I just can't see that autonomous/AI cars will be any worse than human drivers and I think they'll be at least an order of magnitude safer.

With unusual situations, the AI car should be programmed to find a safe (don't hit anything) route and if that's not possible, it should reduce speed/stop in a straight line as that will allow the speed to be reduced quicker and safer than by swerving. I can't see how stopping in a straight line would lead to increased liability for the manufacturer unless the vehicle was really badly made.

It's possible to think of situations where stopping in a straight line isn't necessarily the best course of action, but then human drivers make really bad choices all the time and they don't generally have trouble getting insured.

Well, we really missed all your insightful, on-topic posts in the months you were gone. Thank the lord that you're back here with some more of your erudite posts.

Don't forget about Rolf Harris and his wandering hands.

I never used to wear a helmet on my bike either, but have taken to wearing one as I started doing longer distances. In truth, the safety aspects of cycle helmets are over-stated as they don't really provide that much protection against typical bike accidents. I always think that gloves are far more important on a bike than a helmet as pretty much any time you come off a bike, you'll use your hands.

Anyhow, as I wear clear protective glasses when cycling, I wouldn't have any problem with a similar design for a HUD. I imagine that the higher speeds of a motorbike might make a difference, but I've seen bike riders wear prescription glasses under their helmets, so I don't think it's an insurmountable problem.

I'm not a motorbike rider (although I have ridden one as a teen and did spend several years working in a big motorbike shop/warehouse), but I do a lot of cycling and would really love to get some kind of separate HUD. I'm thinking of something like Google Glass, but with swappable lenses (e.g. clear, high contrast yellow, shaded) that could link up with other instrumentation via bluetooth.

It'd be great to have a HUD displaying a rear view camera, GPS info and other cycling specific info like cadence, heart rate and speed. If the front and rear cameras also stored video onto micro-sd cards, there'd be great evidence for use in any traffic incidents.

If it's in a separate form factor, then you could wear them under a motorbike helmet as well as wear them on a cycle which makes more sense if you do want to replace your helmet. I'm sure there's a lot of similar functionality that you'd want for both modes of transport.

I usually just try to find a version without Cinavia (smaller DVD rips) myself.

You may well be right. I know with cinavia infected films, you can't just go to the 20 minute position to check to see if it works or not - you actually have to play the film for 20 minutes for the error message to appear.

Apparently, if you hit that problem, you can work around it by putting the system date/time forwards a day (and then get another 20 minutes with sound). Alternatively, the DVD rips don't usually hace Cinavia, just the Blu-Ray rips.

The one constant in the computing industry is "change". 1998 was a heady time in computers as they were completely changing entire businesses - how could anyone think that there would never be any more change even after Windows was overtaking the unixes that had previously prevaled (despite their incredible cost)?

It amazes me just how short-sighted so many people are. If you use something that didn't exist 10 years ago, then it's likely that something better/different will be around in the next 10 years.

Also, you can use a metal detector. Or some kind of x-ray machine.

Set the haystack on fire - the needle won't burn and will be left in the ashes.

Put the haystack into a body of water and the hay will mostly float whereas the needle will sink.

Probably due to you complaining about mobile apps and android rather than actually reviewing your Surface Pro. (I'm not saying the mods are right, but your post did sound a bit trollish)

It always surprises me that estimated costs for producing software never seem to take into account future migrations to other versions of the OS. I understand that a lot of executives don't stay around in the same business long enough to worry about that, but you'd think the accountants would want some kind of future planning contingency?

Yes, provided you don't care about being able to still read those formats in X years time or have to work with one of the governments that are now mandating open formats.

You'd need the credit card number if you need to process a credit for a customer.