what? The bees love the stuff. You rollup to the speaker to place your order and you don't dare roll the window down because of the thousands of bees going for the boxwoods! Great thinking guys! Couldn't you get a nonflowering hedge?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwrass Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 My hard drive on new laptop that I have had for about 5 weeks total crash! Took it to where I bought it and it will cost me to have all of the operating software reloaded. I haven't purchased a computer in like 3 year and they use to come with a recovery disc. Apparently not with H.P. Now I have to do the whole thing of downloading a bunch of software YADA YADA. I'm going to call H.P. tomorrow as I think I'm getting hosed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 My hard drive on new laptop that I have had for about 5 weeks total crash! Took it to where I bought it and it will cost me to have all of the operating software reloaded. I haven't purchased a computer in like 3 year and they use to come with a recovery disc. Apparently not with H.P. Now I have to do the whole thing of downloading a bunch of software YADA YADA. I'm going to call H.P. tomorrow as I think I'm getting hosed you may be able to purchase a recovery CD from HP that will only work with your model of laptop, I have done that before when I got a used laptop from an owner that lost items that came with the laptop. The benefit of this is that all the correct software for your laptop will have been loaded from the proprietary HP recovery disk, but you will then have to clean the crapware back off your laptop. most system makers these days create a "recovery partition" on the hard drive so the end user can "start over" after infecting their computer...that doesn't help much when the hard drive actually goes bad as you well know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blunc Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 My hard drive on new laptop that I have had for about 5 weeks total crash! Took it to where I bought it and it will cost me to have all of the operating software reloaded. I haven't purchased a computer in like 3 year and they use to come with a recovery disc. Apparently not with H.P. Now I have to do the whole thing of downloading a bunch of software YADA YADA. I'm going to call H.P. tomorrow as I think I'm getting hosed no warranty on this? that's some questionable customer service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullPowerGarage Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) And what do you mean with "Playing"? I know that those buggers are legal, as long as you submit a flight plan, and notify the owner of the property/land you're going to fly above. If they're "playing" with them, they're breaking the law since they have to have permission to fly above your property. But if they're working on a case which may or may not involve narcotics, they're allowed to use them. The main difference is that the police ones have some kind of sensor which picks up unusual heat spots on roofs or somewhere else. Ofcourse, it's still strange that they have the privilege to do as they please... Lucas. They weren't doing anything official when the farmer shot it. He was not attended because thought it was a UFO. According to a newsarticle. Edited April 16, 2015 by FullPowerGarage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 so ..... he was going to take down a UFO with his shootin' iron? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toner283 Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 so ..... he was going to take down a UFO with his shootin' iron? Sounds like it worked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 so ..... he was going to take down a UFO with his shootin' iron? "Alien technology far beyond our own... 12ga slugs should work!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 so ..... he was going to take down a UFO with his shootin' iron? and set off Armageddon?? Everyone knows the aliens would send one ship to make contact and let us know they come in peace... shoot that one down and they destroy the planet! Isn't it great to know our future is in the hands of the lowest denominator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 MY POINT !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 Isn't it great to know our future is in the hands of the lowest denominator! Well, ya know, it kinda is anyway...no alien invasion necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 i know; right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High octane Posted April 17, 2015 Share Posted April 17, 2015 While I didn't plan on either one today, the landscaper shows up and also the guy to work on my garage door in the same time frame. What a circus, at least things got done around here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Our truck left me stranded yesterday.... ...guessing it lost spark had plenty of fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I knocked over an open bottle of Bondene liquid cement. Of course I would knock it over when the bottle is open instead of closed... When I build, I keep my scratchbuilding materials (aluminum and brass tube, Plastruct and Evergreen styrene tube, rod, etc. laying out where it's handy and right in reach. So not only did I lose most of a new bottle of liquid cement, but the spill literally fused all of my styrene scratchbuilding materials to my cutting mat! All ruined. I don't even want to know the amount of $$$ I lost in styrene... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne swayze Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I knocked over an open bottle of Bondene liquid cement. Of course I would knock it over when the bottle is open instead of closed... When I build, I keep my scratchbuilding materials (aluminum and brass tube, Plastruct and Evergreen styrene tube, rod, etc. laying out where it's handy and right in reach. So not only did I lose most of a new bottle of liquid cement, but the spill literally fused all of my styrene scratchbuilding materials to my cutting mat! All ruined. I don't even want to know the amount of $$$ I lost in styrene... That generally only happens once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 That generally only happens once! Let's hope so! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 We found this clamp-y thing in Walmart once. Goes around a light fixture, has LEDs on the bottom so you can read better under it, I guess. Thing never worked, so we use it instead for the liquid cement bottles. It's bigger than a hockey puck, and it won't tip over. If you can't find one, maybe a block of wood with a hole drilled in it, two-part epoxy the bottle in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I knocked over an open bottle of Bondene liquid cement. Of course I would knock it over when the bottle is open instead of closed... When I build, I keep my scratchbuilding materials (aluminum and brass tube, Plastruct and Evergreen styrene tube, rod, etc. laying out where it's handy and right in reach. So not only did I lose most of a new bottle of liquid cement, but the spill literally fused all of my styrene scratchbuilding materials to my cutting mat! All ruined. I don't even want to know the amount of $$$ I lost in styrene... After doing much the same thing twice in about as many years, i started putting my bottle of liquid cement in a heavy old ceramic coffee mug that had the handle broken off. Took a while to train myself to always put the bottle back in the cup, but I haven't inadvertently knocked it over now for several years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 After doing much the same thing twice in about as many years, i started putting my bottle of liquid cement in a heavy old ceramic coffee mug that had the handle broken off. Took a while to train myself to always put the bottle back in the cup, but I haven't inadvertently knocked it over now for several years. That's a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I glue a flat piece of card board to the bottom of my accelerator because I had spilled more than I used. Since then, no spill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southpier Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 round-un round-un round-un round-un squahr-un guiss which-un we here use at the Night Owl Gar-age? sometimes the industrial designers don't even get the easy ones right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Does this mean we'll be seeing you at the store sometime soon Harry? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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