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Amazon patent hints at floating warehouses in the sky

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J

Jenov

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Seems dangerous. Floating thousands of tons of a warehouse in the air? What if a plane runs into it? Or a fire starts??

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N

Nafai1123

Banned
I hope they strap little flares onto the drones so they look like asteroids crashing towards earth in free fall. That would be dope as fuck.
 
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UnemployedVillain

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Prost said:
Seems dangerous. Floating thousands of tons of a warehouse in the air? What if a plane runs into it? Or a fire starts??

Hindenburg_disaster.jpg
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What if a plane ran into another plane? Or all of their systems decided to shit themselves because reasons? What if military jets, private jets, and military drones all crapped out or hit each other as well?

I find it kind of odd anytime one of these threads pop up people keep rattling off "what if's" as if all of our knowledge of engineering and fail safes, and other regulations are just going to be thrown out the window. We have hundreds, if not thousands, of multi ton satellites in orbit that could crash at any minute, we have tons of planes flying around every minute which also could have complete system shutdowns at any minute. You guys don't constantly live in fear of these scenarios do you?

Where are these fears coming from?
 
R

Retro

Member
Ray Wonder said:
I better not get hit in the head with a fucking dildo filled box
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~ R. I. P ~
Roy Wonder

An order was placed,
the shipping paid.
Crushed to death,
by a marital aid.

---

Roy Wonder
19xx - 2017
Gone but not Forgotten

Crushed by a box
rushing toward the earth,
a tremendous package
with generous girth.

---

Here lies,
Roy Wonder
Son, Friend, Lover

Crushed to death
by an Amazon drone,
carrying six gallons of lube
and a silicon bone.

---

Taken too soon,
Roy Wonder

Hark, the angels
sing their song,
of poor Roy's death
by meteor dong.
 
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Azerare

Member
Retro said:
~ R. I. P ~
Roy Wonder

An order was placed,
the shipping paid.
Crushed to death,
by a marital aid.



Roy Wonder
19xx - 2017
Gone but not Forgotten

Crushed by a box
rushing toward the earth,
a tremendous package
with generous girth.


Here lies,
Roy Wonder
Son, Friend, Lover

Crushed to death
by an Amazon drone,
carrying six gallons of lube
and a silicon bone.


Taken too soon,
Roy Wonder

Hark, the angels
sing their song,
of poor Roy Wonder
brained by meteoric dong.
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Just like an obituary... to the misspelling of the name.
 
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Abstrusity

Member
Avixph said:
If they're going to be in the sky will they have to abide to the laws of the land?
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Yes. Airspace is internationally recognized as part of the country it is...above.

So unless we were going to float Amazon warehouses in international waters, we'd be bound by the laws of the country whose lines we're inside.
 
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Avixph

Member
Abstrusity said:
Yes. Airspace is internationally recognized as part of the country it is...above.

So unless we were going to float Amazon warehouses in international waters, we'd be bound by the laws of the country whose lines we're inside.
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But what if it goes above the atmosphere?
 
A

Arthr2ShdsJcksn

Banned
Akuun said:
Amazon motherships? That's crazy.

What will they do with warehouse employees? They already treat them like shit. But now they have to work on blimps? Or are they going to try to automate all that warehouse work?
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Travel time to and from the blimp on the Amazon blimp ferry is not paid.
 
L

Loxley

Member
Does Bezos just sit in his office absolutely livid at the thought that somebody out there is having to wait more than three seconds to receive a package after they order it?
 
L

Lonewulfeus

Member
UnemployedVillain said:
What if a plane ran into another plane? Or all of their systems decided to shit themselves because reasons? What if military jets, private jets, and military drones all crapped out or hit each other as well?

I find it kind of odd anytime one of these threads pop up people keep rattling off "what if's" as if all of our knowledge of engineering and fail safes, and other regulations are just going to be thrown out the window. We have hundreds, if not thousands, of multi ton satellites in orbit that could crash at any minute, we have tons of planes flying around every minute which also could have complete system shutdowns at any minute. You guys don't constantly live in fear of these scenarios do you?

Where are these fears coming from?
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Yes because I don't trust planes and shit. Also bridges concrete suspended in midair isn't the best idea to me
 
S

Shig

Strap on your hooker ...
UnemployedVillain said:
What if a plane ran into another plane? Or all of their systems decided to shit themselves because reasons? What if military jets, private jets, and military drones all crapped out or hit each other as well?

I find it kind of odd anytime one of these threads pop up people keep rattling off "what if's" as if all of our knowledge of engineering and fail safes, and other regulations are just going to be thrown out the window. We have hundreds, if not thousands, of multi ton satellites in orbit that could crash at any minute, we have tons of planes flying around every minute which also could have complete system shutdowns at any minute. You guys don't constantly live in fear of these scenarios do you?

Where are these fears coming from?
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Most of these examples are nimble enough to evade if they detect an oncoming collision, and small enough where the fallout of a crash usually wouldn't have much collateral damage. Plus most flightpaths are routed to avoid flying over highly populous areas where possible.

A blimp carrying a warehouse is a huge target, and considering they'd be in holding patterns over the population centers where most of their orders are coming from, the fallout of a crash could be enormous.
 
SturokBGD

SturokBGD

Member
This is to be expected, now that they've given up on the baby delivery business.

No wait that was the movie Storks.
 
H

higemaru

Member
WPS said:
This will be a huge loss for the writers who rely on the presence of Zeppelins as a quick sign that you're in a parallel universe.
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Once Trump unveils his " slanted windmill" flag design, I think dystopian fantasy authors will be out of a job completely.
 
Goro Majima

Goro Majima

Kitty Genovese Member
I thought the whole reason we don't have more blimps is that helium is kinda rare at the needed quantities and really expensive. Then there is Hydrogen which is plentiful but super combustible.
 
Ray Wonder

Ray Wonder

Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Retro said:
~ R. I. P ~
Roy Wonder

An order was placed,
the shipping paid.
Crushed to death,
by a marital aid.

---

Roy Wonder
19xx - 2017
Gone but not Forgotten

Crushed by a box
rushing toward the earth,
a tremendous package
with generous girth.

---

Here lies,
Roy Wonder
Son, Friend, Lover

Crushed to death
by an Amazon drone,
carrying six gallons of lube
and a silicon bone.

---

Taken too soon,
Roy Wonder

Hark, the angels
sing their song,
of poor Roy's death
by meteor dong.
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Hahahaha

Ok, I'm in. Let's die by dildos!



With force so fierce
That it couldn't be measured.
Destroyed by a dildo,
but minus the pleasure.

On his way to the market
All happy and sing song
Unaware of his fate
His bell rung by a ding dong
 
R

Retro

Member
Ray Wonder said:
Hahahaha

Ok, I'm in. Let's die by dildos!
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He lived a full life
with an honest demeanor.
But his ending was tragic;
rubbed out by a wiener.

It pierced his poor skull!
By ten inches — a dozen!
Put your ear to the ground,
you can still hear it buzzin'!

Six inches of meat
falling out of the sky,
can put you under six feet,
now that peckers can fly.
 
Ray Wonder

Ray Wonder

Founder of the Wounded Tagless Children
Retro said:
He lived a full life
with an honest demeanor.
But his ending was tragic;
rubbed out by a wiener.

It pierced his poor skull!
By ten inches — a dozen!
Put your ear to the ground,
you can still hear it buzzin'!

Six inches of meat
falling out of the sky,
can put you under six feet,
now that peckers can fly.
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fucking hell hahaha
i concede you're too good
 
T

Timedog

good credit (by proxy)
Can you buy food is on amazon. I saw someone mentioned solids on the first page but I didn't really read their post, that word just stuck out at me like a sore thumb.

What if conspiracy theorists who is reading fake news shotting bullets at the blimp?
 
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