From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,5cb36983754f64da X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2004-04-21 08:27:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news.linkpendium.com!border1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.sjc.giganews.com!nntp.gbronline.com!news.gbronline.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:27:32 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 10:27:43 -0500 From: Wes Groleau Reply-To: groleau+news@freeshell.org Organization: Ain't no organization here! User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Macintosh/20040208) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: No call for Ada (was Re: Announcing new scripting/prototyping References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.9.86.81 X-Trace: sv3-Y1lmVhUHu+tJ2cHnUCvI+m+jy3+DEgNCczwWUY/x3lUSApGwNyx1tGfV+hYrgob7VmHMLFhAZtZhmEL!BeBLCJ2GT2cp/8Pods3KxBaOl778uikWv+GJLqdizcV9CxusgL8yYy1gjGUYSIiXpVsrD8no8h1M X-Complaints-To: abuse@gbronline.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@gbronline.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7386 Date: 2004-04-21T10:27:43-05:00 List-Id: Marius Amado Alves wrote: > (Personally I'd prefer a joystick or a touch screen or something like that if > the communication is not mechanical, but that's a clever innovation and thus Let me tell you a story. I was on a sharply curved highway entrance, building up speed to merge with highway traffic. I sneezed, and the steering wheel slipped out of my hand. Wheels swung back to center and car hit a curb [1] at over 40 MPH (60 KPH). Had to buy two tires AND rims. Glad there was nothing there higher than the curb. In general, I'm in favor of automation, but I think there would be a lot more property damage and bodily injury if curves, sneezes, bumps, and just plain bad aim could affect a driver's control of of acceleration, braking, and steering on a touch screen or joystick. I note that in 'fly-by-wire' aircraft, the control impulses still originate from input devices that mimic the conventional mechanical controls. -- Wes Groleau Is it an on-line compliment to call someone a Net Wit ?