Minor nitpick - ABS reduces braking force when the wheel spin rate doesn't match the speed of the vehicle. The wheel is not going from 60 to 0 to 60 mph several times per second.
I think this is about mobile numbers - mine certainly isn't published in any publicly available phone book and I try not to give it out to anyone who doesn't need it.
You must not know many rich people. Some are the most frugal SOBs - they know the taxes and make decisions based on what saves them the most money. It's a game.
Seriously - why are you still showing your face around here?! I've seen some of the stuff you've written. Most of it foul, disgusting, or just downright stoopid.
Ah - "worked for me" = "worked in my favor". I see where you're coming from though. Kinda like the guy who actually wins the lottery, yet continues to play every week. Seriously, it happened once - what are the odds it will happen again? However, I should also mention that I've been known to booze it up a bit when riding. Though it wasn't a contributor to this accident, hopefully a helmet will help even out some of the bonehead situations that have been known to happen. See you on the road... my new bike should be coming in within the next couple weeks!!
I didn't claim that it saved my life. My helmet was cracked in two places. Physics tell me that the helmet absorbed energy - my brain bounced around in my head a little less than it would have had I not had a helmet on. I don't need to slam my face into the ground dozens of times to convince me that I'm statistically better off.
It's not my job to convince you otherwise, but I don't know how you can ignore the benefits of a helmet with a straight face. We'll have my buddy Louie take turns hitting us over the head with his ball bat - except I get to wear a helmet. He'll start off easy but hit a little harder each time. $20 says I make it longer than you.;)
For me, I'm wearing the helmet. Catastrophic frame failure two months ago - the head tube separated from the top tube and down tube while riding on flat, smooth road. Knocked me unconscious briefly - I took the brunt of the fall on my left temple and it turned that side of my face into goulash.
Two things worked for me - I wasn't going real fast (<15 mph) and I was wearing a helmet. I shudder to think what I could have been up against had my head hit the concrete directly.
I'll probably never have this happen again, nor am I likely to meet someone who has it happen to them (oddly, this bike had about 6000 miles on it). But the inconvenience of wearing the helmet is inconsequential when compared to the benefit.
You see people driving and texting now - do you think that the distraction level will stay the same? No, it will increase. Greatly. People will be playing on their phone, reading the paper, maybe even getting dressed on their morning commute. I think it's completely unrealistic to think that people will be there at the ready, for the opportunity to take over from the computer.
Fully agreed. I'd like to see a statistician pop in here and talk about confidence levels too. Just because the average is 1 in 300M for a fatal crash, that doesn't mean that by driving 300M miles with no crash means that we're safer. That's like flipping a coin where tails = fatality. If you flip it twice and both come up heads, that just means you got lucky.
I think the point the OP was getting to with emergency vehicles is that you are required to move to the right. I wouldn't think it would be terribly difficult for emergency lights to be detected in a similar manner as school zone signs.
Speed zone changes have to be uploaded to a central database. I'd bet that self-driving cars are going to be online all the time. You give it your destination, it maps the route, and picks up info like speed zones, construction, traffic volume, and weather & road conditions.
I know you're joking, but a network of self-driving cars would probably prevent a lot of the gridlock as not only would follow distances be optimized, but they could follow much closer (since the array can communicate with one another so they brake uniformly).
You should take into account that a self-driving car is aware that the other car is moving toward your car before you realize it. And it is much more likely to take appropriate evasive action (perhaps just mild braking) much quicker than you can.
I think what we'll see is that Google cars will be uploading both human and computer-driven data to a service. This service will continually fine-tune the maps - so it can identify that there has been a stationary object in the same place the last 6 times (it's probably a mailbox, street sign, or light pole). So streets that weren't mapped before, or maybe didn't have enough data to be considered computer-safe, could become so rather quickly.
If you're into statistics at least a little bit and have an interest, I strongly suggest Udacity's course on self-driving cars. It gives a lot of insight into how the car works.
Sounds like someone is unable to think outside the box. Driverless cars are being created, why is it out of the realm of possibility that a robot couldn't do this?
I can see something similar to a pallet jack going into the side or bottom of the car, lifting the battery 1/4 inch or so and backing it out. Push it into a spot in the charging rack, and pull a fully charged battery out. It would require an attendant, but shouldn't take more than a couple minutes. Put a lock on the front of the battery to secure it to the car and protect it from theft. At 300+ lbs, they're definitely valuable, but also difficult to steal.
There have been a few software projects funded there too - how do you show a working prototype for that? Kickstarter is good to create the working capital needed to develop the project. This rule all but kills new software development.
You're being a bit over dramatic - they sent an update less than a month ago, that's really not MIA. Looks like they just did a crappy job at foreseeing potential delays in the design process.
Not a funder, and not related to the project or KS in any way.
That could be a poisonous situation. How will it be after you take the counteroffer? How will expectations change? How will your boss appraise your performance?
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Minor nitpick - ABS reduces braking force when the wheel spin rate doesn't match the speed of the vehicle. The wheel is not going from 60 to 0 to 60 mph several times per second.
I think this is about mobile numbers - mine certainly isn't published in any publicly available phone book and I try not to give it out to anyone who doesn't need it.
You must not know many rich people. Some are the most frugal SOBs - they know the taxes and make decisions based on what saves them the most money. It's a game.
Thanks for speaking for the collective. Apparently you think that ACs are highly regarded around here.
Seriously - why are you still showing your face around here?! I've seen some of the stuff you've written. Most of it foul, disgusting, or just downright stoopid.
Ah - "worked for me" = "worked in my favor". I see where you're coming from though. Kinda like the guy who actually wins the lottery, yet continues to play every week. Seriously, it happened once - what are the odds it will happen again? However, I should also mention that I've been known to booze it up a bit when riding. Though it wasn't a contributor to this accident, hopefully a helmet will help even out some of the bonehead situations that have been known to happen. See you on the road... my new bike should be coming in within the next couple weeks!!
I didn't claim that it saved my life. My helmet was cracked in two places. Physics tell me that the helmet absorbed energy - my brain bounced around in my head a little less than it would have had I not had a helmet on. I don't need to slam my face into the ground dozens of times to convince me that I'm statistically better off.
;)
It's not my job to convince you otherwise, but I don't know how you can ignore the benefits of a helmet with a straight face. We'll have my buddy Louie take turns hitting us over the head with his ball bat - except I get to wear a helmet. He'll start off easy but hit a little harder each time. $20 says I make it longer than you.
You're not real familiar with the environment of LEO, are you?
For me, I'm wearing the helmet. Catastrophic frame failure two months ago - the head tube separated from the top tube and down tube while riding on flat, smooth road. Knocked me unconscious briefly - I took the brunt of the fall on my left temple and it turned that side of my face into goulash.
Two things worked for me - I wasn't going real fast (<15 mph) and I was wearing a helmet. I shudder to think what I could have been up against had my head hit the concrete directly.
I'll probably never have this happen again, nor am I likely to meet someone who has it happen to them (oddly, this bike had about 6000 miles on it). But the inconvenience of wearing the helmet is inconsequential when compared to the benefit.
Would you like to come to our block party? Every year on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Crawfish and BBQ, between Houston and Galveston.
You see people driving and texting now - do you think that the distraction level will stay the same? No, it will increase. Greatly. People will be playing on their phone, reading the paper, maybe even getting dressed on their morning commute. I think it's completely unrealistic to think that people will be there at the ready, for the opportunity to take over from the computer.
Fully agreed. I'd like to see a statistician pop in here and talk about confidence levels too. Just because the average is 1 in 300M for a fatal crash, that doesn't mean that by driving 300M miles with no crash means that we're safer. That's like flipping a coin where tails = fatality. If you flip it twice and both come up heads, that just means you got lucky.
I think the point the OP was getting to with emergency vehicles is that you are required to move to the right. I wouldn't think it would be terribly difficult for emergency lights to be detected in a similar manner as school zone signs.
Pretty sure that the classics won't be required to be retro-fitted a la no seatbelt requirement if it wasn't originally stocked with seatbelts.
Speed zone changes have to be uploaded to a central database. I'd bet that self-driving cars are going to be online all the time. You give it your destination, it maps the route, and picks up info like speed zones, construction, traffic volume, and weather & road conditions.
I know you're joking, but a network of self-driving cars would probably prevent a lot of the gridlock as not only would follow distances be optimized, but they could follow much closer (since the array can communicate with one another so they brake uniformly).
You should take into account that a self-driving car is aware that the other car is moving toward your car before you realize it. And it is much more likely to take appropriate evasive action (perhaps just mild braking) much quicker than you can.
I think what we'll see is that Google cars will be uploading both human and computer-driven data to a service. This service will continually fine-tune the maps - so it can identify that there has been a stationary object in the same place the last 6 times (it's probably a mailbox, street sign, or light pole). So streets that weren't mapped before, or maybe didn't have enough data to be considered computer-safe, could become so rather quickly.
If you're into statistics at least a little bit and have an interest, I strongly suggest Udacity's course on self-driving cars. It gives a lot of insight into how the car works.
Sounds like someone is unable to think outside the box. Driverless cars are being created, why is it out of the realm of possibility that a robot couldn't do this?
I can see something similar to a pallet jack going into the side or bottom of the car, lifting the battery 1/4 inch or so and backing it out. Push it into a spot in the charging rack, and pull a fully charged battery out. It would require an attendant, but shouldn't take more than a couple minutes. Put a lock on the front of the battery to secure it to the car and protect it from theft. At 300+ lbs, they're definitely valuable, but also difficult to steal.
There have been a few software projects funded there too - how do you show a working prototype for that? Kickstarter is good to create the working capital needed to develop the project. This rule all but kills new software development.
You're being a bit over dramatic - they sent an update less than a month ago, that's really not MIA. Looks like they just did a crappy job at foreseeing potential delays in the design process.
Not a funder, and not related to the project or KS in any way.
What kind of fucking troll are you?!
One that doesn't post as AC? You have good points, but then you act like a kid with your insults.
That, of course, makes the assumption that management is level-headed. Some will cut off their nose to spite their face.
That could be a poisonous situation. How will it be after you take the counteroffer? How will expectations change? How will your boss appraise your performance?