OK, then, a heavy dusting. Maybe a foot or two. The point, which you obviously missed for reasons I won't speculate on, is this - an automated car with no manual takeover method shutting down due to adverse weather conditions would be, contrary to your original assertion, a huge fucking problem for 99.99% of people who use them.
Seems like a self driving car would have no problem with snow...So in the worst case the car just refuses to move, and you can choose to take over manually.
... Except the Waymo cars being discussed here don't have a manual takeover option.
So then you're stranded, because the light dusting of snow (you could have easily dealt with) just crippled your only transportation.
^ That's split among about 250 million drivers, BTW.
So, 250,000,000 people traveling over 8,800,000,000 miles, and 102 die during the process. Doesn't seem all that onerous once you plug in all the figures.
For me, it's less about trusting the equipment, and more an issue of not trusting the people who own, produce, control, and regulate said equipment. We're already moving towards a society that believes certain forms of speech are equal to physical violence, is it really a stretch of the imagination to believe that a 'self-driving car' may, someday, become an effective method of weeding out dissent, whether by intentional equipment "malfunctions," or redirecting their route to the nearest re-education camp?
I don't trust capitalists... but I trust governments even less.
Petition, please. Some parents may WANT to expose their children to this type of technology and you don't have the right to tell them not to.
Conversely, though, Mattel is under no obligation to sell said technology. While I agree that it seems idiotic to kowtow to 0.004902 percent of the population, as a private corporation, Mattel has final say on what products they offer.
Can I just say, I LOVE how hard-working, intelligent Asians are the new "white guys" in America, at least when it comes to legalized racial discrimination. Hooray, progress!
So, what do you think municipalities will do when they realize that by allowing driverless cars, they've effectively slashed their revenues to the bone?
In the (alleged) words of George Westinghouse, "where will we put the meter?"
Lots of great ideas have died horrible deaths by being suffocated by red tape.
My thought as well - as a life-long Missourian, I can't see any purpose in this boondoggle, other than showing off. A loop from KC to Springfield would be more useful.
Meanwhile, our fine state legislators are discussing ways to increase revenues by creating crimes where none currently exist.
You probably think Ulysses S. Grant was a great general and decent human being, don't you?
He wasn't; in fact, Grant was a terrible person who flat out refused to free his personal slaves until years after the Civil War ended. Conversely, the 'rebel scum' Robert E. Lee voluntarily freed his slaves before the war's end, and in fact was an outspoken opponent of owning humans.
But most people don't know those facts, because it's not in the history books they teach from.
That's how history is re-written - by sins of omission.
If you live somewhere with a "tyrannical government" just how likely are you to be shopping for bomb making materials on Amazon? Even if you could put in the order, do you really think you'd ever get your shipment delivered? I mean, it's not the 5 gallon pail that's the active ingredient here.
Excellent point.
Let me say it again: if you are shopping on Amazon for bomb parts and you reasonably believe your shipment will be delivered, you are a terrorist. At least in the minds of almost everyone else living around you.
Less excellent, smacks of thoughtcrime.
FWIW, "bomb parts" is an incredibly vague term that can be used to describe lots of non-criminal items and activities.
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OK, then, a heavy dusting. Maybe a foot or two. The point, which you obviously missed for reasons I won't speculate on, is this - an automated car with no manual takeover method shutting down due to adverse weather conditions would be, contrary to your original assertion, a huge fucking problem for 99.99% of people who use them.
Well thank goodness nobody ever figured out how to spoof or hack a radio transponder...
Seems like a self driving car would have no problem with snow...So in the worst case the car just refuses to move, and you can choose to take over manually.
... Except the Waymo cars being discussed here don't have a manual takeover option.
So then you're stranded, because the light dusting of snow (you could have easily dealt with) just crippled your only transportation.
That seems like a massive problem to me.
^
That's split among about 250 million drivers, BTW.
So, 250,000,000 people traveling over 8,800,000,000 miles, and 102 die during the process. Doesn't seem all that onerous once you plug in all the figures.
Considering that Americans drive over 8.8 billion miles a day, I find it not that impressive at all.
For me, it's less about trusting the equipment, and more an issue of not trusting the people who own, produce, control, and regulate said equipment. We're already moving towards a society that believes certain forms of speech are equal to physical violence, is it really a stretch of the imagination to believe that a 'self-driving car' may, someday, become an effective method of weeding out dissent, whether by intentional equipment "malfunctions," or redirecting their route to the nearest re-education camp?
I don't trust capitalists... but I trust governments even less.
Ah, I meant to say "56% didn't vote for D or R," as that's roughly the percentage who either A) didn't vote, or B) voted third party.
Devil's in the details, eh HeckRuler?
56% of eligible US voters didn't vote in the last Presidential election.
And I really don't think the current Republican Congress is interested in adding some safe Democratic seats to Congress.
I take it you've never been to PR?
I was there a little over 2 years ago, and the island is covered in rich white dudes and resorts... owned by rich white dudes.
Wouldn't take much gerrymandering to get a few die-hard Republican seats set up.
Petition, please. Some parents may WANT to expose their children to this type of technology and you don't have the right to tell them not to.
Conversely, though, Mattel is under no obligation to sell said technology. While I agree that it seems idiotic to kowtow to 0.004902 percent of the population, as a private corporation, Mattel has final say on what products they offer.
Maybe it's time to create your own AI babysitter.
Preferably with blackjack, and hookers.
...it's what I get for waiting to sign up until long after I started visiting and stopped pouring hot grits down my...
I am Natalie Portman, you insensitive clod!
Can I just say, I LOVE how hard-working, intelligent Asians are the new "white guys" in America, at least when it comes to legalized racial discrimination. Hooray, progress!
unanimously approved a bill to speed self-driving cars to market without human controls and bar states from imposing regulatory road blocks.
So, defacto unconstitutional, then.
The federal government has no authority to bar states from passing laws for items not specifically named in the Constitution.
you mean, no way for users to break the machine???
Must be a sysadmin's wet dream!
.. Since when is Valve involved in cryptocurrency and social networking?
In a useful and effective way, that is. Most people's "Community" page is as blank as my own.
So, what do you think municipalities will do when they realize that by allowing driverless cars, they've effectively slashed their revenues to the bone?
In the (alleged) words of George Westinghouse, "where will we put the meter?"
Lots of great ideas have died horrible deaths by being suffocated by red tape.
My thought as well - as a life-long Missourian, I can't see any purpose in this boondoggle, other than showing off. A loop from KC to Springfield would be more useful.
Meanwhile, our fine state legislators are discussing ways to increase revenues by creating crimes where none currently exist.
Current trip: 40 minutes by car.
Driving your Veyron down the private boulevard, are you? lol
If a guy gets caught committing a terrorist act, then the punishment should be commensurate with the crime.
Advocating for the trumping-up of charges is always a bad idea.
You probably think Ulysses S. Grant was a great general and decent human being, don't you?
He wasn't; in fact, Grant was a terrible person who flat out refused to free his personal slaves until years after the Civil War ended. Conversely, the 'rebel scum' Robert E. Lee voluntarily freed his slaves before the war's end, and in fact was an outspoken opponent of owning humans.
But most people don't know those facts, because it's not in the history books they teach from.
That's how history is re-written - by sins of omission.
That's still not banning it though. Banning it suggests that ownership is illegal, that it is not allowed to be sold at all or imported.
Nobody likes a pedant, you know.
Zoo animals know better than to shit where they eat.
These guys could learn a lesson or two from the monkey cage.
I do have a little compassion.
Just not enough to agree with curtailing civil liberties to protect feelings.
If you live somewhere with a "tyrannical government" just how likely are you to be shopping for bomb making materials on Amazon? Even if you could put in the order, do you really think you'd ever get your shipment delivered? I mean, it's not the 5 gallon pail that's the active ingredient here.
Excellent point.
Let me say it again: if you are shopping on Amazon for bomb parts and you reasonably believe your shipment will be delivered, you are a terrorist. At least in the minds of almost everyone else living around you.
Less excellent, smacks of thoughtcrime.
FWIW, "bomb parts" is an incredibly vague term that can be used to describe lots of non-criminal items and activities.
TL;DR version: First-wave dotcommer who got rich IPO-ing a site before the bubble burst