It is possible that the radio waves do not actually cause cancer, but that they just promote the growth of existing cancer, or interfere with the mechanisms that would normally kill it.
Why don't you show us a random controlled trial that demonstrates that true acupuncture is actually working better than placebo acupuncture where you stick the needles in random places ?
Elite male Olympic sprinters have a reaction time of 0.166 ± 0.030 seconds (measured during 2003-2009). These are people trained in responding as quickly as possible, and also selected for their fast reaction time (slower reacting sprinters will have a harder time qualifying in the first place). Also, they know exactly what is going to happen, and they know exactly what they're going to do, their muscles already pre-tensed, and ready to go.
A driver is not going to be as well trained, does not know what to expect, is not focused, and has not yet decided what the response is going to be. Usually, their foot won't even be on the pedal.
I find it hard to believe you can do all of that in 0.1 seconds.
Occasionally I've driven on freeways with 65-70 MPH speed limits in total darkness, except for normal headlights. High beams had to be turned off to avoid hindering other drivers.
It's basically impossible to drive at a safe speed where you can possibly avoid unexpected obstacles like pedestrians. The best you can do is watch the reflectors, lane markers, and the lights of other motorists. Lowering speed to 20-25 MPH on a freeway is simply not an option.
That's only true when you're anticipating an event, with max attention, and have already mentally prepared your response. Response in normal driving circumstances is much slower:
McGee et. al. (1) reported that perception time is the sum of eye movement time, fixation on the hazard time delay, recognition time delay and muscle response delay time. They found that for the 85th percentile of drivers, eye movement delay was 0.09 seconds, fixation delay time was 0.20 seconds, recognition delay time was 0.50 seconds, decision time 0.85 seconds, muscle response delay was 0.31 seconds and brake reaction time was 1.24 seconds. The sum total of these times, the response time, was 3.19 seconds. The 85th percentile is often chosen as the upper bound for design analyses
"at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances, conditions and actual and potential hazards then existing."
You forgot the first part where it says: " A person shall not drive a vehicle on a highway...".
This was not a highway, but a city intersection. In these situations it's fairly common to have pedestrians on the sidewalks, and most often you simply have to trust they're not doing anything stupid while you drive past them.
Insurance isn't that complicated. Easier than trying to calculate flood insurance, for instance. Car accidents happen all the time, so you can just add up last year's damages and assume it will be similar next year. Floods may not happen for decades.
If this person has made the same maneuver many times before in front of human cars and did not die then what she did this time is not dangerous and stupid
Jaywalking in such a manner that it forces traffic to brake for you is dangerous and stupid.
Can I go and have someone pull out my ballot so I can make sure that it wasn't thrown out? Even if I can get it, can I make sure it was actually counted?
After you throw your ballot in the container, you can stay in the polling station, and watch them take out all the ballots and verify they are counted properly.
You can't verify your personal ballot because any good ballot system is anonymous, but you can verify all of them.
Every single person would be able to verify that their vote has not been discarded, and do so from the comfort of their own home.
And the person who told you to vote a particular way can also verify you did your job from the comfort of their own home.
Actually, the studies were not done with eggs, but with high amounts of isolated cholesterol. And the cholesterol wasn't given to humans but to rabbits. Rabbits, who don't usually eat eggs or meat as part of their diet, are very bad at handling high amounts of cholesterol.
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It is possible that the radio waves do not actually cause cancer, but that they just promote the growth of existing cancer, or interfere with the mechanisms that would normally kill it.
So hot tubs cause cancer now
How many hours/day would you say you walk around with a hot tub in your pocket ?
Part of the latency is probably due to interleaving for the error correcting codes so it can fix up burst errors.
Explain how a machine that makes noise by blowing air through pipes is an organ.
Why don't you show us a random controlled trial that demonstrates that true acupuncture is actually working better than placebo acupuncture where you stick the needles in random places ?
Mine is around 0.1sec
Elite male Olympic sprinters have a reaction time of 0.166 ± 0.030 seconds (measured during 2003-2009). These are people trained in responding as quickly as possible, and also selected for their fast reaction time (slower reacting sprinters will have a harder time qualifying in the first place). Also, they know exactly what is going to happen, and they know exactly what they're going to do, their muscles already pre-tensed, and ready to go.
A driver is not going to be as well trained, does not know what to expect, is not focused, and has not yet decided what the response is going to be. Usually, their foot won't even be on the pedal.
I find it hard to believe you can do all of that in 0.1 seconds.
Occasionally I've driven on freeways with 65-70 MPH speed limits in total darkness, except for normal headlights. High beams had to be turned off to avoid hindering other drivers.
It's basically impossible to drive at a safe speed where you can possibly avoid unexpected obstacles like pedestrians. The best you can do is watch the reflectors, lane markers, and the lights of other motorists. Lowering speed to 20-25 MPH on a freeway is simply not an option.
The typical response/reaction time is 0.3s
That's only true when you're anticipating an event, with max attention, and have already mentally prepared your response. Response in normal driving circumstances is much slower:
http://www.croberts.com/respon...
McGee et. al. (1) reported that perception time is the sum of eye movement time, fixation on the hazard time delay, recognition time delay and muscle response delay time. They found that for the 85th percentile of drivers, eye movement delay was 0.09 seconds, fixation delay time was 0.20 seconds, recognition delay time was 0.50 seconds, decision time 0.85 seconds, muscle response delay was 0.31 seconds and brake reaction time was 1.24 seconds. The sum total of these times, the response time, was 3.19 seconds. The 85th percentile is often chosen as the upper bound for design analyses
Dictionary says: "The ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.". The machines are doing that, so it's not unreasonable to call them AI.
but having the manufacturing be close enough to ship via land easily
The rocket size exceeds typical road clearance, so shipping over land is not an option for most destinations.
There still needs to be a method for correcting or removing data.
Just. No.
The whole system is based on the fact that you can't do that.
It's simple. They did not have effective enough radar for collision avoidance.
Unless, of course, it's not so simple. There may not have been enough stopping distance, for instance.
then why are we bothering with autonomous cars if they can not offer improved safety for everyone involved?
Improved safety means we'll have fewer accidents. It doesn't mean we'll have zero accidents.
"at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances, conditions and actual and potential hazards then existing."
You forgot the first part where it says: " A person shall not drive a vehicle on a highway...".
This was not a highway, but a city intersection. In these situations it's fairly common to have pedestrians on the sidewalks, and most often you simply have to trust they're not doing anything stupid while you drive past them.
Insurance isn't that complicated. Easier than trying to calculate flood insurance, for instance. Car accidents happen all the time, so you can just add up last year's damages and assume it will be similar next year. Floods may not happen for decades.
If a human was driving the car we would still be looking at what the human driver did wrong.
No. If a human was driving the car, it wouldn't have hit the news.
You forgot the part about stopping distance.
perhaps the people who insist that automated cars can see everything everywhere all the time will be quiet now.
You were probably the only one insisting that.
If this person has made the same maneuver many times before in front of human cars and did not die then what she did this time is not dangerous and stupid
Jaywalking in such a manner that it forces traffic to brake for you is dangerous and stupid.
The solution: next time he needs to implant the whole card in his hand.
Except, of course, for the part that has his picture on it.
Immutable - not capable of or susceptible to change.
So, once the bad information enters the system, there's no way to correct it.
Can I go and have someone pull out my ballot so I can make sure that it wasn't thrown out? Even if I can get it, can I make sure it was actually counted?
After you throw your ballot in the container, you can stay in the polling station, and watch them take out all the ballots and verify they are counted properly.
You can't verify your personal ballot because any good ballot system is anonymous, but you can verify all of them.
Every single person would be able to verify that their vote has not been discarded, and do so from the comfort of their own home.
And the person who told you to vote a particular way can also verify you did your job from the comfort of their own home.
Bitcoin mining has no such positive externality.
Let the market decide. This is not a communist state.
What idiocy ? The idea that a citizen can use their own paid electricity for whatever legal purpose they want ?
> How exactly does one make a living, by working 40h the week, to pay his rent and feed the kids, and spend another 20h to write his eBook?
The same way as someone working 40h/week, to pay his rent and feed the kids, and spend another 20h learning to become a dentist ?
Actually, the studies were not done with eggs, but with high amounts of isolated cholesterol. And the cholesterol wasn't given to humans but to rabbits. Rabbits, who don't usually eat eggs or meat as part of their diet, are very bad at handling high amounts of cholesterol.