[Elecraft] OT:

[Ken G Kopp]

"K3 to Dave".....Boy, recognized the  genesis of the phrase instantly, even
though across the decades.

73

Ken - K0PP
On Jan 17, 2015 1:44 AM, "Edward R Cole" <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:

> Well this is now OT, but
>
> Consider that most commercial aircraft run auto-pilot for most of their
> flight and most ships also use auto-pilot.  It does seem scary to think of
> an automobile on automatic control but it will probably end up safer in the
> long-run.  I suspect the diamond lanes to be where its initially tried and
> on divided hwy's probably it will be lane specific so manual merging
> on/off  can be handled.  I think it interesting (amusing) to see all the
> new driving condition selections for traction on newer cars.  But I suspect
> it like the auto-parking features are predecessors to auto-drive.
> "snooze-cruise" - yeah!
>
> Re: bug proof, I once read that cpu's are now so complicated that they are
> not fully tested as there are too many states to run thru.  ATE does most
> QA testing on production lines these days and they test the essential
> functions. Computing is on the verge of Artificial Intelligence so when it
> seems your computer had taken on a personality - maybe it has?
>
> K3 to Dave: "Dave your messing with my bw"!  "Stop Dave or I will throw
> you out the airlock"!  apologizes to Sir Arthur and 2001 Space Odyssey.
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
> "engage warp drive - now!"
>
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> From: Alan <n1al at sonic.net>
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 bugs
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> On 01/16/2015 06:40 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
> > Software written by the world's greatest programmer and tested by the
> > world's greatest software tester would still be something I would
> > never risk my life with.
>
> Self-driving cars are supposed to be the wave of the future.  Google
> already has prototypes on the road.  The software must be insanely
> complicated.  There's no way it won't have bugs.
>
> On the other hand, human drivers are hardly perfect either.  Perhaps the
> buggy software will be more reliable than an inattentive driver...
>
> Alan N1AL
>
>
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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