I’m not sure that we are anywhere near the ability to switch to autonomous cars. The projected cost and maintenance of them seems to me to be prohibitive for the current consumers of cars.
Selling an autonomous car to the general public means that they will have to make sure that required diagnostics are done per the car’s schedule, like cleaning the laser and/or camera lenses as per instructions, besides maintenance of tires, brakes, etc. It’s not unlike selling someone an airplane.
It may be possible to make a car like that available as a lease vehicle, with strict agreements with the dealership regarding the maintenance agreement. In the end, lack of or avoidance of maintenance will be the undoing of any automated system.
I am also concerned about what happens in the event of failure. An engineer may think that they can provide the correct instructions to avoid problems in any situation, but those instructions are only as good as the hardware that they’ll run on. If there is a memory or storage issue that introduces an unforeseen bug, or there is faulty information given to the system by a bad sensor or worse, an almost-working sensor, the human costs could be devastating.
I would assume that if the car fails self-check, either before a journey or during it, it will stop until required repairs are completed. There would be no limping it to the shop. You’re getting it towed on a flatbed.
I don’t know how I feel about paying for what feels like a personal mass transit device controlled by the vendor.
Why not just expand mass transit if the majority of people don’t want to drive?
I agree. Wii Play is really a bunch of demo games, and it can't be considered a game title. That's not why I bought it. It shows off various types of control schemes using the Wii remote and introduces two player games. It's how you buy your second remote.
I like the hockey and the pool. The kids find the fishing and the cow racing thing fun. The tank game reminds me of the old Atari 2600 pack in.
Carnival Games is awful. Its like a PC port to a gamecube dev environment that wasn't debugged before they shipped it, with wii control slapped on. We rented it for 7.99, and I felt ripped off after picking a character, never mind playing the bug infested and laggy games.
This is a time to be careful in what you buy, because junk is being developed from PS2 ports and failed PC games by development houses with little experience on a Nintendo platform.
If Nintendo wants to continue collecting money on the licensing of games, they better start sharing some insider tips that those guys haven't been using.
The Wii, I think, is mainly about expanding the Nintendo DS audience to a console. Its games are going to have a similar hands on feel, with the graphics it has utilized simply for presentation. The DS is the hook for their entire marketing strategy now, since the gamecube didn't manage to do it.
Microsoft is spending a lot of money to create the perception that Vista is Aero and Aero is Vista. Every web ad shows an animation of Aero. What else is a consumer supposed to see in the operating system that is new and different?
If they're going to force feed warmed over XP, they should just keep calling it XP. Sell 'Aero Vista' to one base of new PC owners, the ones that can actually run Vista Ultimate. What is so damn hard about that? Certification should be black and white for a new operating system.
They could cut their production costs of the 2 or 3 versions that people don't buy, and eliminate confusion.
Screwing consumers when they buy their first computer is no way to treat people. I'll submit to you that most first pc consumers may not have access to an internet PC to do the research necessary to understand what 'Vista Capable' actually means. This isn't just about selling people a product that they use with their machine like a game or a card making program. Selling people the OS is selling people 'The Machine'.
Most users are not going to put on SUSE with XGL when they see they've been shafted, because they're not ready to experiment. They're screwed for the terms of the finance agreement if they want to get any work done.
Yeah, your Karma sounds like toast here. Show me the other team that came close, and I might care what you just wrote. Better yet, show us the other non-recordbreaking design that won the prize, you Limey twit.
Any time I look at the listings for On Demand stuff, its rarely what I want to watch. Too often, I want to rent something that came out 2 years ago or more. Where is On Demand then? I'd rather make the car ride and have all the choices I want and rent them for 5 days for 4 bucks each. Or buy used. And the sorry low resolution pictures I get from "Digital" Mediacom make me pick DVD every time.
RED Hat is right. What is so wrong with a company trying to release the best package possible to the consumer? Of course they're aggressive. As long as people decide to keep buying Windows and don't see something that works better, they will. Microsoft is the top fast food software, they're not the cool little Linux bistro that does the killer lunch business.
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I’m not sure that we are anywhere near the ability to switch to autonomous cars. The projected cost and maintenance of them seems to me to be prohibitive for the current consumers of cars. Selling an autonomous car to the general public means that they will have to make sure that required diagnostics are done per the car’s schedule, like cleaning the laser and/or camera lenses as per instructions, besides maintenance of tires, brakes, etc. It’s not unlike selling someone an airplane. It may be possible to make a car like that available as a lease vehicle, with strict agreements with the dealership regarding the maintenance agreement. In the end, lack of or avoidance of maintenance will be the undoing of any automated system. I am also concerned about what happens in the event of failure. An engineer may think that they can provide the correct instructions to avoid problems in any situation, but those instructions are only as good as the hardware that they’ll run on. If there is a memory or storage issue that introduces an unforeseen bug, or there is faulty information given to the system by a bad sensor or worse, an almost-working sensor, the human costs could be devastating. I would assume that if the car fails self-check, either before a journey or during it, it will stop until required repairs are completed. There would be no limping it to the shop. You’re getting it towed on a flatbed. I don’t know how I feel about paying for what feels like a personal mass transit device controlled by the vendor. Why not just expand mass transit if the majority of people don’t want to drive?
I agree. Wii Play is really a bunch of demo games, and it can't be considered a game title. That's not why I bought it. It shows off various types of control schemes using the Wii remote and introduces two player games. It's how you buy your second remote. I like the hockey and the pool. The kids find the fishing and the cow racing thing fun. The tank game reminds me of the old Atari 2600 pack in. Carnival Games is awful. Its like a PC port to a gamecube dev environment that wasn't debugged before they shipped it, with wii control slapped on. We rented it for 7.99, and I felt ripped off after picking a character, never mind playing the bug infested and laggy games. This is a time to be careful in what you buy, because junk is being developed from PS2 ports and failed PC games by development houses with little experience on a Nintendo platform. If Nintendo wants to continue collecting money on the licensing of games, they better start sharing some insider tips that those guys haven't been using. The Wii, I think, is mainly about expanding the Nintendo DS audience to a console. Its games are going to have a similar hands on feel, with the graphics it has utilized simply for presentation. The DS is the hook for their entire marketing strategy now, since the gamecube didn't manage to do it.
Microsoft is spending a lot of money to create the perception that Vista is Aero and Aero is Vista. Every web ad shows an animation of Aero. What else is a consumer supposed to see in the operating system that is new and different? If they're going to force feed warmed over XP, they should just keep calling it XP. Sell 'Aero Vista' to one base of new PC owners, the ones that can actually run Vista Ultimate. What is so damn hard about that? Certification should be black and white for a new operating system. They could cut their production costs of the 2 or 3 versions that people don't buy, and eliminate confusion. Screwing consumers when they buy their first computer is no way to treat people. I'll submit to you that most first pc consumers may not have access to an internet PC to do the research necessary to understand what 'Vista Capable' actually means. This isn't just about selling people a product that they use with their machine like a game or a card making program. Selling people the OS is selling people 'The Machine'. Most users are not going to put on SUSE with XGL when they see they've been shafted, because they're not ready to experiment. They're screwed for the terms of the finance agreement if they want to get any work done.
Yeah, your Karma sounds like toast here. Show me the other team that came close, and I might care what you just wrote. Better yet, show us the other non-recordbreaking design that won the prize, you Limey twit.
Any time I look at the listings for On Demand stuff, its rarely what I want to watch. Too often, I want to rent something that came out 2 years ago or more. Where is On Demand then? I'd rather make the car ride and have all the choices I want and rent them for 5 days for 4 bucks each. Or buy used. And the sorry low resolution pictures I get from "Digital" Mediacom make me pick DVD every time.
RED Hat is right. What is so wrong with a company trying to release the best package possible to the consumer? Of course they're aggressive. As long as people decide to keep buying Windows and don't see something that works better, they will. Microsoft is the top fast food software, they're not the cool little Linux bistro that does the killer lunch business.