The dictatorship of versioning

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

Faré <fahree at gmail.com> writes:

>> “The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a
>> dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to
>> keep the man from touching the equipment.” -- Carl Bass CEO Autodesk
>
> This is a recycled old joke about airplane cockpits. I don't know how
> things go for factories, but in the case of airplanes, it also refers
> to the effects of regulations that force upon everyone antiquated
> unsafe technologies (i.e. human pilots) in the name of "safety" and
> actually as the result of protectionist lobbying.

As the recent crash of GermanWings demonstrated.  Perhaps they should
start to bring dogs in cockpits.

If you need a pause, compare:

    Amazon Robot Warehouse:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quWFjS3Ci7A

    Human Warehouse:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTnGZ37sZqM


-- 
__Pascal Bourguignon__                 http://www.informatimago.com/
“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a
dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to
keep the man from touching the equipment.” -- Carl Bass CEO Autodesk