Large tanks exist and have existed in various cars/trucks. It isn't a useful tech mostly because of the energy density gas/diesel and it's cheap cost. That last part is changing since the true cost of using it is starting to come due.
Such changes can make other unworkable solutions into workable solutions.
There was already a rearview mirror. Adding the rearview camera makes it safer because you get a better view than the EXISTING rearview mirror can give you. Are you saying that rearview cameras don't save lives?
The side view is exactly the same thing.
As for hindrance of side mirrors, that's wind resistance and it's not Insignificant.
There's this thing called a rearview mirror so there was already a mirror that a camera replaced. That the mirror still exists is irrelevant as it isn't the hindrance that side view mirrors are.
It's certainly positioned better as will the side view camera(s).
Citation that seatbelts save lives? Just wow.
But for the cameras tech allows much better view than a mirror can. It can highlight the car in the view making missing it in rain or fog less likely. The camera is much less likely to ice over than a static mirror which has a larger surface area to keep clean.
Backup cameras are the same thing and seeing what's behind you before you run over it most definitely saves lives.
http://www.thedetroitbureau.co...
How about folding mirrors with a fish eye type lens on the end.
Folds for video operation giving all the benefits and folds out if it ever fails allowing 'normal' mirror usage.
Or I'm sure someone will invent the mirror equivalent of a donut spare. Something you pull from the trunk and latch on the car in the normal place.
Given how often McDs serves up burgers that are totally misaligned now, the robots don't have that high a bar to clear.
I was probably referring more to the taste/smell aspect. Visual presentation is also a part but that's my point. The robot will be programmed and engineered to always drop the bun in the same place.
And quality control is simply a matter of lasers and pattern recognition that already exists, it's not that hard to put together. Hell if someone can take an arduino, a toy squirt gun and video processing to recognize squirrels AND hit them with the stream in real time...that's a pretty significant creation done by a hobbyist.
'properly' means to health code, not taste. A robot is much better suited to checking the internal temp of meat than a human. It's already done by a 'robot' now, i.e. a thermometer. Except in restaurants they use 'process' to not check this on each individual order for time savings. Human's following 'process' are notoriously unreliable.
While certainly a fair observation, it relies on a flawed assumption. That it's equally effective at all levels. The more visibility of a position, generally the less effective money will be.
I'd venture the majority of American's couldn't even name their House Rep. That makes money spent on them much more effective since people don't know about it.
One of my favorite questions is asking people who their 'state' reps/senators are. Very very few people can name them. I know that after moving, when I went to vote in my new district, every single one of my choices was running unopposed.
That's the biggest problem we face. Apathy to the point that no one even runs because it's so locked up by the incumbent.
Now you're going with "Well bad stuff happens everywhere all the time, so lets not stop this one thing because it only kills a few people".
Fucking sick bastard.
Again, you apparently would prefer that AR-15s are readily available to kill entire kindergarten classes. How about banning this ONE FUCKING GUN to stop this issue, which has happened multiple times in 5 years?
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Large tanks exist and have existed in various cars/trucks. It isn't a useful tech mostly because of the energy density gas/diesel and it's cheap cost. That last part is changing since the true cost of using it is starting to come due.
Such changes can make other unworkable solutions into workable solutions.
I can see you are 'baffled' by science...controlling fluid motion in a container isn't exactly a new thing.
Belief in unprovable tenets allow anyone to say anything means Everything. Religion has served humanity but it's time has passed
A belief system is rather hard to eradicate. But a few bad apples don't make a religion bad. Christianity has plenty of problems.
So by your own admission the problem wasn't unions but good old American pride and stupidity.
The key thing is that the Brits somehow expected the promises to *not* be lies. Is the political lie that unusual in the UK?
Here in the US we get either 'free college!' or 'lower taxes to 10 percent" bullshit from both sides. But we know it's bullshit going in.
So if the voters want The Purge to be the law of the land...the govt should just say "ok cool, sucks for the delivery guys"
I've provided multiple links. If you want more go ahead and Google it yourself. Done here.
There was already a rearview mirror. Adding the rearview camera makes it safer because you get a better view than the EXISTING rearview mirror can give you. Are you saying that rearview cameras don't save lives? The side view is exactly the same thing. As for hindrance of side mirrors, that's wind resistance and it's not Insignificant.
http://www.cnet.com/news/bmw-d... Per BMW it eliminates the side view blindspots
There's this thing called a rearview mirror so there was already a mirror that a camera replaced. That the mirror still exists is irrelevant as it isn't the hindrance that side view mirrors are. It's certainly positioned better as will the side view camera(s).
Then see above as the citation that cameras lives is right there.
Citation that seatbelts save lives? Just wow. But for the cameras tech allows much better view than a mirror can. It can highlight the car in the view making missing it in rain or fog less likely. The camera is much less likely to ice over than a static mirror which has a larger surface area to keep clean. Backup cameras are the same thing and seeing what's behind you before you run over it most definitely saves lives. http://www.thedetroitbureau.co...
Because it saves lives. People would try to save a few bucks by opting out of seatbelts if it were optional.
There are numerous benefits to the technology. The single downside is reliability which can be mitigated.
Dude we aren't on your lawn....
How about folding mirrors with a fish eye type lens on the end. Folds for video operation giving all the benefits and folds out if it ever fails allowing 'normal' mirror usage. Or I'm sure someone will invent the mirror equivalent of a donut spare. Something you pull from the trunk and latch on the car in the normal place.
Given how often McDs serves up burgers that are totally misaligned now, the robots don't have that high a bar to clear.
I was probably referring more to the taste/smell aspect. Visual presentation is also a part but that's my point. The robot will be programmed and engineered to always drop the bun in the same place.
And quality control is simply a matter of lasers and pattern recognition that already exists, it's not that hard to put together. Hell if someone can take an arduino, a toy squirt gun and video processing to recognize squirrels AND hit them with the stream in real time...that's a pretty significant creation done by a hobbyist.
'properly' means to health code, not taste. A robot is much better suited to checking the internal temp of meat than a human. It's already done by a 'robot' now, i.e. a thermometer. Except in restaurants they use 'process' to not check this on each individual order for time savings. Human's following 'process' are notoriously unreliable.
While certainly a fair observation, it relies on a flawed assumption. That it's equally effective at all levels. The more visibility of a position, generally the less effective money will be.
I'd venture the majority of American's couldn't even name their House Rep. That makes money spent on them much more effective since people don't know about it.
One of my favorite questions is asking people who their 'state' reps/senators are. Very very few people can name them. I know that after moving, when I went to vote in my new district, every single one of my choices was running unopposed.
That's the biggest problem we face. Apathy to the point that no one even runs because it's so locked up by the incumbent.
linky. Says everything just fine.
Ahh, then it's a 2 for 1 on the stupidity of copyright in the modern era ;-)
Now you're going with "Well bad stuff happens everywhere all the time, so lets not stop this one thing because it only kills a few people".
Fucking sick bastard.
Again, you apparently would prefer that AR-15s are readily available to kill entire kindergarten classes. How about banning this ONE FUCKING GUN to stop this issue, which has happened multiple times in 5 years?
Not blocked for me.
Preventing the killing of 20+ children or 49 innocent people is a 'minimal' gain? just wow.
None of these crimes were committed by drug gangs so your proposals would do nothing to prevent these mass shootings.