I went to a talk from Alan Winfield about ethics in robotics who made a similar point. Doesn’t matter how advanced the programming is, programming is  not intelligence. 

Too many adults are absolutely terrified of risk, and creativity is at heart, risk.

Though the natural background radiation in parts of Cornwall far exceeds anything Sellafield has to offer.

“Whatever they’re going to talk about, it’s very clear that the barge was overloaded”

I know exactly what you mean, and it’s not beyond the professionals to let the software direct them sometimes.

Money spent in a kitchen in money well spent. I only really hate it when you see an expensive kitchen that exists purely for looks as the owner will never use it. Worse is when it’s been designed for looks and not use so it has no value for any future owner either.

In some ways late 10's auto design mirrored the late 50's. More extreme, more baroque and very fussy, hopefully we're heading into a cleaner design period. We're also seeing longer product life cycles and that's a trend that'll probably continue so should also mean fewer fad like details that'll date quickly.

The sonata probably looked great as a sketch. The way the light flows onboard and up the bonnet is a great idea in theory but looks disjointed in execution.

I can have a guess.

I think the real bravery today is apologising for a mistake in the comment section of a website! :D

I have full confidence for the government to apply their usual standard of competency.

I enjoy the irony of the plane being an Airbus. A shining example of European co-operation.

Whilst at uni I was involved in a project to take a solar powered vehicle to the South Pole. Most of the team and development were in Melbourne, but the figurehead of the project and driver was to be Jason de Carteret.

Ad then change that law? Presidential immunity has to be some really dumb shit. You have an entire system dedicated to preventing someone claiming absolute power, then presidential immunity.

For the difference in response between Harley and Honda, I imagine that Honda can take a more restrained investigative route without taking much risk, Harley Davidson can't.

Was that the horrendously front heavy one? A rare 1960s misstep for any of Ford’s European outposts.

Yeah think the Favorit was launched just a few years before the VW acquisition and was 100% škoda developed. I do remember road tests in the early 90s remarking on how solid the switchgear was even though it had nothing to do with VW.

And the Austin Maxi

All in all its probably a well needed kick up the ass, so long as the complainer isn’t going to be the sort of person who’ll pipe up again when in the future you bring back a project and leave it sat there 24 hours.

Good to see you got the Continental mounted