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user-inactivated · 3183 days ago · link · · parent · post: Google’s self-driving cars begin exploring the streets of Austin, Texas
Whatever it is, I hope they lift it out of science fiction. I suppose 'droid' is too prosaic.
briandmyers · 3183 days ago · link ·
My proposal - Otto or ottocar. 'Car' then comes to mean a manual car, and 'Otto' comes to mean a self driving car.
I'm pretty sure Lucasfilm has a TM on Droid, so that's a nonstarter. Not sure how true it is, but I was once told that the Droid phone pays a licence fee for the name. Edit:
http://priceonomics.com/lucasfilm-owns-all-of-your-droids/
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user-inactivated · 3183 days ago · link ·
Oh, duh. Well, someone smarter than me will think of something.