[colug-432] Great moments in computer science

[Steve Roggenkamp]

I think I'll keep my 2002 low-end, manual transmission Ford Ranger a
while longer.  At worst, I can pop it out of gear.

I'm liking new cars less and less...

Steve

On 06/03/2015 03:48 AM, Jeff Frontz wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 9:07 PM, tom <thomas.w.cranston at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 06/02/2015 05:59 PM, Jeff Frontz wrote:
>>> you keep careening toward the embankment
>> How So?
>>
>>
> When you're in a "fly-by-wire" car, the computer is between you and the
> ignition/transmission. If the task that pays attention to driver input
> drops core, there is no way to "turn off the ignition, put it in neutral,
> put it in low gear, etc."
>
>
>
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