Nice, but not something you'd REALLY get to play with.

OTOH, I've had one of these http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFLH2200) for the last 6 months and it's amazing. A real helicopter, 8 inches long, with 4-channel digital radio, ready to fly ... and only $129. Flys like a dream, my 8 year old daughter was flying it in 2 minutes (and chasing the cats down the hall in 5). The Pico is a joke next to this.

We set up obstacle courses around the house and have helicopter "rallys."

you've clearly never been married

Not even close to the setup that Richard Garriott has in his new house.

http://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=30.360901,-97.810437&spn=0.003564,0.004807&z=18

I want it so bad!!!

Please don't screw it up. Give it a nice lens, low noise, decent manual controls, and make it feel like my D300 when I hold it (i.e. solid).

it's a stretch to believe that a business which exists purely to sell luxury goods would make any "statement" that's critical of them or their purchasers.

Ferrari owners in Dubai have nothing to be concerned about from "law enforement." No cop would be stupid enough to pull over someone who might be able to make a call to a member of the royal family.

I'm not sure that a weaponized autonomous vehicle patrolling the approach end of a runway makes me real comfortable flying into that airport.

UGV: Unidentified vehicle, you are approaching a restricted area at an excessive rate of speed, halt or I will be forced to terminate your approach.

"Flashpoint," give me a freak'n break.

Any idea what pressurization does to the costs of buying and, especially maintaining, an aircraft? LSA is the antithesis of pressurization, IFR, etc.... It's all about (relatively) cheap and simple.

That depends on your priorities ... do you want to play with gadgets or just get the job done? I like gadgets, but generally fall into the later catagory; I love my Blackberry and will be first on the list to get oneof these.

People have no sense of history.

Back to the future ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking_Machines