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I was just working from the principle that lightweight ground drones containing pizza will get nicked and flying pizza will get shot down and nicked, but it isn

I was just working from the principle that lightweight ground drones containing pizza will get nicked and flying pizza will get shot down and nicked, but it isn't fair to use weaponry just to defend a pizza and a drone, so the best approach is to make it heavy enough not to get nicked, at which point you might as well put the oven in there too.

wincy 8y ago
I mean this might happen a few times, but considering it’s still a crime to shoot an expensive drone out of the air, you probably don’t want a conviction for shooting down a drone just because you’re Jonesing for some Dominoes.
- Jedi72 8y ago
  Spoken like someone who wouldn't shoot down a drone, the kind of people who would do not think along these lines.
  - wincy 8y ago
    I’d definitely shoot down a drone if it was hovering over my back yard while my daughter was sunbathing, which is one of the cases that was brought to court.
RugnirViking 8y ago
in much the same way that the pizza delivery driver could just drive home and take his truck and the pizzas. Or that someone could 'just' rob an armoured truck taking money to a bank. Why don't people do it? Generally, very few people commit crimes in the first place. Especially if you make it difficult, and extra-especially if they are backed up by rule of law in your country.
- krageon 8y ago
  More people do it if it is easier. For example, far more people steal bikes than cars. Catching a drone with a pellet and a net and taking the pizza out isn't exactly unthinkable. Especially if you compare it to taking boltcutters to a bike lock (or a saw) and selling it for basically the price of a pizza.
  - slumberlust 8y ago
    Would you eat a pizza that's been dropped by a drone? I wouldn't.
    - cuboidGoat 8y ago
      Why not?
- cuboidGoat 8y ago
  The pizza delivery driver probably wants their job more than a stack of pizza and often provides their own vehicle. And robbing armored bank trucks involves attacking people, there isn't the same moral guideline when it comes to robots. Flying pizza robots will be considered 'fair game' by a lot of people.

wincy 8y ago

I mean this might happen a few times, but considering it’s still a crime to shoot an expensive drone out of the air, you probably don’t want a conviction for shooting down a drone just because you’re Jonesing for some Dominoes.

Jedi72 8y ago
Spoken like someone who wouldn't shoot down a drone, the kind of people who would do not think along these lines.
- wincy 8y ago
  I’d definitely shoot down a drone if it was hovering over my back yard while my daughter was sunbathing, which is one of the cases that was brought to court.

RugnirViking 8y ago

in much the same way that the pizza delivery driver could just drive home and take his truck and the pizzas. Or that someone could 'just' rob an armoured truck taking money to a bank. Why don't people do it? Generally, very few people commit crimes in the first place. Especially if you make it difficult, and extra-especially if they are backed up by rule of law in your country.

krageon 8y ago
More people do it if it is easier. For example, far more people steal bikes than cars. Catching a drone with a pellet and a net and taking the pizza out isn't exactly unthinkable. Especially if you compare it to taking boltcutters to a bike lock (or a saw) and selling it for basically the price of a pizza.
- slumberlust 8y ago
  Would you eat a pizza that's been dropped by a drone? I wouldn't.
  - cuboidGoat 8y ago
    Why not?
cuboidGoat 8y ago
The pizza delivery driver probably wants their job more than a stack of pizza and often provides their own vehicle. And robbing armored bank trucks involves attacking people, there isn't the same moral guideline when it comes to robots. Flying pizza robots will be considered 'fair game' by a lot of people.