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Comment Re:`why not stop the car? (Score 1) 469

The return to lane feature only works if you start to drift into the other lane, not if you actively turn into the other lane, or supply any other common control input to let the system know you are in fact paying attention.

This sounds good, but it must WORK.

Its not too hard to distinguish an alert driver at the wheel from someone nodding off, because a normal driver supplies 10 to 30 small control movements to the steering wheel per minute (Steering Reversal Rate), and these are typically Greater than 2 degrees and less than 6 degrees regardless of road curvature or lack there of. Once this rate falls to less than 5 reversals per minute, the car's computer can assume from this single measurement alone that the driver is getting drowsy, and when there are almost no reversals at all, that the driver has fallen asleep.

That sounds good too, if it works. Billions of us humans use these vehicles to engage in random activity that resembles organized movement. I want to know how many vehicles have used this protocol, how many accidents they have had, and how many have been reported as "vehicle error" before I will consider buying a vehicle with this option. The command protocol to help correct 'deficient' driving behavior described by icebike sounds sane when I read it here on Slashdot, but the idea of any situation where my vehicle fails to respond to my commands when I am DRIVING MY CAR I believe is VERY dangerous to me and the other meatbags around me.

So the mere presence of control frequent movements on the wheel would sufficient to distinguish an intentional lane cross from an unintentional one.

If not, people die.

There is a large amount of research already available on the web about his stuff. Google steering wheel reversal rate. This stuff has been known and measured for decades.

Does the hardware support the protocol to the level of trust required to mass produce? We shall see.

This technology sounds promising, but I won't buy one yet. I need to see how those early adopter Ford Fusion autopilots do first. And I'll be watching every new Fusion extra careful from now on....

Submission + - Ocean Marketing Attempts To Extort Former Client (escapistmagazine.com) 1

ESRB writes: Paul Christoforo, recently in the news for his poor handling of a customer inquiry and attempt to smear Penny Arcade, is now attempting to extort a substantial amount of money from his former clients. He is holding their hosting and email hostage (notably, the original company has control of the domain name).

Comment Re:Bogus Science (Score 1) 421

Your ignorance proves you're too lazy to google "climate change raw data", but doesn't prove that the IPCC broke some as-yet-unspecified law.

Lol. Why don't you Google it. Link the published data and methods, or stop wasting my time...

Put up or shut up.

If you can find them, you'll be famous...

Comment I think you should do the best you can... (Score 1) 848

... to make things work. That's what they are paying you for. If it was me, I'd count the coding experience as just that, experience. If you decide you want to look for a better paying job, you will have something to add to your resume and a good recommendation from your previous employer.

Submission + - Chinese Computer Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber of Comme (mindprocessors.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to

everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, according to several people familiar

with the matter.

News

Submission + - N Korean leader has passed away

Clomer writes: The North Korean government has announced that Kim Jong-Il has died. Mr Kim, who has led the communist nation since the death of his father in 1994, died on a train while visiting an area outside the capital, the announcement said.

Submission + - Kim Jong Il has died...

BenJCarter writes: CNN is reporting that Kim Jong II has died. The BBC reports his twenty something son is believed to have been handed the reins to the tyrannical North Korean regime.

Now what?

Submission + - Kim Jong-il Is Dead (the-diplomat.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Kim Jong-il is dead. But what comes next is a mystery. After all, Western media has previously relied on a former sushi chef for information on the presumed successor, Kim Jong-un.

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