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David Williams wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 5:40 pm Or allow driverless cars to hit you if you're being antisocial. Not hard enough to kill or injure, just enough to make you drop your phone.

I think this is the way. It could taper down to a crawl and eventually stop if the person was about to get crushed under the wheel. Alternatively the cars could be trained to track each other closely enough that there's no gap for pedestrians to go through, like a train. I'm pretty sure either of these solutions would result in significantly fewer pedestrian deaths than today.

yeah but programmers...

My car has lane drift detection. It's really crap where lines have been blacked out and it's raining (e.g motorway contraflows). Think it's a long way from real use ready.

How would driverless cars deal with " TheTrolley Problem " ?

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 11:22 pm

David Williams wrote: ↑Tue Jan 28, 2025 5:40 pm Or allow driverless cars to hit you if you're being antisocial. Not hard enough to kill or injure, just enough to make you drop your phone.

I think this is the way. It could taper down to a crawl and eventually stop if the person was about to get crushed under the wheel. Alternatively the cars could be trained to track each other closely enough that there's no gap for pedestrians to go through, like a train. I'm pretty sure either of these solutions would result in significantly fewer pedestrian deaths than today.

I've heard before about self-driving cars going in a train as they can essentially react instantly to each other braking. But stopping distance for humans aren't just about reaction time and braking - they are also about crashing. Something could still happen to cause the car at the front of the train to hit something, in which case there would be carnage.

One could argue that it's no different from train carriages being joined together, but since trains are on rails and separate from most other things in the environment, it's far less likely for a train to hit an unexpected object.

The Netflix series, Drive To Survive, does more harm to Formula 1 than good.

Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:19 pm The Netflix series, Drive To Survive, does more harm to Formula 1 than good.

Agreed!

Philip A wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2025 6:19 pm The Netflix series, Drive To Survive, does more harm to Formula 1 than good.

I think one should take it for what it is, a semi reality soap opera based on F1 personalities.

Saw on an F1 forum a few months ago (when the 2024 season was still going) somebody posting that "he loves F1" but he's not watching races because he doesn't want spoilers for DTS.

It's no big deal to give meat eaters vegetarian/vegan alternatives, provided there are no allergies or food intolerance issues.

Totally. Just because people eat meat it doesn't mean they have to at every meal. I eat apples but wouldn't demand my food had apple in it.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Thu Feb 27, 2025 12:41 am Totally. Just because people eat meat it doesn't mean they have to at every meal. I eat apples but wouldn't demand my food had apple in it.

I flirted with vegetarianism but now I eat meat (well I will do in 5 weeks when this diet ends) I still like a veggie sausage and 2 of my favourite curry dishes are veggie.
Tarka Dahl and Chickpea Curry

Nowt like a bit of spicy otter.

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:49 pm Nowt like a bit of spicy otter.

That's been my experience up to now as well. Nothing like a good otter, and the more adventurous the better.

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 12:49 pm Nowt like a bit of spicy otter.

It's a little Otter

Michael McIntyre is okay.

Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 2:32 pm Michael McIntyre is okay.

He's OK but just isn't funny

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:33 pm

Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 2:32 pm Michael McIntyre is okay.

He's OK but just isn't funny

His Big Show deserves credit for being unique and packed full of fun with great singers! Not overly enamoured by The Wheel though.

Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:20 pm

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:33 pm

Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Mar 09, 2025 2:32 pm Michael McIntyre is okay.

He's OK but just isn't funny

His Big Show deserves credit for being unique and packed full of fun with great singers! Not overly enamoured by The Wheel though.

I do agree that it's 'trendy ' to say he is not funny in the same way that Coldplay gets stick for their music.
My take on both is that they were better before they hit the big time.
That said he is a better Light entertainment presenter than either of the Walshes.

I used to see more stand-up comedy than I do now and I saw McIntyre at least a couple of times before you had to go to the O2 to see him (I presume you now do anyway). I thought he was a decent enough stand-up.

Tug Of War should be reintroduced to the Olympic Programme.

Philip A wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 6:05 pm Tug Of War should be reintroduced to the Olympic Programme.

Whilst your at it , how about standing long jump (ie no run up)

Quiz shows are repeated too often.

Repeats should be shafted.

But there are only 4 episodes of Shafted, so it would get rather tedious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafted

Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:48 pm Quiz shows are repeated too often.

Repeats should be shafted.

But can impress my family by getting all the answers

Philip A wrote: ↑Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:48 pm Quiz shows are repeated too often.

Repeats should be shafted.

I don't think this is an unpopular opinion.

Buskers should be banned from public spaces. Should move to open mic nights where people who might want to listen to shite reside

Johnny Vaughn is one of the most talented people this country has ever produced.

Blue Peter was/is (mostly) pretty boring.

Golden Balls should come back to TV.

White sauce and cheese really spoil lasagne.

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:14 pm White sauce and cheese really spoil lasagne.

I think it depends on strength and maturity of the cheese.

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Wed Apr 16, 2025 2:59 am Johnny Vaughn is one of the most talented people this country has ever produced.

You might need to elaborate on that one

Give the man a microphone, no script, and chaos all around, and he'll give you a quality show.

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Thu Apr 24, 2025 7:40 pm Give the man a microphone, no script, and chaos all around, and he'll give you a quality show.

I did used to listen to him on 5 live he's good but he's no Danny Baker

Danny Baker is also a very talented broadcaster.

Speed bumps on caravan sites are a bad thing.
If you are on a caravan site and are going faster than 10 mph then you should
a) be ashamed of yourself
b) be kicked off the site

The speed bumps are very bad for cars with lower profiles

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 11:10 pm Since music began, in the 1950s, by far the worst decade for new music has been the 1980s and its not even close.

Of all the Absolute Radio channels dedicated to one decade, Absolute Radio 80s has the most weekly listeners, and it's not even close.

The 80s is the best decade for music.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:46 pm The 80s is the best decade for music.

Nor sure if it's unpopular tbh.
I think no decade since had come close.
I do like the 60s and 70s.
In fact best decade if I may cheat is 1968 to 1978

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 4:06 pm

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:46 pm The 80s is the best decade for music.

Nor sure if it's unpopular tbh.
I think no decade since had come close.
I do like the 60s and 70s.
In fact best decade if I may cheat is 1968 to 1978

Instead of 11, make it a 13 years decade perhaps? Can't leave out 67 a year with the most all time best albums ever. While on the other end, there were just too many great punk albums in 79 to end it beforehand.

Paul Worsley wrote: ↑Mon Jun 16, 2025 3:39 pm

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2024 11:10 pm Since music began, in the 1950s, by far the worst decade for new music has been the 1980s and its not even close.

Of all the Absolute Radio channels dedicated to one decade, Absolute Radio 80s has the most weekly listeners, and it's not even close.

If life has taught me anything, it is that a lot of people are wrong a lot.

This needs a wider discussion.
I cannot see why the 80s could be anything but revered.
Yes Stock Aitkin and Waterman kinda ruined things on the UK in the last 2 years of the decade but more good than bad came out of the 80s and 81 - 85 is a 5 year period that was never bettered, globally.
The 70s was the tale of 2 cities decade ( best of times, worst of times.
Punk Rock by and large is overrated (probably an unpopular opinion) new wave that came after it was far better.
The 60s was a dichotomy of Rock and Roll and music to shop to.
Ditto the 50s.
The 90s did have some good, and bad, Radio head, Blur and Oasis but wd also had Acieeed, and KLF music by numbers.
00s saw the beginning of the end of Rock and Pop bands in the mainstream.Most decent stuff was from the US.
The last 15 years was and is mainly shit

There is a whole field of science in agreement that people invariably feel a bias towards the music of their teenage years and early adulthood. Between you and Paul, I'd say they nailed that. I am however younger and therefore right.

I was not in my teenage years or early adulthood in the 80s and I'm voting 80s.

When it comes to matters of culture and lifestyle, I obviously am in always awe of everything you say.

So you should be.

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:33 pm I was not in my teenage years or early adulthood in the 80s and I'm voting 80s.

Not had one for a while but maybe we need a poll on this

The most boring sport imaginable is synchronised swimming. Golf, cricket, motor racing aren’t even close.

Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:53 pm The most boring sport imaginable is synchronised swimming. Golf, cricket, motor racing aren’t even close.

You may be correct that this is unpopular, but I can't say I've yet seen evidence of anyone arguing that artistic swimming isn't boring.

Daniil Medvedev should have been disqualified by the umpire and suspended for two months for constant time wasting and unsportsmanlike behaviour during this year’s US Open.