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By 2030, commercial passengers will routinely fly in pilotlessplanes.
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September 27th 05, 05:22 PM
George Patterson
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I agree that a computer can do a great job when everything goes more or
less according to plan, but what about when it doesn't?
Actually, a computer can do a great job of anything you can think of. It has a
problem if something comes up that nobody thought of -- like the Sioux City
accident, or if it doesn't have certain information -- like the closed airport
used by the "Gimli Glider." And, of course, it can't handle failure of itself
very well.
George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.
George Patterson