XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
      
   >problems than they've solved.  Same goes for this self-driving nonsense;   
   >it makes no sense to turn cars into trains via software.  Use a train if   
   >you want a train; you could've been doing that for over a century.   
      
   Trains and planes are a nuisance because you have no flexibility once   
   you get near your destination.  Generally people on planes either rent   
   a car when they get there, or mooch transportation from the people   
   that they're visiting.   
      
   Building a virtual train out of self-driving bits?  That's kinda like   
   building an internet by making self-driving packets.  It'll never   
   work.   
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