Yep, and autonomous driving in mixed traffic was done for No Hands Across America in 1995. Also, SARTRE is very similar to the CHAUFFEUR I and II European Commission projects in the 90's and early 00's.

The AHS History 1939 - 1997 movie (RealPlayer) is awesome.

Clearly, GP is not familiar with the Mother of All Demos. The main computer was on the other end of a 1968 modem.

Urmson (PhD, faculty on leave), Montemerlo (PhD), and Thrun (former faculty) all have ties to Carnegie Mellon. Autonomous driving has been a steady effort at CMU. For example, No Hands Across America was in 1995.

Mmm... Duff's.

Here is a comment from someone with a higher digit number telling a lower digit person "you must be new here"

I've been telling people that Cameron got Avatar "right" in terms of 3D exactly for this reason. There is such a stark contrast between it and other 3D movies in that there were only a couple scenes where it was clear they were showing off the 3D. Even those had reasons where the scene kind of made sense (like refocusing on near/far during the diary videos). I think Avatar will be a real benchmark in 3D strictly because it shows you can do well with 3D without being an eye-poker movie. It will be interesting to see how many other directors learn from Cameron's willingness to try to do it right.

Don't post media on unprotected pages. No big loss behind this step. Friends and family can handle a simple user/password combination - we've been doing this for years. Trust me, the rest of the world doesn't really want to see your pictures of the kids at their friend Joey's birthday party.

Grandparent: There is a pretty big difference between CC and subtitles. The former can be manipulated in format, font, etc and often include details like "Phone Ringing" that are left out of subtitles. Even subtitles that are supposedly for the deaf and hard of hearing often lack these audible descriptors. Subtitles also don't move based on the scene.. For example, text for edited CC is often positioned from side to side to match two people bantering or italicized for an off screen speaker (example). Real-time CC, which is not typical in movies, is the stuff you see scrolling at the top or bottom of screens in bars during sports and news. That's closer to subtitles due to the time pressure the captioner is under.

Parent: There is a digital CC spec but, like line21, it basically gets hosed by HDMI.

I can live with confusing names if they get around to supporting closed captioning data like they are supposed to. They misinterpreted the legal requirements for closed captioning as it being something which is handled by set-top boxes rather than TVs and elected to not transmit the data. HDMI's own FAQ makes this position clear. However, the law is quite clear that the TVs are required to render captions. Unfortunately, people use devices other than set-top boxes to push content to the TV. If you need captioning, you can't use HDMI with Blu-ray disc players or other devices.

It might be the Google translation, but...

Perhaps it would be less confusing if translated into Swedish Chef.

There is some credence to this line of thought. For years states like Arizona had the highest fatality rates. This was attributed to the very straight highways where people could put the pedal down and barely steer. Speed doesn't kill, but delta v does. Crashing from 90 mph is a lot worse than 65 mph.

Actually, the old TRS-80 Model 100 from the early 80's ran on AA batteries. There was some merit to being able to run down to the corner store when you were in a bind. Yes, I used to use one of these. It was a damn cool computer at the time.

I'm all in favor of something that does the job better than HDMI. If you need closed captioning in the US, HDMI doesn't work for you. It omits the necessary data from the video source.

That's not a book collection. THAT'S a book collection!

Actually, joystick drive-by-wire systems have been on the market for some time now. These systems are often installed for people with disabilities who cannot manipulate a regular steering wheel. The vehicle modification industry is a mature market with its own national association.

This concept vehicle addresses one of the core problems - cost. A typical vehicle conversion can run well upwards of $20k (in addition to vehicle cost) and involves massive hardhacking of the vehicle itself. You're pretty much stuck with the vehicle until it dies since you won't be able to sell it. It is far better to have an OEM route.

In terms of safety and control dynamics, I'm pretty comfortable that these are surmountable issues.

• First, most people who currently get a joystick system receive dedicated training by a certified driver rehabilitation therapist (CDRS). I would imagine that lessons learned in this field could be distilled down into a more generalized training approach for populations that don't have the severe dexterity impairments present in the current user base.
• Second, the years of experience in the vehicle modification business is a good start towards safe control dynamics. Advanced vehicle control systems are the next big leap and are far better than they were even a decade ago. Paired with systems like lane tracking, stability control, and forward ranging systems, it would be quite possible to put a layer of "smarts" over the command inputs.
• Third, removing the steering column makes it a lot easier to protect the driver in the event of a crash.