A '72 Z28 Camaro is around 4 seconds, so I agree - those numbers are suspect at best. Have they actually done it? Or is this what the engineers calculate it might be able to do?

Somehow I get the feeling that this $10K upgrade will just get me a bit more smoke and rubber left on the road. Just how was this tested? What am I likely to really achieve on a local highway and with stock tires (presumably while steering clear of cops and any other nearby traffic)?

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And he DID. I own a Pono, thing sounds extremely awesome, ridiculously good for $400 (I have numerous digital converters worth more than that, it's my day job). He DID go make his own, and you're still bitchin'?

The belt clip keeps it closer to my genitalia. So I think that is the conservative testing location.

What gets me is that the idea of being arrested not for violating a law but for being a malcontent seems to have a lot of supporters in the UK. Doesn't seem like a place I'd want to live in. Not trying to be a jackass myself most of the times, but.. wow. Strange idea of freedom, really.

Why does nearly every article mention the type of phone?

Would it be any different if he was charging a cheap Nolkia - or even his shaver?

... On the other hand, real crime like robbery or burglary was a grave offence, meaning you'd be punished harshly and excommunicated from your family. These days they are handled as if they are victims of society, getting light sentences if caught at all (first offence a slap on the wrist, second offence some community service, and so on) and are usually out after a few hours. It will get ugly indeed.

Theology, when taught from a neutral viewpoint, is a philosophy. Science and math were also, at one time, considered "philosophies", in that they, all three, relied on inductive proof techniques developed by the classical philosophers. With the development of the scientific method, however, science stands apart on a new basis of testable hypotheses. It is my understanding that math is considered by many to not be a science on this basis.

Theology, when taught from a neutral viewpoint, is a real science.

Left turn = three right turns. Three times safer, right?

I'm gonna go out on a limb here but I suspect the idea of changing the algorithm to introduce more right turns to eliminate some left turns never occurred to you. But once you read the above story you were all like "oh yeah, that makes sense, what harm can come from that, what would it cost, oh man it might actually save money and time and lives andandand...

Meanwhile, thankfully, there will be people that are accustomed to giving thought to long term ramifications and unintended consequences. Hence the phrase, cooler heads will prevail. Start looking at the problem from a logical point of view and less from your heart and you too might realize that education and personal responsibility may not be the best or only solution to the problem but are a better long term solution than having 4 million drivers making more right turns.

And a percentage of pedestrians act as if the 7000 pounds of steel, glass and explody stuff can stop like an arcade vehicle with no "laws of physics" constraints, or acknowledgment of human limitations like reaction time. Yeah, it goes both ways. Some drivers are assholes. Some pedestrians are assholes too.

Pedestrians have the right of way, which is true. But that doesn't mean they can slip into blissful ignorance, step off the curb into traffic and have a reasonable expectation that the car that is turning left will see them in time to stop. With your right comes some responsibility. Far too often I see pedestrians step into the crosswalk in such a way as to make it all but impossible for the left turning car to safely stop. Whereupon, they flip the driver a bird. That is assuming they even bother to acknowledge the herculean effort the driver put in to avoid their dumb ass.

Asking Google to modify the code to reduce the number of suggested left turns is one way to MAYBE alter the outcome. An additional step would be to put some effort into a PSA campaign that tells pedestrians to watch where the hell they are going and stop behaving like they are entitled before they even step into the street.

Hmm. How about teaching kids to do the simple, sane thing and Watch Where The Fuck they are going...??

What happened to parents teaching their kids basic safety, and the old adage about "Looking both ways before crossing the street"?

Seriously...do parents not teach kids the basic things about life? Don't talk to strangers, look both ways, cross street at intersections, etc.

I guess I'm just puzzled why what used to be common sense has suddenly gone straight out the fucking window?

That wasn't very nice of you to say. You're also [stupidly] assuming that 1) Survival instinct is trumped by rationality 2) The astronauts have complete faith in SpaceX's ability to correctly identify and solve the problem that didn't show up on their boards at all There is no reason why these people can't be of two minds about this topic.