Perhaps people would just learn to be on time more often.
Personally I don't care if somebody is late, I don't want taxi's performing dangerous and/or illegal maneuvers. Also, when you hold up a bus or train, you could be making more than one person late.
In my experience, there can be many reasons for being late. Sometimes it's the passenger's not calling in time, sometimes it's traffic, the cabbie had trouble locating the address, and sometimes the cab company gets so busy that the cab's late. For whatever the reason, lateness happens. I personally do my best to make use of the GPS's ETA function. By going faster than the posted limits you can shave off some minutes, but I know my limitations (been driving for over 40 years), and the safety of my passengers and everyone on the roads (pedestrians, bicyclists, even squirrels and deer) take precedence over making it on time. Sometimes the mass transit is running late anyways, but you try to do the best you can.
An example: The train you're on is running 30 minutes late, and you need a cab to get you to the day's last ferry, or you will have to wait until morning. That's when you'll really appreciate what a skilled cabdriver can do for you. Not to mention a human driver can avoid potholes, at least until the Google Hover Taxi comes along...;^)
Once all the cars are autonomous, and networked there won't be traffic jams.
What's a realistic time frame for that? 20 or 30 years? There'll always be a need to be human driven cars and trucks. Phase them out completely? I don't see it happening in our lifetime.
Some people might be dressed nicely for a night on the town and don't wish to risk spilling gas on themselves. I tip everbody who has a low paying job if they go the extra mile for me.
Probably huge, but cabs are too expensive these days for anyone to care. Cutting labor costs will bring down the fare by a fair bit. Self-service gas stations used to be extremely rare too, but screw tipping some guy for something mundane like pumping gas or driving a car.
Nice attitude toward your fellow human supplying a needed service to you. Do you stiff your waiter/waitress too?
(Replying to self) Many times a taxi customer needs to make a train/bus, will a GoogleTaxi know that? I have a perfect record getting people to the stations, sometimes needing to cut off a departing bus, or running up to a train to keep the doors from closing. An autonomous cab cannot do that (yet?).
Add to this that taxi drivers are generally disliked by other motorists (Along with cyclists, buses, semi trucks, and white work vans), and you have a further reason why they will be ignored.
That depends on your locality. I now happen to be driving a cab on the east end of Long Island NY, for a well liked family owned company here. We take excellent care of our customers here, safety of our fares is paramount, the cars are clean and well maintained, and all our drivers are quality men and women. To get a "hack license" here you must be fingerprinted, then the prints are checked by the local police for any felony arrests, and a doctor must sign off that you are physically fit to drive a taxi.
You post is based on assumptions you hold about her, you really don't know the woman, or her true ideals. How about we have a wait and see approach before condemning the young lady, hmm...
Neither do you, but you're more than willing to state that "she seems to be an intelligent young woman." What's so different about your assumptions?
Well, in the limited video clips I've seen of her, she is well spoken, poised, and speaks intelligently. Just out of college, so she's no imbecile, though I don't know what her gpa is. Just what makes anyone posting here cutting her down such rocket scientists and so-o-o much better? Hopefully she'll have more empathy for people than some of the morons who post their vitriol on/. .
She also comes from two intelligent parents who raised and schooled her well. I'll be interested in see where this young woman's life goes.
She seems to me to be an intelligent young woman who is, yes, born and raised in a background most people don't get to experience. This doesn't necessarily mean that she isn't and won't a force for good in her lifetime. You post is based on assumptions you hold about her, you really don't know the woman, or her true ideals. How about we have a wait and see approach before condemning the young lady, hmm...
I was bullied as a kid, and as a young man. You know what I did? When I was mad enough at the injustice I saw I stood up to those bullies, as any young man (or young woman) should. Over time, I matured and learned that sometimes being a man means walking away from a fight. Fighting comes easily to us humans, it's easy to throw a punch (or to pull a trigger, for that matter). A true man or woman must do the hard thing in life sometimes, and sometimes the hard thing for us to do means walking away from a needless fight, especially when we really want to answer back with violence.
Not every battle is that important that it needs to be 'won'. And this overly indulged young male (he does not rate the use of the term 'Man', Imo) allowed his anger to grow and fester within him. He did not even try to consider that other people have the same right to life as he does, he just let his anger take control over his actions. In other words, he did the 'easy' thing. What a waste...
Now laws like this need to be adopted by every country in this world, for the benefit of anyone, male or female.
Allowing withdrawal of consent after-the-fact has a hell of a lot of pretty damned scary implications that go way, way beyond shutting down "revenge porn" sites.
Personally, I would consider allowing someone to take pics of me during sex as more serious, due to its permanence, than the sex itself; so what happens when someone decides to withdraw consent for the actual sex (outside Sweden, of course, which already sets a precedent for rape-after-the-fact, and it has left them with the single most castrated male population on the planet)?
Not a good precedent. Attack the actual problem, don't create a tar-pit of a legal loophole to avoid directly addressing the problem. Hell, that same idea applies to most of the BS "X when done on a computer" crimes we so often rail against here on Slashdot. Why does the same thing get a pass when talking about "when done nude"?
We are now still in the process of coming to grips with the implications of world wide distribution of an individual's rights to their personal photographs and information in a wide range of countries. One country may not legally provide protection to someone who is over that country's age of consent, while it would be criminal in another country. Since this "relatively new" internet is global, it seems to me that we are at the crossroads of a new set of standards for many situations we're facing as a planet-wide population. A 'Global Internet Law', if you will, with equitable protection for all humans. Perhaps eventually, a Global Government with equal laws to protect all the Earth's inhabitants. Not a small undertaking to be sure, and not one that will be accepted readily by all cultures in a near time frame. Eventually this must come to be in order for us to progress to the next, higher level as a maturing species. To not protect the presently disadvantaged among us is akin to (apologize for the Godwin here) what the Nazis wanted, to deny the rights of the less fortunate, oppressed voiceless people of society. And if don't continue taking these positive steps toward a future of equal rights for all, imo, the societies of our future will be grim indeed.
Scott Helvenston joined the US Navy at 16 and was a Seal at 17.
Not every minor is coddled and hiding in a basement.
Conversely, not every person's brain is "fully cooked" at a certain, definite age. 14? 16? 18?? 25??? At what age would be someone be considered as an adult? It's all subjective to that individuals personal mental and emotional growth at their given age. Just because someone fought in a war at age 14 does not mean that they are emotionally stable enough to correctly understand. the implications of any sexual situations that they might find they might find themselves in.
Now laws like this need to be adopted by every country in this world, for the benefit of anyone, male or female. Thes "revenge against my ex" sites should be shut down, sued into oblivion, and anyone found guilty of posting comprising photos of an ex-partner should also be found culpable for monetary damages.
This 'Brave New Internet World' of ours should not mean you have the right to post photos (or any bullying derogatory libalous commentary) of another human being without risk of being subject to criminal and monetary prosecution.
I personally find this internet trend of 'revenge porn' to be abhorrent to the sensibilities of anybody who has even a modicum of morality. This needs to be stopped now in order to protect the lives of innocent people who gave their trust to their one time mates. For anyone who takes advantage of someone's trust in this way, how do you face the person in your mirror every morning and like and respect that person?!?!?!
So when can we expect these autonomous vehicles to be fully deployed on our (U.S.) roads? 5 years? 10? Will they be able to cross over into other countries?
Also, would the 'driver'/'passenger' have the ability to regain control at any given time, even if they are not legally licensed to drive?
... They should also be required to understand and comply with hand signals and verbal commands given by police officers and construction workers. They should be required to understand gestures from pedestrians.
Good point. LEO's will need some form of wireless killswitch, or control mechanism on them at all times. Which capability will of course get abused by sociopathic hackers.
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I remember reading an old Omni magazine article about influencing your dreams. For instance, to have a flying dream, as you're drifting off to sleep repeat to yourself, "Tonight I'm going to fly." I tried it then, and after a few nights of this, I was flying in dreams like Superman.
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Perhaps people would just learn to be on time more often.
Personally I don't care if somebody is late, I don't want taxi's performing dangerous and/or illegal maneuvers. Also, when you hold up a bus or train, you could be making more than one person late.
In my experience, there can be many reasons for being late. Sometimes it's the passenger's not calling in time, sometimes it's traffic, the cabbie had trouble locating the address, and sometimes the cab company gets so busy that the cab's late. For whatever the reason, lateness happens. I personally do my best to make use of the GPS's ETA function. By going faster than the posted limits you can shave off some minutes, but I know my limitations (been driving for over 40 years), and the safety of my passengers and everyone on the roads (pedestrians, bicyclists, even squirrels and deer) take precedence over making it on time. Sometimes the mass transit is running late anyways, but you try to do the best you can.
An example: The train you're on is running 30 minutes late, and you need a cab to get you to the day's last ferry, or you will have to wait until morning. That's when you'll really appreciate what a skilled cabdriver can do for you. Not to mention a human driver can avoid potholes, at least until the Google Hover Taxi comes along... ;^)
Once all the cars are autonomous, and networked there won't be traffic jams.
What's a realistic time frame for that? 20 or 30 years? There'll always be a need to be human driven cars and trucks. Phase them out completely? I don't see it happening in our lifetime.
Some people might be dressed nicely for a night on the town and don't wish to risk spilling gas on themselves. I tip everbody who has a low paying job if they go the extra mile for me.
Probably huge, but cabs are too expensive these days for anyone to care. Cutting labor costs will bring down the fare by a fair bit. Self-service gas stations used to be extremely rare too, but screw tipping some guy for something mundane like pumping gas or driving a car.
Nice attitude toward your fellow human supplying a needed service to you. Do you stiff your waiter/waitress too?
(Replying to self) Many times a taxi customer needs to make a train/bus, will a GoogleTaxi know that? I have a perfect record getting people to the stations, sometimes needing to cut off a departing bus, or running up to a train to keep the doors from closing. An autonomous cab cannot do that (yet?).
Add to this that taxi drivers are generally disliked by other motorists (Along with cyclists, buses, semi trucks, and white work vans), and you have a further reason why they will be ignored.
That depends on your locality. I now happen to be driving a cab on the east end of Long Island NY, for a well liked family owned company here. We take excellent care of our customers here, safety of our fares is paramount, the cars are clean and well maintained, and all our drivers are quality men and women. To get a "hack license" here you must be fingerprinted, then the prints are checked by the local police for any felony arrests, and a doctor must sign off that you are physically fit to drive a taxi.
You post is based on assumptions you hold about her, you really don't know the woman, or her true ideals. How about we have a wait and see approach before condemning the young lady, hmm...
Neither do you, but you're more than willing to state that "she seems to be an intelligent young woman." What's so different about your assumptions?
Well, in the limited video clips I've seen of her, she is well spoken, poised, and speaks intelligently. Just out of college, so she's no imbecile, though I don't know what her gpa is. Just what makes anyone posting here cutting her down such rocket scientists and so-o-o much better? Hopefully she'll have more empathy for people than some of the morons who post their vitriol on /. .
She also comes from two intelligent parents who raised and schooled her well. I'll be interested in see where this young woman's life goes.
She seems to me to be an intelligent young woman who is, yes, born and raised in a background most people don't get to experience. This doesn't necessarily mean that she isn't and won't a force for good in her lifetime. You post is based on assumptions you hold about her, you really don't know the woman, or her true ideals. How about we have a wait and see approach before condemning the young lady, hmm...
Not every battle is that important that it needs to be 'won'. And this overly indulged young male (he does not rate the use of the term 'Man', Imo) allowed his anger to grow and fester within him. He did not even try to consider that other people have the same right to life as he does, he just let his anger take control over his actions. In other words, he did the 'easy' thing. What a waste...
Now laws like this need to be adopted by every country in this world, for the benefit of anyone, male or female. Allowing withdrawal of consent after-the-fact has a hell of a lot of pretty damned scary implications that go way, way beyond shutting down "revenge porn" sites. Personally, I would consider allowing someone to take pics of me during sex as more serious, due to its permanence, than the sex itself; so what happens when someone decides to withdraw consent for the actual sex (outside Sweden, of course, which already sets a precedent for rape-after-the-fact, and it has left them with the single most castrated male population on the planet)? Not a good precedent. Attack the actual problem, don't create a tar-pit of a legal loophole to avoid directly addressing the problem. Hell, that same idea applies to most of the BS "X when done on a computer" crimes we so often rail against here on Slashdot. Why does the same thing get a pass when talking about "when done nude"?
We are now still in the process of coming to grips with the implications of world wide distribution of an individual's rights to their personal photographs and information in a wide range of countries. One country may not legally provide protection to someone who is over that country's age of consent, while it would be criminal in another country. Since this "relatively new" internet is global, it seems to me that we are at the crossroads of a new set of standards for many situations we're facing as a planet-wide population. A 'Global Internet Law', if you will, with equitable protection for all humans. Perhaps eventually, a Global Government with equal laws to protect all the Earth's inhabitants. Not a small undertaking to be sure, and not one that will be accepted readily by all cultures in a near time frame. Eventually this must come to be in order for us to progress to the next, higher level as a maturing species. To not protect the presently disadvantaged among us is akin to (apologize for the Godwin here) what the Nazis wanted, to deny the rights of the less fortunate, oppressed voiceless people of society. And if don't continue taking these positive steps toward a future of equal rights for all, imo, the societies of our future will be grim indeed.
Scott Helvenston joined the US Navy at 16 and was a Seal at 17.
Not every minor is coddled and hiding in a basement.
Conversely, not every person's brain is "fully cooked" at a certain, definite age. 14? 16? 18?? 25??? At what age would be someone be considered as an adult? It's all subjective to that individuals personal mental and emotional growth at their given age. Just because someone fought in a war at age 14 does not mean that they are emotionally stable enough to correctly understand. the implications of any sexual situations that they might find they might find themselves in.
This 'Brave New Internet World' of ours should not mean you have the right to post photos (or any bullying derogatory libalous commentary) of another human being without risk of being subject to criminal and monetary prosecution.
I personally find this internet trend of 'revenge porn' to be abhorrent to the sensibilities of anybody who has even a modicum of morality. This needs to be stopped now in order to protect the lives of innocent people who gave their trust to their one time mates. For anyone who takes advantage of someone's trust in this way, how do you face the person in your mirror every morning and like and respect that person?!?!?!
Full Carlin quote here... http://www.goodreads.com/quote...
Also, would the 'driver'/'passenger' have the ability to regain control at any given time, even if they are not legally licensed to drive?
- George Carlin
... They should also be required to understand and comply with hand signals and verbal commands given by police officers and construction workers. They should be required to understand gestures from pedestrians.
Good point. LEO's will need some form of wireless killswitch, or control mechanism on them at all times. Which capability will of course get abused by sociopathic hackers.
At least the future doesn't look boring...
"What? You're still tracking me? I asked you nicely, can you not respect my wishes? Alright, it's Adblock all the way for you from now on."
Thugs will be thugs. Might as well ask your killer not to kill you, or your rapist not to rape you.
Eric the Midget is King of Mars??
That would totally explain Eric... ;>)
"Ack-Ack!"
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How do you propose they jump into a wormhole located tens of thousands lightyears away?
Very precisely.
When CD's came out the promise was that they would last for 100 years. Right
Some answers here... http://www.wikihow.com/Fly-in-... I remember reading an old Omni magazine article about influencing your dreams. For instance, to have a flying dream, as you're drifting off to sleep repeat to yourself, "Tonight I'm going to fly." I tried it then, and after a few nights of this, I was flying in dreams like Superman.
How long before wearing one of these makes you a potential terrorist in the eyes of the police, FBI, etc.?
They wouldn't arrest Batman, would they?
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