The problem that we're seeing with auto pilot cars with humans as backups is that there is lag time for the human to realize that they need to become rapidly involved in dangerous situations. That lag time is much greater than a full-time driver that isn't expecting the car computer to drive the car.
We automatically react to dangerous situations and try to avert them as full time drivers.
A "almost driver" in a self-driving car is likely not as attentive as a full time driver. The person in the Uber car was obviously "doing something else" and looking down prior to the accident. It took that person a much longer time to even realize there was a critical situation. They only expressed shock and disbelief as a reaction (after striking the lady with the bike) vs. one who would have hands on the wheel and actually looking at the road.
The human is at fault here as they were not paying attention prior to the critical situation. They wrongly put too much trust in the self driving car that had unproven technology.
It blows me away that our governments (at federal and state level) allow these "self driving" cars that don't really self drive on the road.
They're using the general public as guinea pigs.
Tesla "auto pilot" (gee, that makes it sound like the car has uhh.... *automatic pilot*) really requires hands on the wheel but it works when hands are off of the wheel. Sometimes that is. Lady rear ends a fire truck stopped at a red light (30 seconds off of the wheel) and guy in Mountain View bites the dust by crashing in to a cement barrier (hands off the wheel again).
Then we have the Uber car that isn't designed to make quick stops but doesn't notify the preoccupied driver that they need to wake up and respond to a critical braking situation.
Why the hell are these things allowed on public roads???!!!
It's like training a drunk driver on the roads to drive better while under the influence.
Why are "almost self driving" cars permitted on the roads when we're so concerned about DUI drivers?
If cost is no object, then yes, it is possible that we can power the country with wind and solar. However, it is not currently cost effective and will not likely be cost effective for a very long time.
Solar electricity generation is highly inefficient.
If it were cost effective, we'd all be doing it. Same goes with electric cars.
I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. It was obvious that Hillary purchased the DNC for her purposes. They had a spreadsheet of positions they were going to use to reward major donors ( here http://dailycaller.com/2016/07... )
Hillary pissed off the young folks and the non-elitist Democrats.
The reactionary vote went with Trump.
It'll be interesting to see what the next election looks like. The Republicans really blew it on the last election as they had no electable candidate and Trump threatened to go third party if they didn't allow him to run under their ticket. The other Repubs. chickened out early and all that was left was Trump.
Next time around, it'll be another name recognition game. Trump being one name and I suspect someone like Biden may be he other one. If it's not Biden, they'll have a lot of trouble because there is no one that stands out.
We tend to elect popular names, not the candidate.
In his science and math courses, there might be one or two females.
So far, after about 4 weeks of class time, ALL of the females have dropped the courses.
We wonder why there aren't a lot of women in STEM courses.
Well, this could be one of the reasons.
Similarly, I tried to talk my niece in to taking engineering courses. She quit after the first semester. Her reason: "Math is too difficult" (I am not kidding).
Along these lines is the change from HASL PC board coatings to immersion silver.
Put these PC boards in a bad environment like China or India where they use high sulfur fuels and it gets in to the air.
Use that air to cool the PC boards (by blowing it with cooling fans) and you get corrosion of the silver plated PC board traces. Over time, the traces short with the corrosion byproduct and viola! Failed PC assembly.
This is particularly a problem with (but not limited to) hard drives.
I've seen hundreds of the fail due to this mechanism in my life as a failure analysis engineer.
One bank in China had over 100 HDDs in their array fail in a month.
Incubation period for the failure is temperature and humidity dependent. Typically, it takes 1-2 years to fail.
We performed EDS analysis to confirm the situation.
Lead in solder is a very small aspect of lead that was previously found in landfills (it's recycled now). The primary culprit was lead/acid storage batteries.
Europe first drove RoHS and the U.S. had to follow up.
Agreed that the Pb-free solder is terrible to work with and prone to mechanical fatigue.
Soldering today isn't using a soldering iron and 60/40 solder.
It's precision stenciling solder paste on a PC board, using "pick and place" equipment to stick the components in the solder paste, then ramping up the while assembly's temperature in a controlled fashion so it doesn't boil solder paste and spatter on adjacent connections.
We won't get in to double sided boards with through hole components here.
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Why not take it one step further by mandating bong ads in National Geographic Magazine.
Why limit the ruling to online services. Mandate it to paper media also.
How about AR-15 ads in Woman's Day Magazine too?
Gamers and technical folks don't use Apple "thinbooks" much (there are exceptions).
Apple is more of a cult following.
Actually, it is not.
The military doesn't use the AR-15.
This is what is called a "straw man argument".
Try again.
How about banning fluffy-haired real estate agents pimping the property values to the level where native Hawaiians can afford to buy?
Most are forced to live inland in shantys.
You forgot "gizmo".
I can't believe I'm still seeing this word in the press (usually by an author that knows absolutely nothing about the item being discussed).
If the backup driver was paying attention, she would have been likely able to avert the situation.
Instead, it appeared she was looking down in her lap doing "something".
She's there to prevent these situations from happening. She was negligent.,
The problem that we're seeing with auto pilot cars with humans as backups is that there is lag time for the human to realize that they need to become rapidly involved in dangerous situations. That lag time is much greater than a full-time driver that isn't expecting the car computer to drive the car.
We automatically react to dangerous situations and try to avert them as full time drivers.
A "almost driver" in a self-driving car is likely not as attentive as a full time driver. The person in the Uber car was obviously "doing something else" and looking down prior to the accident. It took that person a much longer time to even realize there was a critical situation. They only expressed shock and disbelief as a reaction (after striking the lady with the bike) vs. one who would have hands on the wheel and actually looking at the road.
The human is at fault here as they were not paying attention prior to the critical situation. They wrongly put too much trust in the self driving car that had unproven technology.
Agreed.
It blows me away that our governments (at federal and state level) allow these "self driving" cars that don't really self drive on the road.
They're using the general public as guinea pigs.
Tesla "auto pilot" (gee, that makes it sound like the car has uhh.... *automatic pilot*) really requires hands on the wheel but it works when hands are off of the wheel. Sometimes that is. Lady rear ends a fire truck stopped at a red light (30 seconds off of the wheel) and guy in Mountain View bites the dust by crashing in to a cement barrier (hands off the wheel again).
Then we have the Uber car that isn't designed to make quick stops but doesn't notify the preoccupied driver that they need to wake up and respond to a critical braking situation.
Why the hell are these things allowed on public roads???!!!
It's like training a drunk driver on the roads to drive better while under the influence.
Why are "almost self driving" cars permitted on the roads when we're so concerned about DUI drivers?
They're performing similarly.
Magnetic tape media loses audio quality over time. Just like VHS gets bad and loses color saturation.
Old audio tape starts sounding "muddy" and typically loses highs and dynamic range.
The ferromagnetic media strives toward entropy on the acetate backing.
I see Tesla as a pyramid scheme. They're losing about $28,000 on each car they sell so I guess "they'll make it up in volume". :-)
There is no P/E ratio on the stock because there are no earnings.
People keep buying the stock and the cars but there seems to be no hope for profitability.
When this one crashes, it'll be entertaining as Tesla also has a monopoly on parts and service.
Why not just mandate clotheslines for all homes in California?
Add to that, whole house fans.
The major electricity users in my California home is the electric clothes dryer and the air conditioning system.
Both of these are a lot cheaper than solar electric systems and will provide significant electricity savings.
Stupid government.
Are they going to screw with Cyanogen Mod users?
Just wondering.
If cost is no object, then yes, it is possible that we can power the country with wind and solar. However, it is not currently cost effective and will not likely be cost effective for a very long time.
Solar electricity generation is highly inefficient.
If it were cost effective, we'd all be doing it. Same goes with electric cars.
If the service is free, YOU are the product.
NLRB indicates that employers cannot prohibit employees from discussing wages with other employees.
https://www.lexisnexis.com/leg...
California has all public employee salaries posted on the transparentcalifornia.com website.
I recall buying cable TV because it had NO ADs.
Now we get to pay to see ads.
They're cutting their own throats and I have no sympathy for cable companies.
The problem is, the companies will just outsource jobs to cheap labor countries vs. bring the cheap labor to the U.S.
Hewlett Packard (what once was) and IBM at one time had more employees in India than the U.S.
I don't like the "H1-B" excuse either. It's a lie (no technically trained counterparts in the U.S.).
It's simply a way to cheapen labor costs and eliminate giving benefits.
I'm going to have to agree with you on this one. It was obvious that Hillary purchased the DNC for her purposes. They had a spreadsheet of positions they were going to use to reward major donors ( here http://dailycaller.com/2016/07... )
Hillary pissed off the young folks and the non-elitist Democrats.
The reactionary vote went with Trump.
It'll be interesting to see what the next election looks like. The Republicans really blew it on the last election as they had no electable candidate and Trump threatened to go third party if they didn't allow him to run under their ticket. The other Repubs. chickened out early and all that was left was Trump.
Next time around, it'll be another name recognition game. Trump being one name and I suspect someone like Biden may be he other one. If it's not Biden, they'll have a lot of trouble because there is no one that stands out.
We tend to elect popular names, not the candidate.
My son's taking pre engineering courses.
In his science and math courses, there might be one or two females.
So far, after about 4 weeks of class time, ALL of the females have dropped the courses.
We wonder why there aren't a lot of women in STEM courses.
Well, this could be one of the reasons.
Similarly, I tried to talk my niece in to taking engineering courses. She quit after the first semester. Her reason: "Math is too difficult" (I am not kidding).
The prices fluctuate too wildly for it to be any form of useful investment.
It resembles a pyramid scheme.
Along these lines is the change from HASL PC board coatings to immersion silver.
Put these PC boards in a bad environment like China or India where they use high sulfur fuels and it gets in to the air.
Use that air to cool the PC boards (by blowing it with cooling fans) and you get corrosion of the silver plated PC board traces. Over time, the traces short with the corrosion byproduct and viola! Failed PC assembly.
This is particularly a problem with (but not limited to) hard drives.
I've seen hundreds of the fail due to this mechanism in my life as a failure analysis engineer.
One bank in China had over 100 HDDs in their array fail in a month.
Incubation period for the failure is temperature and humidity dependent. Typically, it takes 1-2 years to fail.
We performed EDS analysis to confirm the situation.
Lead in solder is a very small aspect of lead that was previously found in landfills (it's recycled now). The primary culprit was lead/acid storage batteries.
Europe first drove RoHS and the U.S. had to follow up.
Agreed that the Pb-free solder is terrible to work with and prone to mechanical fatigue.
Awful stuff to try and solder with.
Soldering today isn't using a soldering iron and 60/40 solder.
It's precision stenciling solder paste on a PC board, using "pick and place" equipment to stick the components in the solder paste, then ramping up the while assembly's temperature in a controlled fashion so it doesn't boil solder paste and spatter on adjacent connections.
We won't get in to double sided boards with through hole components here.
Simple.