Driverless Cars
Jun 17th 2014, 5:12 am
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Jun 17th 2014, 5:22 am
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Sorry, the sheep and badly written soap operas are in the next room down the hall.
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Jun 17th 2014, 5:36 am
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Jun 17th 2014, 9:02 am
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Like I said, I'm not actually aware of any car that doesn't already have a speed limiter in the firmware. The hassle of limiting them all to 86mph is non-existent, it takes as much time to do it as it does to say it. Plug the car in, type in the maximum speed into the firmware.
Jun 17th 2014, 9:03 am
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Jun 17th 2014, 9:07 am
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They could also make planes that take off, fly to their destination, and land without human intervention, and perversely, at the moment the computers get to fly the easy bit, where problems are rarely experienced AF447 and MH370 notwithstanding, and humans fly the difficult and dangerous bits (TO&L) where computers could have the greatest impact in reducing accidents. 
In short, mass state over-ride of car controls isn't, and shouldn't be, first or even second priority.
In short, mass state over-ride of car controls isn't, and shouldn't be, first or even second priority.
Jun 17th 2014, 9:18 am
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Since the 1960s. It was the Hawker-Siddeley Trident that performed the first blind landing in 1965. Quite impressive, really.
Jun 17th 2014, 9:30 am
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Jun 17th 2014, 9:37 am
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There is a provision for a certain number of fully automated landings per so many flight hours on any given airframe and I believe every pilot is required to perform a fully manual landing every set number of hours as well.
Takeoff is still handled fully by the pilot. Often the SID is flown by hand as well but one can pretty much hand things over to the FMC at wheels up if they so desire.
Ahh, I think I'll be dusting off Flight Sim again tonight ...
Jun 17th 2014, 11:53 am
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Well last time I was in the jump seat on a 747, back when they let me do that sort of thing, we came into Gatwick and it was thick fog and it was an auto land, got down to around 300 feet and the FO became a little worried because he still couldn't see anything, and I do mean anything. Kept on going and lo and behold literally about a second before the wheels touched the centre line appeared out of the gloom.
And having had ice cold water drip on my head constantly for nine hours from the escape hatch, I'm never doing that again...
And having had ice cold water drip on my head constantly for nine hours from the escape hatch, I'm never doing that again...
Jun 17th 2014, 1:30 pm
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Jun 18th 2014, 8:50 am
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