Comment Re:Biggest issue is still liability (Score 2) 177
That computer would stop on the on ramp of SF bay area highways and refuse to move.
That computer would stop on the on ramp of SF bay area highways and refuse to move.
As soon as any autonomous car advocates start talking about 'what actually happens' the conversation can start in earnest.
But for now, all we have is Google's marketing BS and some DARPA challenges that paint a much less rosy picture.
Same thing that happens when a modern car with brake assist rear ends an old car with better brakes and traction.
If your car has shitty brakes you leave extra room. Good drivers realize that 'shitty brakes' is always relative.
If you're driving a crazy high performance car you moderate your brake use to avoid being rear ended.
You might want to cost out bulk shipping by the ton-mile. Steel wheels on steel rail might be lower friction. But Oceans don't have hills.
See the rusting Soviet navy! Fish for Salmon.
You realize that everything Siberia has (except for a rusting navy) Alaska and Canada also have? The world has no shortage of cold wilderness.
He must eat absolute shit...UK so confirmed.
Watch more. Captain slow can actually drive. He just doesn't constantly drive like a moron (like Clarkson).
Less the stupid hyperbole that is more or less how they calculate economic damages in wrongful death civil cases.
The key word is 'economic' damages.
Yes, you are watching the wrong one.
Be fair. Top Gear Germany is a decent show. Because their presenters know how to drive, as opposed to the American ones.
I can understand the figure skater, he can drive. But the other two are air thieves. Useless idiots who, no doubt, have automatic transmissions in their personal cars.
Fire the American hosts (do that in any case), hire the British ones then never let them review an English car (because they obviously can't do that objectively).
Each one is good for two uses!
Your theory is that the operators don't know if they are making money? Interesting theory.
There are issues with local gen, lineman safety and regulation, same as for solar. But if there is one synchronized generator still on line the little generators stay in synch by the laws of physics. For a farmer, maintaining power at an incorrect frequency is better than no power at all. See also backup generators. You do have to be careful not to kill linemen who expect lines to be dead. This is a solved problem.
You don't lose fish to small generators on rivers that are already cut off from migration. You gain local, non migratory, fish in the pond.
Many non-quack scientists recommend drinking wine while eating. Your body is tuned to control the ph of your stomach acid.
Does Batmangelidj (the quack) also recommend not eating any alkali foods? Those weaken your digestive juices much more then plain water.
Functional MRI has determined the extra grey matter in dolphins and whales to be sonar processing 'hardware'. They are about as smart as pigs.
"I say we take off; nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." - Corporal Hicks, in "Aliens"