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Re: No Apple Cars afterall ...

From	Desk Rabbit <me@example.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: No Apple Cars afterall ...
Date	2016-10-18 16:02 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<nu5dhf$35s$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org> (permalink)
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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!

Thread

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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