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We're supposed to mag-lev flying cars by the end of the year! 
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For the city commute, maybe, but bloody hell I want to drive a car, it is fun.
Cruising through the countryside is one of the most enjoyable pastimes there is! And yeah you can keep your 3+ lane freeways.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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If it was like Autopia back in the late 60's, 70's and 80's yes. The car can drive in the safe little concrete lanes, and I would get a kick out of the novelty of it.
But on the open road, like Interstate 15 to Vegas, no way!. Throw a 100 humans into the equation all wanting to be in Vegas as fast as possible, and that's a recipe for disaster. Even worse leaving Vegas. Oh I can see it now, that self driving car is driving to fast or the tire pressure is too low, it's going to crash or cause an accident. Perhaps get a speeding ticket.
If it does get a ticket, does the car get the ticket, or the owner of the car?
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I knew a guy that helped write air traffic control software... he refused to fly.
I knew a lady in the banking industry... she refused to use direct deposit.
Based on that trend, I would rather not ride in automated cars!
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Intelligence matters...
I knew a guy in the waste mgmt industry ... he refused to pee.
Based on that trend...  Are my eyes yellow, yet?!?
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Pualee wrote: I knew a guy that helped write air traffic control software... he refused to
fly.
I knew a lady in the banking industry... she refused to use
direct deposit.
They were the ones who voted to release buggy software and fix it later in the last poll.
Peter Wasser
"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
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My FAVORITE was the ATC Union...
Someone built a SIMULATOR to train these guys. It was amazing.
The union stood up and said "SIMULATED Training simply is not proven!"
Really? Every notice how they train 747 pilots? SIMULATORS!
OMG... The army uses them, etc. etc. etc. Ah... Unions
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If the software is buggy enough, our descendants would eventually not even think of something like that anymore.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
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Hey! If they make the software really buggy (ouch! Was that a deliberate pun?) the car would behave as if it was being driven by a typical South East Asian driver.
I may not last forever but the mess I leave behind certainly will.
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I would roll up on ya with blackened windows, roll down the back window with shades on and ask.
Excuse me, but do you have any gray poop on? 
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I can/could work well when self-driving on a well paved and maintained road in the middle of nowhere, but as soon as you start adding external variables, the risk increase at an alarming rates.
imagine driving around Boston (or Montréal) in winter; the poor car will commit self-formatting.
I'd rather be phishing!
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one big problem of mankind gets solved. 
PS: Dont drink and drive. It is dangerous. 
Press F1 for help or google it.
Greetings from Germany
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Software not by uSoft. Would give give BSOD new meaning
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Nor by that Canadian company that made the Obamacare signup stuff: they'd never test to see if it works in traffic (or trips greater than ca. 100m).
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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how, when I used a GPS, it took me long way almost always and to the wrong location frequently. How does that work out when the self driving cars insists you're at your location when it's nowhere in sight?
Wait - The Solution is at Hand!
We just need a prefix: Passengerless Self Driving Cars.
There. Everyone's problem's solved!
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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Not until you add miniaturization.
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You select your destination => a car is assigned => you get in and it goes.
No buttons inside for the floors => just emergencies.
As of now, and it's been a few years => I still don't like it. (I have stopped clawing at the wall-plate, leaving bloody streaks trying to get out like a caged animal panic).
Pretty much I assume the hardware will more or less obey the software and I know how that will end up (especially if Agile development was used).
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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There's one big difference: no other elevator is sharing the road with yours. 
/ravi
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That system ensures only one car occupies a position in a track at any time. Unfortunately this isn't (yet!) true for conventional vehicles and roads today.
/ravi
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Xaotiq wrote: I was just pointing out that elevators have gone to the next level and are no longer as simple as you suggested
You're right. (Nice pun, BTW!)
Xaotiq wrote: Well that sort of is the point of the software right?
Not only the software. The hardware and software of the advanced elevator you linked to were developed in tandem. In the case of self-driven vehicles, they have to contend with existing roads and other drivers. I would trust your elevator, but not a self-driving car - at least not yet.
/ravi
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