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Comment Will these be cheaper? (Score 1, Interesting) 143

Will it be cheaper to ride in a no-driver vehicle than in a regular old taxi or Uber? Because if it is (and the programming was such that I could put luggage or some other item on there and not have to worry about the vehicle disappearing with my stuff) I would absolutely want to use it when I need to move something too big for the bus or train.

Comment Google maps sucks even in cities. (Score 1) 133

There is a motorway junction where I am where its not possible to use the junction to cross the motorway on foot and you instead need to use a footbridge 500m to the south that you need to use instead. But Google Maps continues to suggest walking directions that involve the motorway junction instead of the footbridge.

And it seems there is no way to report problems like this to Google to get them to correct it and mark that bit of road as "pedestrians can't use this"

Comment Re:Neuromancer looks good. (Score 1) 42

I want someone to turn the whole "president Jack Ryan" stuff into movies/TV. Although considering that it all starts with a Japanese kamikaze pilot crashing a fully loaded passenger jet into the US Capitol and killing most of the government in one fell swoop, its probably not something Hollywood is going to want to put on screen...

Comment Neuromancer looks good. (Score 1) 42

The Neuromancer TV show looks good although its hard to tell from that clip how well its going to follow the book.

What I am most interested in is how they depict cyberspace and whether it looks like the simple depiction described in the book or whether it looks more like The Matrix.

Comment Re:National IDs give you more privacy (Score 1) 46

Here in Australia when I have gotten jobs in the past I had to show my government issued ID (I have one that has all the same ID verification as a drivers license but without the right to drive) and I had to give them my tax file number (the unique identifier tied to your data and details at the tax office and that the employer uses to handle income tax etc).

I imagine the UK has similar systems (some kind of ID held with the tax office or similar government departments and a drivers license system or similar) that employers could use to verify that you are who you claim to be.

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