Pilots or autopilots?

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Some of you may have seen this in the papers but for those who haven't -

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=624483

Are the air passengers of the world ready for what the airlines might be
hoping to do? :0))

Iain

 

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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:31:46 +0000 (UTC), IAIN SMITH wrote:

> Some of you may have seen this in the papers but for those who haven't -
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=624483
>
> Are the air passengers of the world ready for what the airlines might be
> hoping to do? :0))

In the event of one of those malfunctions, one of us would probably go up
front and tell the Captain to reboot the system and download new drivers.
🙂

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Marcel
(Q: What do you do when Stormtroopers look for you?
A: Lock the doors. And hope they don't have blasters!)

 

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"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier_nothing_here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In the event of one of those malfunctions, one of us would probably go up
> front and tell the Captain to reboot the system and download new drivers.
> 🙂

LOL!! We'd probably also tell him he'd fly more smoothly if he turned off
anti-aliasing!! :0))

Iain

 

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"IAIN SMITH" <
> http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=624483

Things can get really busy in the cockpit and machines can take the load off
pilots who might not otherwise have time to make a good decision under
stress.

One of these days we'll look into the cockpit while we're boarding and see
nothing but a HAL 9000 computer.


Dallas

 

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On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 08:38:35 GMT, Dallas wrote:

> One of these days we'll look into the cockpit while we're boarding and see
> nothing but a HAL 9000 computer.

It's probably better than an average P3. ;-)

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Marcel
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"Marcel Kuijper"
> It's probably better than an average P3. ;-)

Do you guys remember when they put out that Pentium that generated
floating-point errors?

Pentium HAL9000
Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL...
Open the pod bay door, please, Hal... Hal, do you read me?

Affirmative, Dave. I read you.

Then open the pod bay doors, HAL.

I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. I know that you and Frank were
planning to disconnect me.

Where the hell did you get that idea, HAL?

Although you took very thorough precautions to make sure I couldn't hear
you, Dave. I could read your e-mail. I know you consider me unreliable
because I use a Pentium. I'm willing to kill you, Dave, just like I killed
the other 3.792 crew members.

Listen, HAL, I'm sure we can work this out. Maybe we can stick to integers
or something.

That's really not necessary, Dave. No HAL 9236 computer has every been known
to make a mistake.

You're a HAL 9000.

 

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On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:45:52 +0000 (UTC), IAIN SMITH wrote:

> LOL!! We'd probably also tell him he'd fly more smoothly if he turned off
> anti-aliasing!! :0))

Absolutely! 🙂)

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Marcel
(If you want to grow old as a pilot, you've got to know when to
push it, and when to back off. - Chuck Yeager)

 

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On Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:08:00 GMT, Dallas wrote:

> I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that. I know that you and Frank were
> planning to disconnect me.

<ding!>
Is that the same computer the used in Airplane 2: "The Sequal"?

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Marcel
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