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On Conan, Google's self-driving car kills [CGI] cat
CNET ^
| June 4, 2014 9:30 AM PDT
| Chris Matyszczyk
Posted on 06/04/2014 12:19:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
I'm sure there's no intention of scaremongering here. And I realize that handing our lives over to technology is something we do on planes, in trains, and every time we attempt to express ourselves in public.
We are an oddly trusting species.
Somehow, though, there seems a certain joy in controlling one's own destiny behind a steering wheel. When there's no wheel at all, we're at the mercy of someone else's dream.
This may have disturbing consequences.
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KEYWORDS: automaticcar; cats; donoevil; googlecar
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:19:31 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
driverless cars on the open road is a stupid idea right now
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:21:35 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: BenLurkin
I did that once. I was doing 50. Kitty darted across the road. Almost made it. Must have run over kitty’s head cause the car jumped. Almost lost control.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:25:55 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
To: GeronL
Imagine the insanity of this planet with Flying cars. The citizens of the 50's
are not the same as todays nuts. Back then responsibility was a badge of honor.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:28:31 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: Jeff Chandler
that sucks. Hope kitty is doing ok now.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:29:27 PM PDT
by
MNDude
To: Jeff Chandler
Nothing to do when they dart out. Had it happen to me once too. Broke may heart. Pulled over and doubled back but traffic was too heavy for me to retrieve it and take it home.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:29:52 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: BenLurkin
And I realize that handing our lives over to technology is something we do on planes, in trains,
No you don't! You hand your lives over to a Juggernaut of engineers, bureaucrats and regulators who control and entire system designed to maximize safety while transporting people. You also trust a highly trained individual who has legal responsibility to operate the technology safely. Compare that to what some wizbang eggheads thought up which has not be checked, vetted or certified by any independent body.... those are hardly fair comparisons.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:33:15 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: Jeff Chandler
This morning, I was driving down a hill on my way to work, and a rabbit crossed in front of me.
Just missed him by a hare.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:33:21 PM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: MaxMax
I agree. We live in a time when nutcases are protected species and responsible people are considered rubes and losers.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:34:04 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: BenLurkin
Why do they do that? I used to watch our family cat hide in the bushes across the street, wait for a car to come, then try to time his sprint to the narrowest of escapes.
He always made it. But why?
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:34:04 PM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:34:41 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: BenLurkin
Pikers. I got a six point buck with a ‘68 Barracuda once.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:34:57 PM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
Oh yeah....well one morning on the way to work I fell over 50 feet...I tripped getting on the bus.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:35:47 PM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: GeronL
If a driverless car “responds” to other vehicles on the road, can one driver “scare” the car into driving into/cutting off another car?
Think of road rage/trolling/robbery situations.
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:36:05 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: SpinnerWebb
He always made it. But why?
To prove to the squirrel that it can be done......
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:36:45 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(By now, everyone should know that you shoot a zombie in the head. Don't try to reason with them...)
To: SpinnerWebb
Maybe he prefers a close shave?
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:37:01 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(The new witchhunt: "Do you NOW, . . . or have you EVER , . . supported traditional marriage?")
To: BenLurkin
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:37:46 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: 4yearlurker
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posted on
06/04/2014 12:38:36 PM PDT
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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