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  1. Re:What if I don't want to own a car? on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I think a careful reading will indicate that the sub thread is about, "when accidents happen."

  2. Re:What if I don't want to own a car? on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    And in the of chance you want to go to a place that ain't on the map, yet; well, you can walk?

  3. Re:What if I don't want to own a car? on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Cute, I guess the paying customers on the platform should be greatful they're still alive?

  4. Re:What if I don't want to own a car? on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 0

    Airbus once had fully autonomous aircraft, the test pilot was only there because of regulations. He couldn't affect the aircraft if he wanted to. He was the first person at the crash site. May he rest in peace.

  5. Re:What if I don't want to own a car? on Why Self-Driving Cars Should Never Be Fully Autonomous (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 0

    Well bless your heart. I guess mommy didn't you no one gives crap about you, other than her, of course.

  6. Re:No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm thinking violation of copy writes.

  7. Re:No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't think Halo characters are in Star Trek, along with Pokemon characters either.

  8. Re:No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Harvey Mudd. He certainly got around. Of course there was Deep Space 9, a portal for trading ships to come and go.

  9. Re:No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And yet those characters that personally required a FTL craft could acquire one for their needs, and in a reasonable amount of time. Access to FTL technology would be a matter of choice.

  10. Re:No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    A Halo-Deck could be reasonably employed for a million acre estate.

  11. Re: No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Why turn a trick when dinner is waiting in the Replicator?

  12. Re:No on Can Star Trek's World With No Money Work In Real life? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Is a law enforceable when the unlawful act is ignored?

  13. Hardware? on Marijuana Growers Need Software, Too (Video) · · Score: 1

    Robotics? I don't know what Cheech and Chong would do if they incountered a robot harvesting Pot. But handling that stuff, daily, can't be bad?

  14. Re:A Rover? on Privately Funded Lunar Mission Set a Launch Date For 2017 · · Score: 1

    The hard part of 'bread and circuses' is funding both.
    Maybe we stop exporting food from the U.S. and feed our starving masses. Would WalMart survive?

  15. Re:A Rover? on Privately Funded Lunar Mission Set a Launch Date For 2017 · · Score: 1

    He's to old. Lets send a Chess Master, from India.

  16. Re:Jews In Space! on Privately Funded Lunar Mission Set a Launch Date For 2017 · · Score: 1

    ignoring the irony, "god speed."

  17. Re: Jews In Space! on Privately Funded Lunar Mission Set a Launch Date For 2017 · · Score: 1

    throwing objects into the air is not "technology perfected", but the victims underneath could debate the issue on point.

  18. Re:In Denial on Daimler Tests a Self-Driving Truck On the Autobahn · · Score: 1

    Don't knock it till you've tried it; good times, good times.

  19. Re:But Star Trek! on Mars Mission: How Hard? NASA Astronauts Weigh In · · Score: 1

    m$ Clippy: "I see you're stranded on Mars. Want to get off? I'm here for you."

  20. Re:Death Adders In Space on First of 2 Australian NBN Satellites Launched Successfully · · Score: 1

    Naw, I've still working on me Fosters.

  21. I Have Reservations the Sat's on First of 2 Australian NBN Satellites Launched Successfully · · Score: 1

    I didn't see one Foster's logo anywhere on the launch vehicle. There not Aussie's then. Probably the launch was from Malaysia.

  22. Re:Let's get this out of the way on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    Sounds to me like Yelp hacked China.

  23. Re:Let's get this out of the way on Yelp For People To Launch In November · · Score: 1

    I'm just thinking of the one business, that Yelp went after, that would give discounts to clients that gave them bad reviews. And depending on the cleverness of the bad review, up to a 50% discount.

    Hay Yelp, bite me.

  24. Re:Yep on EFF: DMCA Hinders Exposing More Software Cheats Like Volkswagen's · · Score: 1

    Sounds like you think what VW did is funny, is it?

  25. Re:Yep on EFF: DMCA Hinders Exposing More Software Cheats Like Volkswagen's · · Score: 1

    What does one do when encountering a human preditor? I'm seeing no difference between the engineers of VW, and rattle snakes.