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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga in the news
Message-ID: <23555@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 2 Mar 88 22:35:15 GMT
References: <2089@polya.STANFORD.EDU>
Organization: Amdahl Corporation,  Sunnyvale, CA 94086
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Summary: I bet the lawyers will have a ball with this one ...

In article <2089@polya.STANFORD.EDU>, rokicki@polya.STANFORD.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes:
> 
> New system could be the ultimate in backseat driving!
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> The system, known as LOOKOUT, will allow motorists to drive closer
> together and allow for increased traffic flow, Caltrans interim
> Director Donald L. Watson said during a news conference.
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
> Davis said he expects the system will be available for production
> in about two years.  Current cost estimates range between $500 and
> $1000 per car, depending on model and driver programming requests,
> Davis said.

And you think liability insurance for doctors is high?  It'll be out of
sight for any programmers foolish enough to put their name on the code
that is *supposed* to make this device work!

I can just see legal debates over de-referencing pointers, 16 vs. 32 bit
ints, and the like, when the driver that just plowed into a school bus
says something like, "But your Honor, it was supposed to apply the breaks
for me ... not go 'Guru ... Guru ... Guru' on me!"

I hope you forwarded a copy of this to "comp.risks", Tom ...

/kim


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