Anybody with this level of skill isn't wasting their time on single families either...they are stealing things large scale (or small scale across a large number of people) and grifting what they want from there.

Right; odds are the person with those skills isn't going into petty burglary. Again, theoretically possible, but improbable, and certainly not worth sacrificing the energy savings available from simply making lighting and HVAC smart. (Not to mention the convenience.)

Every house already has pre-installed extremely large attack surfaces for which no reasonable patch has been devised. They're called doors and windows.

So, HTTP/2 won't supersede HTTPS as a security protocol. The 'S' in HTTPS simply means that it's HTTP run through another secure protocol—usually Transport Layer Security (TLS). The updated version, HTTP/2, will also run through TLS to provide a secure connection. In fact, Firefox and Chrome will likely only support…

Depends on the chassis and cooling system. Some are terrible, others are really good.

I wasn't expecting that explosion in the .gif. It was kind of hot!

Idiot. If they point it toward the sky then only the rocket will travel to Mars. It they point it toward the ground then we push the whole planet toward Mars! It's like one gigantic road trip! No, we're not there yet. Stop asking and don't make me stop this planet and come back there, you kids!

The army grows! Now link em together so one operator can fly all 4 corners at the same time, or make them fly using GPS to canvas a certain area.
And if you get a drone that can't carry the net, you can sell it for net money. ^_^

The anti-drone people now have an official anthem! And a cheap way to build a minefield to sing it on. ^_^

Howitzer with silencer?

99 red balloons... tied to the ground using fishing string! It'd be like a drone minefield and an excellent reason to sing a fun 80's song. ^_^

Well, what would you rather have: Fun solving the impracticality and then shoot down drones like a sci-fi protagonist... Or just buy a weapon and shoot down drones like everyone does it?

I don't think a trebuchet, catapult, or monkey poo flinging device will be very useful here. FAIL!

Now that is Heavy Sarcasm.

Well, I should have been more clear. When I say 'armed' I don't mean fully armed military drones. I meant more along the lines of the laser tag like you said or maybe paintballs or air soft. However, if there were a big enough space I wouldn't mind seeing some air to air missiles between drones. Who wouldn't?

Are you aware of the uber-obscure Robotica that TLC threw in there too? Back when TLC stood for "The Learning Channel" and had stuff like Junkyard Super Wars (ANOTHER SHOW THAT SHOULD COME BACK).

That was super short-lived, but a really cool show because it was about competition but not strictly battling, giving no…

I had a little spot above my laptop that would set it off too..But that was the only place that really would >_< Mine migrated too close to the surface sadly. That does sound really cool and it was hearing about experiences like those that encouraged me to get it done way back ^_^

I'm surprised no one has replied to your comment yet (but maybe they will by the time I'm done replying).

Seriously? Damnit....I had mine removed before getting an MRI because I figured it would cause issues >_<... Ahh well as in the main post I made it didn't create much sensation anyway. I totally agree on the picking up screws bit though! So handy ^_^

How did you go with the sensation side of things?