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Comment: Re:My car will work for me (Score 1) 358

by invid (#44042439) Attached to: How Ubiquitous Autonomous Cars Could Affect Society (Video)

I guess that would be me

The larger issue is that people who do own cars and don't mind cleaning vomit will be doing this (if it is legal) and this will decrease the need for people to own cars. Rush hour will always be a problem, but at other times, every town will have a lot of potential taxis.

Comment: Re:Miranda (Score 1) 767

by invid (#43940635) Attached to: Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders
If there was no 5th amendment, no one would want to go under oath because it would be too dangerous. Once under oath, the government could compel you, under threat of arrest, to answer any question that might incriminate you. You could lie, of course, but they could keep asking questions that would trip you up. The court could trap someone by requiring them to testify at someone else's trial and then ask them questions that will incriminate them. There would be no end to how the government could legally harass you.

Comment: Re:Miranda (Score 1) 767

by invid (#43938861) Attached to: Seeking Fifth Amendment Defenders
Let's say there's no 5th amendment. And let's say person A is arrested for murder. Person A is on trial and is put on the stand. The prosecutor asks person A a question. Person A stays quiet. Person A is judged not guilty of murder, but arrested for contempt of court for not answering the prosecutor's questions.

Comment: Re:BLEH (Score 5, Insightful) 326

by invid (#43895207) Attached to: <em>Green Lantern</em> Writer To Pen Blade Runner Sequel
As much as I love PK Dick's writing, Blade Runner has very little to do with his book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. The only movie that I know of that stayed close to one of his books is A Scanner Darkly. The greatness of Blade Runner was a happy convergence of talent from multiple people. In all likelihood, the sequel will be an abomination.

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