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  1. Re:Corroborating Hieroglyphics? on How the Ancient Egyptians (Should Have) Built the Pyramids · · Score: 1

    Doesn't mean they were formed in place.
    Of course, a new valid theory about them seems to co out every decade, with little followup.

  2. Re:Unintended Consequences on California Passes Law Mandating Smartphone Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    The premise is to makes stolen phone useless; which would nearly stop phone theft.

  3. Re:Unintended Consequences on California Passes Law Mandating Smartphone Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    "The thief will unfairly target older phone model owners."
    what the? dude, the thief is being unfair when he decided to steal a phone. By nature it's unfair. I highly doubt a phone thief will be an economist trying to equally balance the loss across society.

    Setting aside all the incorrect assumptions you've stuffed into there, at worse case it would only be a few years, then phone swill be practically useless to steal.

  4. Re:why? on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    This is a huge change on the road. Just like all other changes, it needs to be put in incrementally so we can manage unintended consequence.

    It's smart planning.

  5. Re:Never gonna work ... on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    " that would confuse the hell out of the computer."
    no it wouldn't. The computer isn't running the computations to calculate if two parallel line eventual cross(they can, btw*). It checks it's mapping software and then tells you their isn't a match.

    *IF they are infinitely long in 3 or 4th dimensional space.

  6. Re:Never gonna work ... on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    You do know some insurance companies are already have ads talking about automated vehicles, right?
    Liability has been dealt with., It is not an issue.
    A) Fails due to improper maintenance? Owner fault.
    B) Drive intentional tries to do something stupid? drivers fault
    C) Defect? manufactures fault
    D) Any of those things done be another vehicles, well that's for their insurance to deal with.

    "I can make up plenty of wacky scenarios which may or may not ever happen, and it probably wouldn't be an exhaustive list of things which could happen "
    as I can with current vehicles.

  7. Re:Star Trek on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Like he gave a damn about the show.

  8. Re:No Steering Wheel In Time on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    last year? 10.8 million reported accidents.

    " Put another way, I'm a 99.95% safe driver."
    No, you are not. No one is. When you, and I, and everyone else drives, there will be long periods where you aren't paying attention. The fact that no accident occurs is a matter of rote and luck.

    Also, 99.95% is COMPLETELY meaningless.
    "days driven vs. accidents, though,"
    Yes, using a stupid useless metric, you appear safe.

  9. Re:CA is mind bottling on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Shouldn't you grow up and realize that not all issues are the same with the same solution?

  10. Re:Backward-thinking by the DMV on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Just like my 3 year old would refuse to go quietly to the dentist.

  11. Re:Backward-thinking by the DMV on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    What are you going to do besides die with you hands on the wheel?

  12. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Does it?
    http://www.sddt.com/files/BARR...

    From an embedded engineering stand point, Toyota code is horrifying.

    The term 'Spaghetti code' should be no where near embedded systems. The throttle angle function was considered 'Unmaintainable'

  13. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    That won't work. You will get into conflicts when every vehicle gives 100% priority to the inside passengers.

  14. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Garp knows what you are talking about!

  15. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    "Space constraints are already an issue, laying down is going to consume far more space ... and ..."
    Hammocks will solve that problem!

  16. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    You DO want to use it when your other systems fail.

  17. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    So embedded systems exerts looking at the code and explaining that a single flipped bit and cause a whole tier of systems to fail sin't good enough because it doesn't fit you bias?

    http://www.sddt.com/files/BARR...

    tl;dr: You're an idiot.

  18. Re:Short term on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    haha, most 16 year old NEVER get better at driving. They just get old and assume they are great drivers, and everyone else doesn't know 'the rules of the road'.

  19. Re:Short term on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    for auto-dimming headlights, your choices are the Audi A4, BMW 3 and 5 Series, Chrysler 300, Dodge Durango, Hyundai Genesis, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Lexus ES sedan and RX SUV, Mercedes-Benz CL and GLK, Toyota Sienna and Volvo S60, to name just some.

  20. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "hen you go on a 2-3 hour drive, maybe to the really boring Illinois highways (just drove north on them, and yea, straight and boring) so you nod off a little or pay less attention mainly because you can,"
    That happens to people now.

  21. Re:Not surprising on California DMV Told Google Cars Still Need Steering Wheels · · Score: 1

    Te problem is mostly solved.
    In a decade after they have been out in the general public, those rules will be relaxed.

    ", Google is going to have to keep a constant, updated by the minute, map of the entire US road system, not just the official roads, but the private roads, the position of every driveway, etc."
    which will be done by having the vehicles talk to each other. Really all that will become trivial.

    "continue legally mandating suburban development and banning urban development,"
    Don't be daft.

  22. Re:Mod parent to infinity on Climate Scientist Pioneer Talks About the Furture of Geoengineering · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It is a big deal. It a huge fucking deal. But morons like you can't understand that, don't understand even the most basic science, and keep talking as if your ignorant opinion should have the same weight as an informed opinion.

    The only people who it isn't a big deal are people who have become bitches of science denial.
    You are no different then the people in Africa denying that Ebola is real.
    Stupid, ignorant, FUD spread prick.

  23. Re:Mod parent to infinity on Climate Scientist Pioneer Talks About the Furture of Geoengineering · · Score: -1, Troll

    Do you have a point? Or are you just too stupid to understand we can only change this system from within the system?

  24. Re:Wrong on How the Ancient Egyptians (Should Have) Built the Pyramids · · Score: 1

    Evidence at this time indicates it wasn't done by slaves.

  25. Re:How did they build the pyramids on How the Ancient Egyptians (Should Have) Built the Pyramids · · Score: 0

    No, there isn't.