"Cheri" wrote in message ...


"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cheri wrote:
>>
>> Unfortunately kids die every day, and I imagine nobody feels good about
>> it
>> no matter the cause. Life happens.
>
> Yeah...life happens but it doesn't have to happen that way. I envision
> no loving entity watching over us. We are on our own. If there *is* some
> supreme being, I have absolutely no respect for it. "Loving," my ass.
>
> Religious ppl can enjoy all their beliefs and twists on it. I call it
> BS.
>
> Sorry....TMI oh well I'm missing Mia today. I still have issues with
> that one.

It doesn't have to happen any way, but it does. I don't care at all about
your religious beliefs BTW, and it's OK to miss Mia, I still miss my dog
Sophie some days.

Cheri

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Yes! I know very well, just how you both feel



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On 10/20/2016 10:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 2:33:02 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 10/20/2016 2:41 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>> When I said that electric cars and self-driving cars were the future, it was met with the usual ridicule on Usenet. The time frame for these technologies will be sooner than people think. You guys are gonna look awfully shortsighted by people reading this 20 years from now. This is why I don't mind the general scoffing that goes on here. It's simply adorable.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I tend to agree with you. Tesla showed some video today and all their
>> cars will be equipped for self driving.
>> http://jalopnik.com/its-not-vehicula...-mu-1788028573
>
> We need folks like E. Musk to show us the wrong way to introduce this technology to the public. What's interesting about the Teslas is that it doesn't look like a test mule with a bunch of sensors sticking out of it. What this tells me is that they're taking shortcuts with the environmental sensors.
>

Why do you think you need visible sensors? Many cars have lane assist,
adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection and nothing sticking out.
I do have a barely visible clear plate on the front for the CC and auto
braking.

On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 7:05:32 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 10/20/2016 10:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 2:33:02 PM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> >> On 10/20/2016 2:41 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> >>
> >>> When I said that electric cars and self-driving cars were the future, it was met with the usual ridicule on Usenet. The time frame for these technologies will be sooner than people think. You guys are gonna look awfully shortsighted by people reading this 20 years from now. This is why I don't mind the general scoffing that goes on here. It's simply adorable.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> I tend to agree with you. Tesla showed some video today and all their
> >> cars will be equipped for self driving.
> >> http://jalopnik.com/its-not-vehicula...-mu-1788028573
> >
> > We need folks like E. Musk to show us the wrong way to introduce this technology to the public. What's interesting about the Teslas is that it doesn't look like a test mule with a bunch of sensors sticking out of it. What this tells me is that they're taking shortcuts with the environmental sensors.
> >
>
> Why do you think you need visible sensors? Many cars have lane assist,
> adaptive cruise control, blind spot detection and nothing sticking out.
> I do have a barely visible clear plate on the front for the CC and auto
> braking.

Mostly, you can tell autonomous cars by the array of sensors mounted on the roof. My guess is that the biggest one will be a LIDAR unit. This is used to map out the surrounding area. You probably don't need LIDAR and the Tesla does not. Most likely it's mapping out the area using cameras and ultrasonic sensors and software that stitches it all together. My guess is that production cars in the future will not be using lasers to map out the area but mostly, it's the easiest (and maybe the most reliable) way to do it at this time.

https://www.wired.com/2016/09/self-d...er-pittsburgh/

On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:56:46 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 10/20/2016 3:55 PM, Je?us wrote:
>> On 19 Oct 2016 16:58:30 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
>>> BTW, seat belts are not fer yer sake. All safety equipment on cars is
>>> driven by the insurance industry. Air bags, seat belts, etc. are
>>> mandatory so the insurance industry is assured govt is doing all it
>>> can to save the industry from having to actually pay out claims.
>>
>> Really?
>>
>
>Sure, they just want to make a lot of money. If I get into an accident
>I want to get injured enough to get my money's wroth for all those
>premiums I paid over the years.

Damned straight.

On Thu, 20 Oct 2016 20:32:58 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On 10/20/2016 2:41 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
>> When I said that electric cars and self-driving cars were the future, it was met with the usual ridicule on Usenet. The time frame for these technologies will be sooner than people think. You guys are gonna look awfully shortsighted by people reading this 20 years from now. This is why I don't mind the general scoffing that goes on here. It's simply adorable.
>>
>
>
>I tend to agree with you. Tesla showed some video today and all their
>cars will be equipped for self driving.
>http://jalopnik.com/its-not-vehicula...-mu-1788028573

Yup. Everything but the software to run it. But mentioning that sort
of dampens the hype.

-bs