how many near-misses have you had that would have been actual accidents but for the algorithms that react faster than you?
Considering I've been driving since 1976, only got my first ABS-equipped car in 2009, and never had an accident caused by brakes locking, probably none.
According to California officials, there are no laws that would bar Google from testing such models, as long as there's a human behind the wheel who would be responsible should something go wrong.
Exactly what happened here. The car crashed, the human was held responsible. This says nothing about who or what was controlling the car at the time.
I have designed automatic control systems since I graduated from electronics engineering college in 1979. I hate most of the automatic features in cars today, it will never do until we have human-equivalent artificial intelligence.
I have had a few near-misses due to anti-lock brakes caused entirely by algorithms that aren't good enough.
The last one was when the ABS released the brakes because I hit a pothole when I was braking. One wheel locked because it was over a hole and the system came to the conclusion that the car was on a slippery surface. Another near crash I had due to ABS was when I stepped on the brakes just as the pavement dropped down in a ramp. The system apparently interpreted the sudden downwards acceleration as a bigger than normal deceleration and unlocked the brakes.
I won't have a self-driving car until it's capable of doing evaluations like "that teen with the skate board there might swerve left" or "that old lady seems about to cross the street, she might not have seen me" or "that ball rolling across the street was thrown by a kid, he will come running after it".
removing certain bulk & inherently shock-absorbing materials that make a vehicle arguably safer for the occupant(s)
As opposed to removing certain bulk that makes the vehicle heavier and less maneuverable?
Any race car designer will tell you that the way to make a car less susceptible to skidding is by cutting weight. That's why all race car categories have very strict rules about minimum weight,
Perhaps the simplest regulation to reduce accidents would be to require special training for drivers to drive any car above a certain weight limit. I see too many soccer moms driving SUVs that they are clearly not capable of controlling safely.
From what can be seen in that video, it could be either the chimney in a steam ship or a gun turret in a war ship from the first half of the 20th century.
Adding "on the internet" to something turns it from a trivial happening into Slashdot-worthy material. It's the same method companies use to cancel prior art at the USPTO.
It creates a low pressure zone at the bottom, which means there will be wind converging towards it. Maybe it will increase slightly the rain precipitation, which for Arizona would be good.
It makes me laugh when I hear neo-cons say "government isn't the solution, it IS the problem"
To someone lost in the middle of the desert lack of water is a problem. To a drowning person excess of water is a problem. Why is it so hard to understand that most western countries are drowning in a massive excess of government?
It makes me laugh when the same people who believe governmental health care is the solution to all problems complain so hard about TSA pat-downs.
K-T boundary has is dated to (65.5 ± 0.3) Ma, the Cretaceousâ"Tertiary extinction event is dated to 65.5 Ma, so the impact could have been the day the last dinosaurs were alive, it could have been 300,000 years before, 11 years after, or 213,417 years after.
You are assuming both calculations are independent, but they may not be. The asteroid collision threw up a lot of chemicals which characterize well the asteroid collision, among them an abundance of iridium.
You don't need to calculate the date exactly, if a fossil is in this iridium rich layer you can assume it died on the asteroid impact, that is both events happened on the same date even if you don't know exactly which date it was.
The problem when divisions depend on each other like you mention is that innovating becomes very hard to do.
If Microsoft were split in several independent companies they would have to abandon their traditional "embrace and extend" strategy and learn to work together with others in following standards. That would be good for them.
"Embrace and extend" only works when you have an undisputed monopoly, which Microsoft now has only in desktop systems, and nobody knows for how long even that monopoly will last.
I am baffled as to why Slashdot insists on linking to the shittiest, vaguest intermediary sites for any scientific research
I'm baffled as to why so many Slashdotters insist on being fossil fuel industry shills.
It's good to be skeptical, yes, but they should be skeptical of the propaganda spread by those who have an economic interest in denying anthropogenic global warming, instead of being skeptical of properly conducted scientific research. That's the reason why they link to shitty sites.
"...said they were monitoring the situation and there was no danger." Yep, we really heard that a lot lately. I personally find that in Japanese it sounded even better.
People who died as a result of the earthquake/tsunami: 20000 People who died as a result of the nuclear power plant incidents: 0
it would not be illegal to resell the scrap of rock in question. Therefore it is not stolen
Just like if I buy a stolen Porsche at the local chop shop it becomes mine and I can sell it?
It is not a crime to resell something you bought in good faith, but that does not mean it becomes the legal property of the buyer. It still belongs to the original owner and it's up to those who bought it in good faith to try to recover from the thief whatever they paid for it.
Their failures are just a reflection of the failures of the society we've created, where taxes are considered a good thing and imagination is in short supply.
When you think you can solve any problem by raising taxes and spending more there's no need for imagination. As president Eisenhower said, "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex". He said that in 1961, when NASA was less than three years old.
NASA was the result of that malign marriage, the military willing to spend tax money and industry willing to sell stuff to the military. In that context the scientific mission of NASA has always been in the background while the priority has always been either empty propaganda or facilitating military research.
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how many near-misses have you had that would have been actual accidents but for the algorithms that react faster than you?
Considering I've been driving since 1976, only got my first ABS-equipped car in 2009, and never had an accident caused by brakes locking, probably none.
According to California officials, there are no laws that would bar Google from testing such models, as long as there's a human behind the wheel who would be responsible should something go wrong.
Exactly what happened here. The car crashed, the human was held responsible. This says nothing about who or what was controlling the car at the time.
I have designed automatic control systems since I graduated from electronics engineering college in 1979. I hate most of the automatic features in cars today, it will never do until we have human-equivalent artificial intelligence.
I have had a few near-misses due to anti-lock brakes caused entirely by algorithms that aren't good enough.
The last one was when the ABS released the brakes because I hit a pothole when I was braking. One wheel locked because it was over a hole and the system came to the conclusion that the car was on a slippery surface. Another near crash I had due to ABS was when I stepped on the brakes just as the pavement dropped down in a ramp. The system apparently interpreted the sudden downwards acceleration as a bigger than normal deceleration and unlocked the brakes.
I won't have a self-driving car until it's capable of doing evaluations like "that teen with the skate board there might swerve left" or "that old lady seems about to cross the street, she might not have seen me" or "that ball rolling across the street was thrown by a kid, he will come running after it".
removing certain bulk & inherently shock-absorbing materials that make a vehicle arguably safer for the occupant(s)
As opposed to removing certain bulk that makes the vehicle heavier and less maneuverable?
Any race car designer will tell you that the way to make a car less susceptible to skidding is by cutting weight. That's why all race car categories have very strict rules about minimum weight,
Perhaps the simplest regulation to reduce accidents would be to require special training for drivers to drive any car above a certain weight limit. I see too many soccer moms driving SUVs that they are clearly not capable of controlling safely.
If you want to know how much ethanol is in your gasoline all you need is a hydrometer which is a pretty cheap instrument.
Who cares? ALL my customers are on Windows.
Really? Then obviously you have no customers on the internet.
Microsoft systems participation on the internet is at its lowest level since 1997.
From what can be seen in that video, it could be either the chimney in a steam ship or a gun turret in a war ship from the first half of the 20th century.
Adding "on the internet" to something turns it from a trivial happening into Slashdot-worthy material. It's the same method companies use to cancel prior art at the USPTO.
It creates a low pressure zone at the bottom, which means there will be wind converging towards it. Maybe it will increase slightly the rain precipitation, which for Arizona would be good.
Sigh. Now I'm sorry I just spent my 15 mod points. How can Slashdot be so stupid when it comes to anthropocentric global warming?
It makes me laugh when I hear neo-cons say "government isn't the solution, it IS the problem"
To someone lost in the middle of the desert lack of water is a problem. To a drowning person excess of water is a problem. Why is it so hard to understand that most western countries are drowning in a massive excess of government?
It makes me laugh when the same people who believe governmental health care is the solution to all problems complain so hard about TSA pat-downs.
K-T boundary has is dated to (65.5 ± 0.3) Ma, the Cretaceousâ"Tertiary extinction event is dated to 65.5 Ma, so the impact could have been the day the last dinosaurs were alive, it could have been 300,000 years before, 11 years after, or 213,417 years after.
You are assuming both calculations are independent, but they may not be. The asteroid collision threw up a lot of chemicals which characterize well the asteroid collision, among them an abundance of iridium.
You don't need to calculate the date exactly, if a fossil is in this iridium rich layer you can assume it died on the asteroid impact, that is both events happened on the same date even if you don't know exactly which date it was.
In this device, the heatsink spins, so it stays clean, just like a fan would.
fan bldes get dusty too.
You should add, all that snow fell during June and early July!
So, where's that global "warming" when we have snow falling in summer!
Not only that, both Australia and New Zealand have had temperatures below freezing, with heavy snow in some areas these days.
All they need to do is pass a CBT to get a piece a paper and they are considered Security and Systems Engineering experts.
I'm sure I would never agree to pass a Cock and Ball Torture to be considered an expert
It will just mean slimier advertisers will move in.
I doubt they will be paying as much as Ford did.
Why not just pencil in an X next to the candidate's name like they do in other countries?
What could possibly go wrong?
The problem when divisions depend on each other like you mention is that innovating becomes very hard to do.
If Microsoft were split in several independent companies they would have to abandon their traditional "embrace and extend" strategy and learn to work together with others in following standards. That would be good for them.
"Embrace and extend" only works when you have an undisputed monopoly, which Microsoft now has only in desktop systems, and nobody knows for how long even that monopoly will last.
It's not only in orbit that pencils cannot be used. Clean rooms do not allow pencils either. Graphite is dirty and messy.
I am baffled as to why Slashdot insists on linking to the shittiest, vaguest intermediary sites for any scientific research
I'm baffled as to why so many Slashdotters insist on being fossil fuel industry shills.
It's good to be skeptical, yes, but they should be skeptical of the propaganda spread by those who have an economic interest in denying anthropogenic global warming, instead of being skeptical of properly conducted scientific research. That's the reason why they link to shitty sites.
You sir, would have got the "most double entendres in a single post", if only you had logged in instead of postingAC...
So, what you are saying is that nuclear power is harmless because deaths can be prevented? What's the problem then?
How about a car analogy: the only reason why people don't die by the thousands every day is because they take the precaution to stop at red lights.
"...said they were monitoring the situation and there was no danger."
Yep, we really heard that a lot lately.
I personally find that in Japanese it sounded even better.
People who died as a result of the earthquake/tsunami: 20000
People who died as a result of the nuclear power plant incidents: 0
It seems that there really was no danger.
it would not be illegal to resell the scrap of rock in question. Therefore it is not stolen
Just like if I buy a stolen Porsche at the local chop shop it becomes mine and I can sell it?
It is not a crime to resell something you bought in good faith, but that does not mean it becomes the legal property of the buyer. It still belongs to the original owner and it's up to those who bought it in good faith to try to recover from the thief whatever they paid for it.
Let me FTFY:
Their failures are just a reflection of the failures of the society we've created, where taxes are considered a good thing and imagination is in short supply.
When you think you can solve any problem by raising taxes and spending more there's no need for imagination. As president Eisenhower said, "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex". He said that in 1961, when NASA was less than three years old.
NASA was the result of that malign marriage, the military willing to spend tax money and industry willing to sell stuff to the military. In that context the scientific mission of NASA has always been in the background while the priority has always been either empty propaganda or facilitating military research.
I haven't eaten a single iPod Shuffle
Have you ever peed on it?