Self-driving cars could disrupt the airline and hotel industries within 20 years

[SlyPokerDog]

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/25/se...rview-audi-senior-strategist-sven-schuwirth/?

 

[e_blazer]

Computer crashes, hacks and viruses...
not sure I'm going to get to the place where I trust my car enough to sleep in it.

 

[barfo]

Cool idea. Of course German domestic flights are shorter than (many of) ours...

barfo

 

[MarAzul]

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/11/25/se...rview-audi-senior-strategist-sven-schuwirth/?

A computer controlled Sail boat already replaces airplanes and Hotels for me.
Click on the chart where you want to go, issue the make it so command, and away we go.

If these storms ever take a rest, we will be off to the Channel Islands and San Diego.

 

[MarAzul]

The last Plane trip I took, one my wife insisted on, to Punta Cana Dominican Republic. She took the kids, and grand kids for week all paid for in a bundle. Geez I didn't even want to look at that bill!
The icing on the cake came in about four days. I was so fucking sick, wearing out the path to the head. Didn't dare eat anything but hot cakes, hard to screw those up. Paying a grand sum to have people fix you up like that is not my idea of fun. It never goes like that when you take your home (Sail Boat) with you.

 

[blue32]

can i ride the slydog to da hotel?

 

[donkiez]

My prediction is that self driving cars will end car ownership as we know it. In 10-20 years there will be no reason to own a car of your own unless you live in a rural area or just enjoy self driving. Car ownership is kind of a drag for most people, parking, traffic, paying for parking, maintenance, gas, repairs, insurance, storage........ I would much rather pay a monthly subscription to UBER and have an auto car at my door step, preheated and ready to go in minutes.

Airlines and hotels will adjust, there will still be needs for both.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

can i ride the slydog to da hotel?

 

[blue32]

haha

 

[MarAzul]

I am going to watch. From afar.

 

[MARIS61]

Hacking will pretty much prevent this from ever becoming a reality.

The goal is for the Feds to be able to have complete control your of your mobility.

 

[barfo]

The goal is for the Feds to be able to have complete control your of your mobility.

Yep, same way the telephone was invented so that your conversations could be recorded.

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

Yep, same way the telephone was invented so that your conversations could be recorded.
barfo

We're not talking about the invention of the car, just new technology that limits/removes your ability to control it's use/operation and puts that control into your government's hands.

So with your telephone analogy it's more like an app that tracks your movements, purchases, conversations...only it goes a few steps farther to the point where with the keying of a computer command all such vehicles could be shut down simultaneously.

 

[dviss1]

Hacking will pretty much prevent this from ever becoming a reality.

The goal is for the Feds to be able to have complete control your of your mobility.

Hilarious. It's going to happen and it's going to happen within the next 10-15 years. Embrace change.

 

[MarAzul]

It's going to happen

Only if the American people continue to show up only at shearing time. If they elect leaders that adhere to the Constitution and the people hold them accountable to defending that law,
we will be fine.

 

[dviss1]

Only if the American people continue to show up only at shearing time. If they elect leaders that adhere to the Constitution and the people hold them accountable to defending that law,
we will be fine.

How can you respond to me when I have you on ignore?

 

[SlyPokerDog]

How can you respond to me when I have you on ignore?

He pays $20 a month not to have his posts ignored by anyone.

 

[Denny Crane]

Yep, same way the telephone was invented so that your conversations could be recorded.

barfo

Well, they are being recorded, and without a warrant.

Your fault.

 

[MarAzul]

He pays $20 a month not to have his posts ignored by anyone.

WTF! I thought it was only $5.

 

[MarAzul]

How can you respond to me when I have you on ignore?

Privilege.
.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

WTF! I thought it was only $5.

Oops, did I forget to tell you about the rate increase?

 

[barfo]

Well, they are being recorded, and without a warrant.

Your fault.

Alexander Graham Bell's fault.

I had nothing to do with it.

barfo

 

[dviss1]

He pays $20 a month not to have his posts ignored by anyone.

Haha!

 

[VanillaGorilla]

WTF! I thought it was only $5.

$5 per person who ignores you. Though that's only 4, and that seems a little low!

 

[dviss1]

Well, they are being recorded, and without a warrant.

Your fault.

NSA ends bulk phone data collection

 

[SlyPokerDog]

NSA ends bulk phone data collection

If you believe that I have a couple of Portland bridges I can sell you.

 

[Denny Crane]

Alexander Graham Bell's fault.

I had nothing to do with it.

barfo

You vote for the guys who spy on us and argue against the bill of rights.

 

[Denny Crane]

NSA ends bulk phone data collection

No, NSA Phone Spying Has Not Ended

 

[barfo]

You vote for the guys who spy on us and argue against the bill of rights.

You mean the Republicans and Democrats? It's true, I do vote for them. There aren't any other choices except even crazier people.

barfo

 

[SlyPokerDog]