"Regardless of the posted speed limit, your speed should depend on: - The number and speed of other vehicles on the road. - (...)" [California Drivers Handbook, page 33]
And it's also driving around lots of humans. Humans who will do unpredictable things, and who can't necessarily deal with such a high speed differential from other cars.
As I've been saying throughout this thread... Google have looked up limit - in the California drivers handbook. In the state in which they're driving, the law is explicit that you should keep up with other traffic, as it is more dangerous to have lots of cars doing different speeds than to exceed the speed limit a bit.
It's not safety vs law. This car is driving in California, where the law says that you should do this. I'm sure in areas where the law says you shouldn't do this, it will not.
Solution A is being considered because it's the law in California. The driver's handbook is explicit that you should keep up with traffic around you, rather than opt for a lower speed that is dramatically different from the cars around you. I'm sure in other states/countries, where this is not the law, this will not be the case.
Actually no. The reason Google's cars do this is because they (for now) drive in California. The driver's handbook in California explicitly states that you should at all times keep up with traffic, even if it means exceeding the speed limit a little bit, so that all cars are driving at roughly the same speed. You won't get a speeding ticket, because you are following the law. Presumably, in other areas, the car will be reprogrammed with knowledge of that area's driving rules, and will or won't do this as appropriate.
Well duh, that's because that's the rule in California. The driver's handbook says it's illegal not to do this. Presumably in areas where that's not the case it will not do that.
He does have a point though, and I don't understand why people haven't seen it before.
If you create a currency that is backed by nothing but knowing a very large number, then you can back a infinitely large number of currencies by an infinitely large number of different large numbers (or even the same large numbers). That means that there are inherently infinitely many alt coins out there, and these things are inherently worthless.
It's not really that alt coins destroy bitcoin's credibility, it's that bitcoin itself has no credibility in the first place, and neither do these alt coins.
It works because slashdot recognised the URL, and automatically made it clickable, rather than because of any design. You need to use html to get it a link to work correctly.
No, not really. In the UK at least, a car that's done over 100,000 miles is considered basically worthless. They sell for £3-500 each, because their engine and transmission is likely to be on its last legs.
Not really, in fact, 125,000 miles is a pretty long way after you'd expect to see major issues with most of the seals on the engine, and quite possibly complete failure on some cars.
And what should they do if they detect the driver leaves? All they're capable of is following a lane, speeding up, and slowing down. The only way to get the driver back in the seat would be to stop, but that would be extremely dangerous in the middle of a freeway.
The point he was making wasn't that communism would create a post scarcity society. It was that communism as designed is only possible in a post scarcity society.
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How would self organisation make roads magically get built, garbage magically get picked up, and the firefighters magically get paid on time?
"Regardless of the posted speed limit, your speed should depend on: - The number and speed of other vehicles on the road. - (...)" [California Drivers Handbook, page 33]
You can't be obstructing traffic if you're driving as fast as the law allows you to.
And it's also driving around lots of humans. Humans who will do unpredictable things, and who can't necessarily deal with such a high speed differential from other cars.
Yep, lorries, then delivery vans, then taxis, then busses, then private vehicles.
As I've been saying throughout this thread... Google have looked up limit - in the California drivers handbook. In the state in which they're driving, the law is explicit that you should keep up with other traffic, as it is more dangerous to have lots of cars doing different speeds than to exceed the speed limit a bit.
It's not safety vs law. This car is driving in California, where the law says that you should do this. I'm sure in areas where the law says you shouldn't do this, it will not.
Solution A is being considered because it's the law in California. The driver's handbook is explicit that you should keep up with traffic around you, rather than opt for a lower speed that is dramatically different from the cars around you. I'm sure in other states/countries, where this is not the law, this will not be the case.
Actually no. The reason Google's cars do this is because they (for now) drive in California. The driver's handbook in California explicitly states that you should at all times keep up with traffic, even if it means exceeding the speed limit a little bit, so that all cars are driving at roughly the same speed. You won't get a speeding ticket, because you are following the law. Presumably, in other areas, the car will be reprogrammed with knowledge of that area's driving rules, and will or won't do this as appropriate.
Well duh, that's because that's the rule in California. The driver's handbook says it's illegal not to do this. Presumably in areas where that's not the case it will not do that.
He does have a point though, and I don't understand why people haven't seen it before.
If you create a currency that is backed by nothing but knowing a very large number, then you can back a infinitely large number of currencies by an infinitely large number of different large numbers (or even the same large numbers). That means that there are inherently infinitely many alt coins out there, and these things are inherently worthless.
It's not really that alt coins destroy bitcoin's credibility, it's that bitcoin itself has no credibility in the first place, and neither do these alt coins.
It works because slashdot recognised the URL, and automatically made it clickable, rather than because of any design. You need to use html to get it a link to work correctly.
No, not really. In the UK at least, a car that's done over 100,000 miles is considered basically worthless. They sell for £3-500 each, because their engine and transmission is likely to be on its last legs.
Not really, in fact, 125,000 miles is a pretty long way after you'd expect to see major issues with most of the seals on the engine, and quite possibly complete failure on some cars.
Why do people assume that any disease that they can't physically see the scars of isn't actually a disease at all?
And what should they do if they detect the driver leaves? All they're capable of is following a lane, speeding up, and slowing down. The only way to get the driver back in the seat would be to stop, but that would be extremely dangerous in the middle of a freeway.
milibit... damn you autocorrect.
a militia doesn't exist - but a milibit per second does. It's 1 bit transferred every 1000 seconds.
Right, which is why medical treatment in the UK is so much cheaper (yes, even after you take into account taxes), than in the US.
Actually, Curiosity's scheduled mission on Mars was for 668 mars days. It's been there for 724 mars days now.
Just because it hasn't (yet) vastly outlived it's scheduled mission, doesn't mean it's a failure.
Because evacuation doesn't involve carry on, or a dignified exit.
Solution - don't bring oversized bags on as carry on that can only go in overhead bins if no one else has put anything in there yet.
Yep, that's the one. I would give you internet points, but I've commented.
The point he was making wasn't that communism would create a post scarcity society. It was that communism as designed is only possible in a post scarcity society.
No one should ever be keeping your credit card number without your explicit permission.