Posts by mcnicholas

Jailbreakers

It will be interesting to see how the jail breakers handle this. My opinion is that the core teams are ethical - they Jailbreak so that users can install non-approved apps, unlock the SIM from a carrier, and so on. The downside is that this allows app piracy.

If there's a way to provide JB without circumventing the lock I would expect them to do it.

Of course, there will be others who will attempt to break the lock, but time will tell how widely available that knowledge (and toolset) will become.

Packed side streets

I love the idea of autonomous cars, but I think there are some serious challenges for them.

Picture the scene: A packed London side street - parked cars on both side of the road, only one car can pass in either direction. This situation requires drivers to recognise the problem and co-operate (flash one car through, hope the five cars behind dont follow and cause gridlock).

How will auto cars work this out without being able to communicate with an oncoming human driver? How will we prevent the robot car from following a car into the tight spot? Will the robot car realise that it needs to reverse back to the nearest gap? Etc etc. Would hate to have to program the code for this!

I can't wait until these things are sorted - it's v tricky for people (who often fail in this situation).

Poor jokes

Some of these comments have really gone out on a limb to be funny...