Comment Re: I don't get it (Score 4, Funny) 220
Gravity doesn't exist. It is just a theory. "intelligent falling" is what keeps everything from floating away.
When we get to autonomous vehicles, the nay-sayers are are already worrying about how this would permit alleged felons to drive off form robberies all the while taking pot-shots at the police (not having to drive, and all).
Perhaps, but that self-driving car is going to be obeying all traffic laws while making the getaway, including stopping for said police.
it won't be long before we are forced to install antivirus in our cars :
Lets hope it doesn't make them run significantly slower
2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat (707 hp, capable of 10 second quarter mile times with the sole modification of using race tires. And if you can keep your foot off the gas pedal you can get about 20 MPG) + McAfee Antivirus 2016 Automotive Edition = Prius-like performance @ 10 MPG
Nothing is going to happen until they get sued.
Nothing is going to happen until (1) a senior officer at GM has his car hacked, (2) a very public hacking makes security a point on which automakers compete, or (3) they get sued.
Correction: They get sued after multiple deaths have occurred as a result of lax security resulting in a penalty in the hundreds of millions of dollars. (This is not unique to GM, All of the manufacturers will react the same.) You can strike 1 and 2 from the list.
What was wrong with the F-22 that the F-35 was going to fix?
I am out of my element a bit here, but my understanding is that the F22 is an air superiority fighter only, whereas the F35 was supposed to be a multirole aircraft (air-to-air and air-to-ground) with (optional) VTOL features, (which no version of the F22 has) all in the same airframe. It was supposed to be the Windows 8 of fighter aircraft, a single airframe to take the place of a bunch of other craft.
And, it was (giggle) supposed to (snerk) be (Bwaaaa haa haaa) affordable. Sorry, I can't say that with a straight face.
So, it's a flying Swiss Army Knife. Sure, it has a spork, scissors, tweezers, a nail file, a screwdriver, and a dozen other tools and perhaps even a knife in there somewhere for good measure but it sucks as any of them.
Spear and magic helllllemt!
For those under 30 who might not get the reference: What's Opera, Doc?, 1957
In seeking the unattainable, simplicity only gets in the way. -- Epigrams in Programming, ACM SIGPLAN Sept. 1982
