I live pretty much in the middle of the wood and enjoy the outdoor on a very regular basis, rain or snow, hot or cold. It makes me feel alive. Cushioned life is a trap that leave to laissez-faire, and this leads to a population that is not involved in their own affairs. I walk the talk.
A horse in in my plans, but it is not cheap (land feeding vet, etc.) but I will get one for sure in medium term, at the expense of a good vehicle I must say.
The current trend of using technology for procrastination and lazyness I think is dangerous is a world where the humans have almost no active role to play. In such a world people will only get more distanced from their true nature and lose sense of purpose. If cars can drive by themselves, just imagine what other jobs will be lost. It can only mean the end of the world as we know, even more massive unemployment, and no, not everyone can be an engineer and there is only so much clueless managers that cen be employed.
Seems to me it would be people we will not miss. Natural selection and all... make nice CGI and forget the mission, just launch thr spacecraft and forget about it. Only idiots would apply.
Editors that pretend to run a "News for Nerds" site that runs the exact same news several time or weeks/months afther the facts on a very regulat basis is bound to be taken on its slogan. Simple as that. Not even AC here, grow some balls and debate publicly like an adult.
If more than one person have a simila idea in a close enough time frame, similar enough to generate competing patents, it should be ruled as obvious and not patentable as too obvious. But we live in a world where most judges and petent reviewers are completely clueless about what they make decision about. Not cool.
Yes it can continue on inertia sensors alone for a little while. After you park it and go again, good luck! Yo really want to get people forget how to actually drive a vehicle? A lot of people are dependent on GPS to find their way, sometime into a lake... I dont trust technology when I can do the deed myself.
So it is about self driving cars in southern US and nowhere else... car companies are gonna love it! Everybody else (or almost) talk about it like a ubiquitous tech that should solve all social problems. I like to be in control of my life, it makes me human ad I love it. Want to slave to technology? Be my guest.
As a human who actually pays for insurance, I would try to steer my vehicle away from 1. other humans walking around, 2. other vehicles, 3. find a soft spot to minimize damage to my own vehicle. (happened to me with crazy black ice)
Humans are highly adaptable and flexible, not merely fast calculators who knows how to react to known conditions. If you give up in humanity so quickly, maybe you dont trust yourself or never grew up to be a responcible adult.
In soviet amerika the cars drive you, where it wants, when it wants. Land of the free? no more. Land of the forever non-responsible adult-child? Soon in a city near you!
Is it a valid legacy for your children? Is satisfiying a sense of living in sci-fi movie so important you actually want to surrender your freedom of movement? Modern cars can alreay be shut down from distance by LEO, imagine if they can lock the doors and drive you direct to gitmo like camps? America os the only advanced country willing to let go of international laws and treaties to favor the rich and powerful. Wake-up and reclaim your life "We The People". You are worth it and able to live a fulfilling life free of nanny state.
I live in the back country now, but I spent 12 years in Montreal. While I owned a car, it was use mainly in weekpen get-aways. All my urban trabsport was public (metro/bus) as it is cheaper and faster.
Why should I pay for that expensive addition then? How can it be secure when 400000 miles is way less then what a trucker do in a lifetime. I call this a statistical anomaly (targeted geography and weather, less than 1 human driving experience on 5 billion... not mature enough yet. Not for me anyway.)
Hey, someone else with a brain and a clue is here! Glad to meet you zmollusc. Everyone esle, repeat after me: technology is neither an end in itself nor a religion. We dont live in star trek yet. Go out and discover the real world, it is a beautiful place.
Yes, they do now, for quite a while actually. In a plane, there is radio beacons, control towers monitorinf your approach, and NO pedestrians and traffic. Apples and rocks if you ars me.
Some drivers are just awful drivers. Make the licence hard to obtain to drive yourself and the the idiots and morons be driven around. That, I can live with. Also, when I go fishing in the middle of nowhere, well, I wiuld love to see a google car follow me (I would not follow it...).
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I live pretty much in the middle of the wood and enjoy the outdoor on a very regular basis, rain or snow, hot or cold. It makes me feel alive. Cushioned life is a trap that leave to laissez-faire, and this leads to a population that is not involved in their own affairs. I walk the talk.
A horse in in my plans, but it is not cheap (land feeding vet, etc.) but I will get one for sure in medium term, at the expense of a good vehicle I must say.
The current trend of using technology for procrastination and lazyness I think is dangerous is a world where the humans have almost no active role to play. In such a world people will only get more distanced from their true nature and lose sense of purpose. If cars can drive by themselves, just imagine what other jobs will be lost. It can only mean the end of the world as we know, even more massive unemployment, and no, not everyone can be an engineer and there is only so much clueless managers that cen be employed.
Seems to me it would be people we will not miss. Natural selection and all... make nice CGI and forget the mission, just launch thr spacecraft and forget about it. Only idiots would apply.
same apply to you, from my point of view.
you just fed me 24 elements of fonts :-) I guess you lack humour or simply dont know what a pun is. You should start a kickstarter to get some.
Being smooth down there IS worth it. But prefer to shave to gain sensitivity.
NSA is more like a self-deluded homosexual, always lurking in pritave closets!
not massive, common. I still drive to work in 18 inches... I live in mountains, in Canada.
And you need to study politics and blacks ops.
Rule #1 of slash club: font feed the troll, Rule #2 of...
Trading freedom for convenience is unamerican, are you a terrorist?
Editors that pretend to run a "News for Nerds" site that runs the exact same news several time or weeks/months afther the facts on a very regulat basis is bound to be taken on its slogan. Simple as that. Not even AC here, grow some balls and debate publicly like an adult.
If more than one person have a simila idea in a close enough time frame, similar enough to generate competing patents, it should be ruled as obvious and not patentable as too obvious. But we live in a world where most judges and petent reviewers are completely clueless about what they make decision about. Not cool.
Slashdot: the only news site with reruns!
Yes it can continue on inertia sensors alone for a little while. After you park it and go again, good luck! Yo really want to get people forget how to actually drive a vehicle? A lot of people are dependent on GPS to find their way, sometime into a lake... I dont trust technology when I can do the deed myself.
So it is about self driving cars in southern US and nowhere else... car companies are gonna love it! Everybody else (or almost) talk about it like a ubiquitous tech that should solve all social problems. I like to be in control of my life, it makes me human ad I love it. Want to slave to technology? Be my guest.
As a human who actually pays for insurance, I would try to steer my vehicle away from 1. other humans walking around, 2. other vehicles, 3. find a soft spot to minimize damage to my own vehicle. (happened to me with crazy black ice)
Humans are highly adaptable and flexible, not merely fast calculators who knows how to react to known conditions. If you give up in humanity so quickly, maybe you dont trust yourself or never grew up to be a responcible adult.
In soviet amerika the cars drive you, where it wants, when it wants. Land of the free? no more. Land of the forever non-responsible adult-child? Soon in a city near you!
Is it a valid legacy for your children? Is satisfiying a sense of living in sci-fi movie so important you actually want to surrender your freedom of movement? Modern cars can alreay be shut down from distance by LEO, imagine if they can lock the doors and drive you direct to gitmo like camps? America os the only advanced country willing to let go of international laws and treaties to favor the rich and powerful. Wake-up and reclaim your life "We The People". You are worth it and able to live a fulfilling life free of nanny state.
I live in the back country now, but I spent 12 years in Montreal. While I owned a car, it was use mainly in weekpen get-aways. All my urban trabsport was public (metro/bus) as it is cheaper and faster.
Why should I pay for that expensive addition then? How can it be secure when 400000 miles is way less then what a trucker do in a lifetime. I call this a statistical anomaly (targeted geography and weather, less than 1 human driving experience on 5 billion... not mature enough yet. Not for me anyway.)
Hey, someone else with a brain and a clue is here! Glad to meet you zmollusc. Everyone esle, repeat after me: technology is neither an end in itself nor a religion. We dont live in star trek yet. Go out and discover the real world, it is a beautiful place.
Sorry boss, there is 4 inch of snow on the road so I cannot go to work... pathetic!
Yes, they do now, for quite a while actually. In a plane, there is radio beacons, control towers monitorinf your approach, and NO pedestrians and traffic. Apples and rocks if you ars me.
Also, if we go to war and GPS gets compromised, we would be SO vulnerable, its not even funny thinking about it.
Some drivers are just awful drivers. Make the licence hard to obtain to drive yourself and the the idiots and morons be driven around. That, I can live with. Also, when I go fishing in the middle of nowhere, well, I wiuld love to see a google car follow me (I would not follow it...).