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Comment Re:I'm sorry officer.. (Score 1) 232

You don't have to have any paperwork on you in the USA. You can go anywhere without paperwork. But if you are driving, you need proof of the right to drive. Reg number of the car has nothing to do with a license. What if it's not your car? What if it's a rental. Both common situations here in the USA.

Comment Re:Self driving? (Score 1) 77

Agreed. However, the tech is rapidly maturing. There are several companies that offer 3rd party solutions for autonomous cars (i.e. MobileEye). They don't have to reinvent the wheel. They just need to get in on the ramp up so that when these stuff hits big time in the next 5 yrs they are well positioned to take care of it.

Alternatively, here are some interesting use cases...

1) Mixed fleet of autonomous and driven cars. Autonomy mode is only used to "bring" the car to you, but you must drive it to your destination. Then autonomy mode is used to "bring" the car to the next customer. It's like an instant, on demand, just for as long as you need it, rental car.

2) Limit autonomous rides to major routes along major roadways. These roadways will be well mapped out. Will be under constant surveillance for changes that could affect the autonomy. Possibly will have beacons installed along the way for hyper accurate position triangulation without the phase errors that GPS has.

Comment Re:Yes. It serves a crucial purpose. (Score 1) 645

It's war. We declared war on them and sent people to kill them. And we're not just killing their fighters. We're also killing their women and children and supporters. Is it surprising that they would publicly kill a pilot who crashes while on a mission to explode and burn to death more of them from the air? Of course not. Should we be outraged? Sure.

Comment Re:The land of the free and the home of the brave. (Score 1) 645

There are many capable countries in the ME that could deal with ISIS if they needed to. But they don't need to because the USA will go and do it for them. A better strategy in all this would have been to help the locals organize against ISIS. Really ISiS was a local movement not threatening the West directly until the West started bombing them.

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