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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 19 March 2012 08:27:18AM 14 points [-]

Ten years later: How to avoid dying in a driverless car crash

  • Update your software frequently. Don't use cheap firewalls, choose the more reliable ones.

  • Don't use laptop or cell phone in the car, their electromagnetic frequencies may interfere with the car driving system. For extra safety, turn off the radio.

  • Don't drive after rain or in fog. Water may get into circuits, causing hardware failure in a dangerous situation.

  • Don't drive in the rain. A lightning close to you car may disrupt your GPS system or car driving system.

  • Don't drive in the first snowy day. The optical recognition system may not be fully adjusted yet.

  • When crossing a time-zone boundary, be ready to manually override the car navigation in case of a software bug.

  • Avoid the roads with human drivers, cyclicts, pedestrians, or where animals appear. The software does not always recognize them perfectly.

What? Teleportation FTW!

Twenty years later: How to avoid dying during teleportation: Turn off your electronic implants, because their signals may interfere with the scanning device. Don't teleport in a rainy day; a lightning in a wrong time may disrupt the data transfer. Etc.

Comment author: wedrifid 19 March 2012 08:38:47AM *  13 points [-]

Twenty years later: How to avoid dying during teleportation:

Adjust your philosophy as necessary such that the casual destruction of your physical form is not considered 'death'. Then make damn sure the anesthetizing system is in good functioning order before you are put to sleep, scanned, sent and destroyed.

Comment author: MartinB 19 March 2012 01:31:06PM 1 point [-]

And read the fineprint before using it.