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Old 03-16-2014, 04:40 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
We're already seeing what can go wrong in cars. Wait until they evolve to fly-by-wireless.
Chevy Cobalt (third generation Vega with the same deserved repuation) was designed by business school graduates. All properly designed cars both steer and brake even with the engine turned off. Only products designed by business school graduates (also called communists) are so dumb as to need a pump to steer and will lose brakes when the engine shuts off.

None of that exists in this story. The most unreliable thing in any system is a human.
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