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Old 19th Dec 2009, 12:13
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gearpins
 
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good and bad of automation

Automation
its an offending equipment to some.
it makes life easy...to some others..
and its a challenge to most....
it affects ones dignity
makes you look stupid most times and makes you out to be a booming hero at others...leaving you wondering whats all the fuss about ?
When TITANIC was sold as unsinkable the capt believed it !
took it through iceberg territory at full steam
When the AIRBUS was sold as un-stallable the crew believed it
and flew it into a forest!!
My take on it-
its good to have as is a top of the model mobile or a laptop
but when the signal is poor, the system hangs, the ones least affected by paranoia are the one who can carry on normal life in the absence of automation be it a pilot an astronaut or a surgeon
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