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| From | deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... |
| Date | 2016-10-18 15:54 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <hjagud03.ga3@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (8 earlier) <nu5dhf$35s$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <hjague993.ha9@rooftop.invalid> <nu5ej2$6o5$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> <asdjhguv903.ae8@rooftop.invalid> <nu5fnt$bjh$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> |
Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: > On 18/10/2016 16:34, deplorable owl wrote: >> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>> On 18/10/2016 16:10, deplorable owl wrote: >>>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>> On 18/10/2016 15:54, deplorable owl wrote: >>>>>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>> On 18/10/2016 13:58, deplorable owl wrote: >>>>>>>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 17/10/2016 21:32, deplorable owl wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 17/10/2016 18:43, fr314159@gmail.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, October 17, 2016 at 1:04:46 PM UTC-4, ronb wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> "concept of >>>>>>>>>>>>> self-driving cars" >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> The self-driving car is one of the most idiotic ideas to emerge >>>>>>>>>>>> anywhere. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> There is no way that I would ever allow myself to be transported >>>>>>>>>>>> by such a self-driving vehicle. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> My approach to driving is simple. I never allow my car, and with >>>>>>>>>>>> it my body, to move into an area where my eyes haven't already been >>>>>>>>>>>> 10 seconds previously. This is known as "anticipatory" or "defensive" >>>>>>>>>>>> driving, and a self-driving vehicle could not ever accomplish the same. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> All round radar, distance sensors have a far better idea of what's going >>>>>>>>>>> on than your feeble brain could take in. Have you never driven an E >>>>>>>>>>> Class Mercedes with DISTRONIC? Oh silly me, you are a Linux user, you >>>>>>>>>>> can probably only afford a bike. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Especially in moderate to heavy traffic, a self-driving car could >>>>>>>>>>>> not scan the road thousands or even hundreds of feet ahead. As a >>>>>>>>>>>> result a self-driving vehicle would be limited to impulsive accelerations >>>>>>>>>>>> and very quick braking. The short reaction times, in addition to >>>>>>>>>>>> causing excessive wear and tear, could be fatally dangerous. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Except of course if there were more than one car in which case they >>>>>>>>>>> could communicate and share traffic data. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> But self-driving cars are another great techno-gimmick and that's >>>>>>>>>>>> all that matters to the marketdroids that run most corporations. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Translation: They are rubbish because I'll never be able to afford to >>>>>>>>>>> own one. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Self driving cars are the future. They are already being trialled in a >>>>>>>>>>> city near me, I'm looking forward to trying one. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It is not the future in the US, because the people will not allow it. >>>>>>>>>> It will be child's play for any politician to campaign against such >>>>>>>>>> lunacy, and the end result will be that no state in the US will permit >>>>>>>>>> driverless cars. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The US is already turning into a backward, bigoted and insular country. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> What does that fantasy have to do with driverless cars? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If Trump gets in (God forbid), it will just get worse. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> When Trump gets in. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Now the military will of course have this tech, because it makes sense >>>>>>>>>> to have supply vehicles that don't expose humans to IED dangers, as well >>>>>>>>>> as drone tanks, robot soldiers, etc. And that is the whole point of >>>>>>>>>> this type of research. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> They already have much of this tech fool. The battlefield and the >>>>>>>>> highway are entirely different. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Battlefields make use of highways, moron. War takes place in the real >>>>>>>> world, not some fold-out game board. There will never be driverless >>>>>>>> cars on American highways. Maybe over there on Loon Island you tards >>>>>>>> will have them. You already drive on the wrong side of the road after >>>>>>>> all. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ROFL! Clearly you have never seen a war zone outside of the cinema. >>>>>> >>>>>> Moron. Armies and their supply lines have always used existing >>>>>> roadways and rail lines where possible. You really are clueless. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yup, they are cleared and level, patrolled so no IEDs. At the front, >>>>> transport lines are the first to go to impede the advancing army. Not >>>>> much point having your drone tanks and "Robot Soldiers" at the back! >>>> >>>> Are you trying to morph into Snit? You used to take your beatings like >>>> a man. This new you is unbecoming. >>> >>> Clearly you have lost the argument because instead of debating the >>> subject, you turn to attacking the author. >>> >> >> My objecting to your strawman of supply lines out front and armies at >> the rear is not "attacking the author." What happened to your implied >> claim that highways and battlefields only meet in the "cinema"? >> > > You seem to have lost the plot. Have a re-read of the thread and have > another try. I'll get right on it, Snit.
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No Apple Cars afterall ... ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-10-17 17:04 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-17 17:33 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-17 17:56 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-17 18:46 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... fr314159@gmail.com - 2016-10-17 10:43 -0700
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-17 21:17 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-17 20:32 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-17 17:22 -0600
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 09:53 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 12:58 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 15:29 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 14:54 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 16:02 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 15:10 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 16:20 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 15:34 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 16:40 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-18 15:54 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 11:41 -0700
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 15:52 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-18 11:39 -0700
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-18 14:08 -0600
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-19 15:53 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-19 14:04 -0600
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-20 11:58 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-20 17:32 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-20 12:30 -0600
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2016-10-21 02:31 -0700
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-21 12:49 -0600
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-28 09:58 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-28 15:24 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-29 09:19 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-29 16:04 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-29 16:40 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Godzilla <godzilla@lizardboss.invalid> - 2016-10-29 16:57 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-30 09:44 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... deplorable owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-10-29 17:09 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-29 13:27 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-30 09:45 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-30 07:08 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-30 14:18 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-30 12:49 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-30 18:47 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-31 09:16 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-31 05:38 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-31 10:41 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-31 12:30 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-31 11:42 -0700
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-31 21:49 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-31 08:51 -0500
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-10-29 11:56 -0700
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Silver Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-10-29 16:27 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-30 09:48 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-30 09:51 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-30 14:22 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Marek Novotny <marek.novotny@marspolar.com> - 2016-10-30 10:28 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-31 09:14 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-10-29 22:15 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-10-30 09:49 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Jim Polaski <jpolaski@linuxmail.org> - 2016-10-28 15:37 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... GreyCloud <Cumulus@mist.com> - 2016-10-18 14:07 -0600
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Adlbifhr Mjduhgfks <am@random.us> - 2016-10-18 14:12 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-18 09:16 -0500
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-10-18 15:30 +0100
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-18 16:49 +0200
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-18 06:59 -0500
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-10-18 08:00 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-10-19 13:00 -0400
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-19 20:30 +0200
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... ronb <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2016-10-19 18:45 +0000
Re: No Apple Cars afterall ... Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-11-01 09:44 -0700
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