Date: Sun, 28 Sep 1997 13:27:51 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Peter Korsten <peter@grendel.IAEhv.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Microsoft brainrot (was: r-cmds and DNS and /etc/host.conf) Message-ID: <3912.875478471@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 28 Sep 1997 16:22:56 %2B0200." <19970928162256.26698@grendel.IAEhv.nl>
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> to restart it. Couldn't they have invented something less > braindead in the last 100 years? A sidestick and drive-by-wire? > (I know, planes and motorcycles have an even more stupid UI.) Mercedes has a couple of concept cars which do exactly that, actually. Initial tests have been promising, but I think that the learning curve is going to be too steep for them to ever actually field such cars in earnest. Can you imagine, for example, the typical 50 year old doctor's wife, her new Mercedes a gift from her husband, trying to suddenly come to grips with a new drive-by-wire system? Just judging by the folks I see driving such cars around on the road, they wouldn't have a clue as to how to deal with such high-tech wizardry and the penalty for making mistakes with a new automotive interface is pretty high. With a computer, the worst that can happen is that it crashes and you reboot it. With a car, it crashes and you go to the hospital or the morgue. ;-) Jordan
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