05-07-2015, 11:44 PM
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Well, if these poor people have a smart phone in their pocket, you can give them access to an autonomous taxi service. Uber has the inside track on that one.
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05-08-2015, 02:05 PM
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Well, if these poor people have a smart phone in their pocket.
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I went to the welfare office here once. Everyone had the newest or second newest version of smart phone out at the time.
Poor people love their new cell phones and premium cell service.
So that wont be an issue.
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05-08-2015, 02:38 PM
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Did you realize that Moore's Law has held for 50 years now? ...what a long, strange trip it's been.
Let's see: EM drive replaces chemical rockets, high-rise hydroponic gardens and orchards replace farmland,Terra Prieta replaces deserts...
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05-08-2015, 06:00 PM
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Well, if these poor people have a smart phone in their pocket, you can give them access to an autonomous taxi service. Uber has the inside track on that one.
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Poor people can't afford taxis !
( It costs me $ 60 to go a few miles by taxi, and $ 2.50 by bus. ) Of course that same route takes 15 minutes by taxi, and an hour and 48 minutes by bus ... and then you have a 22 minute walk after you get to the drop off point in the hot Texas sun. )
My neighbor does the Uber thing. He charges half of the taxi fare, but still $ 30 just to go a few miles down the road ?
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05-08-2015, 08:13 PM
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If they can charge half the fare by eliminating the dispatcher, imagine how it will affect the costs when the driver isn't needed at all.
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05-08-2015, 11:02 PM
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Some do it to get exactly the reaction many have posted here. Some Prius drivers probably purposely do things to tick off people as well. EVERYTHING is politics these days. I don't know why people just can't get along and live and let live. There has been a big push lately to tell people how they must live. Just like a 19 year old will leave home and rebel at everything their parents told them, at some point people get sick of being told what to do and go out of their way to piss off those they think are pushing the agenda. Keep going on both sides and I hate to think of what my daughters will face when they are my age.
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05-09-2015, 02:04 AM
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Probably an overpopulated wasteland.
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05-09-2015, 03:13 AM
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05-09-2015, 04:16 AM
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Probably an overpopulated wasteland.
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Flawless description of new mexico and likely mexico too.
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05-09-2015, 10:25 AM
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From that same article " but you can rest easy knowing that the Prius can get nearly twenty laps of Lightning from a single gallon of gas. A Shelby GT500 consumes one gallon every two laps. So if you want to race one for pink slips, make sure you make the race long enough to include a pit stop for the big Ford, and you'll have two cars to take with you to Cars and Coffee next weekend."
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