Who are these people who "have no sound business plan have no difficulty in raising capital to fund their crazy dreams"? I have awesome dreams, business plans, technical and business abilities, certainly I don't see any rivers of free flowing investment money....
Honestly I see nothing there related to autonomous cars
Except that there is a taxi that can just get there, that the taxi can be trusted to safely deliver the passengers at higher then normal speeds and violate various predetermined traffic laws, that the other cars can already be pre-warned and move aside, that traffic lights can be adjusted to let the car through, etc.
Beautiful in concept, but you must understand that actually implementing such a thing will almost certainly concentrate considerable information and power in the hands of whoever is doing the allocating.
I fear this type of control is already upon us. Not that I like it.
Any good argument has many strong sides, allow me to take one opposing yours.
911: 911 what is your emergency? 10 year old: I think my dad is having a heart attack. 911: How old are you? 10 year old: 10 911: Ok, thanks, we have your address at 123 Flower St. Is that correct? 10 year old: Yea 911: Is your dad's car at home? 10 year old: No it is out with my mom 911: Ok we can route a taxi to your home, it will get there faster then an ambulance, do you think you can help him to the taxi? 10 year old: I think so.. 911: It will be there in 40...30 seconds. Don't hang up your cell, in case you need assistance.
Taxi arrives exactly as predicted by the operator, child is able to help their father get in, the taxi detects that both are safely in the car and speeds off to the hospital automatically, not asking for fare. The 911 operator walks child through basic emergency procedures though the taxi communication system. All other cars yield properly as the taxi is sending out an authorized emergency signal and has lights flashing and horn blaring at a recognized interval. They arrive at the hospital in a minimum amount of time with less risk then waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
I'm sure that isn't exactly how it would go down, but I can certainly see the advantages of autonomous cars, taxis, even ambulances at every step of this.
The point isn't when you are watching the game... It is when you freeze frame on your tivo and want to inspect something.... (just an example) I don't expect people to be watching TV at eye fatigue distances, but I would expect them to hit pause every so often.
My answer is: C is demonstrably false, as I'm about two feet away from the screen I'm using at this very moment. D is demonstrably false, as many sane people buy larger screens.
I suggest you rethink your position replacing distance and size by field of vision. Your previous statement would turn into "an field of vision over n degrees is useless". To which I'd answer "Anything less than my entire FoV is not enough."
I've never understood these people who never get close to their monitor to see more detail. For me it is the most natural thing to want to do instead of "zooming." Just cause I can zoom doesn't mean that sometimes I won't want to actually get closer and look.
This splits nothing. You can go to a funky alphabeted url just as easily as a latin alphabeted url... Just need the link or to use an appropriate keyboard/on screen keyboard. The internet is pretty split along language lines anyway, if you hadn't noticed. (I do notice, cause I speak 3 languages, and am currently in a country that speaks another.)
Eww. That is ugly. I think I'd stick to the original until they learn a little style. Doesn't need built in backward compatibility (except with adaptors), just needs to work, be standard across most of my devices, and be available cheaply from scary 3rd world manufacturers.
And it may only be done for phones intended for orginal sale in Europe (although that is more dependant on sales volume their vs. supply chain cost/impact).
Given that, I'd probably go out of my way to get the european version... Being able to charge anywhere and any time is that important. I'm not constantly re-syncing, but I am constantly re-charging.
Now I'm picturing an AI type system that reads all comments on news sites, blogs etc, and picks out the top 20 reasons why a persons comment *might* be offensive to *someone* and rejects them all offhand with the list of reasons... Then it becomes a game for the developers to make sure no comments can get through the filter. It could be applied to news sites and forums in protest (as if they would ever care to protest in favour of free speech:(
Exactly! Nobody should be forced to be thought police. And who is this that gets to define "offensive"? The person with the weakest skull? Also I can't help but feel that honest opinions absolutely cannot exist without real anonymity, and so real debate on topics would effectively be squashed.
A Man came into a forest, and made a petition to the Trees to provide him a handle for his axe. The Trees consented to his request, and gave him a young ash-tree. No sooner had the man fitted from it a new handle to his axe, than he began to use it, and quickly felled with his strokes the noblest giants of the forest. An old oak, lamenting when too late the destruction of his companions, said to a neighboring cedar: "The first step has lost us all. If we had not given up the rights of the ash, we might yet have retained our own privileges and have stood for ages."
I like this idea... Plaster the walls of all government buildings with framed mirrors with the title "Worst Threat to Freedom".. Unfortunately right now they seem to be taking that as a challenge instead of a chide.
And this is the problem with democracy.. To paraphrase marcello_dl (667940) from above
Representative Democracy: They make promises, we vote, they enter into office. Immediate benefit for them, promise of later benefit for us. Sounds like a classic blueprint for a scam.
In general I don't think it would work to completely separate the network. But you could make it uneconomic for big businesses to have their servers out of country. 1. Make sure you have control of the major inputs and outputs of the network. 2. Monitor and limit bandwidth for major sites (defined in the law) going in and out of the country. 3. Create a permit and pay-scale to allow for big businesses to communicate on large scale outside of the country as needed. (Eg. Twitter, Google, Facebook all need outside input to make their full offering available, but mostly could act within country and save their bandwidth taxes) 4. Being inside the country means they have to follow the local laws or risk punishment.
Slashdot Mirror
Please, somebody, mod this up... It is the only logical explanation for wanting a *copy* and not for them to delete it.
I believe a water landing is referred to "CRASHING INTO THE OCEAN" George Carlin - on airlines and flying RIP
Who are these people who "have no sound business plan have no difficulty in raising capital to fund their crazy dreams"?
I have awesome dreams, business plans, technical and business abilities, certainly I don't see any rivers of free flowing investment money....
(Bet it'd drive the dogs absolutely nuts though.)
Now there's an idea... use the dogs as a signal amplification device......
Honestly I see nothing there related to autonomous cars
Except that there is a taxi that can just get there, that the taxi can be trusted to safely deliver the passengers at higher then normal speeds and violate various predetermined traffic laws, that the other cars can already be pre-warned and move aside, that traffic lights can be adjusted to let the car through, etc.
Beautiful in concept, but you must understand that actually implementing such a thing will almost certainly concentrate considerable information and power in the hands of whoever is doing the allocating.
I fear this type of control is already upon us. Not that I like it.
Any good argument has many strong sides, allow me to take one opposing yours.
How right you are.
911: 911 what is your emergency?
10 year old: I think my dad is having a heart attack.
911: How old are you?
10 year old: 10
911: Ok, thanks, we have your address at 123 Flower St. Is that correct?
10 year old: Yea
911: Is your dad's car at home?
10 year old: No it is out with my mom
911: Ok we can route a taxi to your home, it will get there faster then an ambulance, do you think you can help him to the taxi?
10 year old: I think so..
911: It will be there in 40...30 seconds. Don't hang up your cell, in case you need assistance.
Taxi arrives exactly as predicted by the operator, child is able to help their father get in, the taxi detects that both are safely in the car and speeds off to the hospital automatically, not asking for fare. The 911 operator walks child through basic emergency procedures though the taxi communication system. All other cars yield properly as the taxi is sending out an authorized emergency signal and has lights flashing and horn blaring at a recognized interval. They arrive at the hospital in a minimum amount of time with less risk then waiting for the ambulance to arrive.
I'm sure that isn't exactly how it would go down, but I can certainly see the advantages of autonomous cars, taxis, even ambulances at every step of this.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you! Who would have thought they would bend over backwards to help the spooks? /sarcasm>
The point isn't when you are watching the game... It is when you freeze frame on your tivo and want to inspect something....
(just an example) I don't expect people to be watching TV at eye fatigue distances, but I would expect them to hit pause every so often.
I have last year's top end model of a MacBook Air.... :/
Not sure that would be considered bargain bin...
8K sounds like an opportunity for 3D 4K .....
Someone just has to have the balls to make a decision.
You're implying:
C: 42" is insanely huge.
My answer is:
C is demonstrably false, as I'm about two feet away from the screen I'm using at this very moment.
D is demonstrably false, as many sane people buy larger screens.
I suggest you rethink your position replacing distance and size by field of vision. Your previous statement would turn into "an field of vision over n degrees is useless". To which I'd answer "Anything less than my entire FoV is not enough."
I've never understood these people who never get close to their monitor to see more detail.
For me it is the most natural thing to want to do instead of "zooming."
Just cause I can zoom doesn't mean that sometimes I won't want to actually get closer and look.
And that was a year ago...
Let me put it this way:
Linus Torvalds Advocates For 2560x1600 Standard Laptop Displays
The fact that laptops stagnated ten years ago (and even regressed, in many cases) at around half that in both directions is just sad.
This splits nothing. You can go to a funky alphabeted url just as easily as a latin alphabeted url... Just need the link or to use an appropriate keyboard/on screen keyboard. The internet is pretty split along language lines anyway, if you hadn't noticed. (I do notice, cause I speak 3 languages, and am currently in a country that speaks another.)
Eww. That is ugly. I think I'd stick to the original until they learn a little style. Doesn't need built in backward compatibility (except with adaptors), just needs to work, be standard across most of my devices, and be available cheaply from scary 3rd world manufacturers.
And it may only be done for phones intended for orginal sale in Europe (although that is more dependant on sales volume their vs. supply chain cost/impact).
Given that, I'd probably go out of my way to get the european version... Being able to charge anywhere and any time is that important. I'm not constantly re-syncing, but I am constantly re-charging.
Now I'm picturing an AI type system that reads all comments on news sites, blogs etc, and picks out the top 20 reasons why a persons comment *might* be offensive to *someone* and rejects them all offhand with the list of reasons... Then it becomes a game for the developers to make sure no comments can get through the filter. It could be applied to news sites and forums in protest (as if they would ever care to protest in favour of free speech :(
Exactly!
Nobody should be forced to be thought police.
And who is this that gets to define "offensive"? The person with the weakest skull?
Also I can't help but feel that honest opinions absolutely cannot exist without real anonymity, and so real debate on topics would effectively be squashed.
Ooo Fables! Some of these are pretty topical:
The Trees and the Axe
A Man came into a forest, and made a petition to the Trees to provide him a handle for his axe. The Trees consented to his request, and gave him a young ash-tree. No sooner had the man fitted from it a new handle to his axe, than he began to use it, and quickly felled with his strokes the noblest giants of the forest. An old oak, lamenting when too late the destruction of his companions, said to a neighboring cedar: "The first step has lost us all. If we had not given up the rights of the ash, we might yet have retained our own privileges and have stood for ages."
If there is any hope, it lies in the proles.
As a world traveler who is actively seeing many places, cultures and things let me tell you about my perspective... Nah, I better keep my mouth shut.
Also who trusts FISA again??? The secret court that declares itself legal... I think I did that in the garage when I was 5.
I like this idea... .. Unfortunately right now they seem to be taking that as a challenge instead of a chide.
Plaster the walls of all government buildings with framed mirrors with the title "Worst Threat to Freedom"
And this is the problem with democracy..
To paraphrase marcello_dl (667940) from above
Representative Democracy: They make promises, we vote, they enter into office.
Immediate benefit for them, promise of later benefit for us.
Sounds like a classic blueprint for a scam.
In general I don't think it would work to completely separate the network. But you could make it uneconomic for big businesses to have their servers out of country.
1. Make sure you have control of the major inputs and outputs of the network.
2. Monitor and limit bandwidth for major sites (defined in the law) going in and out of the country.
3. Create a permit and pay-scale to allow for big businesses to communicate on large scale outside of the country as needed. (Eg. Twitter, Google, Facebook all need outside input to make their full offering available, but mostly could act within country and save their bandwidth taxes)
4. Being inside the country means they have to follow the local laws or risk punishment.
Well if you have several videos of you using the fake phone, may we assume there is a dash/driver cam?
Would that be evidence enough?
Holding a block of wood in most places wouldn't qualify as being distracted while driving, esp. with video evidence to the contrary.