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From: nessus@nsc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re:Re:Tech Flaws[2001]
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Date: Tue, 11-Oct-83 15:35:16 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 11 15:35:16 1983
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     WRT 2001:
     On the scene where the Aries moon shuttle is landing on the Moon-

On one of the display screens shown in the cockpit of the ship during landing
an EQUATION, of all things, turns up.  My first thought is that the ship could
crash in the time it takes the pilot(s) to solve/verify it.  Why not have the
computer go ahead and take care of that while the pilot(s) fly the ship?  Some
friends of mine have suggested that "maybe the computer is informing the
pilot(s) of its actions before doing them".  My response to this is that the
computer should advise ONLY in the case of a potentially hazardous situation, so
the pilot(s) could perform their primary job, namely flying the ship.  UNIX(tm)
doesn't tell me everything it does when it executes my every command; it only
tells me if I have done/am doing something wrong and advises alternates in some
cases.

     All in all, I thought 2001 was very good.  I like their idea of routine
space travel, as well as a lot of other things in the film.  When I saw it last
year, the film had faded and for the first 2/3 of the film everything had a
washed-out reddish tint.  Reminded me of some home movies...

					Kchula-Rrit

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