On 14/11/2015 7:07 PM, Alan Holbrook wrote:
> Opinicus > wrote in
> :
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>> Driverless cars are Stupid Technology.
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> We've had what are essentially pilotless aircraft for decades now. Oh,
> sure, there's a flight crew on the flight deck ready to take over in case
> of computer failure, but your average widebody carrying several hundred
> human beings is being flown by well over a hundred microprocessors, from
> takeoff to landing. As a former software engineer, I think about that a
> lot every time I board a flight...
>
As long as Micro$oft have nothing to do with the programming of planes,
I'll be quite happy.

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