Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On 12/27/24 6:27 AM, D wrote:

  On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
 

>
 A number of corps are fronting 'air-taxi' now using
 what are essentially large drones. One or two don't
 even have a pilot, all automated. Would NOT wanna
 get on one will less than six thrusters though ...
 that way one can die and the rest can still compensate.
>
 As for George Jetsons' flying around in 'cars' ...
 I can foresee disasters aplenty even WITH nominal
 automatic route control. Humans don't even
 navigate 2-D very well ......

 I think scaled up drones is as close as we'll get to flying cars within the next
20 years or so. I'd definitely be up for it! Having one myself would be great. I
would then need to no road to my fortress of solitude, but could just fly in and
out of there! =)

   I see nothing but 'big drones' as the moral equiv
   of "flying cars" for a LONG time. Sorry, no anti-
   gravity thrusters or whatever. Alas there's gonna
   be a lot of thruster noise and air-blast so they
   are not gonna replace yer Caddy for most uses.
   In any case, as said, modern tech allows very very
   stable flight. The fly-by-wire will read what you
   WANT the thing to do so you're not stuck fighting
   little tilts and drifts. George Jetson COULD fly
   the things pretty easily (but shouldn't).