Alright shit's getting real. I say as a first step we start by moving everyone onto a Tor-like darknet that runs on top of the current infrastructure. Once the uber-geeks are on we can start bringing Average Joes on, the incentive will kick in for them when they can't get their football game streams, replica handbags, Chinese knockoff batteries, cheap viagra and pirated MP3s. Maybe work in an IPv4-IPv6 transition at the same time, but that's just as much work by itself.
Then once everyone's on the darknet, start forking the infrastructure. Once the Internet becomes impossible to police there might not be a need to use a wireless mesh, everyone can have fiber to their door - not that a wireless mesh isn't also a worthy endeavor.
Al Qaeda destroyed your constitution. Not physically, that would have been a regrettable loss of a historical artifact at most, but spiritually, which is much worse.
If they know it exists then it's not very secret is it? Most antivirus apps have open virus definition files. Chances are there is no whitelist for these, and in fact I would expect any AV tool that does heuristic scanning to pick it up.
They damn well better pick it up if they're going to pick up every cracked game executable in existence >_<
Security shouldn't be a major problem. Note that i said shouldn't, but I'm sure it will, because so far the automakers have proven that they are too stupid to secure or airgap critical systems, leading to situations where the ECU can be affected by a CD put into the stereo or wireless signals picked up by the TPM system.
Google just made a product with potential value because they felt like it. It's a thing you can do when your company isn't run by PHBs and bean counters.
Or more importantly nowadays, allowing you to drive while texting safely.
Seriously, it's a major thing. I saw one ad that only mentioned a few vague things about the car (like most car ads - few mention more than the safety features), and one of them was that it "allows you to text while keeping both hands on the wheel."
On one hand it's revolting to cater to what is currently an extremely stupid act and protect those who do it from Darwin's wrath, but on the other hand it will make life safer for those they would crash into.
I like how whichever idiot made this has his spambot pass of CAPTCHA challenges, made it set a homepage and sig, but never set it to use HTML instead of BBcode.
Obviously the cars shouldn't have to rely on it. If the nav system works then they can drive bumper-to-bumper at a hundred miles an hour. If it fails, then they go into standalone/mesh mode and adjust their driving style to suit.
It would be nice (and hilarious) to see the government doing away with the current profit-generating speed limits and setting ones based on safety and traffic efficiency if autonomous cars became ubiquitous. I wouldn't be surprised to see limits increase by 50% all-around and even having them removed in many places.
Whenever I hit the brakes hard I always check the rearview just as I come to a complete stop for inattentive flat-tired idiots skidding out of control behind me. Usually there is one. At that point I'm already putting the car into first gear and looking for a way to get out of the idiot's path.
All phones look pretty much the same these days in case you haven't noticed. A black rectangle with child-safe corners and a screen taking up most of the face. The only way the iPhone ever stands out is the silver edging, and the chrome back before that.
Computers can drive better than people right now. Ask any F1 engineer and they'll tell you that the only reason the cars aren't driving autonomously is because a lot of people would stop watching.
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Alright shit's getting real. I say as a first step we start by moving everyone onto a Tor-like darknet that runs on top of the current infrastructure. Once the uber-geeks are on we can start bringing Average Joes on, the incentive will kick in for them when they can't get their football game streams, replica handbags, Chinese knockoff batteries, cheap viagra and pirated MP3s. Maybe work in an IPv4-IPv6 transition at the same time, but that's just as much work by itself.
Then once everyone's on the darknet, start forking the infrastructure. Once the Internet becomes impossible to police there might not be a need to use a wireless mesh, everyone can have fiber to their door - not that a wireless mesh isn't also a worthy endeavor.
See also: my old commu-net concept: http://search.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1634334&cid=32019410
Al Qaeda destroyed your constitution. Not physically, that would have been a regrettable loss of a historical artifact at most, but spiritually, which is much worse.
FFFFUUUUUUU
Phones have been doing so for years. If you don't want your location logged, turn off your cell modem.
I still think that should have been the name of the latest release. Really reflects the Ubuntu interface design philosophy these days as well.
Not one .onion site on there. Tsk tsk.
Wow my list of science deniers has AGW denialists, anti-vax'ers, stem cell denialists and now a theory of relativity denialist!
Best line in your article:
And because space is not physical at all, it can have no physical properties.
XD
Well our species isn't that old either so it's all legit as long as we're both underage.
Who let an article through with a paywalled source?
SAMZENPUS!!!!
Where can I buy this desk toy set?
If they know it exists then it's not very secret is it? Most antivirus apps have open virus definition files. Chances are there is no whitelist for these, and in fact I would expect any AV tool that does heuristic scanning to pick it up.
They damn well better pick it up if they're going to pick up every cracked game executable in existence >_<
Security shouldn't be a major problem. Note that i said shouldn't, but I'm sure it will, because so far the automakers have proven that they are too stupid to secure or airgap critical systems, leading to situations where the ECU can be affected by a CD put into the stereo or wireless signals picked up by the TPM system.
OH NOES A SPELLING MISTAKE! The GP clearly must be a moron, not the guy who thinks a single spelling error is a sign of idiocy!
Google just made a product with potential value because they felt like it. It's a thing you can do when your company isn't run by PHBs and bean counters.
A few Lexus luxo-barges have it.
Or more importantly nowadays, allowing you to drive while texting safely.
Seriously, it's a major thing. I saw one ad that only mentioned a few vague things about the car (like most car ads - few mention more than the safety features), and one of them was that it "allows you to text while keeping both hands on the wheel."
On one hand it's revolting to cater to what is currently an extremely stupid act and protect those who do it from Darwin's wrath, but on the other hand it will make life safer for those they would crash into.
I like how whichever idiot made this has his spambot pass of CAPTCHA challenges, made it set a homepage and sig, but never set it to use HTML instead of BBcode.
Obviously the cars shouldn't have to rely on it. If the nav system works then they can drive bumper-to-bumper at a hundred miles an hour. If it fails, then they go into standalone/mesh mode and adjust their driving style to suit.
It would be nice (and hilarious) to see the government doing away with the current profit-generating speed limits and setting ones based on safety and traffic efficiency if autonomous cars became ubiquitous. I wouldn't be surprised to see limits increase by 50% all-around and even having them removed in many places.
Whenever I hit the brakes hard I always check the rearview just as I come to a complete stop for inattentive flat-tired idiots skidding out of control behind me. Usually there is one. At that point I'm already putting the car into first gear and looking for a way to get out of the idiot's path.
All phones look pretty much the same these days in case you haven't noticed. A black rectangle with child-safe corners and a screen taking up most of the face. The only way the iPhone ever stands out is the silver edging, and the chrome back before that.
That was literally the first thing I checked for. Rectangular + corners that aren't so sharp they come with warning signs = Apple lawsuit.
Computers can drive better than people right now. Ask any F1 engineer and they'll tell you that the only reason the cars aren't driving autonomously is because a lot of people would stop watching.
If you've ever been on a modern aircraft I have some bad news...
What if the whole wall has a layer of aluminum sheeting inside?