I remember hearing about this a couple of years ago, and it's much more involved than that.
Your car's computer would have a GPS receiver and a transponder onboard, and would constantly transmit information about your location and speed to authorities. This would enable them to do things such as give out speeding tickets when you were detected going faster than the speed limit in a certain zone.
The government's line is the typical "If you're doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about".
Sure, you get speeding tickets now for speeding, but such as system doesn't blink and it doesn't look the other way. It'll always know what you're doing, and if you ever make a mistake or do something wrong, you'll be sure to hear about it and pay...
When the data that they need to retrieve are individual atoms embedded in the panels, the fact that the panels are broken into smaller pieces shouldn't matter. They'll still have the atoms in those fragments.
Is it wrong to drive your car simply for the enjoyment of driving?
Those of you who drive Civics and Geo Metros might not care, but what about people who own a car that's fun to drive? What if you want to take your Miata on a spirited drive on a weekend, or feel like feeling a little bit of boost in your Twin Turbo Z on an open highway? What if you wanted to hear the rumble of the V8 in your Camaro? Some of the things we do are not logical but give us enjoyment. Do you think hanging out on Slashdot when you're at work is approved by the authority figures at your job?
If the government had its way, there would be no driving for enjoyment. There would only be fuel-efficient point to point transportation. Go to work, go home, sleep, then go back to work. Increase productivity. Don't waste time on things you call "fun".
I don't want to live in a world where I have no freedom of will. I know each of these plans and laws aren't the end of the world, but they are a step in the wrong direction.
Exactly. People are able to quickly process unforeseen occurances and compensate for them. Computers can't. They only run code, and if something's not in the programming, they either lock up or return an error code. They don't come up with ideas.
"Imagine stopping your car at the stop line on the way to the major highway, and simply inputing into the car that you'd like to be dropped off at exit 32A, and then relaxing as the car waits for a suitable break in the traffic flow to bring the car into the stream, and then at a rapid speed taking you to the exit while you're free to read a newspaper."
And imagine waking up in the hospital, finding out that your passenger is dead, all because the highly automated system couldn't account for the deer that darted into the highway- apparently the deer's parents had unauthorized offspring and the baby deer didn't get their mandatory transponders implanted.
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I remember hearing about this a couple of years ago, and it's much more involved than that.
Your car's computer would have a GPS receiver and a transponder onboard, and would constantly transmit information about your location and speed to authorities. This would enable them to do things such as give out speeding tickets when you were detected going faster than the speed limit in a certain zone.
The government's line is the typical "If you're doing nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about".
Sure, you get speeding tickets now for speeding, but such as system doesn't blink and it doesn't look the other way. It'll always know what you're doing, and if you ever make a mistake or do something wrong, you'll be sure to hear about it and pay...
When the data that they need to retrieve are individual atoms embedded in the panels, the fact that the panels are broken into smaller pieces shouldn't matter. They'll still have the atoms in those fragments.
Is it wrong to drive your car simply for the enjoyment of driving?
Those of you who drive Civics and Geo Metros might not care, but what about people who own a car that's fun to drive? What if you want to take your Miata on a spirited drive on a weekend, or feel like feeling a little bit of boost in your Twin Turbo Z on an open highway? What if you wanted to hear the rumble of the V8 in your Camaro? Some of the things we do are not logical but give us enjoyment. Do you think hanging out on Slashdot when you're at work is approved by the authority figures at your job?
If the government had its way, there would be no driving for enjoyment. There would only be fuel-efficient point to point transportation. Go to work, go home, sleep, then go back to work. Increase productivity. Don't waste time on things you call "fun".
I don't want to live in a world where I have no freedom of will. I know each of these plans and laws aren't the end of the world, but they are a step in the wrong direction.
Exactly. People are able to quickly process unforeseen occurances and compensate for them. Computers can't. They only run code, and if something's not in the programming, they either lock up or return an error code. They don't come up with ideas.
"Imagine stopping your car at the stop line on the way to the major highway, and simply inputing into the car that you'd like to be dropped off at exit 32A, and then relaxing as the car waits for a suitable break in the traffic flow to bring the car into the stream, and then at a rapid speed taking you to the exit while you're free to read a newspaper." And imagine waking up in the hospital, finding out that your passenger is dead, all because the highly automated system couldn't account for the deer that darted into the highway- apparently the deer's parents had unauthorized offspring and the baby deer didn't get their mandatory transponders implanted.
20,000 x $50 = $1 million. The prize is $10 million.
2nd that people need to use good grammer nowadays go to school or someting.
I think they view this as an emerging market, and they want to make sure they have a piece of the pie.
Wow.