Re: Robocar--a decade away?

On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:51:53 -0600, Bill Snyder <bsnyder@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:46:50 -0600, "Ken from Chicago"
>>On busy highways at least around Chicago, there's LESS than a car length

>>spacing because people will cut in front of you. Plenty of room for a
robot 
>>to stop in. ABS works by having the machine brake MULTIPLE TIMES per
second, 
>>much less simply slamming the brakes for an emergency stop.
>
>"LESS than a car length" is "Plenty of room," eh?  There are a bunch
>of concepts with names like "inertia" and "momentum" and in particular
>"kinetic energy" and "static friction" and "dynamic friction" with
>which you really ought to have acquainted yourself before posting
>retarded drivel like this.

Also "air bags" and "grinding the face into the steering wheel".

>Even simpler translation and ObSF:  "'In five years, the ***** will be
>obsolete,' said the salesman."

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