And so far, my decades and decades record of driving prove that my driving "fun" is still way safer than most people on the road that are *just* driving from point A to point B....so called "safely".
We know it is possible and plausible. The biggest barrier to this is POLITICAL. WE could start converting HOV lanes to automated-only tomorrow. We could start establishing autonomous only roads in the next few years. Autonomous driving is a reality NOW, if we adjust the driving grid to support it properly. You start with dedicated roads and work your way from there. Waiting to solve all the outlier variables is dumb.
And these are the very reasons I hope the automated car NEVER makes it in my lifetime.
I've spent a decent amount of money over the years , buying cars that are powerful and FUN to drive.
I actually enjoy driving daily....I don't want fucking mandated robots taking that fun feeling away.
We could also redirect some of that 85 billion a month going to Wall Street right now.
Are you talking about $$ from private investors into private/public businesses?
Who is it to decide to take money from private individuals and companies in the US???
I don't mind the govt giving money...but I don't see it in the US constitution for the govt to start taking money from its citizens to do this type thing??
actually I have to disagree. It is so much easier to stay connected to friends that have long moved away and to reconnect with friends that move back. Of course I am older than most people on Slashdot so yes I have friends that moved away 15 years ago and then move back to town that I want to reconnect with.
It is makes me feel more connected with my brother that lives 3 hours away to see his posts daily on facebook. I do call and talk with him a couple of times a month but with facebook it is daily.
Of course I used to do the same thing with email but email is less popular than it once was.
See...I pretty much email, text, phone daily with my friends around the country...the ones that live near me, I do same and see them personally as much as I want to....and I don't have FB snooping on me and my activities and relationships.
I know I can be tracked with my other methods, but at least I'm not making easy for the corps and govt. to do so.
I've never been on one (don't really consider/. to be one), am not missing anything. I still interact with my many friends in meatspace, or the occasional phone call, text or email.
So what you're saying then is that it's fine to break the law, and put other people's lives at risk by speeding through a junction as the lights change, as long as your car is powerful?
It's one thing to be insulted online. It's another altogether to be stalked online.
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Geez, grow a pair, eh?
I mean, it is just words. If some online troll's comments are gonna ruin your day, get ready for the real world in a few years, where no one gives a damn about your self esteem, and you have to grow up, grow a bit thicker skin and get on with your life and fight to succeed.
I'm not talking about real threats of death or harm, but just someone spewing off online or even in person.
Life is not all "touchy-feely", unicorns and kittens. Growing up, you learn to deal with idiots, asshole and those who don't like you (Yes, there always will be some that do not like you and are not your friend)....you learn to ignore that, shake it off and stick with the people that do love and care for you and move on through your life.
Seriously, thicken that skin and get on with your life and don't worry what the idiots say. You shouldn't have time for them.
You can see I said I wasn't talking about people actually threatening your life in meatspace from online....
But that brings up another question due to your answer. What exactly is ONLINE stalking? I know what it is in meatspace, someone physically following you, etc. But online? Who gives a shit? That stuff isn't real. If your whole world online is your *real* world, then you have more problems that just some troll giving you a hard time on FB or forums.
If someone is threatening your life in meatspace, from any medium, there are already laws on the books about that.
But for just to your panties in a wad over what an internet troll does or says about you, shows you really need to have a bit thicker skin.
I mean, it is just words. If some online troll's comments are gonna ruin your day, get ready for the real world in a few years, where no one gives a damn about your self esteem, and you have to grow up, grow a bit thicker skin and get on with your life and fight to succeed.
I'm not talking about real threats of death or harm, but just someone spewing off online or even in person.
Life is not all "touchy-feely", unicorns and kittens. Growing up, you learn to deal with idiots, asshole and those who don't like you (Yes, there always will be some that do not like you and are not your friend)....you learn to ignore that, shake it off and stick with the people that do love and care for you and move on through your life.
Seriously, thicken that skin and get on with your life and don't worry what the idiots say. You shouldn't have time for them.
When I'm watching something I enjoy, either via OTA HD or Netflix, the last thing I'm going to do is "quick! switch to another device!"
Watching a film, documentary or "episode" is much more enjoyable watched in one sitting. If I have to switch to another device I will watch at a later time when my attention isn't split.
Hm....you never watch a movie and have to go to the can?
If anyone thinks that it is a small number of people that drink and drive, take a look at most any parking lot outside any bar in the US>
Do you actually think all those cars are driven by the designated driver? That all those people have only 1 or less drinks?
Those empty lots mean most everyone is driving at some level of impairment. It happens and most people don't get in trouble for it, nor are they serious danger to anyone else on the road.
People naturally drive and meet at bars, they have drinks, they have to get home and they do.
You rarely see a bar parking lot very full after closing time do you?
So you violated the speeding law, based on an assumption about a yellow light time(which varies both per light and electrical fluctuation), thus jeopardizing others.
You need to have you drivers license taking away....
By doing what I suggested I do, I actually AM driving with the general road conditions in this area...if you stop at a light that turns yellow, you will be rear ended by at least 2 cars.
The smart thing to do around here is to get your ass through the intersection in the yellow light.
But in general, no...I don't bother looking at the posted speed anywhere unless my radar detector goes off.
I find myself generally going about the same speed as everyone else on the road, perhaps a little faster than some.
While I disagree with the "you should never go through a yellow light" statement, I've got to question your example. Every section of road I've ever seen that has stop lights also has speed limits much less than 60 mph. Usually 40 mph max. If you're going 60 mph down a stretch of road with a 40mph speed limit, then your problem isn't the yellow light.
I dunno where you live, but no one around here really watched the speed limits THAT closely. I often drive 50+ mph on city streets and trust me, I'm not running over people, that is often the general flow of traffic speed around here in parts.
About the only time I look at what speed I'm going is when the radar detector goes off....
ncorrect. When you see light turning yellow, you are suppose to stop when it is safe to do so, otherwise proceed through the intersection.
In New Orleans, and most any other city I've lived in, you can pretty safely assume that it is decidedly UN-safe to hit the brakes on a yellow light, at least when it first turns yellow.
If you do so, you will be rear ended by at least 2 cars minimum.
It's amazing how many people who claim to have a sub 0.4s reaction time suddenly have a 4 second reaction time when faced with a yellow light.
My reaction time is just fine. I know when the light turns yellow, that if I stomp the gas, the turbo will kick in and transport me easily under the lights before they turn red.
Unfortunately, this will also result in the government collecting too little tax and having to look at increasing tax rates or coming up with other ideas for taxation.
No,it would force the govt to spend responsibly within a budget that allows for the govt to SAVE money for years of lower tax income to it, rather than overspending.
Hey sorry...I may have removed you as a friend...I thought I was friending you..but I misread and it said I was removing the relationship..something new about slashdot only allowing 200 relationships.
I'm not saying Bush didn't do it...I'm saying it has been getting progressively WORSE for all administrations starting at least with the last 3 of them...a real decline in independent and investigative journalism.
I think they should stop allowing the President or other officials from "choosing" whom to get questions from in the pool...make it a random drawing who gets question 1, 2, 3....
But has gotten progressively worse...and that means the current admin is about bottom of the barrel with respect to this...until the next admin....
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I'm here for me....my life.
And so far, my decades and decades record of driving prove that my driving "fun" is still way safer than most people on the road that are *just* driving from point A to point B....so called "safely".
And these are the very reasons I hope the automated car NEVER makes it in my lifetime.
I've spent a decent amount of money over the years , buying cars that are powerful and FUN to drive.
I actually enjoy driving daily....I don't want fucking mandated robots taking that fun feeling away.
If you don't want to drive....take the bus.
Actually radar detectors are legal in most states, they're illegal in very few of them.
REally? Where exactly is THAT power listed in the constitution that enumerates the limited powers and responsibilities of the US Govt?
The world will *always* need ditch diggers....
Wouldn't that discriminate against families, maybe poor ones that don't have an internet connection...maybe not even a computer in the house.
It isn't like the internet/FB is a right....
Are you talking about $$ from private investors into private/public businesses?
Who is it to decide to take money from private individuals and companies in the US???
I don't mind the govt giving money...but I don't see it in the US constitution for the govt to start taking money from its citizens to do this type thing??
See...I pretty much email, text, phone daily with my friends around the country...the ones that live near me, I do same and see them personally as much as I want to....and I don't have FB snooping on me and my activities and relationships.
I know I can be tracked with my other methods, but at least I'm not making easy for the corps and govt. to do so.
I've never been on one (don't really consider /. to be one), am not missing anything. I still interact with my many friends in meatspace, or the occasional phone call, text or email.
Yep!!
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You can see I said I wasn't talking about people actually threatening your life in meatspace from online....
But that brings up another question due to your answer. What exactly is ONLINE stalking? I know what it is in meatspace, someone physically following you, etc. But online? Who gives a shit? That stuff isn't real. If your whole world online is your *real* world, then you have more problems that just some troll giving you a hard time on FB or forums.
If someone is threatening your life in meatspace, from any medium, there are already laws on the books about that.
But for just to your panties in a wad over what an internet troll does or says about you, shows you really need to have a bit thicker skin.
Internet is not real life.
I mean, it is just words. If some online troll's comments are gonna ruin your day, get ready for the real world in a few years, where no one gives a damn about your self esteem, and you have to grow up, grow a bit thicker skin and get on with your life and fight to succeed.
I'm not talking about real threats of death or harm, but just someone spewing off online or even in person.
Life is not all "touchy-feely", unicorns and kittens. Growing up, you learn to deal with idiots, asshole and those who don't like you (Yes, there always will be some that do not like you and are not your friend)....you learn to ignore that, shake it off and stick with the people that do love and care for you and move on through your life.
Seriously, thicken that skin and get on with your life and don't worry what the idiots say. You shouldn't have time for them.
Hm....you never watch a movie and have to go to the can?
If anyone thinks that it is a small number of people that drink and drive, take a look at most any parking lot outside any bar in the US>
Do you actually think all those cars are driven by the designated driver? That all those people have only 1 or less drinks?
Those empty lots mean most everyone is driving at some level of impairment. It happens and most people don't get in trouble for it, nor are they serious danger to anyone else on the road.
People naturally drive and meet at bars, they have drinks, they have to get home and they do.
You rarely see a bar parking lot very full after closing time do you?
By doing what I suggested I do, I actually AM driving with the general road conditions in this area...if you stop at a light that turns yellow, you will be rear ended by at least 2 cars.
The smart thing to do around here is to get your ass through the intersection in the yellow light.
But in general, no...I don't bother looking at the posted speed anywhere unless my radar detector goes off.
I find myself generally going about the same speed as everyone else on the road, perhaps a little faster than some.
I dunno where you live, but no one around here really watched the speed limits THAT closely. I often drive 50+ mph on city streets and trust me, I'm not running over people, that is often the general flow of traffic speed around here in parts.
About the only time I look at what speed I'm going is when the radar detector goes off....
In New Orleans, and most any other city I've lived in, you can pretty safely assume that it is decidedly UN-safe to hit the brakes on a yellow light, at least when it first turns yellow.
If you do so, you will be rear ended by at least 2 cars minimum.
My reaction time is just fine. I know when the light turns yellow, that if I stomp the gas, the turbo will kick in and transport me easily under the lights before they turn red.
Isn't that really old news....nothing new going on there after the riots/protests finally ended is there?
No,it would force the govt to spend responsibly within a budget that allows for the govt to SAVE money for years of lower tax income to it, rather than overspending.
Sorry that wasn't the intention.
Hear, hear!!
You should have been moderated UP for this one!!
I don't mind them reading the WH statements, but it is generally useless unless independent thought, and investigation accompanies it.
The WH could just as easily post their scripts online for us to read...in which case, what use are the news agencies?
Close, but not quite...
I think with Obama, we've hit a new low, and it has been an agenda pushed by them with veracity we've not seen with previous presidencies.
I think they should stop allowing the President or other officials from "choosing" whom to get questions from in the pool...make it a random drawing who gets question 1, 2, 3....
But has gotten progressively worse...and that means the current admin is about bottom of the barrel with respect to this...until the next admin....