I respectfully disagree. When there is no need for a steering wheel, brake and acellerator pedal, and you just tell the car where you want to go and relax by reading a book or watching a Harry Potter movie, then that's a self driving car. We are on our way to that, by no means are any vehicles fully autonomous and self driving.
It's not a 'self-driving' car, it's lane-assist. The driver needs to be fully aware and ready to take over at any moment. True self-driving cars are, IMO, at least 10 years away. Too many variables/bugs to be worked out in order for a vehicle to handle all weather/road/obstacles.
The Tesla pulled over on the roadway and Samek was taken to a Palo Alto gas station, ABC 7 reports. Samek was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after he failed a field sobriety test, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. https://www.sacbee.com/news/st...
The California Highway Patrol on Friday pulled over a Tesla Model S that was traveling down the road—but whose driver appeared to be asleep at the wheel. The vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 101 in Palo Alto.
Officers said that they were unable to get the man's attention.
"One of the officers basically ended up going in front of the vehicle and basically tried to slow it down," a California Highway Patrol spokesman told KCBS radio. The process took about seven minutes, and the car traveled for about seven miles before coming to a stop.
The driver was Alexander Samek, who serves on the Los Altos Planning Commission. He was arrested for driving under the influence.
So how was the vehicle able to travel for more than seven minutes with an apparently sleeping driver? The obvious theory is that the Model S had its Autopilot system turned on, but officials said on Friday that they hadn't confirmed that yet. It's quite possible that Autopilot saved Samek's life.
The situation is a bit of a puzzle because Autopilot is supposed to detect if a driver's hands are on the wheel and disengage if they're not. Tesla has steadily tightened up these rules, with recent revisions of the software warning drivers in as little as 30 seconds. So if the driver did fall asleep at the wheel the car should have started slowing down on its own within a few minutes.
In a similar case back in January, police encountered a man asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla car on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. When police woke him up, he insisted that everything was fine because his vehicle was "on autopilot." Unfortunately for him, there's no autopilot exception to drunk-driving laws.
Top comment: onkeljonas
"It's entirely plausible that he was asleep with his hands on the wheel."
Classic Shell still working for me, Win10. Developer may not be able to keep up with MS constantly trying to defeat it. If not, now may be the time to give up on Windows completely and learn how to Linux. Damn. Damn it all to hell! I miss the old days of computing of freeware...
John Donald Hamill Stewart, CMG (15 October 1845 – September 1884)[1] was a British soldier. He accompanied General Gordon to Khartoum in 1884 as his assistant. He died in September 1884 attempting to run the blockade from the besieged city at the hands of the Manasir tribesmen and followers of Muhammad
Stewart was appointed a Cornet in the British 11th Hussars in 1865. In 1882 Lieutenant Colonel Stewart was instructed to prepare a report on the Sudan where Muhammad Ahmad Al-Mahdi was defying the Egyptian Government with success. After a journey to Khartoum and return to Egypt the "Report on the Soudan" (1883) was finished.
He returned with Gordon as second-in-command on his journey to Khartoum commencing with departure from Victoria station in February 1884. Wounded during the siege, Stewart led an attempt to break the blockade aboard the Steamer Abbas in September 1884, along with the British consul Frank Power (who was also the correspondent from The Times), the French consul Léon Herbin, and other residents of Khartoum. The attempt failed when the Abbas ran aground on a rock near Abu Hamad. All passengers and crew were killed by Arab tribes ashore. Gordon learned of this a few weeks later when he received a letter from the Mahdi that quoted from letters that Stewart had been carrying with him on the Abbas.
I currently live on Long Island, NY. If the seas rise just a little bit, all this expensive real estate out here will be gone, just gone and all the millions of humans that live here now will have to relocate. Well, life is changing, I suppose. Humans are adaptable to change. If the Artic pole melts away fully, hey!, new real estate! Yay us!/s
Really, what are these 'ads on YouTube' that I occasionally hear of? I don't see them. Then again, AdBlockPlus, UBlock Origin and Privacy Badger seem to have something to do with it, methinks.
Apple isn't about privacy, realistically speaking. It's about keeping data trapped in Apple's ecosystem -- privacy theft is OK as long as Apple is the one doing the stealing. Good thieves brook no competition.
Prove it.
How can one prove that a major device maker is not cooperating with law enforcement? Apple, Windows, Android and Linux would not be allowed to pass unless there was co-operation with the current government. In todays modern world, only a fool or a liar would believe otherwise.
I've worked as an Election Inspector in NY State for the last 6 elections. In NYS a system of both electronic and redundant paper ballots are kept. After the polls close two printouts are created, and signed off by other inspectors. The paper ballots are sealed and accounted for before being sent to the local police station. Redundancy is very much necessary, and paper ballots are the 'proof' in case of any questionable results.
Eh, $10? Around 40 years ago when I was starting out my adult life I read an early 'Florida Man" story where some guy was murdered for 25 cents, a quarter. Some person was robbed and killed for a quarter. I learned then that that's the price some have for taking a human life. Since then, nothing about man's inhumanity to man has surprised me.
> "For a trillion dollars, I would be able to rationalize the death of a billion people on a poorer continent. I don't think of myself as a monster. They'd do it for a billion. Or free."
AC, have you never considered that 'this' life may well be a test? A test to see how we all rank in the next, "real" life? Not trying to get into a religion argument here however..., perhaps..., there is some type of life and reality after we die from this one where we may be held responsible for actions? Just food for thought. Try thinking about this life a bit more. Regards...
Foobar 2000 still fills my mp3 needs. It does what it's supposed to, it plays my mp3 collection. Unless I hear a good reason to switch to the new and improved WinAmp version I'll stick with what works.
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I respectfully disagree. When there is no need for a steering wheel, brake and acellerator pedal, and you just tell the car where you want to go and relax by reading a book or watching a Harry Potter movie, then that's a self driving car. We are on our way to that, by no means are any vehicles fully autonomous and self driving.
It's not a 'self-driving' car, it's lane-assist. The driver needs to be fully aware and ready to take over at any moment. True self-driving cars are, IMO, at least 10 years away. Too many variables/bugs to be worked out in order for a vehicle to handle all weather/road/obstacles.
Stop your posting childish comments here, boy. Come back when you're mature enough. IOW, don't be a fool all your life.
The Tesla pulled over on the roadway and Samek was taken to a Palo Alto gas station, ABC 7 reports. Samek was arrested on charges of driving under the influence after he failed a field sobriety test, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. https://www.sacbee.com/news/st...
The California Highway Patrol on Friday pulled over a Tesla Model S that was traveling down the road—but whose driver appeared to be asleep at the wheel. The vehicle was traveling southbound on Highway 101 in Palo Alto.
Officers said that they were unable to get the man's attention.
"One of the officers basically ended up going in front of the vehicle and basically tried to slow it down," a California Highway Patrol spokesman told KCBS radio. The process took about seven minutes, and the car traveled for about seven miles before coming to a stop.
The driver was Alexander Samek, who serves on the Los Altos Planning Commission. He was arrested for driving under the influence.
So how was the vehicle able to travel for more than seven minutes with an apparently sleeping driver? The obvious theory is that the Model S had its Autopilot system turned on, but officials said on Friday that they hadn't confirmed that yet. It's quite possible that Autopilot saved Samek's life.
The situation is a bit of a puzzle because Autopilot is supposed to detect if a driver's hands are on the wheel and disengage if they're not. Tesla has steadily tightened up these rules, with recent revisions of the software warning drivers in as little as 30 seconds. So if the driver did fall asleep at the wheel the car should have started slowing down on its own within a few minutes.
In a similar case back in January, police encountered a man asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla car on the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge. When police woke him up, he insisted that everything was fine because his vehicle was "on autopilot." Unfortunately for him, there's no autopilot exception to drunk-driving laws.
Top comment: onkeljonas
"It's entirely plausible that he was asleep with his hands on the wheel."
VERY interesting, thanks for this/ :)
Classic Shell still working for me, Win10. Developer may not be able to keep up with MS constantly trying to defeat it. If not, now may be the time to give up on Windows completely and learn how to Linux. Damn. Damn it all to hell! I miss the old days of computing of freeware...
John Donald Hamill Stewart, CMG (15 October 1845 – September 1884)[1] was a British soldier. He accompanied General Gordon to Khartoum in 1884 as his assistant. He died in September 1884 attempting to run the blockade from the besieged city at the hands of the Manasir tribesmen and followers of Muhammad
There's always a McDonalds down the road..., oh wait, no more roads. Hmmm...
Touche Sir/Madam. I stand corrected.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Military career
Stewart was appointed a Cornet in the British 11th Hussars in 1865. In 1882 Lieutenant Colonel Stewart was instructed to prepare a report on the Sudan where Muhammad Ahmad Al-Mahdi was defying the Egyptian Government with success. After a journey to Khartoum and return to Egypt the "Report on the Soudan" (1883) was finished.
He returned with Gordon as second-in-command on his journey to Khartoum commencing with departure from Victoria station in February 1884. Wounded during the siege, Stewart led an attempt to break the blockade aboard the Steamer Abbas in September 1884, along with the British consul Frank Power (who was also the correspondent from The Times), the French consul Léon Herbin, and other residents of Khartoum. The attempt failed when the Abbas ran aground on a rock near Abu Hamad. All passengers and crew were killed by Arab tribes ashore. Gordon learned of this a few weeks later when he received a letter from the Mahdi that quoted from letters that Stewart had been carrying with him on the Abbas.
Nice comment, I like how you think. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
I currently live on Long Island, NY. If the seas rise just a little bit, all this expensive real estate out here will be gone, just gone and all the millions of humans that live here now will have to relocate. Well, life is changing, I suppose. Humans are adaptable to change. If the Artic pole melts away fully, hey!, new real estate! Yay us! /s
Seriously, why spend $800-$1300 on an iPhone... or any phone? Why spend more than $80? My Moto E4 serves me quite well. Just asking...
Really, what are these 'ads on YouTube' that I occasionally hear of? I don't see them. Then again, AdBlockPlus, UBlock Origin and Privacy Badger seem to have something to do with it, methinks.
Apple isn't about privacy, realistically speaking. It's about keeping data trapped in Apple's ecosystem -- privacy theft is OK as long as Apple is the one doing the stealing. Good thieves brook no competition.
Prove it.
How can one prove that a major device maker is not cooperating with law enforcement? Apple, Windows, Android and Linux would not be allowed to pass unless there was co-operation with the current government. In todays modern world, only a fool or a liar would believe otherwise.
I've worked as an Election Inspector in NY State for the last 6 elections. In NYS a system of both electronic and redundant paper ballots are kept. After the polls close two printouts are created, and signed off by other inspectors. The paper ballots are sealed and accounted for before being sent to the local police station. Redundancy is very much necessary, and paper ballots are the 'proof' in case of any questionable results.
Its last thoughts were "Oh no. Not again."
Not at all, quite the opposite. All religion is man made, and has nothing to do with God. It's a different journey for everyone. YMMV though.
Eh, $10? Around 40 years ago when I was starting out my adult life I read an early 'Florida Man" story where some guy was murdered for 25 cents, a quarter. Some person was robbed and killed for a quarter. I learned then that that's the price some have for taking a human life. Since then, nothing about man's inhumanity to man has surprised me.
Edit: for "our" actions...
AC, have you never considered that 'this' life may well be a test? A test to see how we all rank in the next, "real" life? Not trying to get into a religion argument here however..., perhaps..., there is some type of life and reality after we die from this one where we may be held responsible for actions? Just food for thought. Try thinking about this life a bit more. Regards...
I think marrying Melinda has made Bill more human than he ever would have been otherwise. She's changed him for the better.
I hope you get better, being sick sucks.
Foobar 2000 still fills my mp3 needs. It does what it's supposed to, it plays my mp3 collection. Unless I hear a good reason to switch to the new and improved WinAmp version I'll stick with what works.