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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 14/01/2014 8:51 am, J. Clarke wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com says...   
   >>   
   >> In article ,   
   >>   Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Doc O'Leary  wrote:   
   >>>> Greg Goss  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I don't even understand the analogy you're trying to make.  Self-driving   
   >>>> cars *are* a virtual train.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's sarcasm.   
   >>   
   >> Then it just wasn't very good.  I never said that self-driving   
   >> technology *couldn't* work (it most certainly can), just that it was a   
   >> poor solution to a problem that was solved centuries ago.   
   >   
   > However if everyone rides horses then you have a horse-poop problem, and   
   > horses have to be fed even when not in use.   
      
   In fact, towards the end of the 19th century the traffic situation with   
   horse-drawn vehicles was as bad if not worse than today. There are a few   
   photographs and drawings around of grid lock in London and elsewhere.   
   Road accidents were also very common. No speedometers or speed limits   
   back then.   
      
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