Yeah, looks like we may actually see a few in a few years. 'Course they'll cost $100k, require a flight plan and major regulatory changes need to be made before they're even able to fly in more populated areas, but hell. Jetpacks, man. Jetpacks.
Good to see they've finally gone commercial though.
Can you imagine the insurance cost for owning one of those?
They cost 100,000 a piece: I doubt the likes of you or I need to give much consideration to the ancilliary costs of ownership.
Can you imagine the insurance cost for owning one of those?
They cost 100,000 a piece: I doubt the likes of you or I need to give much consideration to the ancilliary costs of ownership.
True, but the insurance must be monstrous...
Hell yes. This is going on my "I will never own this, but I'll still dream about it." list.
Meh, if some lady hears something that sounds like, oh I dunno, a jetpack hovering outside her window, she'll likely investigate. I just don't think something of this nature will be really conducive to peeping.
God, you guys are soooo mature.
Fixed that for ya!
I dunno... I think that, as a man, if I found someone playing peeping tom, I'd probably be a bit flattered. I'd still threaten them with a shotgun, but still, flattery where you can get it, ya know?
Honestly,I would probably just assume they are casing my home in preparation for some burgling. Perhapes I just how a low estimation of my sex appeal, but I'm sure the idea that they just wanted to see me in the buff would never cross my mind.
Can you imagine the insurance cost for owning one of those?
They may not require insurance. Here in Florida motorcycle drivers/riders aren't required to have insurance. If you think about it, you are pretty likely to die in a motorcycle accident. I used to work as a Fire Rescue Dispatcher in Miami and every time we received a call that there was a motorcycle accident, the person would die. It was usually bad enough that after the body was taken by the rescue unit, I had to dispatch an engine to wash down the street. People tend to smear across the street when they crash on motorcycles, leaving behind a good amount of blood (and a lot of times body parts).
I would imagine a crash in one of these jet packs would require of a special rescue unit equipped with a dust pan, broom, and a bucket to pick up whatever is left of the pilot.
I dunno... I think that, as a man, if I found someone playing peeping tom, I'd probably be a bit flattered. I'd still threaten them with a shotgun, but still, flattery where you can get it, ya know?
Honestly,I would probably just assume they are casing my home in preparation for some burgling. Perhapes I just how a low estimation of my sex appeal, but I'm sure the idea that they just wanted to see me in the buff would never cross my mind.
That's funny, someone wanting to see you naked hasn't crossed your mind, but a guy flying around in a $100,000.00 jet pack wanting to steal from you has?
Isn't one of the reasons you get insurance to pay for the damage you do to others with your crash? Dead or not, there might still be someone else involved that could be seriously hurt, and it would kinda suck for him if you didn't have insurance.
What are they going to do? Sue you? Good luck collecting from a dead person.
Oh right. Sorry, I forgot people are egocentrical ****s for a moment.
I don't think the dead care either way.
If you don't care about what happens to people after you die, you qualify as an egocentrical ****.
Oh right. Sorry, I forgot people are egocentrical ****s for a moment.
How could you ever forget?
That's why you get insurance while you are still alive, so that even if you die, the person who'se life you just ruined, at least gets something to keep going.
If you don't care about what happens to people after you die, you qualify as an egocentrical ****.
Such conviction... rawr...
Seriously though, if you put yourself in a situation in which your personal safety is greatly diminished, chances are you don't care about ruining someone else's life. Sure, we can argue about whether it is right or wrong to ride a motorcycle without insurance. We can argue about how much of an egocentric **** a person who does so is. In the end, what will that achieve? Not much. You telling me that a person who does that is an egocentric **** is completely pointless... I drive a Nissan Sentra. Besides, my comment was aimed at RH's comment about insurance. If motorcycle drivers aren't required to have insurance, chances are the same reasoning may be used to not require insurance for jet pack pilots.
How could you ever forget?
I can be quite naïve.
Seriously though, if you put yourself in a situation in which your personal safety is greatly diminished, chances are you don't care about ruining someone else's life. Sure, we can argue about whether it is right or wrong to ride a motorcycle without insurance. We can argue about how much of an egocentric **** a person who does so is. In the end, what will that achieve? Not much. You telling me that a person who does that is an egocentric **** is completely pointless... I drive a Nissan Sentra. Besides, my comment was aimed at RH's comment about insurance. If motorcycle drivers aren't required to have insurance, chances are the same reasoning may be used to not require insurance for jet pack pilots.
It might achieve little. But they will still be egocentric ****. I wasn't calling you one. But if someone goes about not caring about the lives of other people, regardless of wether or not that person is reducing his/her personal safety, he/she is an egocentric ****.
Also, I think it's stupid that a motor cycle rider doesn't need to be insured, but that's truly another discussion. (Also one that I don't think is true in Europe, or at least where I live)
How could you ever forget?
I can be quite naïve.Seriously though, if you put yourself in a situation in which your personal safety is greatly diminished, chances are you don't care about ruining someone else's life. Sure, we can argue about whether it is right or wrong to ride a motorcycle without insurance. We can argue about how much of an egocentric **** a person who does so is. In the end, what will that achieve? Not much. You telling me that a person who does that is an egocentric **** is completely pointless... I drive a Nissan Sentra. Besides, my comment was aimed at RH's comment about insurance. If motorcycle drivers aren't required to have insurance, chances are the same reasoning may be used to not require insurance for jet pack pilots.
It might achieve little. But they will still be egocentric ****. I wasn't calling you one. But if someone goes about not caring about the lives of other people, regardless of wether or not that person is reducing his/her personal safety, he/she is an egocentric ****.
Also, I think it's stupid that a motor cycle rider doesn't need to be insured, but that's truly another discussion. (Also one that I don't think is true in Europe, or at least where I live)
Just to be clear... are you calling me one this time or was that just a lapse in the manner in which you made your statement?
I dunno... I think that, as a man, if I found someone playing peeping tom, I'd probably be a bit flattered. I'd still threaten them with a shotgun, but still, flattery where you can get it, ya know?
Honestly,I would probably just assume they are casing my home in preparation for some burgling. Perhapes I just how a low estimation of my sex appeal, but I'm sure the idea that they just wanted to see me in the buff would never cross my mind.
That's funny, someone wanting to see you naked hasn't crossed your mind, but a guy flying around in a $100,000.00 jet pack wanting to steal from you has?
Mabey I'm filthy rich. Mabey I was responding to EE who was speaking in the general case of a peeping Tom, and not the specific, hasn't yet ever been likely to happen, case of a jetpack peeping Tom.
Just to be clear... are you calling me one this time or was that just a lapse in the manner in which you made your statement?
I'm not seeing what there is to be confused about by the quoted text. He applied a lable to a broad yet specific group of people. Is he applying that label to you? If you fall in that group, then yes, else no.
I'm not seeing what there is to be confused about by the quoted text. He applied a lable to a broad yet specific group of people. Is he applying that label to you? If you fall in that group, then yes, else no.
Well... that depends on the day...
Then again I also call myself an **** sometimes so I guess it's not the end of the world or anything. Like Escher_Enigma said, I'm needlessly judgemental, and pretty harsh on people, including myself.
Then, depending on what day it is, I may or may not be calling you an egocentric **** along with all these other people
Then again I also call myself an **** sometimes so I guess it's not the end of the world or anything. Like Escher_Enigma said, I'm needlessly judgemental, and pretty harsh on people, including myself.
That was being harsh?
Don't worry about it... I don't take offense to what people say on online posts... it's pretty pointless.
Not really harsh, more of a heads-up in case I really do get harsh or something. But smart to not take offense to people, it's a waste of time.
Heh... yeah... it is a waste of time...
but in any case...
can we get back to the jet packs?
I want one!!!
Meh. I don't want a jet pack. I just want reasonably priced and available public transit.
*begins working on business plan for jet pack taxi service*
Meh. I don't want a jet pack. I just want reasonably priced and available public transit.
*begins working on business plan for jet pack taxi service*
I'd like to see where you put the passenger...
Meh. I don't want a jet pack. I just want reasonably priced and available public transit.
*begins working on business plan for jet pack taxi service*
I'd like to see where you put the passenger...
This really is not an appropriate place to request pictures of my crotch squirrel.
Meh. I don't want a jet pack. I just want reasonably priced and available public transit.
*begins working on business plan for jet pack taxi service*
I'd like to see where you put the passenger...
This really is not an appropriate place to request pictures of my crotch squirrel.
So is it safe to assume it'll be an adults only ride?
Options appropriate for the whole family!
*adds optional 'pants present' package to business plan*
Options appropriate for the whole family!
Damn... a whole family hanging from there... that might hurt.
any in-flight movies available?
*adds optional 'pants present' package to business plan*
Options appropriate for the whole family!
Damn... a whole family hanging from there... that might hurt.
any in-flight movies available?
I'm affraid that might exceed weight limits. Besides, we would mostly cater to drunk people who want to maintain their reputation.
Leaving the bar in a taxi? Lame.
Leaving the bar on a jetpack? Awesome.
*adds optional 'pants present' package to business plan*
Options appropriate for the whole family!
Damn... a whole family hanging from there... that might hurt.
any in-flight movies available?
I'm affraid that might exceed weight limits. Besides, we would mostly cater to drunk people who want to maintain their reputation.
Leaving the bar in a taxi? Lame.
Leaving the bar on a jetpack? Awesome.
Yes, but leaving a bar on a jetpack while grabbing on to the driver's package... that may be worse for their reputation...
Depends on the driver, don't it?
Hmmm... sure... you try to imagine what a female driver would have them grab on to.
Depends on the driver, don't it?
Hmmm... sure... you try to imagine what a female driver would have them grab on to.
I don't really have time to do that right now, nor am I in an appropriate place.
Depends on the driver, don't it?
Hmmm... sure... you try to imagine what a female driver would have them grab on to.
I don't really have time to do that right now, nor am I in an appropriate place.
There's always time for that. There is also no inappropriate place for it.