GM and Segway (yes, the scooterific people) are hooking up to make a vehicle that will change the way you putter around Manhattan. Check out the picture first. Awesome (sarcasm). Anyways, I was mildly amused that, after introducing the Hummer to the world and making cash off of gigantic SUVs for years, GM’s new strategy is to put you into a brand new shiny, two-wheeled shopping cart. So I started reading the accompanying artiCAL and was stopped in my tracks.
Larry Burns, GM’s vice president of research and development, and strategic planning, said the project is part of Detroit-based GM’s effort to remake itself as a purveyor of fuel-efficient vehicles. If Hummer took GM to the large-vehicle extreme, Burns said, the PUMA takes GM to the other.
Ideally, the vehicles would also be part of a communications network that through the use of transponder and GPS technology would allow them to drive themselves. The vehicles would automatically avoid obstacles such as pedestrians and other cars and therefore never crash, Burns said.
Well, I’m glad they’ll never crash. Even without getting into the particulars of Murhpy’s Law that is an asinine statement. The idea that if we wrap a shopping cart with enough wi-fi that it will never hit anything is pretty lunatic territory, and that’s not even getting into misusing your shopping cart through drunkenness, etc.
On this one, I’m firmly in the A2K camp.
no way. you fucking a2k horse and buggy non wi-fi bastards are ruining progress. this country has an idiot driver problem and technology can solve it.
i rear ended someone today at a stop light. i was looking at the floor txt’in my homies and the turn lane started to go so i let the foot off the break. no damage to either car but i felt dumb. if only my wi-fi detected the bumper in front of me and refused to signal my fuel injector to inject. there are already restrictors in lots of cars to stop them at 85… just plug the bumper sensor into the restrictor and you have added functionality that potentially saves you money.
once you have fuel injectors and power breaks and power steering and stability assist and traction control and automatic transmission you’ve already got tons of computational power and sensor networks. why not utilize them to maximize potential? on the other side, i’m all for everyone driving around in mad max buggies with 100% mechanical engines.
then we can all go to a steampunk festival and jagg off.
HEY! CHECK OUT MY WRIST WATCH! IT RUNS ON !#% STEAM !@#%(^#!%(*^!#(*^!#
I’m not saying you couldn’t reduce accidents through technology. I’m saying you can’t eliminate accidents through technology. Also– where do you put your groceries?! 987^%$&$#*&^(*)&)(BRATS!
Looks like the Brewers will start the season in Rain Delay. FUCK!
i think i could tackle one of those things… just feed me enough booze.
so their ultimate goal is to make the less maneuverable, no fun, motorcycle.
A2K will allow these things.
You fucker, if you can comment on whazzmaster you can get your ass down to Main Depot and watch Brewers baseball
!?!???!!!!)&@$)(;:brats!
local market here… i’m watching. drinking. straight west coasting.
GMX works for the stadium now– he’s working and gets to see the Brewers. Living the dream!!!
i’ll bet brewers +2 if anyone wants action
YOU fucker! Like I want to be in my office right now. I’m eating a damn banana: shitty sub for a brat.
oh wow. awesome. didn’t know that. talked to dude last week and he said he had to work doubles all weekend into next week but i didn’t know what for.
i really should have went… work from home just need one of those internet phones to be adequately productive. if only A2K allowed internet phones
I’ll unfortunately take that bet for a twankie
welcome back sunglasses dude. glad to see you survived the reno
booked.
Dirty pool!
Get yerself a gravatsr dude
brewers suck”
3-2 and fucker swings after the catcher already dug it out of the dirt. so dumb. even the pitcher was like “wow. dumb.”
No gravatars in A2K
Better explain this bet
EEEsheKOWa
oopsie poopsie
Fuck.
Every bet needs two sides, I’m hedging happiness against a twankie
ok, i will… hate using external services where you could do it yourself… but i’m a hermit. 1 shell.
dumb that i have to post to sign up… dumb to have to use external service.
they are razzing chick from racine… “they have long conquered the fear of having fun”
uh… thanks…. creapo
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuupppeeeeee!
I have two hours before my next lecture. There are a few options for watching the game between where I am and where I have to lecture: A) bowling alley B) strip club C) factory worker bar D) drive to madison, spit on moneypenny’s face; drive back to beloit.
I think it’s gonna be factory worker bar
no no, not me… no fun for me thanks. i’m afraid of it.
huh?
hedging happiness never allows pure happiness. but shit costs money, YA HEARD?!#%*(&
three up, three down
jay always bets against the bills on the same happy either way logic.
I have a gimlet, old times
Suppan
this is balls
Go Brewers, go.
paid on stars. bullshit call on the foul, and one dude with shirt hanging 6″ out hbp. RIGGED.
i’d where a giant scarf and dangle it over the plate.
Dude put $20 in my poker account. I’m gonna immediately lose it.
Errrgggggghhhhhh, that was a tough loss. We’ll come back though, chums; there’r 161 more games!
i suggest 1-2 cash game. or $12 180 man turbo. or $6 ploiter turbos 4 life.
i need that 20 to grow if i ever plan on winning a bet
vince mcmahon is on tv talking about “I DETEST LAWYERS”
haha cal, you suck.
whazzmaster.com: haha cal, you suck.
zing!
i want one of those cool car-ish things… maybe… jkafjdkfjdkajfldkajfkl
btw mp those kiva bums pay you back yet? i’m still riding ibrama ba to pay up. madd why don’t you take 25 bucks from your poker fortune and loan it to this guy:
http://www.kiva.org/app.php?page=businesses&action=about&id=100336&_tpos=12&_tpg=2
he want’s to buy spare parts for some reason. anyway, he’ll pay you back and you can RELEND it. do it skeezer. DO IT YOU JACKASS!
i’d give him the last $25, but not the 2nd $25. i like his business… import/export… think big. has his sons involved… can’t beat family. he looks like a man that enjoys a nice smoke though… what he decides he want’s to smoke more than he wants to pay me back? he’s in russia… it’s so cold there and they don’t move. that’s suspect. besides, GMACbank.com has a 2.65% fixed 1 year CD… i’m supporting the financial branch of the company putting us citizens in the new cars that will one day be the old cars that one day are shipped to russia only to break down and need spare parts. i’m help this guy just as much, and making my own yard greener. kiva is a pinko scam to aide the muslims. caveat emptor, homie
this rollover on 50 comments is useless. why not show the last 50 instead of blocks of 50? wordpress engineers: who would want this??
I’ll see if I can turn it off– it annoys me as well.
Yeah, a rolling window would be better. I just turned off the whole thing.
they are all about removing database load by caching comment blocks, but too lazy to also maintain a “latest_page” fifo block cache. lazy unfinished engineering really upsets me.
like the roof on miller park… they already have electrical conduits… why not hook up a $29 aquarium pump and drill a few holes in those suckers? less weight for the motors, and you can make it rain stadium sauce.
so fucking lazy.