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Squashme
May 9, 2012, 3:30:18 AM5/9/12
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http://www.firstpost.com/tech/driver-less-google-cars-soon-on-nevada-roads-301898.html
"“The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error.
Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous
vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly
and operating the vehicle more safely,”"
Wonder if Google could modify my bike?
Dave - Cyclists VOR
May 9, 2012, 2:48:01 PM5/9/12
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file.
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Dave - Cyclists VOR. "Many people barely recognise the bicycle as a
legitimate mode of transport; it is either a toy for children or a
vehicle fit only for the poor and/or strange," Dave Horton - Lancaster
University
Simon Mason
May 10, 2012, 12:22:55 AM5/10/12
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On May 9, 8:30 am, Squashme <squas...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.firstpost.com/tech/driver-less-google-cars-soon-on-nevada-...
road environments than any computer can.
It can also hear, smell and feel the air space too - all for less than
a fiver a day.
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Simon Mason
> http://www.firstpost.com/tech/driver-less-google-cars-soon-on-nevada-...
>
> "“The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error.
> Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous
> vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly
> and operating the vehicle more safely,”"
I find my brain is more capable of analysing fast moving and changing
> "“The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error.
> Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous
> vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly
> and operating the vehicle more safely,”"
road environments than any computer can.
It can also hear, smell and feel the air space too - all for less than
a fiver a day.
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Simon Mason
Dave - Cyclists VOR
May 15, 2012, 12:45:32 PM5/15/12
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On 10/05/2012 05:22, Simon Mason wrote:
> On May 9, 8:30 am, Squashme<squas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.firstpost.com/tech/driver-less-google-cars-soon-on-nevada-...
>>
>> "“The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error.
>> Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous
>> vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly
>> and operating the vehicle more safely,”"
>
> I find my brain is more capable of analysing fast moving and changing
> road environments than any computer can.
Shame you don't use it then.
> On May 9, 8:30 am, Squashme<squas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.firstpost.com/tech/driver-less-google-cars-soon-on-nevada-...
>>
>> "“The vast majority of vehicle accidents are due to human error.
>> Through the use of computers, sensors and other systems, an autonomous
>> vehicle is capable of analyzing the driving environment more quickly
>> and operating the vehicle more safely,”"
>
> I find my brain is more capable of analysing fast moving and changing
> road environments than any computer can.
Simon Mason
May 16, 2012, 12:38:45 AM5/16/12
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QUOTE:
The London to Paris charity ride is a tried-and-tested formula, it
seems like there's one leaving every week. They vary in their
approach, but it's about the same amount of riding whichever way you
cut it, just shy of 300 miles. That shouldn't really take you more
than, what, a day?
Scope's London to Paris 24 is exactly that: 24 hours to do the ride.
You start at lunchtime on 14 July in London and you have to be in the
shadow of the Eiffel tower exactly a day and 290 miles later. It's a
continuous ride, with organised feed stops (including hot meals) every
two or three hours along the way; that means riding right through the
night and keeping up an average, including stops, of about 12mph.
Certainly a challenge, and it's for that reason that the L2P24 tends
to attract a clientele towards the serious end of the spectrum.
There's plenty included in your £99 entry fee. The route is signed
(with GPS downloads also available) and there's a raft of pace riders,
medics, mechanics and such keeping pace with the peloton, as well as a
Science in Sport mobile bar (presumably not the booze variety) and
event timing. The ferry, a hotel room in Paris, a slap-up celebratory
meal and the Eurostar home are also thrown in. Fundraising-wise you
have to commit to raise a minimum of £1,200 for Scope, of which £800
has to be sorted out by 1 June. You can ride solo or as a pair in
relay style; each rider has to meet the £1,200 fundraising target
whether they're riding the whole thing or spending half of it
desperately trying to get a few minutes of shut-eye on the
accompanying coach...
Sound good? Head over to www.london2paris24.com for more information.
There's 300 places, and registration is open.
http://road.cc/content/news/58355-scope-london-paris-24-looking-riders
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Simon Mason
The London to Paris charity ride is a tried-and-tested formula, it
seems like there's one leaving every week. They vary in their
approach, but it's about the same amount of riding whichever way you
cut it, just shy of 300 miles. That shouldn't really take you more
than, what, a day?
Scope's London to Paris 24 is exactly that: 24 hours to do the ride.
You start at lunchtime on 14 July in London and you have to be in the
shadow of the Eiffel tower exactly a day and 290 miles later. It's a
continuous ride, with organised feed stops (including hot meals) every
two or three hours along the way; that means riding right through the
night and keeping up an average, including stops, of about 12mph.
Certainly a challenge, and it's for that reason that the L2P24 tends
to attract a clientele towards the serious end of the spectrum.
There's plenty included in your £99 entry fee. The route is signed
(with GPS downloads also available) and there's a raft of pace riders,
medics, mechanics and such keeping pace with the peloton, as well as a
Science in Sport mobile bar (presumably not the booze variety) and
event timing. The ferry, a hotel room in Paris, a slap-up celebratory
meal and the Eurostar home are also thrown in. Fundraising-wise you
have to commit to raise a minimum of £1,200 for Scope, of which £800
has to be sorted out by 1 June. You can ride solo or as a pair in
relay style; each rider has to meet the £1,200 fundraising target
whether they're riding the whole thing or spending half of it
desperately trying to get a few minutes of shut-eye on the
accompanying coach...
Sound good? Head over to www.london2paris24.com for more information.
There's 300 places, and registration is open.
http://road.cc/content/news/58355-scope-london-paris-24-looking-riders
--
Simon Mason
Bertie Wooster
May 16, 2012, 2:50:23 AM5/16/12
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and that was going some... But my route was substantially off-road,
and I was completely unsupported.
Judith
May 16, 2012, 10:55:20 AM5/16/12
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>QUOTE:
>
>The London to Paris charity ride is a tried-and-tested formula, it
>seems like there's one leaving every week. They vary in their
>approach, but it's about the same amount of riding whichever way you
>cut it, just shy of 300 miles. That shouldn't really take you more
>than, what, a day?
>
>Scope's London to Paris 24 is exactly that: 24 hours to do the ride.
>You start at lunchtime on 14 July in London and you have to be in the
>shadow of the Eiffel tower exactly a day and 290 miles later. It's a
>continuous ride, with organised feed stops (including hot meals) every
>two or three hours along the way;
Now then Numb-nuts (and Crispin) - have you noticed how they don't call it a
>
>The London to Paris charity ride is a tried-and-tested formula, it
>seems like there's one leaving every week. They vary in their
>approach, but it's about the same amount of riding whichever way you
>cut it, just shy of 300 miles. That shouldn't really take you more
>than, what, a day?
>
>Scope's London to Paris 24 is exactly that: 24 hours to do the ride.
>You start at lunchtime on 14 July in London and you have to be in the
>shadow of the Eiffel tower exactly a day and 290 miles later. It's a
>continuous ride, with organised feed stops (including hot meals) every
>two or three hours along the way;
non-Stop ride?
"Continuous ride with organised food stops" - very good - easy to understand.
I wonder why that is?
Perhaps because the cyclists are *expected* to stop sometimes?
Bertie Wooster
May 16, 2012, 3:27:34 PM5/16/12
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On Wed, 16 May 2012 15:55:20 +0100, Judith <jmsmi...@hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:
That being the case, perhaps it's superfluous to mention the odd
comfort break.
wrote:
comfort break.
Simon Mason
May 16, 2012, 4:49:03 PM5/16/12
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"Bertie Wooster" <be...@wooster.invalid.com> wrote in message
news:6ej6r7pcdhqmolj71...@4ax.com...
You would have to get your finger out before 1 June if you are tempted
though - there is not much time left to prepare for it.
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Simon Mason
Judith
May 16, 2012, 5:37:57 PM5/16/12
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On Wed, 16 May 2012 20:27:34 +0100, Bertie Wooster <be...@wooster.invalid.com>
wrote:
Small child : "Please Sir, what does a non-stop cycle ride mean, Sir"
Teacher Crispin : "Well it means that you can stop whenever you like for the
toilet, a meal, or a sleep - but it is still non-stop"
Small child: "That's not really non-stop then is it Sir?"
Teacher Crispin: "Don't argue with me boy"
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Bertie Wooster's real name is Tom Crispin.
He uses the name Bertie Wooster so that people involved with
Young Lewisham and Greenwich Cyclists and John Ball primary school
can't see what a tosser he is.
wrote:
Teacher Crispin : "Well it means that you can stop whenever you like for the
toilet, a meal, or a sleep - but it is still non-stop"
Small child: "That's not really non-stop then is it Sir?"
Teacher Crispin: "Don't argue with me boy"
--
Bertie Wooster's real name is Tom Crispin.
He uses the name Bertie Wooster so that people involved with
Young Lewisham and Greenwich Cyclists and John Ball primary school
can't see what a tosser he is.
Simon Mason
May 16, 2012, 11:46:57 PM5/16/12
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On May 16, 8:27 pm, Bertie Wooster <b...@wooster.invalid.com> wrote:
>
> >"Continuous ride with organised food stops" - very good - easy to understand.
>
> >I wonder why that is?
>
> >Perhaps because the cyclists are *expected* to stop sometimes?
>
> That being the case, perhaps it's superfluous to mention the odd
> comfort break.
And of course you have to stop at red lights, stop lines and junctions
>
> >"Continuous ride with organised food stops" - very good - easy to understand.
>
> >I wonder why that is?
>
> >Perhaps because the cyclists are *expected* to stop sometimes?
>
> That being the case, perhaps it's superfluous to mention the odd
> comfort break.
as well.
--
Simon Mason
Bertie Wooster
May 17, 2012, 2:51:00 AM5/17/12
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self selecting survey - we don't.
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