[DeTomaso] Jerry Brown wants to ban gasoline powered vehicles

[Himes, Terry (397C)]

Ken,

That is awesome!  I worked on AEGIS for the NAVY in the Weapons Control area as my 1st job out of college.
So I know what you’re talking about. AN/UYK-7 4 Bay systems with AN/SPY-1 Radar. ;-)  We should talk. 

I agree. We don’t even test enough here (to my satisfaction) with a billion $$ spacecraft.

Terry


"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
 stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
 
Terry W. Himes 
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
🇺🇸
 

On 9/27/17, 3:31 PM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Ken Green via DeTomaso" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> wrote:

    I just have little confidence in software.  Unless some form of discipline has been developed to avoid unintended results, it requires a massive software validation effort to find all the bugs in autonomous system software.  One sign error, resolving angles between 0 and 360 versus -180 and +180, using a measurement taken before a maneuver to determine guidance after and maneuver, etc. can cause crazy results.
    I saw all of this in a torpedo development program.  It could be really embarrassing in a test environment where one or two SSNs had to be available for exercises, but no one died.
    Ken
    
          From: Darrell Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net>
     To: 'Ken Green' <kenn_green at yahoo.com> 
    Cc: detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
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     Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Jerry Brown wants to ban gasoline powered vehicles
       
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    Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 10:52 AM
    To: Himes, Terry (397C) <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>; Darrell Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net>; detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Jerry Brown wants to ban gasoline powered vehicles  Based on how unreliable our PCs are, I am not optimistic about self driving cars, at least not until there are a lot of miles to exercise the software.  And then, someone can hack into the software and drive you to a convenient location to rob you.  It is really sad, but I suspect many young people would gladly accept living in a pod with a virtual reality existence as in the MATRIX movies.  Young people don't like getting dirty, hitting knuckles, bleeding, or anything like real life.  C. S. Lewis wrote a short book titled "The Abolition of Man" maybe 60 years ago, and I think he painted a picture of the future on mankind.  If you ever feel like being humbled by a glimpse into the mind of a brilliant thinker, it's a good read.  Ken  From: "Himes, Terry (397C)" <terry.himes at jpl.nasa.gov>
    To: Darrell Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net>; "detomaso at server.detomasolist.com" <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com> 
    Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 9:43 AM
    Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Jerry Brown wants to ban gasoline powered vehicles  Clearly you haven’t tried to drive in LA LA Land.  Plus 50% DON’T know how to drive and 49% are total inconsiderate A-holes!! 
    (which only self-driving cars will solve).  I just got back from Canada where the people truly know how to drive and are considerate! It was fantastic!
    
    And… that would leave more gas for us Pantera owners.  Every time I pass a Prius I wave and say “Thank You!”  More fuel for me. 
    
    Of course, by 2040, I’ll probably be dead, so…  WTFDIC ;-)
    
    
    
    "A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
    stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
    
    Terry W. Himes 
    JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Dawn Spacecraft Team
    Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
    Phone: (818) 393-6261
    Cell:    (818) 653-8213
    thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
    🇺🇸