I can't help but think Microsoft would get Windows to use the HDD for the swap file even if 1000 terabyte of RAM were available.

Then they went away, but only have only recently made a comeback. And they're far, FAR better than ever before due mostly to advancements in battery technology.

I didn't realize they used OCZ for the storage tech. ;)

Nice comparison. I'd upvote if I could.

I think the main effect apart from the brightness is that every pixel's colour is smoothed out into the surrounding pixels. A bit like what the inherent motion blur does with 24fps cinema film.

Right. Ultimately it would depend on how true, the red, blue and green components of the display are. IIRC, most standard CRTs are around as poor as LCDs at displaying green, and probably worse than decent LCDs.

But crashes will get to a point so low, that it may as well be zero. Yes people will steal cars, and random rocks may destroy windscreens and tires, but insurance will be much lower - and here's the important bit - optional - unlike today.

You hardly ever have to worry about brakes/pads because the Model S's regen is used most of the time for braking.

The vast majority of accidents are caused by bad judgment from the driver, and to a lesser extent - poorly maintained vehicles (which will be mostly resolved when EVs are mainstream anyway). It was probably originally enforced due to potentially wrecking an innocent's car (as you decide if you want to risk things if it was just your car at stake).

Yes, okay, car insurance will still exist (contrary to my initial post), but it will be like say, buildings insurance - very low, and non-forced (people won't have to insure if they don't want to).

Because it wouldn't be a liability to anyone anymore. Imagine zero crashes. That's an extreme, but let's assume that for the sake of argument.

Insurance at that point would be seen as pointless, and so the government would not require insurance like the 'good ol days' (read "bad old days").

Maybe you've been ripped off so much by the car insurance companies that you're missing the obvious. There in principle cannot be a car insurance market if cars don't crash anymore. If the reduction in accidents is one tenth of the what is was before, then the insurance premium will be about one tenth too (all else being equal, with maximum automation). At that point, the sheer paperwork will more than cancel out any benefit gained to anyone.

Send my best wishes then to the middlemen who WON'T exist when Tesla Motors and companies like them eventually sell direct.

If it still exists, it will be next to nothing. Being next to nothing means that there's no benefit to anyone, unless you like doing unnecessary paperwork. Which granted, most business seem to love a lot.

Yeah, just like dealers will lobby hard against companies like Tesla. It won't be enough, they'll die off too.

I'm so sorry that there will be hardly any accidents, and so the number of claims will nose-dive. It's tragic, but you can't stop progress.

Car insurance companies will die off when car AI becomes mainstream.