Back when I was a kid, jets would fly in and out of the local Naval air station and occasionally go supersonic after takeoff.
"Occasionally" is different from "continually." I used to live near a Naval Air Station as well and I would get rocked out of bed by some jet jockey at 3AM. But this might happen maybe 3 times a year. Imagine those "window rattling" sonic booms coming by every five minutes or so, versus "occasionally," and you start to see the concern.
Significantly cutting travel time anywhere in the continental U.S. means it's possible (though expensive) to get something off a loading dock in Boston at 7AM, and get it to a loading dock in L.A. by 4PM, while there's still someone there to unload it.
Minor grouse: This is quite easily done because 7AM ET is 4AM PT. So if you want it there by 4PM PT, while there's still someone there to unload it, you have 12 hours to get it there.
OTOH, if you have it in LA an 7AM and want to get it to Boston by 4PM, that gets tricky without supersonic travel.
Whoops! Okay, I see the discrepancy. You have to figure that your statistic of 4900 miles is an average--how many miles driven divided by the number of times a person had to step in and take control of the car.
So, yes, November 2017 had one case in 30,516.7 miles, which is pretty darned impressive. Conversely, April 2017 had 10 such disengagements in only 27,238.7 miles. Some simple math tells us that's 1 disengagement every 2,723.87 miles.
If you take all the disengagements and divide by the total miles, you come up with about 5,596 miles per disengagement, which is pretty close to your number.
It looks like it is. According to the CA DMV, disengagement is “a deactivation of the autonomous mode when a failure of the autonomous technology is detected or when the safe operation of the vehicle requires that the autonomous vehicle test driver disengage the autonomous mode and take immediate manual control of the vehicle.”
It may be a terminology issue. If you're looking at Arizona, they may have different terms than California does. And whose accounts have Waymo at about 4900 miles per required interaction? Can you give us a reference?
Apple wouldn't call it a "MacBook Ultra Pro" or a "MacBook Mega Ultra Pro." They would just call it a "MacBook Pro." This way, you'd have no idea what you were buying...
The idea behind two factor authentication is something you have and something you know. Like you have to have a particular card and you have to know a passcode in order to get in the building. Just having a card or just knowing a code won't do it--you need both.
The interesting thing, and IANAL so I may have this wrong, is that the courts can compel you to provide things you have (like finger prints or your face) but you cannot be compelled to provide something you know. So if I have an "unlock code" on my phone, I can't necessarily be compelled to tell them the code. But I can be compelled to unlock the phone with my finger prints.
A voiceprint ID would, in theory, only work if you got to pick the phrase. I can be compelled to provide my voice, but I can't be compelled to tell them what the phrase is. I'd also be worried about somebody using a recording. I picture a suspect being compelled to read every word in the Oxford English Dictionary...
So if you're worried about the government, the best thing for you to do would be to have both a biometric sensor (finger print, face, etc.) and a passcode. I'm not sure if iOS or Android has the option for both.
Frankly, the go-out-to-a-movie experience has turned to shit in general.
Maybe you should consider a different theater.
I went and saw a movie a few months ago. The theater was crowded--sold out, in fact--but I had a reserved seat. It was a nice comfy lounge chair. It wasn't particularly noisy or smelly.
So I'm not sure what theater you're going to, but perhaps you should consider going to a different one.
It mystifies me why anyone would put any new manufacturing in California, with high taxes and even higher cost of living.
I suppose it depends on what you're manufacturing.
It's not necessarily a bad thing to have engineers close to manufacturing--especially for something as technical as a rocket. If changes need to be made, they can happen quickly and conveniently. If the engineers are in California, it's worthwhile to have manufacturing in California.
There's also a difference between "manufacturing" and "mass production." Yeah, if I were building 30 million widgets which I wanted to sell as cheaply as possible, I'd probably have it done in China. But SpaceX isn't going to build 30 million BFRs. Heck, I can't imagine them building more than 12 per year. Also, when you're charging millions of dollars per launch, the fact that the person assembling the fairings makes $20/hr in California versus $10/hr in Arkansas doesn't really drop the unit cost that much.
As for transport, again, it's not like it makes that much difference. I've built the rocket, I stick it on the boat and it takes 2 months to go from Long Beach, CA, to Texas, say. If I built it in Texas, I could get it there in a week! But does that really make that much of difference--business-wise? I mean, are people going to be complaining because they have to wait 2 months for their giant payload to launch? Are they going to go to one of the competitors? I think not.
Cars are not under any obligation to stop to let you cross a road, except at a zebra crossing.
Really? I mean, how many zebras are there in the UK such that they have special crosswalks? I'm not a zebra--I'm a human being! Is this kind of like in India, where cows are sacred? Zebras are so important that they get their own crossing?
Gads. At least here in the US, crosswalks are for pedestrians. Not Zebras.
I worked nights as a Pinkerton [...] but I'm also surprised that they retained (or revived?) the name after the sale of the company. I believe the buyer was Wackenhut?
And there's your answer.
Okay, Pinkerton--not a great name. But Wackenhut? Worse.
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There is a whole planet to explore.
Just stay the fuck off my lawn!
Back when I was a kid, jets would fly in and out of the local Naval air station and occasionally go supersonic after takeoff.
"Occasionally" is different from "continually." I used to live near a Naval Air Station as well and I would get rocked out of bed by some jet jockey at 3AM. But this might happen maybe 3 times a year. Imagine those "window rattling" sonic booms coming by every five minutes or so, versus "occasionally," and you start to see the concern.
Significantly cutting travel time anywhere in the continental U.S. means it's possible (though expensive) to get something off a loading dock in Boston at 7AM, and get it to a loading dock in L.A. by 4PM, while there's still someone there to unload it.
Minor grouse: This is quite easily done because 7AM ET is 4AM PT. So if you want it there by 4PM PT, while there's still someone there to unload it, you have 12 hours to get it there.
OTOH, if you have it in LA an 7AM and want to get it to Boston by 4PM, that gets tricky without supersonic travel.
The last few generations of A-processors have been beating increasingly higher-tier MacBooks in performance benchmarks these last few years.
And, let's face it, Apple has done a wonderful job of keeping their MacBooks up-to-date with the latest Intel chips...
Whoops! Okay, I see the discrepancy. You have to figure that your statistic of 4900 miles is an average--how many miles driven divided by the number of times a person had to step in and take control of the car.
So, yes, November 2017 had one case in 30,516.7 miles, which is pretty darned impressive. Conversely, April 2017 had 10 such disengagements in only 27,238.7 miles. Some simple math tells us that's 1 disengagement every 2,723.87 miles.
If you take all the disengagements and divide by the total miles, you come up with about 5,596 miles per disengagement, which is pretty close to your number.
It looks like it is. According to the CA DMV, disengagement is “a deactivation of the autonomous mode when a failure of the autonomous technology is detected or when the safe operation of the vehicle requires that the autonomous vehicle test driver disengage the autonomous mode and take immediate manual control of the vehicle.”
It may be a terminology issue. If you're looking at Arizona, they may have different terms than California does. And whose accounts have Waymo at about 4900 miles per required interaction? Can you give us a reference?
While amusing, you made one mistake.
Apple wouldn't call it a "MacBook Ultra Pro" or a "MacBook Mega Ultra Pro." They would just call it a "MacBook Pro." This way, you'd have no idea what you were buying...
It's about teaching how to use Swift . . . a "programming" language that is a proprietary technology that belongs to Apple.
Uh...No.
Combine lego-type blocks and AI? Maybe not a good idea...
So, when you die, I should be able to just walk into your house and take your stuff? Claim your bank account?
Well, it can use any finger you register. I use a thumb and an index finger.
Of course, you only get so many attempts (fewer than 10) so you can't go through all fingers without getting a lockdown.
Tell you what. If I'm murdered [...] I'm cool
Yes. Yes you are.
The idea behind two factor authentication is something you have and something you know. Like you have to have a particular card and you have to know a passcode in order to get in the building. Just having a card or just knowing a code won't do it--you need both.
The interesting thing, and IANAL so I may have this wrong, is that the courts can compel you to provide things you have (like finger prints or your face) but you cannot be compelled to provide something you know. So if I have an "unlock code" on my phone, I can't necessarily be compelled to tell them the code. But I can be compelled to unlock the phone with my finger prints.
A voiceprint ID would, in theory, only work if you got to pick the phrase. I can be compelled to provide my voice, but I can't be compelled to tell them what the phrase is. I'd also be worried about somebody using a recording. I picture a suspect being compelled to read every word in the Oxford English Dictionary...
So if you're worried about the government, the best thing for you to do would be to have both a biometric sensor (finger print, face, etc.) and a passcode. I'm not sure if iOS or Android has the option for both.
That's a good one! It's what I use on my luggage.
Abe Vigoda is still dead. As is Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
Oh so all Alt Righters are terrorists now?
About as much as all muslims are terrorists.
Frankly, the go-out-to-a-movie experience has turned to shit in general.
Maybe you should consider a different theater.
I went and saw a movie a few months ago. The theater was crowded--sold out, in fact--but I had a reserved seat. It was a nice comfy lounge chair. It wasn't particularly noisy or smelly.
So I'm not sure what theater you're going to, but perhaps you should consider going to a different one.
Or, "We don't need backups--we have RAID 1."
Recharging overnight is fine but if you forget to plug your car in overnight, you may not be able to get to work the next morning [...]
Depends on where you work.
Many electric cars get over 200 miles on a charge and pretty much all of them will get over 100 miles. Figure that 85% of Americans travel less than 25 miles to work. So even if they forget, they can manage to get to work and back the next day.
Looks pretty cool to me.
It mystifies me why anyone would put any new manufacturing in California, with high taxes and even higher cost of living.
I suppose it depends on what you're manufacturing.
It's not necessarily a bad thing to have engineers close to manufacturing--especially for something as technical as a rocket. If changes need to be made, they can happen quickly and conveniently. If the engineers are in California, it's worthwhile to have manufacturing in California.
There's also a difference between "manufacturing" and "mass production." Yeah, if I were building 30 million widgets which I wanted to sell as cheaply as possible, I'd probably have it done in China. But SpaceX isn't going to build 30 million BFRs. Heck, I can't imagine them building more than 12 per year. Also, when you're charging millions of dollars per launch, the fact that the person assembling the fairings makes $20/hr in California versus $10/hr in Arkansas doesn't really drop the unit cost that much.
As for transport, again, it's not like it makes that much difference. I've built the rocket, I stick it on the boat and it takes 2 months to go from Long Beach, CA, to Texas, say. If I built it in Texas, I could get it there in a week! But does that really make that much of difference--business-wise? I mean, are people going to be complaining because they have to wait 2 months for their giant payload to launch? Are they going to go to one of the competitors? I think not.
Yeah, Wade.
Cars are not under any obligation to stop to let you cross a road, except at a zebra crossing.
Really? I mean, how many zebras are there in the UK such that they have special crosswalks? I'm not a zebra--I'm a human being! Is this kind of like in India, where cows are sacred? Zebras are so important that they get their own crossing?
Gads. At least here in the US, crosswalks are for pedestrians. Not Zebras.
In other words, anyone can download the code and help hunt for exoplanets in Kepler data.
If I find one, can I name it "Planet McPlanetface?"
Maybe I can make some money selling the naming rights? "McDonaldsworld?"
I worked nights as a Pinkerton [...] but I'm also surprised that they retained (or revived?) the name after the sale of the company. I believe the buyer was Wackenhut?
And there's your answer.
Okay, Pinkerton--not a great name. But Wackenhut? Worse.