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SparkFun Free Day!

When/where: 9:00 am MST Sparkfun.com

What: Win $100 of a total $200,000 giveaway

"Well the time is near - tomorrow at 9 AM Mountain Time, SparkFun is hosting the third edition of Free Day. This year we are giving away $200,000 worth of $100 credits to the SparkFun website. Show up here at 9 AM Mountain Time on January 11th, 2012 to try your hand at winning! Want to know more? Watch the video below:

Here's a little more information:

The Rules: The give away starts at 9AM MST and is limited to $100 per person. Each winner will get a gift code that can be used at SparkFun within 60 days.

Stipulations: In order to participate, you must register an account on sparkfun.com, and use a modern browser with JavaScript and cookies enabled. (Sorry, Lynx!)

The System: We're doing away with the quiz system of 2011 and trying to return to a give-away system that is as simple as possible, but can handle the load of the Free Day crowd. The system will randomly give away the 2,000 gift codes (2000 * $100 = $200,000) throughout the day. For example, if we set up a 7 hour giveaway window, we should see a gift given away about every 12 seconds. We will allow people to try for the prize as many times as they'd like, but we will have a basic system to prove you're not a script.

Free Day is always an intense and interesting time! We wish all of you the best of luck in getting your share of the prize! See you tomorrow!"


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Announcing ardupilot Irc Channel

"For all things about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)"Sometimes I have noticed that a lot of people (ok fine, me) make the same mistakes over and over again, Most of these questions do not need there own forum post to be reposted over and over again. So I propose a irc channel where veterans of diydrones can idle and walk people through some of the easier tasks. So I would like to invite anyone who would like to join me at:irc://irc.freenode.net/ardupilotSome popular clients arex-chat(windows)-http://www.silverex.org/news/well thats my favorite. also you can just click on this link:http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=ardupilot
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"Aerial drones are now used by the Texas Department of Public Safety; the Mesa County Sheriff's Office, Colorado; the Miami-Dade County, Florida, Police Department; and the Department of Homeland Security. But what about privacy concerns? 'Drones raise the prospect of much more pervasive surveillance,' said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union's Speech, Privacy and Technology Project. 'We are not against them, absolutely. They can be a valuable tool in certain kinds of operations. But what we don't want to see is their pervasive use to watch over the American people.'"

 

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/01/24/0410221/Domestic-Use-of-Aerial-Drones-By-Law-Enforcement

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