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Old 03-09-2010, 10:58 AM   #57 (permalink)
gone-ot
...beats walking...
 
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Originally Posted by dcb View Post
I think humans should always have a means to physically disconnect a computer, ALWAYS. Not "ask the computer nicely to stop" but to be able to rip out its spine while you are driving.
...remember in the movie "2001: a SPACE ODESSEY" when HAL, the spaceships' computer, is commanded to 'shutdown' by Dr. "Dave" Bowman, and responds with "...I can't do that, Dave..." (ha,ha)!

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