tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post6548543606215028849..comments2023-10-26T06:32:56.972-07:00Comments on Lost in America: "Droning" On an OnA Modest Scriblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-90197470806087949172014-04-21T11:51:00.856-07:002014-04-21T11:51:00.856-07:00Holy crap, Ken! I should have known Kalifornia wo...Holy crap, Ken! I should have known Kalifornia would be trail blazing in this area! My sympathies.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-43954841405602015872014-04-21T11:47:14.185-07:002014-04-21T11:47:14.185-07:00I was a Kali General Contractor. When I closed up ...I was a Kali General Contractor. When I closed up a couple years back, satellite imaging and low flyover photography was already being used at several county and city building departments. They have the same programs we can now download for free, similar to Google Earth, that have measurement tools to check for property setbacks etc. These tools are also employed by the various state and local tax agencies to see if any new structures exist on any property. If they do and no permit was purchased prior to construction your entire home can be condemned at the most or very draconian penalties can be accessed at the least.<br /> Saturday I passed by the "Brookstone" store in our local mall. They had hanging on a wall a "Quadcopter" with front and rear dvd cameras that broadcast to a receiver. The salesman said it flies up to a hundred and fifty feet in the air and he wasn't sure how far out it could go. It sold for just over $400. I guess we can all be spys now. I asked what the penalties would be for shooting one down if your neighbor flew one over your house. He thought I was kidding...Like Jerry said, "we had the opportunity to make them illegal" but nobody has the time to be bother with such trivial trash as thatKenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820329703683247263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-74354937625417931542014-04-21T04:21:38.474-07:002014-04-21T04:21:38.474-07:00Indeed, Jerry. Apathy is doing us in these days i...Indeed, Jerry. Apathy is doing us in these days in all manner of things.A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-28569112538743458162014-04-21T04:20:33.387-07:002014-04-21T04:20:33.387-07:00Wow, Craig! That's scary! Was it Ma Bell?Wow, Craig! That's scary! Was it Ma Bell?A Modest Scriblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07698092153994590787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-69664062065158351002014-04-21T04:13:35.069-07:002014-04-21T04:13:35.069-07:00Yes, "1984" and then some. We had an opp...Yes, "1984" and then some. We had an opportunity to make drones illegal in USA and no one cared. It will be apathy that will kill us off.Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3360697570873499457.post-8556950120238685732014-04-21T02:46:49.333-07:002014-04-21T02:46:49.333-07:00Where I grew up in Kalifornia, Sonoma County, the ...Where I grew up in Kalifornia, Sonoma County, the telephone company would turn people in for improvements that were not reported to the proper pinheads. This was in the 70's when they used small planes to check the phone lines in rural parts of the county.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713780751036681768noreply@blogger.com