DonationCoder.com forum
 
Read-only archive. This is a static copy of the DonationCoder.com forum. Reading and searching work as before; logging in, posting and private messages do not.
Archive of 2026-10-21 · About this archive · Main site

« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 [3] • bottom • last

Last post Author Topic: driveless cars  (Read 42,139 times)

Deozaan

  • Charter Member
  • Joined in 2006
  • ***
  • Posts: 9,827
    • Participated in NANY Challenge Eight Times
    • Cody Award
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #50 on: October 18, 2014, 12:34 AM »
Quote from: Carol Haynes on October 18, 2014, 12:31 AM
"Your car needs to reboot to install updates" WTF!

Or worse, the Blue Windscreen of Death! :D

Stoic Joker

  • Honorary Member
  • Joined in 2008
  • **
  • Posts: 6,652
    • Cody Award
    • Participated in NANY Challenge Five Times
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #51 on: October 18, 2014, 12:56 AM »
Vehicle Control Interface Not Found - Press F1 to Continue.

Renegade

  • Tell me something you don't know...
  • Charter Member
  • Joined in 2005
  • ***
  • Posts: 13,291
    • Participated in NANY Challenge Three Times
    • Furry Fandom Badge - Furry Fandom
    • Linux User
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #52 on: October 18, 2014, 03:33 AM »
Quote from: Deozaan on October 18, 2014, 12:34 AM
Or worse, the Blue Windscreen of Death! :D

:Thmbsup: Hehe! Very clever!
Slow Down Music - Where I commit thought crimes...

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong. - John Diefenbaker

MilesAhead

  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2009
  • **
  • Posts: 7,736
    • Coding Snacks
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #53 on: October 18, 2014, 10:12 AM »
Quote from: Carol Haynes on October 18, 2014, 12:31 AM
"Your car needs to reboot to install updates" WTF!

Or even worse, the automatic ripcord on your parachute.  We wouldn't want to be hacked at 15,000 feet now would we?  Must have those security updates!  :D

wraith808

  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2006
  • **
  • Posts: 11,205
    • Participated in NANY Challenge Fourteen Times
    • Coding Snacks
    • Writer
    • Hardware Hacker
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #54 on: October 18, 2014, 05:42 PM »
Quote from: Deozaan on October 18, 2014, 12:34 AM
Quote from: Carol Haynes on October 18, 2014, 12:31 AM
"Your car needs to reboot to install updates" WTF!

Or worse, the Blue Windscreen of Death! :D

Especially because your car still has to have Windows.  The next great frontier for MS!

Shades

  • Member
  • Joined in 2006
  • **
  • Posts: 2,954
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #55 on: October 18, 2014, 07:18 PM »
Driving around in your Apple iPod doesn't sound that great either...as these come with a lot of iPadding.  :D

A lot of people get sick very quick when their eyes don't see the movement their brains are registering...so Apple is actually bad for the general well-being of people. ;-)
The easy path is usually downhill...

TaoPhoenix

  • 0 - 60 ... then back to 0 again!
  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2011
  • **
  • Posts: 4,642
    • Participated in NANY Challenge Three Times
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #56 on: October 18, 2014, 09:33 PM »
Put another way, we somehow tolerate bad engineering when it's "just a computer", but the car companies *have* had about 100 years to "sorta" get their basic old style production in line, especially after the Japanese boot to the head in the 70's.

But with our new urge to super-computerize everything, if you have seven seconds not to commit involuntary child-slaughter to a bus full of fifth graders, suddenly these little gaps become less forgiving!!
:o
Use attachthumb=# to show an attached image as an expandable thumbnail, or attach=# to show full size. (With Brackets)

MilesAhead

  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2009
  • **
  • Posts: 7,736
    • Coding Snacks
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #57 on: October 19, 2014, 10:54 AM »
I can remember hating the super dark tinted glass windshields because I couldn't see where the oncoming driver was looking at intersections.  Now I'll have to wonder if anyone is even in the vehicle.

If the car could go off by itself and come back with a cold 4 pack I know some guys who would figure out a way to buy it somehow.  :)

TaoPhoenix

  • 0 - 60 ... then back to 0 again!
  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2011
  • **
  • Posts: 4,642
    • Participated in NANY Challenge Three Times
Re: driveless cars
« Reply #58 on: October 20, 2014, 11:27 AM »
It's fiction, but it feels like it fits:

From an Episode of House MD (S07 Ep13)

"Check your surroundings for safety"!?

Granted, it was from a very strange episode that had multiple layers of lies as the plot, but I can see it eventually happening...



Use attachthumb=# to show an attached image as an expandable thumbnail, or attach=# to show full size. (With Brackets)
« Last Edit: October 20, 2014, 11:33 AM by TaoPhoenix »
« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 [3] • top

Original address: https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=39256.0