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From: mvclase@watmum.UUCP (Michael Clase)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: problems with Star Wars #2 (part 2: the crux)
Message-ID: <215@watmum.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Jul-85 09:55:31 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 18 09:55:31 1985
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References: <1197@utcsri.UUCP> <5772@utzoo.UUCP> <1240@utcsri.UUCP> <5797@utzoo.UUCP>
Reply-To: mvclase@watmum.UUCP (Michael Clase)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Summary: 

In article <5797@utzoo.UUCP> henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) writes:
>> ...decision must be made within the first few seconds of boost.  What kind
>> of meaningful information can a human absorb, let alone digest, in this time?
>
>"Oh no, look at that.  Missile launches all over the place.  OPEN FIRE!"
>I'm not talking about reading printouts, I'm talking about the same sort
>of real-time interaction that takes place when driving a car or flying an
>aircraft.  Similarly, I am not talking about digging the President out of
>bed; I'm talking about trained observers standing regular watches.

You're talking about the same sort of real-time interaction that causes
thousands of fatal car accidents every year.  Sure, most of the time
drivers can make split second decsions correctly, but when they don't the
consequences do not result in the deaths of millions of people.

>-- 
>				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
>				{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry

	
				Michael Clase
				(mvclase@watmum.UUCP)