Yet ANOTHER example of why gov't regulations just screw up lives

Discussion in 'The Red Room' started by Ramen, Mar 29, 2012.

  1. Ramen

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    Some say the concept is a fake or impossible to get off the ground. Dammit, I can still dream about airmail tacos any place at any time. :(
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  2. Talkahuano

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    The tacocopter can't maneuver through or avoid power lines. You'd have to be incredibly stupid, or hungry, to order tacos from a robot that could tear down infrastructure.
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  3. Ramen

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  4. Ward

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    This post brought to you by tap-a-taco
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  5. ed629

    ed629 Morally Inept Banned

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    Not very likely, it would take whole lot more than something that weighs a few pounds to tear down a power line. Power lines are pretty damn strong.
  6. Forbin

    Forbin Do you feel fluffy, punk?

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    How about helicopter-delivered Talkas? :D
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    Forbin Do you feel fluffy, punk?

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    True, but I can picture little robot helicopter wrecks covered with tacos lying in rows beneath power lines all over cities.
  8. ed629

    ed629 Morally Inept Banned

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    I'd try to shoot them down, or do something to get free tacos.
  9. Uncle Albert

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    Fuck the power grid. I want my robocoptor tacos. :bailey:
  10. Dr. Krieg

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    Bring forth the Tacocopter.
  11. Prufrock

    Prufrock Disturbing the Universe

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    Neat idea, but I bet hoodlums would spoil everything by throwing rocks and stuff at it and causing it to be unsafe.
  12. Uncle Albert

    Uncle Albert Part beard. Part machine.

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    Then perhaps the Taco Copters should be armed.

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    So let me get this straight:

    It's okay to rain fire on brown people and spy on allied nations from UAVs, but the government won't allow them to deliver tasty tacos?

    Talk about fucked up priorities!
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