[s-cars] Fuzz logic vs adaptive learning

[Bill Mahoney]

Part of what Linus previously wrote:
(quote summarization here)
"programmers should use familiar interfaces."
And mr Keith added:
Writing / Developing / Calibrating embedded passenger vehicle firmware
is 
an interesting field to be certain, and I imagine subject to some very 
different constraints than anything related to aerospace and defense.
These days, it ends up being a trade-off of many items...."
~
Perhaps owning a urS and always wanting to add things has made me more
aware of driver car interfaces due to limited dash board/console real
estate available.  No, I won't add a pillar pod and I hate having to
pull the ashtry out for my autometer and I have yet to cut up the IC to
have a nice V1 remote install.
So, as it pertains to electronic additions for the driver to use, it
seems abundantly clear to even stupid me that the auto mfr's need to
rethink they're dash boards and stop wasting space for one thing.  
The other thing is to just use a pc type interface or two or three to
operate at least the entertainment/communication and navigation systems.
This way, the driver / buyer could always upgrade to the latest and
greatest if he chose to and have something to operate that he is
somewhat familiar with. Duh!
It could also allow for some easy software/firmware upgrade
installations if and when they become available.
All the shortcomings of bmw's, Mercedes, and Audi (mmi) IME really are
due to the fact that automakers will always be whay behind the curve in
developing and implementing these apps.  Thus, they are old and
complicated by the time they arrive, even in a $70k+ car.
So how about a couple of tablet type pc screens to control these systems
and perhaps some motronic features too?  Realtime vagcom; it sounds like
the Shadetree group is already on to this.
Hey (I think) its going to happen anyway, so why not sooner than later?
Thanks for listening;)
Bill m  -off soapbox