Most stupid comment ever. If you expect to effectively propoagate spyware, you don't pick a narrow and very specialized piece of software as a vector.

Exactly! The hiking/camping justification for the product is simply idiotic. And even if the weight ratio would be in favor of this product, what are we talking about here? Carrying in the woods massive amounts of alcohol? Unless you want to be totally drunk in the woods, I don't really see the point of this product supposed to target hikkers and campers.

Boring marketing BS.

Avionics software isn't open and it doesn't prevent it to be subject to regulations. It is part of the certification for an airplane. The same thing holds for cars.

I'm sorry, but auto manufacturers have a point. Not anyone is competent to reprogram embedded car software. Unfortunately, bugs can be deadly. How would you feel about, say, 10% of the cars on the road running custom software by the next door kid?

Cars are killing much more people than guns. In fact, I would go further than the auto manufacturers. Nobody should be allowed to drive a car. How many people on the roads shouldn't have even a driver's license at all? A lot. And you are ready to see those people hacking their own car software? No way!

On another hand, look at Cat Stevens, he can be Cat and Yusuf at the same time. So Quantum Music must be correct.

Hey, do not complain. We are on /. after all. This site has became mainstream and nerds are a minority now.

The mandatory Nikola Tesla's plug.

So, what about dogs now?

The extremely low pass rate doesn't mean a shit. This guy is an idiot. The motivation to pass a course that doesn't cost you anything and is most of the time not required and even recognized is not the same as passing a grade. Many people are just sneaking around at MOOC, and it is perfectly acceptable. They start some course just to see. There is not requirements, verification you are having the prerequisite before enrolling into a course. You just cannot compare MOOC and traditional education on this basis. That is plain stupid and full of bullshit to do so.

Many people are dropping a course in the middle because they have other obligations and there is no consequences to do so. Some others are overbooking courses and then drop those they are less interested in, etc. This behavior is responsible for the low pass rate. And the low pass rate doesn't mean anything in the context of MOOC. Beside that, some MOOC courses are just badly designed. Some teachers are just taking the material they have for the on-campus course and put that on the MOOC and expect miracles without further involvement. They forget the on-campus course give students access to other resources which are key to success. Since they do not provide the same kind of support for the MOOC, no wonder many people are dropping before the end or end up investing more time than they should to complete the course. Those who haven't planned for such level of investment are just dropping or failing the course.

I agree. Air drone delivery is the current shittiest idea. Not energy efficient, subject to meteorological conditions, etc. If autonomous vehicle for delivery are not safe for pedestrians, flying drones are worst. It would be a better idea to invest into a road autonomous delivery system. Anyone has every received the Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy from 500ft altitude on the head?

Wrong, drones are not cheaper than truck delivery, it is rather than the opposite. Drones are not energy efficient, you have to lift and fly the products you want to deliver while truck delivery just tow the goods and products to the delivery point. It is a was of energy and I don't talk about the consequences of a failure in the delivery of a refrigerator when flying the fridge over a crowdy place.

Just in fact you never noticed, in 2001: a Space Odyssey, Clarke presumed dematerialization would exist. For what it means, it is very likely what he was actually telling us is exactly what I said. We will never get halfway to this. It is like he decided to imagine the non-existence. You shouldn't interpret this as if he just believe this would be possible. He just explained the conditions for interstellar travel requires to not be physical. From this point, agreeing on the fact we are no longer talking about a physical universe, we can imagine everything as he did.

Guys, don't lose your mind. So far, there is no evidence we can rule out the possibility a sharknado with freakin' laser on their heads have been around Germanwings' flight few minutes before the disaster. Alien anyone?

Of course, black tape is bad and duct tape is always saving the day. Everyone knows this. I question your nerdiness, aren't you infiltrating us?