But those are at entrances and exits to parking lots--pretty much the same setup as for toll roads/bridges. But having a system of sensors on every street to monitor when a car was parked -- and not just stopped, or driving by -- would be much more complicated and probably too expensive.
In some cities (I know Toronto is like this), they've done away with fixed parking spaces in areas that have this kind of centralized meter. So if three Smart Cars in a row take up what would have been two regular spaces, more power to them (and more revenue to the city, and more parking for everyone else). But that does mean you need to bring the receipt back to put on your dash.
And if that were to be implemented (along with the required centralized database of all vehicles in North America) this thread would be about how Big Brother is tracking everyone's car.
Cloud computing is real, and some of the biggest computers in the world are devoted to it. Climate modeling is a very difficult problem and we still don't have it nearly right.
Theoretically, in that case, you'd be protected by entrapment laws, the fifth amendment, and due process.
Uhhh....No. This is no different from a wiretap (assuming a judge authorized it, of course). It has nothing to do with entrapment or the fifth amendment, any more than an FBI bug on a phone line does. As for due process, see the part about a judge issuing a warrant. The fact that you thought it was perfectly safe don't enter into it.
Really, they should be -encouraging- the use of cell phones because that is how the real world is. It is pointless to have more "get a sheet of questions and answer them" because the real world isn't like that.
You really think that texting during class sets a good example that translates well into the "real world"? When those students are texting during a job interview they will learn that it was a bad habit.
Why not use the best kind of AI--people? Stick cameras and mikes all over the outside of the car, give it a speedy 5G connection and good GPS, and have someone sitting in a car simulator in India do the driving?
Also, what if a sighted person wanted to take a blind person to a drive-up ATM, with the blind person in the driver's-side rear seat?
What we REALLY need are braille street signs.
From an evil hacker point of view, aren't PC botnets much more useful to control than mobile phones (which will have less power, less bandwidth, less memory and be connected to the net less often)?
I agree it's a vulnerability that clearly needs to be patched quickly, but who would bother exploiting it on a large scale (knowing it will probably get patched soon anyway)?
Watch their browsers as they pay with credit cards?
They might blow it. That's why some here have suggested using a Chinook. I won't regale you with the reasons. The question is, what's the best time to move one of these suckers? Definitely neither Christmas nor'Easter.
It amazes me that this concept has failed to reach the USA, although it is a lot more difficult to store "cool" than it is to store heat, so perhaps the possible gains are smaller across much of the USA.
The problem isn't with household usage patterns but with the fact that the utilities generally don't have a time-tiered pricing system. My electricity meter is of the old-fashioned dumb sort, as is most people's, so there's no incentive to use power at off-peak times. That's changing, but slowly. If smart meters were ubiquitous, I think people would respond (and there are many places in the US that need more heating than the UK!).
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But those are at entrances and exits to parking lots--pretty much the same setup as for toll roads/bridges. But having a system of sensors on every street to monitor when a car was parked -- and not just stopped, or driving by -- would be much more complicated and probably too expensive.
Yes, but that omg-terrible-trouble can be resolved by an ounce of Preparedness:
I tried that, and they wouldn't give me any money. They threatened to call the police unless I left. Your plan will never work.
It is to the people who don't get killed because someone didn't speed.
In some cities (I know Toronto is like this), they've done away with fixed parking spaces in areas that have this kind of centralized meter. So if three Smart Cars in a row take up what would have been two regular spaces, more power to them (and more revenue to the city, and more parking for everyone else). But that does mean you need to bring the receipt back to put on your dash.
Driving to work is for chumps.
Them, and people who are stuck living far from work in places with no public transit.
And if that were to be implemented (along with the required centralized database of all vehicles in North America) this thread would be about how Big Brother is tracking everyone's car.
Douglas Adams was the guy who introduced me to the pleasure of laughing.
My endocrinologist performed that function for me. Turned out I had an inflamed spleen, and once that was treated it no longer hurt to laugh.
Also, it kills me that the rocket that took the LRO up there goes faster than my car.
Point is, it would help to read the post you're replying to (and possibly calibrate your sarcasm meter).
Actually a triumvirate of bloat with four members would be quite apt.
Cloud computing is real, and some of the biggest computers in the world are devoted to it. Climate modeling is a very difficult problem and we still don't have it nearly right.
Theoretically, in that case, you'd be protected by entrapment laws, the fifth amendment, and due process.
Uhhh....No. This is no different from a wiretap (assuming a judge authorized it, of course). It has nothing to do with entrapment or the fifth amendment, any more than an FBI bug on a phone line does. As for due process, see the part about a judge issuing a warrant. The fact that you thought it was perfectly safe don't enter into it.
Really, they should be -encouraging- the use of cell phones because that is how the real world is. It is pointless to have more "get a sheet of questions and answer them" because the real world isn't like that.
You really think that texting during class sets a good example that translates well into the "real world"? When those students are texting during a job interview they will learn that it was a bad habit.
You didn't have school shootings? Depending on the definition, you would have to have been in school before 1891: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school-related_attacks
Why not use the best kind of AI--people? Stick cameras and mikes all over the outside of the car, give it a speedy 5G connection and good GPS, and have someone sitting in a car simulator in India do the driving?
Also, what if a sighted person wanted to take a blind person to a drive-up ATM, with the blind person in the driver's-side rear seat? What we REALLY need are braille street signs.
From an evil hacker point of view, aren't PC botnets much more useful to control than mobile phones (which will have less power, less bandwidth, less memory and be connected to the net less often)?
I agree it's a vulnerability that clearly needs to be patched quickly, but who would bother exploiting it on a large scale (knowing it will probably get patched soon anyway)?
Watch their browsers as they pay with credit cards?
With Google, you can search for "define:$word", which looks in dictionaries. Not perfect but for this kind of task it's helpful.
For you, I would recommend tossing it all in the trash.
When I was a teenager a few times I drove ...
Fuck this windmill story I want to know what you're taking so I can be a teenager a few times too!
They might blow it. That's why some here have suggested using a Chinook. I won't regale you with the reasons. The question is, what's the best time to move one of these suckers? Definitely neither Christmas nor'Easter.
Peace causes war. History proves it.
What about cough drops?
It amazes me that this concept has failed to reach the USA, although it is a lot more difficult to store "cool" than it is to store heat, so perhaps the possible gains are smaller across much of the USA.
The problem isn't with household usage patterns but with the fact that the utilities generally don't have a time-tiered pricing system. My electricity meter is of the old-fashioned dumb sort, as is most people's, so there's no incentive to use power at off-peak times. That's changing, but slowly. If smart meters were ubiquitous, I think people would respond (and there are many places in the US that need more heating than the UK!).
Or more precisely, the differential PLUS the cost of the storage system (which includes buying more land, having more staff, more insurance, etc.).