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There's a reason we talk about the Hyatt walkway collapse but not the misplaced operator.
by tedunangst 2y ago
There's a reason we talk about the Hyatt walkway collapse but not the misplaced operator.
- teddyh 2y agoIt could happen. People have been predicting it for years, and many think that it is only a matter of time. For a vision from 1982 of how it could happen, see: <https://books.google.com/books?id=6f8VqnZaPQwC&pg=PA167 https://books.google.com/books?id=6f8VqnZaPQwC&pg=PA167> Consider the following scenario. We are living in 1997, and the world of office automation has finally arrived. Powerful computers that would have filled a room in 1980 now fit neatly in the bottom of drawer of every executive’s desk, which is nothing more than heavy glass plate covering an array of keyboards, screens, and color displays. — The Network Revolution: Confessions of a Computer Scientist; Jacques Vallee, 1982