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Also, I've meet more 2+2ers than most. Lots of reasons why and whatnot, but on the whole I've enjoyed most of them. There's only 1 guy I really didn't like, and he was a fringier 2+2er.

The guys I've met up w/ with whom I've interacted a lot, I enjoy spending time with them.

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05-16-2013 , 03:10 AM

#65603

NLSoldier

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 24,252

there is like 0 ****ing chance it takes 50 years. more likely that flying cars are common in 50 years than that driverless cars aren't common.

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05-16-2013 , 03:11 AM

#65604

Victor

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 72,261

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Originally Posted by digables

man .05 is nothing, i gotta cab every time i have a couple beers at dinner or a cocktail at happy hour?

ya. mebbe it would force a societal change to make it easier to get home. public transport is awful in 99% of areas. giving ppl a viable option would do far moar to reduce drunk driving than anything else.

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05-16-2013 , 03:13 AM

#65605

BobboFitos

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 72,763

Mebbe I should organize a Boston 2+2 meet up. Only thing though is it's almost Vegas Summer Time. (For everyone else, not me this year...)

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05-16-2013 , 03:19 AM

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BobboFitos

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 72,763

Had some junior mints. Such a GOAT candy.

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05-16-2013 , 03:42 AM

#65607

Phildo

doesn't watch the games

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22,773

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

technology already exists and is being implemented. all of the google earth cars on the streets are driverless

no the street view team cars aren't driverless. they're testing driverless cars in california and nevada but it's separate from street view.

the problem isn't technology.

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05-16-2013 , 03:52 AM

#65608

Karak

ELIte

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 62,726

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Originally Posted by StoppedRainingMen

all of the google earth cars on the streets are driverless

This can't possibly be true

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05-16-2013 , 03:53 AM

#65609

Victor

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Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 72,261

loooool at 25-50 yrs for driver-less cars. its like ppl dont understand how technology works.

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05-16-2013 , 03:58 AM

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Karak

ELIte

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 62,726

I just picked a big round number. Perhaps I picked one that's too big. The technology is here now basically. I'm talking full adoption of the tech, as I said in my post.

20-25 is a more reasonable number.

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05-16-2013 , 05:22 AM

#65611

daca

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 10,499

liability doesnt seem that difficult to deal with. just assign it somewhere and let Ronald Coase do his thing.

also the hysteria when the computers kill someone will not be that hard to deal with when you have statistics showing how many fewer people are dying in traffic in general. people are stupid, but not that stupid.

less than 15 years for driverless cars to be a major thing imo.

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05-16-2013 , 06:07 AM

#65612

Phildo

doesn't watch the games

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22,773

most people don't give a **** about statistics. all they need to hear is a few anecdotes about google's death machines and they'll never get in a driverless car.

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05-16-2013 , 06:37 AM

#65613

STA654

Here's some straight talk

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 21,072

I doubt it. People will simply view it as a cheap (eventually) chauffeur that doesn't take up a seat and never gets sick or takes days off or loses focus on the road.

Last edited by STA654; 05-16-2013 at 06:42 AM.

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05-16-2013 , 06:44 AM

#65614

BAIDS

2013 FA Cup winner

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 32,645

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Originally Posted by Phildo

most people don't give a **** about statistics. all they need to hear is a few anecdotes about google's death machines and they'll never get in a driverless car.

nah, if this was true we'd still be using horse and carts.

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05-16-2013 , 06:52 AM

#65615

GodSmackJack

old hand

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,904

I think it'll mean ill be able to get to work before 10 since I can just sleep during my commute.

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05-16-2013 , 08:28 AM

#65616

Phildo

doesn't watch the games

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22,773

brits are getting way too uppity in the usa thread imo. we need a lol england thread.

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05-16-2013 , 08:59 AM

#65617

CalledDownLight

Toonces the Posting Bot

Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 88,413

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Originally Posted by Karak

i invited CDL to come out with us in DC and he SLANKED

prob the most interesting 2+2 meetup was meeting s.g.trj and rap.ini both at the same time

was before I had the app and didnt see the respnse til I was back in ATL. Prob wouldnt have been able to find time though anyways so it was a slank.

I've met at least 50 2p2ers and only maybe half a dozen were really weird people. soah was easily the weirdest of any of the ones I met.

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05-16-2013 , 09:09 AM

#65618

PocketChads

guaranteed 42-10 finish

Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 22,449

Sunrise. Hoover Dam. Incredible.

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05-16-2013 , 09:22 AM

#65619

Dudd

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 54,241

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Originally Posted by Victor

loooool at 25-50 yrs for driver-less cars. its like ppl dont understand how technology works.

Karak probably has $ecret government sources tho

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05-16-2013 , 09:35 AM

#65620

Das Boot

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Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 20,196

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Originally Posted by BobboFitos

Had some junior mints. Such a GOAT candy.

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Originally Posted by Phildo

most people don't give a **** about statistics. all they need to hear is a few anecdotes about google's death machines and they'll never get in a driverless car.

It's been said, but this is like absurdly pessimistic. People are gonna notice if drunk driving deaths are cut in half. It's a huge public policy issue. And, even if you don't think they will (they will), the flip side of the coin is that you're going to have drunk people choosing to manually operate their driverless cars, then killing people. So there are some anecdotes too.

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05-16-2013 , 09:39 AM

#65621

Triumph36

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 40,914

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Originally Posted by BAIDS

nah, if this was true we'd still be using horse and carts.

lol, no. can't tell if this is BAIDS leveling but the critical part about a car is that it gets you there faster than a horse. if a driverless car takes the same time (and i don't see why it wouldn't), it offers no immediate advantage to the non-driverless car.

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05-16-2013 , 09:41 AM

#65622

Phildo

doesn't watch the games

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 22,773

nsfw

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05-16-2013 , 09:41 AM

#65623

dkgojackets

DKGOAT

Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 86,123

people are really stupid

they are conditioned to accept "human error" as a part of life. a wreck killing someone because someone sucks at driving is not seen as close to as bad as a wreck killing someone because a computer did something wrong and "just think, a human could have recognized the situation and prevented it"

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05-16-2013 , 09:42 AM

#65624

Zimmer4141

Wet

Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 33,667

Most of my 2p2 meetups were just at live MTTs like WSOP, Turning Stone, or PCA.

Have met charder, AGame, and redirkulous through poker stuff.

Met wiper once, ikes a few times, and CDL last month at the final four. Haven't met most of the Detroit crew.

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05-16-2013 , 09:43 AM

#65625

AcTiOnJaCsOn

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 24,775

been listening john legend this morning, relaxing with a cup of coffee and reading. john legend....so good. jawbone "jambox" speakers are also essential imo.

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