• Re: Ecojet Airlines liquidated

    From Recliner@recliner.usenet@gmail.com to uk.railway on Wed May 13 12:57:42 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:

    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year,
    initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year.

    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor.

    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning
    the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level
    4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the
    initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

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  • From Sam Wilson@ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk to uk.railway on Wed May 13 13:55:04 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:

    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year.

    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor.

    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning >>> the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level >>> 4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the
    initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the >> sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around
    empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    rCLA spokesperson from Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company
    Apple, rCarCY

    Did someone just leak the details of the worldrCOs most secret monopoly?

    Sam
    --
    The entity formerly known as Sam.Wilson@ed.ac.uk
    Spit the dummy to reply
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  • From Recliner@recliner.usenet@gmail.com to uk.railway on Wed May 13 15:03:00 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    On Wed, 13 May 2026 13:55:04 -0000 (UTC), Sam Wilson <ukr@dummy.wislons.fastmail.co.uk> wrote:

    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote: >>>>
    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year. >>>>>
    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor.

    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning >>>> the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level >>>> 4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the
    initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the >>> sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around >>> empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human >> drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    rCLA spokesperson from Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company >Apple, rCarCY

    Did someone just leak the details of the worldrCOs most secret monopoly?

    Brilliant!
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  • From Certes@Certes@example.org to uk.railway on Wed May 13 15:13:53 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    On 13/05/2026 14:55, Sam Wilson wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote: >>>>
    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year. >>>>>
    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor.

    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning >>>> the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level >>>> 4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the
    initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the >>> sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around >>> empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human >> drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    rCLA spokesperson from Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company Apple, rCarCY

    Did someone just leak the details of the worldrCOs most secret monopoly?

    It's quietly been changed to Alphabet before anyone else finds out.

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  • From Recliner@recliner.usenet@gmail.com to uk.railway on Wed May 13 15:20:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    On Wed, 13 May 2026 15:13:53 +0100, Certes <Certes@example.org> wrote:

    On 13/05/2026 14:55, Sam Wilson wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote: >>>>>
    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year. >>>>>>
    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor. >>>>>
    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning >>>>> the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level >>>>> 4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the
    initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the
    sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around >>>> empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human >>> drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    rCLA spokesperson from Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company
    Apple, rCarCY

    Did someone just leak the details of the worldrCOs most secret monopoly?

    It's quietly been changed to Alphabet before anyone else finds out.

    I'm still seeing Apple in the version I can see online.
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  • From Certes@Certes@example.org to uk.railway on Wed May 13 15:42:01 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    On 13/05/2026 15:20, Recliner wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 15:13:53 +0100, Certes <Certes@example.org> wrote:

    On 13/05/2026 14:55, Sam Wilson wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote: >>>>>>
    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year. >>>>>>>
    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor. >>>>>>
    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning >>>>>> the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level >>>>>> 4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the >>>>>> initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the
    sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around >>>>> empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human
    drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    rCLA spokesperson from Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company
    Apple, rCarCY

    Did someone just leak the details of the worldrCOs most secret monopoly?

    It's quietly been changed to Alphabet before anyone else finds out.

    I'm still seeing Apple in the version I can see online.

    Oddly, it's back to Apple for me too now. Perhaps they (or our ISPs)
    cache the page on multiple servers and an update has only reached some
    of them.
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  • From Recliner@recliner.usenet@gmail.com to uk.railway on Wed May 13 16:35:13 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    On Wed, 13 May 2026 15:42:01 +0100, Certes <Certes@example.org> wrote:

    On 13/05/2026 15:20, Recliner wrote:
    On Wed, 13 May 2026 15:13:53 +0100, Certes <Certes@example.org> wrote:

    On 13/05/2026 14:55, Sam Wilson wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote: >>>>>>>
    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>>>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year. >>>>>>>>
    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor. >>>>>>>
    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning
    the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level
    4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the >>>>>>> initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the
    sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around >>>>>> empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human
    drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    rCLA spokesperson from Waymo, which is owned by Google's parent company >>>> Apple, rCarCY

    Did someone just leak the details of the worldrCOs most secret monopoly? >>>
    It's quietly been changed to Alphabet before anyone else finds out.

    I'm still seeing Apple in the version I can see online.

    Oddly, it's back to Apple for me too now. Perhaps they (or our ISPs)
    cache the page on multiple servers and an update has only reached some
    of them.

    Yes, it must be some sort of cache effect. I'm now seeing Alphabet, too.

    On a technical note, Waymo is no longer wholly owned by Alphabet. It's raised something like $27bn in external funding
    rounds, but Alphabet remains the majority shareholder, with around 75-80% of the equity and voting power.

    I'm also curious about its cars. It mainly uses Jaguar I-Paces, but this model has been discontinued. Did it stockpile
    lots of them, or is Jaguar holding a stock, or does the Austrian manufacturer (Magna Steyr) keep building them purely
    for Waymo?
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  • From Recliner@recliner.usenet@gmail.com to uk.railway on Thu May 14 21:20:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> wrote:
    Recliner <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 5 Apr 2026 13:36:14 +0100, Adrian <bulleid@ku.gro.lioff> wrote:

    In message <K7sAR.38834$li2.4043@fx17.ams1>, Recliner
    <recliner.usenet@gmail.com> writes
    Baidu, Waymo and Wayve cars will all be on test in London this year, >>>>> initially with human supervisors, but possibly without by next year.

    I saw a Waymo on Marylebone Road last month. With human supervisor.

    I think at the moment they are doing the robotaxi equivalent of learning >>> the Knowledge. They're being driven round
    London to complete the detailed mapping of the streets, needed for Level >>> 4 deployment. I assume their starting point is
    the Street View image database, which will have been built into the
    initial Waymo London database, then extended by
    detailed mapping by the cars themselves. So the cars will be driven manually initially.


    They are being sabotaged in the US by people sticking masking tape over the >> sensors. One objection to them seems to be that they often cruise around
    empty clogging up the traffic.


    Looks like they make the same mistake of driving into deep water that human drivers do:

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo

    More:

    Self-driving cars lack common sense, admits industry boss

    https://www.thetimes.com/article/70ac6802-dec9-4778-b924-bb4a6fa9a464?shareToken=33663032b5c26e10989f4e8e1511e9e5

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  • From Graeme Wall@rail@greywall.demon.co.uk to uk.railway on Fri May 15 07:23:47 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    On 14/05/2026 22:20, Recliner wrote:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo
    More:

    Self-driving cars lack common sense, admits industry boss

    Like a lot of human drivers.
    --
    Graeme Wall
    This account not read.


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  • From Tweed@usenet.tweed@gmail.com to uk.railway on Fri May 15 06:49:37 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.railway

    Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> wrote:
    On 14/05/2026 22:20, Recliner wrote:
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2011dl4xo
    More:

    Self-driving cars lack common sense, admits industry boss

    Like a lot of human drivers.

    The key difference is that human drivers are held to account for their lack
    of sense. The tech industry is adept at avoiding legal responsibility for
    its failures.

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