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  1. Re:Safety is Job 1 #ButIDied on Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    i think the answer your looking for here is "insurance". we know that humans are bad at properly assessing risk, but insurance companies aren't. if you can get insurance for our AI driven car (and why not, likely we'll end up in a word where the AI is much safer than mere humans) then it not that much of an issue.

    of course you still need to convince people that they are safe and should be allowed on the roads, but that's what 'security theatre' is for (looking at you airport security mechanisms!)

  2. Re:they're a disaster on Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    fair comment, but surely if we intend to use AI driven cars then other changes need to happen? traffic lights broadcast their state to AI-cars (in fact that could be useful for human drivers too), construction-worker signs have small units attached to them to broadcast information and alternate-route information to the AI driven cars? (yes, yes, "but the hackers!" they'll cry. come-on certainly security is not a new problem for us)

  3. ok so today's AI isn't that great on Programming Safety Into Self-Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    but certainly things will improve over time. to be honest I'm surprised at the negativity in the comments on this article.

    sure AI can't handle all scenarios, and it is worse when only some cars are AI controlled, but I would expect there to be 'partial' implementations first.

    what about motorways that are designed or updated specifically for AI vehicles? for example the AI does "see" the traffic light, it receives a signal from a traffic light controller or some other system.
    what about roads where it is limited to only AI vehicles (then they can all talk to each other and you don't have the human drivers behaving unpredictably)

  4. cool on MIT's Online Education Prototype Opens For Enrollment · · Score: 1

    wow really interesting, i'm gonna check it out.

  5. interesting on Mug-Shot Industry Digs Up Your Past, Charges You To Bury It · · Score: 2

    my favourite part is how they are intentionally trying to piss-off/harass criminals. sure not all of them will be for serious crimes and i assume just because you had a mug shot taken doesn't necessarily mean you were convicted... but still, there's gotta be some nut-jobs in that mix and i'm sure some of them know how to either:

    1) hack stuff or
    2) make bombs

    wait is that a bomb joke? can i be arrested for saying that?

  6. Re:What's not to like? on Hacking Neighbor Pleads Guilty On Death Threats and Porn · · Score: 5, Informative

    when you read TFA, it actually just sounds like he was screwing around and the child porn was more like "this'll get the dude in trouble" rather than "I have a private collection because i'm a pedo".

    Either way, the dude was really stupid and deserves to get jail time for it.

    edit: changed the word "article" to TFA cause that's the way it's done here ;)

  7. transferring Window license? on Generic PCs For Corporate Use? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    be careful transferring windows licenses... they're all OEM licenses and the T&Cs don't allow you to transfer them to another machine (ever). Of course this is based upon my knowledge from a few years ago when i worked in the licensing field, so things might have changed (IANAL)

  8. Re:I know it's silly to ask, but... on Study Finds That "Extreme Gamers" Play 48 Hours a Week · · Score: 1

    It's likely the weekends you're forgetting.

    When my wife is away on the weekend and i've got nothing else to do (read: friends are busy), I could easily do 10-15 hours a day. Then that just leaves 3-4 hours a night during the week.

    Normally, though, it's not that much... and it takes an mmo for me to have that much interest in a game - most other games I'm "finished" in 20 hours and bored.

  9. Re:mosquito zapping thing on Power Beaming For UAVs and Space Elevators · · Score: 1
  10. Re:"VCR Enthusiasts" on Comcast Disables VCR Scheduling In New Guide · · Score: 1

    Had some friends around for dinner the other night, and a couple of them were admiring my old VHS collection... so i dug up the VCR from the cupboard and we watched Gremlins 2 on VHS for "old times sake"...

    hillarious and kinda grainy.

    andolyne

  11. Re:If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? on If ET Calls, Who Speaks For Humanity? · · Score: 1

    I would have said http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran he is, after all, the Supreme Leader :)

    What a great title.

  12. Re:More like WoW-hammer on Warhammer Online Open Beta To Begin September 7th · · Score: 1

    The main differences are: public quests (if you don't know what they are, checkout something like www.warhammeralliance.com) and the game is built for PvP from the ground up (taunt's work on players?! but not like you think)...

    I'm an Elder tester as well, and the game is really good fun. There is currently a population imbalance (in favour of destruction), but we'll see how that works out in the long term.

  13. reasons etc on Fallout 3 Edited Version To Hit Australian Shelves · · Score: 1