It's not a radar but a LIDAR, basically a scanning laser range finder. It's not only ugly, but ruins the aerodynamics, and is very sensitive equipment, prone to failure. Elon bets on software getting good enough in the future to not need LIDAR.

I was thinking the samen thing. The transient of the pedal command would however be very informative. If the sensor value increased in a way consistent with someone pressing or slamming the accelerator, it would point to a user error. If the value increases to 100% within one sample time, that would point to a sofware or electronics error. At least, if the sample rate is high enough...

Wouldn't it be great if he came out in the end saying "what the f*ck were you thinking, agreeing with all that nonsense I was spewing???"

Thank you, Faith in slashdot community restored.

Mod parent up, completely agree! (MSc Aerospace Engineering)

Thank you for this!

Especially the Dutch East India Company...

First, this allows you to see how the road curves very far ahead, and without using the high beams. It works much better then reflective paint.

Second, this is not painted on the road, it is a special strip that is embedded in the road surface. They can also send a tiny bit of current through it to intensify the glow, which is especially useful in winters. It essentially cuts the energy requirement with a factor of a few million (a number which I just made up).

Disclaimer: I live in the Netherlands

:-D Where are the mod points when you need them?

Funny use of the word "snaps", considering the exposure time of 103 hours (TFA). But I guess, on a cosmological scale...

:-D

GPS satellites are not in LEO, but not quite GEO either...

Are you sure?

Thanks, that is a nice one!
One thing still bothers me with this: What if the second envelope had equal content to the first the whole time, but it just flips depending on the way you slice it open? That way, you can never prove that there is some entanglement, the association was made when the envelopes were created, and the flip (or not) to opposite is made only with local information.

This is something I truly do not understand. Americans should be extremely proud of Tesla Motors! An american company launches their first fully in-house developed electric car, almost out of nothing, and completely blows away anything that is available anywhere in the world. Including decades old multi-billion dollar companies in Europe and Japan. This car is not cheap, but it is exclusive, well built, comfortable, reliable, has good range, incredible performance, is innovative and almost legacy-free. And very importantly (and surprisingly for an american car if I may say so) actually looks very good! Furthermore, the company takes initiative to create a very useful charging network, and has amazing customer service.
Americans, embrace Tesla Motors please!!