Sure. But that's seventh century (BC) technology. Where's the pizzaz? The Sizzle?
I think a tiny hoe might be easier to implement and more effective than uprooting. On top of which any patents on the process probably expired about the time Moses was leading the children of Israel out of captivity.
It might also have been nice to mention that this is one of four more or less identical satellites. The first -- GOES-16 was launched in late 2016 and has no cooling problems. The other two satellites are scheduled for future launch.
I actually find this marginally credible. If MH17's transponder was working, there would have been little doubt about it's identity. I doubt even a questionable AA crew would choose to fire a missile at it. Unless there was a more legitimate target in the area and the missile locked on to the wrong target. OTOH, I can sort of conceive of the Russians handing Ukrainian rebels the keys to a missile launcher, giving them a few hours of very basic training on how to use it and turning them loose. (But only if they planned to keep Russian aircraft well clear of "rebel airspace")
On top of which, the Cubans actually asked the US to send the FBI down to investigate. I doubt they'd do that if they were responsible for the problem or wanted to keep the cause a secret.
"They are saying that Uber's self-driving car rig is neither designed to stop for nor alert the driver about pedestrians obstructing the path of the vehicle."
What they seem to have done is taken a vehicle with substantial safety equipment, left the sensors operating, but turned off the accident avoidance features. Then they added a distracting task (monitor the system) for the driver. Then, SURPRISE!!!, something went lethally wrong.
We'll have to wait until folks with time and full information perform an analysis. But it sure looks at first glance like this was/is a questionably well designed test program.
Conceptually intervehicle communication is a terrific ideal And there's a standard of sort (V2V). Problem is the edge cases where one thinks one is communicating with vehicle A which you think is going to let you make a turn across traffic. But Vehicle A is not the car you think it is. Vehicle B -- which you have mistaken for A is moving toward you at speed and has no intention of letting you make a turn. Oooops.
I was going to post much the same thing. I would not be enthused about riding in an Uber autonomous vehicle or a Tesla on "autopilot". I simply don't trust the manufacturers who seem to me to be more interested in marketing than in my safety.. Waymo on the other hand, seems to be following a very conservative and responsible course.
"The White House Information Technology and the White House Communications Agency should swap his twitter phone..."
No they should not. It seems to have escaped your attention. But Trump is the boss. Yes, he's an incompetent, self indulgent buffoon, and a terrible manager.and those who voted for and support him have done their country no favor. (Not that Ms Clinton was that much better). Nonetheless, he is in charge, not the White House security staff.
The difference being that President Dingbat has the authority to change the rules. You don't. I hope you enjoy your stay in Guantanamo. I'm told that it's always sunny there.
"I want controls you can adjust without looking, and with gloves in the winter. Why is every car getting away from usability? It is a horrible trend."
Amen, Brother! The electronics on the recent vehicles I've come into contact with are ghastly beyond belief. They are a large part of why I've opted to install a GPS, backup camera and modern radio in our 2005 Sentra instead of buying a new car.
Plus which, both Ford and Toyota make plug-in hybrids with msrp around $32,000 that look to be far more practical vehicles for folks that want an EV for local driving, but would like to take the occasional long trip without spending hours hanging out in parking areas in the middle of nowhere recharging their batteries.
Teslae don't use LIDAR and therefore presumably don't know how far away objects are. I.e. Pike's Peak and a discarded fast food wrapper presumably can look much the same to your $80,000 electric car. When driving, you and I Identify the nature of an object and use that knowledge to estimate distance, but that's very hard for a computer. Conceptually an alternative would be two cameras and compute distance from parallax, but that's not especially easy either -- especially if you're going to be picky about reliability.
One thing to keep in mind when dealing with autonomous vehicles is that they don't see the world the way humans do. Sometimes they are going to be better than humans at understanding their environment. Sometimes they are going to be worse. Worse is likely to be a problem sometimes.
It does emphasize what we all sort of know. Encryption that is good enough today will probably be not good enough in a few -- five, ten, fifteen -- years. Which suggests that all your email and metadata that you and others have stashed in encrypted stores may be decodable if you (and they) keep the stores around too long.
And it doesn't matter what technology makes the data readable. Quantum computing, brute force, some clever algorithm, some flaw in common encryption algorithms or the software implementing them. Your secrets may not remain secret.
Unless they are planning to compete with Registered Mail for the tiny market segment of shipping material whose provenance must be traceable, I have some trouble seeing why Fedex would bother with blockchain.
Might be useful for airline small package services which are a traditional and time tested tool for losing objects one never wants to see again. Rumor has it that Jimmy Hoffa's body was shipped hoem by an airline small package service.
That's a possibility. Maybe he's going to sell his assets and make a quick trip to Tijuana to get forged documents and some plastic surgery. We'll never see nor hear from him again.
It's also possible that he's on the verge of a nervous breakdown and has been told to take a vacation before he harms himself or others.
Or he could have some problem he needs to deal with that is more important than a damn car -- a loved one with cancer for example.
Or things could simply have reached a point where he his actions can't make much difference. Maybe Tesla is locked on the road to success. Or maybe it's doomed.
No way for us to tell. And quite likely none of our business.
Not that I disbelieve you, but exactly what, if anything, does this autopilot thingee actually do other than warn you occasionally that your hands belong on the wheel? I think I could probably design a keep_your_hands_on_the_wheel_stupid warning system that costs less that $3000 and still have a healthy profit margin.
The material at https://www.tesla.com/autopilo... says " "Automatic Emergency Braking Designed to detect objects that the car may impact and applies the brakes accordingly" But in the fine print, it warns me that some capabilities may not be available -- apparently because my local regulators don't want my car avoiding accidents. And I infer that many of the promised capabilities actually haven't shipped yet.
I'm the world's worst physicist, but I think 50kwH works out to about 300 million joules. If I have that right, that's the equivalent of three sticks of dynamite. Unless we've repealed Conservation of Energy, all that energy has to go somewhere when we "drain the battery". I'm quite sure that can be done safely, but getting rid of it without damaging the drainer is likely a problem.
One may also need to limit the discharge rate to keep the battery -- which has design limits -- from either exploding or (more likely I should think) popping fuses then not draining any further using the normal connection points.
Collision avoidance that only avoids running into moving objects... interesting concept that. Don't recall Elon telling us about that. Doubtless slipped his mind.
"3300 people die per day in car accidents." More like 90 a day in the US. Maybe 500 a day worldwide? Call it 700 or 800 if we include motorcycles and motorscooters? But Vespas don't come with "Autopilot"
Some firefighters at least do get formal training in handling chemical spills, etc. But I imagine that it's difficult to keep the training materials up to date when technology changes. And I'm not sure what tools your local Pumper unit is supposed to use to "drain" a Tesla battery. Somehow a ax or firehose seem unlikely to be a proper fit to the problem.
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Sure. But that's seventh century (BC) technology. Where's the pizzaz? The Sizzle?
I think a tiny hoe might be easier to implement and more effective than uprooting. On top of which any patents on the process probably expired about the time Moses was leading the children of Israel out of captivity.
It might also have been nice to mention that this is one of four more or less identical satellites. The first -- GOES-16 was launched in late 2016 and has no cooling problems. The other two satellites are scheduled for future launch.
I actually find this marginally credible. If MH17's transponder was working, there would have been little doubt about it's identity. I doubt even a questionable AA crew would choose to fire a missile at it. Unless there was a more legitimate target in the area and the missile locked on to the wrong target. OTOH, I can sort of conceive of the Russians handing Ukrainian rebels the keys to a missile launcher, giving them a few hours of very basic training on how to use it and turning them loose. (But only if they planned to keep Russian aircraft well clear of "rebel airspace")
On top of which, the Cubans actually asked the US to send the FBI down to investigate. I doubt they'd do that if they were responsible for the problem or wanted to keep the cause a secret.
"They are saying that Uber's self-driving car rig is neither designed to stop for nor alert the driver about pedestrians obstructing the path of the vehicle."
What they seem to have done is taken a vehicle with substantial safety equipment, left the sensors operating, but turned off the accident avoidance features. Then they added a distracting task (monitor the system) for the driver. Then, SURPRISE!!!, something went lethally wrong.
We'll have to wait until folks with time and full information perform an analysis. But it sure looks at first glance like this was/is a questionably well designed test program.
Conceptually intervehicle communication is a terrific ideal And there's a standard of sort (V2V). Problem is the edge cases where one thinks one is communicating with vehicle A which you think is going to let you make a turn across traffic. But Vehicle A is not the car you think it is. Vehicle B -- which you have mistaken for A is moving toward you at speed and has no intention of letting you make a turn. Oooops.
I was going to post much the same thing. I would not be enthused about riding in an Uber autonomous vehicle or a Tesla on "autopilot". I simply don't trust the manufacturers who seem to me to be more interested in marketing than in my safety.. Waymo on the other hand, seems to be following a very conservative and responsible course.
"The White House Information Technology and the White House Communications Agency should swap his twitter phone ..."
No they should not. It seems to have escaped your attention. But Trump is the boss. Yes, he's an incompetent, self indulgent buffoon, and a terrible manager.and those who voted for and support him have done their country no favor. (Not that Ms Clinton was that much better). Nonetheless, he is in charge, not the White House security staff.
The difference being that President Dingbat has the authority to change the rules. You don't. I hope you enjoy your stay in Guantanamo. I'm told that it's always sunny there.
"I want controls you can adjust without looking, and with gloves in the winter. Why is every car getting away from usability? It is a horrible trend."
Amen, Brother! The electronics on the recent vehicles I've come into contact with are ghastly beyond belief. They are a large part of why I've opted to install a GPS, backup camera and modern radio in our 2005 Sentra instead of buying a new car.
"... or bad test methodology."
CR is holding it wrong?
Plus which, both Ford and Toyota make plug-in hybrids with msrp around $32,000 that look to be far more practical vehicles for folks that want an EV for local driving, but would like to take the occasional long trip without spending hours hanging out in parking areas in the middle of nowhere recharging their batteries.
Teslae don't use LIDAR and therefore presumably don't know how far away objects are. I.e. Pike's Peak and a discarded fast food wrapper presumably can look much the same to your $80,000 electric car. When driving, you and I Identify the nature of an object and use that knowledge to estimate distance, but that's very hard for a computer. Conceptually an alternative would be two cameras and compute distance from parallax, but that's not especially easy either -- especially if you're going to be picky about reliability.
One thing to keep in mind when dealing with autonomous vehicles is that they don't see the world the way humans do. Sometimes they are going to be better than humans at understanding their environment. Sometimes they are going to be worse. Worse is likely to be a problem sometimes.
Probably wrong on the details
But that's slightly different than dead wrong.
It does emphasize what we all sort of know. Encryption that is good enough today will probably be not good enough in a few -- five, ten, fifteen -- years. Which suggests that all your email and metadata that you and others have stashed in encrypted stores may be decodable if you (and they) keep the stores around too long.
And it doesn't matter what technology makes the data readable. Quantum computing, brute force, some clever algorithm, some flaw in common encryption algorithms or the software implementing them. Your secrets may not remain secret.
That's probably not a good thing.
BBC says it was a plane leased from Mexican company called Damojh.
"The banks in Mexico are heavily corrupted by cartel influences."
I am shocked, shocked, to hear that there might be corruption in Mexico.
"Mexico ranks 135th on the Transparency International index of 180 countries"
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/ne...
"opaque jurisdiction" = Washington DC, New York, London.
Two dollars enter. One dollar leaves. Money handlers (and they are very numerous) prosper.
Unless they are planning to compete with Registered Mail for the tiny market segment of shipping material whose provenance must be traceable, I have some trouble seeing why Fedex would bother with blockchain.
Might be useful for airline small package services which are a traditional and time tested tool for losing objects one never wants to see again. Rumor has it that Jimmy Hoffa's body was shipped hoem by an airline small package service.
"They could save themselves the trouble of dicking with blockchain by just not being liars."
Stop lying? You're perilously close to attacking American core values there, citizen.
"Rats always leave a sinking ship"
That's a possibility. Maybe he's going to sell his assets and make a quick trip to Tijuana to get forged documents and some plastic surgery. We'll never see nor hear from him again.
It's also possible that he's on the verge of a nervous breakdown and has been told to take a vacation before he harms himself or others.
Or he could have some problem he needs to deal with that is more important than a damn car -- a loved one with cancer for example.
Or things could simply have reached a point where he his actions can't make much difference. Maybe Tesla is locked on the road to success. Or maybe it's doomed.
No way for us to tell. And quite likely none of our business.
Not that I disbelieve you, but exactly what, if anything, does this autopilot thingee actually do other than warn you occasionally that your hands belong on the wheel? I think I could probably design a keep_your_hands_on_the_wheel_stupid warning system that costs less that $3000 and still have a healthy profit margin.
The material at https://www.tesla.com/autopilo... says " "Automatic Emergency Braking Designed to detect objects that the car may impact and applies the brakes accordingly" But in the fine print, it warns me that some capabilities may not be available -- apparently because my local regulators don't want my car avoiding accidents. And I infer that many of the promised capabilities actually haven't shipped yet.
"we need a large autonomous barge to pick up garbage from tourist towns on the great lakes."
Sounds like you need pigs.
I'm the world's worst physicist, but I think 50kwH works out to about 300 million joules. If I have that right, that's the equivalent of three sticks of dynamite. Unless we've repealed Conservation of Energy, all that energy has to go somewhere when we "drain the battery". I'm quite sure that can be done safely, but getting rid of it without damaging the drainer is likely a problem.
One may also need to limit the discharge rate to keep the battery -- which has design limits -- from either exploding or (more likely I should think) popping fuses then not draining any further using the normal connection points.
Collision avoidance that only avoids running into moving objects ... interesting concept that. Don't recall Elon telling us about that. Doubtless slipped his mind.
"3300 people die per day in car accidents." More like 90 a day in the US. Maybe 500 a day worldwide? Call it 700 or 800 if we include motorcycles and motorscooters? But Vespas don't come with "Autopilot"
Some firefighters at least do get formal training in handling chemical spills, etc. But I imagine that it's difficult to keep the training materials up to date when technology changes. And I'm not sure what tools your local Pumper unit is supposed to use to "drain" a Tesla battery. Somehow a ax or firehose seem unlikely to be a proper fit to the problem.