XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   "Leszek Karlik"  wrote:   
      
   >On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 18:47:42 +0100, Doc O'Leary   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >[...]   
   >> I don't even understand the analogy you're trying to make.  Self-driving   
   >> cars *are* a virtual train.   
   >   
   >No, self-driving cars are, basically, taxis with robot drivers instead of   
   >human drivers, which makes them cheaper, so people will be better able   
   >to afford them.   
   >   
   >A limousine with a driver is a self-driving car from the point of view   
   >of a CEO and it's nothing like a virtual train.   
      
   That's because the limo driver cannot see out the window five cars   
   ahead.  Linking the cars and the computing power into a networked unit   
   provides the ability to reach much higher densities than simple taxis.   
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