For me it's all about "family time" or "not family time". Sadly, the drive to work will always be "not family time" no matter how autonomous my vehicle is.
Ok, well I'm not familiar with Apple devices... Interesting to know. It would be nice to have a place where you could try mobile devices for, say, a week and return them if you aren't happy. Not to say I would get one, since I don't like iTunes.
General internet use will use less battery than streaming music, which is a constant transfer, so now we're down to 10 hours a day. You're going to use your phone for other things as well, so let's be conservative.. 8 hours a day. Now if you listen to music for an 8 hour work day you're going home with a sliver of battery at the end of the day. And this is when the phone is new, two years down the road you're only going to have 70-80% capacity left.
The nice thing about Pandora is that is doesn't stick to 'artist X is in genre Y'. It will take the quality of the music you like and pick that quality from any genre.
I wonder how many people who bought the iPhone 7 even considered the removal of the port. Many of them will find themselves stuck after buying the device and will basically be forced into submission.
Those were all technologies that were in some way vastly superseded in quality or functionality.
To be fair, all my monitors are still VGA, and all my laptops (except for the mac) have VGA and it all works fine. The mac is the one that doesn't work properly for me because I have to use a displayport to VGA converter.
My point is that there is fault for all kinds of reasons. Just because it is a computer AI reason and not a human reason doesn't make it any less at fault.
It would be pretty bold of them to make the claim that they never intended their technology to be used in the way that Tesla used it without being able to prove it.
The problem that no one seems to be addressing is that driverless cars that work properly are going to be *expensive*. There has been driving assistance tech such as adaptive headlights for ten years, and the price doesn't come down. Rather, it just jacks the price of a luxury vehicle up. Unless the government is going to start subsidizing driveler cars for everyone they will never gain the adoption it needs for any kind of statistically relevant safety. It's just the way capitalism works.
I find it really bizarre that Tesla is using the logic that people are imperfect drivers so we need automated driving... and then expect them to be even more perfect in staying diligent at the wheel while there is nothing to do. Yes people are not perfect, so design a system that is foolproof or leave it alone.
The part of the walled garden I don't line is the reliance on iTunes. I don't like iTunes, never did right from its inception. The USB cord from the phone fits fine into my PC so why should I have to use an application to get functionality out of it? Any workaround I have seen that avoids iTunes is clumsy at best. I just don't want any part of that.
I don't recall any differentiation made between necessities and non-necessities. Is fast food a necessity? Because we sure seem to have a lot of selection when it comes to that. On the other hand, Epi-pens must not be a necessity, because only one company seems to sell them and is able to jack the price up to whatever they damn well please.
Isn't it interesting that the whole end result of capitalism was supposed to be about providing consumer choice. How many industries are there now where you get a choice of two, if that.
Are you new to the concept of publicly traded corporations? There is no such thing as making enough money. They have to find new revenue streams every year or else their shareholders bail.
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For me it's all about "family time" or "not family time". Sadly, the drive to work will always be "not family time" no matter how autonomous my vehicle is.
If you have to watch the road then it's not autonomous, it's only an assist.
Ok, well I'm not familiar with Apple devices... Interesting to know. It would be nice to have a place where you could try mobile devices for, say, a week and return them if you aren't happy. Not to say I would get one, since I don't like iTunes.
General internet use will use less battery than streaming music, which is a constant transfer, so now we're down to 10 hours a day. You're going to use your phone for other things as well, so let's be conservative.. 8 hours a day. Now if you listen to music for an 8 hour work day you're going home with a sliver of battery at the end of the day. And this is when the phone is new, two years down the road you're only going to have 70-80% capacity left.
The nice thing about Pandora is that is doesn't stick to 'artist X is in genre Y'. It will take the quality of the music you like and pick that quality from any genre.
The iPhone 7 gets only 14 hours of internet use.. Even if it gets 40 hours just listening to music, no one is going to do that.
How will they ever get cheaper than manual cars? People will prefer manual cars as long as they are cheaper.
I wonder how many people who bought the iPhone 7 even considered the removal of the port. Many of them will find themselves stuck after buying the device and will basically be forced into submission.
Those were all technologies that were in some way vastly superseded in quality or functionality.
To be fair, all my monitors are still VGA, and all my laptops (except for the mac) have VGA and it all works fine. The mac is the one that doesn't work properly for me because I have to use a displayport to VGA converter.
To continue your point, if I bought a $60K vehicle I would certainly be ultra-careful with it.
My point is that there is fault for all kinds of reasons. Just because it is a computer AI reason and not a human reason doesn't make it any less at fault.
Tying the steering wheel with a rope and putting a brick on the gas pedal never got into an accident for any of those reasons either.
It would be pretty bold of them to make the claim that they never intended their technology to be used in the way that Tesla used it without being able to prove it.
The problem that no one seems to be addressing is that driverless cars that work properly are going to be *expensive*. There has been driving assistance tech such as adaptive headlights for ten years, and the price doesn't come down. Rather, it just jacks the price of a luxury vehicle up. Unless the government is going to start subsidizing driveler cars for everyone they will never gain the adoption it needs for any kind of statistically relevant safety. It's just the way capitalism works.
Apparently Elon is still posting as anonymous coward.
People who argue otherwise really, REALLY don't understand human psychology at all.
I find it really bizarre that Tesla is using the logic that people are imperfect drivers so we need automated driving... and then expect them to be even more perfect in staying diligent at the wheel while there is nothing to do. Yes people are not perfect, so design a system that is foolproof or leave it alone.
Has Apple solved the problem of wireless interference? As far as I know, a cable is the only cure for that.
You're allowed to get your money back if the money is still there. In this case the money is all gone.
Except install cyanogen and, oops, there goes your warranty.
The part of the walled garden I don't line is the reliance on iTunes. I don't like iTunes, never did right from its inception. The USB cord from the phone fits fine into my PC so why should I have to use an application to get functionality out of it? Any workaround I have seen that avoids iTunes is clumsy at best. I just don't want any part of that.
I don't recall any differentiation made between necessities and non-necessities. Is fast food a necessity? Because we sure seem to have a lot of selection when it comes to that. On the other hand, Epi-pens must not be a necessity, because only one company seems to sell them and is able to jack the price up to whatever they damn well please.
Isn't it interesting that the whole end result of capitalism was supposed to be about providing consumer choice. How many industries are there now where you get a choice of two, if that.
Are you new to the concept of publicly traded corporations? There is no such thing as making enough money. They have to find new revenue streams every year or else their shareholders bail.
I'd rather be tracked and be able to use my device the way I want than the alternative.