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patrickl:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 24, 2007, 04:47:44 pm ---
Being a long time software engineer, it's the ---smurfing--- software I don't trust.  I don't like the idea of my family cruising along at 60mph at the navigating mercy of some jackoff's buggy software.  Gah.

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Do you fly? You're at the mercy of software if you go in a plane too. From what I understood, most landings are automated these days. let alone the flight itself.

Actually even in most modern cars you are at the mercy of software (and hardware) already. I had a client who's car computer went berserk now and then. It ended when the car just took off on it's own, went across the road and dove into a field besides the road. Luckily the guy didn't get hurt and he didn't hit anyone.

ChadTower:

Yeah, but a car's current software isn't navigating, it's just keeping the car running properly.

As for airplanes, I rarely ever fly, and even then an airplane is not a consumer item rushed to market and made in the tens of millions, revised every few months.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on August 24, 2007, 05:20:59 pm ---
Yeah, but a car's current software isn't navigating, it's just keeping the car running properly.
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In his case it was in control of the throttle and that's a pretty important part of navigating.


--- Quote ---As for airplanes, I rarely ever fly, and even then an airplane is not a consumer item rushed to market and made in the tens of millions, revised every few months.

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Still, people do give their lives in control to a machine. They don't really boast around that they do so though. Personally i found it more shocking to find out that  they let co-pilots train landing. Obviously they need to learn, but still, rather not on my flight.   I'll take a computer over a pilot in training :P

Would be cool if the car could drive itself. At least you could drink your coffee safely.

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: patrickl on August 24, 2007, 05:30:03 pm ---
Would be cool if the car could drive itself. At least you could drink your coffee safely.

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 :laugh2:

saint:

--- Quote from: Zakk on August 23, 2007, 11:02:48 pm ---I like french fries.

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Freedom fries you insensitive bastard.

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