Highway merging rant
I guess I’ll never stop being amazed how most people merge onto highways from on-ramps. It practically never fails – here I am almost exclusively in the right hand lane, where I’m legally supposed to...
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2oldman wrote:
A good argument for computer-driven vehicles.
Don't forget, you need to keep a couple of backups handy, you don't know when, but you're pretty much assured your software will CRASH at some point!
Or hiccup mid-task while it decides to 'update' itself instead of performing the task you desire at the time.
Would certainly give a more ominous meaning to Blue Screen Of Death ;)
Oh, and you'll need a complete overhaul every 3 months or so, and completely replace your car at least every 2 or 3 years as they 'upgrade' the driving protocols and anything older will instantly crash and destroy its contents!
Computers are certainly capable of driving themselves, but corporations have very little concern about making and testing stable code. Ask me how many times my 'smart tv' has rebooted ;)
