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Come on, this is a complete straw man. The article is not saying it's physically impossible, because clearly it isn't, it's saying there are legal and logistica
by SandB0x 13y ago
Come on, this is a complete straw man. The article is not saying it's physically impossible, because clearly it isn't, it's saying there are legal and logistical problems to consider.
Plus, following your argument you could swat away any criticism of any outlandish claim by saying that people once thought the world was flat. Hardly constructive. Not that there are any claims of this magnitude by Amazon or in this article.
- watty 13y agoWell the main point of the article was "it's all hot air and baloney". His logistical issues seem like he's grasping for anything he can to discredit the idea. With his added sarcasm ("any second now"), I'd put him in the exact same camp as the NY Times writer.
- frogpelt 13y agoNo, he's not grasping. He didn't called it "hot air and baloney" because he thinks it would never physically work. He called it that because he believes it was timed to coincide with Cyber Monday. The bureaucratic hurdles for this are too numerous to mention. It goes in the Hyperloop-from-LA-to-NYC category. I doubt he's missed the mark since there's not many other logical reasons for Amazon to announce this possibility five years in advance. It's Amazon.com marketing hype. Go buy something.
- skoh-fley 13y agoWhether or not it's hype isn't at issue. Hype can exist for real things. Sure, this may be a very well timed reveal, and it's probably not an accident. But that doesn't make the idea any less real.
- jasonlotito 13y agoIt's Dan Lyons. He's grasping. > I doubt he's missed the mark since there's not many other logical reasons for Amazon to announce this possibility five years in advance. Getting public support early so they have an easier time of getting the legislation passed to make this possible. Getting public support early so they can get people thinking/accepting of drop off locations in and around their homes and businesses. Getting people interested in working for a forward thinking company, and therefore attracting engineers wanting to work on interesting things. But no. It's just marketing hype. You know what is purely hype in order to get page views? This article by Lyons.
- marknutter 13y agoWait, hold the phone, there are legal and logistical problems to consider?? Thank god somebody wrote this article to cut through the insanity!