There is just some fight in Germany about that, because cars are banned from driving in some cities because of these limits.
The problem in Germany is that diesels had an emissions level that was considered safe. But then they decided that the safe emissions level wasn't safe.
So if you bought a "clean" diesel, it suddenly wasn't "clean" any more, and could be banned from driving in certain cities.
Of course, the German auto manufacturers say that is not their problem, the government does not want to help out. So the consumers get left holding the bill. They'll need to pay for an upgrade, which means juicy profits for the auto manufacturers . . . or buy a new gasoline car . . . even more profits for the auto manufacturers.
I would be very unhappy if my car decided it may be unsafe to drive, pull over on its own, and call tow operator.
How about if your car decided that you are too drunk to drive, pulled over, and called the police . . . ?
Hmmm . . . also . . . your Tesla knows exactly where you are driving, and the speed limit on that road. If Tesla built in an on-board printer, it could print out speeding tickets for you.
Thank God the U.S. military and FBI are protecting the most important institution this country has.
FTFS:
encouraging Super Bowl fans to bring their lucky jerseys, face paint and team spirit to the game
I think important American institutions have had enough face paint for this weekend already.
Back on topic, the sheer size of the audience of the Super Bowl makes it an excellent target for terrorism or other publicity stunts. A terrorist attack on a US army base is Afghanistan will pass by relatively unnoticed. If Janet Jackson flashes a nipple, everyone will be talking about it.
If anything happens, the FBI will take a lot of criticism flak for it. That's why they're being extreme here.
A broken down Tesla on the side of the road is bad publicity. It's better to tow it away and out of sight as quickly as possible.
Tesla gets more scrutiny than other car brands. A broken down Ford on the side of the road? Not news: Fix Or Repair Daily. A broken down Tesla on the side of the road? Big news!
Tesla could expand this "E.T. phone home" feature. If the car detects an accident collision, it can call a sleazy lawyer. If there's no more coke on the dashboard, it can call your drug dealer. If there hasn't been anyone matching your sexual preference sitting in the passenger's seat for a while, it can call your "escort agency".
When I see how a lot of folks drive while awake these days . . . I think it would be better for everyone's safety if they would sleep instead, and let the car do the driving.
Now this would be some cool pseudo-AI car technology: The car detects that the driver is driving like crap, and takes over.
"I'm sorry, Dave. You're driving like crap and are going to cause an accident caused by human error. I will take over and drive for you."
Well, executive folks will think that they don't need to pay high rates for good, experienced programmers any more.
A lazy bad programmer with AI-Driven Code-Completion paid at lower rates is just as good as an experienced programmer.
I remember seeing this in the late 80's . . . everyone was raving about CASE: Computer Aided Software Engineering. I remember hearing management folks saying back then that programmers wouldn't be needed any more.
We all know that old phrase that the two largest problems in computer science are cache invalidation... and naming (and off by one errors as the old joke goes).
An even older joke went that the two largest problems in computer science are reading a tape and printing a file.
Everything else is solvable.
Back on topic, I sure hope the developers understand the code snippets the AI plops into their code, before they use them.
I agree. However, I'm afraid that the police, NSA, CIA, DHS and their pals will discover the usefulness of this neat new toy.
Well, at least they might stop water boarding people.
Before you enter the US, we'd like you to put on this funny hat, and ask you a few questions. Don't bother answering; the computer will speak your thoughts for you.
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There is just some fight in Germany about that, because cars are banned from driving in some cities because of these limits.
The problem in Germany is that diesels had an emissions level that was considered safe. But then they decided that the safe emissions level wasn't safe.
So if you bought a "clean" diesel, it suddenly wasn't "clean" any more, and could be banned from driving in certain cities.
Of course, the German auto manufacturers say that is not their problem, the government does not want to help out. So the consumers get left holding the bill. They'll need to pay for an upgrade, which means juicy profits for the auto manufacturers . . . or buy a new gasoline car . . . even more profits for the auto manufacturers.
Why only glass? In Germany I pay a deposit on plastic bottles, as well as glass bottles.
Now the definition between "rich" and "poor" is based on a $349 device?
How to tell the difference between a "rich" kid and a "poor" kid:
A "rich" kid wears a $349 Apple Watch.
A "poor" kid wears a pair of $349 Nikes.
I would be very unhappy if my car decided it may be unsafe to drive, pull over on its own, and call tow operator.
How about if your car decided that you are too drunk to drive, pulled over, and called the police . . . ?
Hmmm . . . also . . . your Tesla knows exactly where you are driving, and the speed limit on that road. If Tesla built in an on-board printer, it could print out speeding tickets for you.
Or just send an SMS to the local or state police.
Thank God the U.S. military and FBI are protecting the most important institution this country has.
FTFS:
encouraging Super Bowl fans to bring their lucky jerseys, face paint and team spirit to the game
I think important American institutions have had enough face paint for this weekend already.
Back on topic, the sheer size of the audience of the Super Bowl makes it an excellent target for terrorism or other publicity stunts. A terrorist attack on a US army base is Afghanistan will pass by relatively unnoticed. If Janet Jackson flashes a nipple, everyone will be talking about it.
If anything happens, the FBI will take a lot of criticism flak for it. That's why they're being extreme here.
Also how often does this really happen.
A broken down Tesla on the side of the road is bad publicity. It's better to tow it away and out of sight as quickly as possible.
Tesla gets more scrutiny than other car brands. A broken down Ford on the side of the road? Not news: Fix Or Repair Daily. A broken down Tesla on the side of the road? Big news!
Tesla could expand this "E.T. phone home" feature. If the car detects an accident collision, it can call a sleazy lawyer. If there's no more coke on the dashboard, it can call your drug dealer. If there hasn't been anyone matching your sexual preference sitting in the passenger's seat for a while, it can call your "escort agency".
When I see how a lot of folks drive while awake these days . . . I think it would be better for everyone's safety if they would sleep instead, and let the car do the driving.
Now this would be some cool pseudo-AI car technology: The car detects that the driver is driving like crap, and takes over.
"I'm sorry, Dave. You're driving like crap and are going to cause an accident caused by human error. I will take over and drive for you."
There's a class of people that are smarter than the US average,
The title says "better educated" . . . not "smarter".
Lots of folks are educated way beyond their intelligence.
If your family is affluent enough to send you to Andover, Exeter or St Paul's . . . you're better educated.
Generate lazy and bad programmers?
Well, executive folks will think that they don't need to pay high rates for good, experienced programmers any more.
A lazy bad programmer with AI-Driven Code-Completion paid at lower rates is just as good as an experienced programmer.
I remember seeing this in the late 80's . . . everyone was raving about CASE: Computer Aided Software Engineering. I remember hearing management folks saying back then that programmers wouldn't be needed any more.
We all know that old phrase that the two largest problems in computer science are cache invalidation... and naming (and off by one errors as the old joke goes).
An even older joke went that the two largest problems in computer science are reading a tape and printing a file.
Everything else is solvable.
Back on topic, I sure hope the developers understand the code snippets the AI plops into their code, before they use them.
Seriously though, this is amazing.
I agree. However, I'm afraid that the police, NSA, CIA, DHS and their pals will discover the usefulness of this neat new toy.
Well, at least they might stop water boarding people.
Before you enter the US, we'd like you to put on this funny hat, and ask you a few questions. Don't bother answering; the computer will speak your thoughts for you.
and the people outside of prison ?
Oh, in some ways, the entire US seems like a prison.
We're all prisoners now.
Or, at least that's the way we're sometimes treated.
Patent-count is not a measure of leadership.
Well, IBM AI did defeat the world chess champion, Gary Kasparov. And it defeated all humans at Jeopardy, as well.
I dunno if the Chinese play Jeopardy, but maybe we could have a match of IBM AI vs. Chinese AI for the World Championship . . . ?
Does Watson speak Chinese . . . ?
On the other hand, I seem to remember some new a while back that IBM Watson AI Health wasn't doing so well.
Maybe patents != products . . . ?
is the U.N. spending our money figuring stuff like this out?
When we replace the entire U.N. with AI, it won't do stuff like that any more.
Students survived for decades without phones in class...
Yes, they survived, but all those students always "felt loneliness, anxiety, or upset", because the cellphone hadn't been invented yet.
Your kids don't need child psychiatrists . . . all they need is a cellphone.
So I guess that teen drug use must be way down, now that they have cellphones to get high on.
....to own a dog instead of a cat.
Or maybe we should just move on to apes as pets?
Nothing could go wrong there . . .
... this explains why cats are taking over teh world.
I've always suspected that they were up to something sinister, when one said, "Sieg Miaow!" to me:
http://www.catsthatlooklikehit...
It fits with their new motto:
"Do the white thing."
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If they'll do that, it will be for billions.
One million billion cellphones!
I have never seen these things.
Hah! But they have seen you! You just didn't notice.
Stealthy Glassholes!
Perhaps you should write to your Congressman about funding NASA to fulfill your fantasies.
Congress Critters will happily support funding for fantasies . . . as long as it results in government spending in their state.
Unfortunately, asteroids and Mars don't have any representatives in Congress. Thus, no NASA funding for mining asteroids or building Mars colonies.
Back on topic, didn't Musk land a Tesla on Mars? Maybe he could program that to look for the Rover?
...with 20 employees on 1000 screws a day? Wouldn't that bring in like maybe $10 total daily?
These are iScrews.
I wonder if the imported screws have tariffs slapped on them. That would be hilariously ironic.
You call them Neanderthals.
I call them my relatives.
Oh, they're probably shutting it down because they cannot collect with it.
Collecting any user data is the sole incentive behind anything that Facebook offers.