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I'm forced to quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy: "A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin as Zaphod searched the sub
by sillywalk 2y ago
I'm forced to quote from The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy:
"A loud clatter of gunk music flooded through the Heart of Gold cabin as Zaphod searched the sub-etha radio wave bands for news of himself. The machine was rather difficult to operate. For years radios had been operated by means of pressing buttons and turning dials; then as the technology became more sophisticated the controls were made touch-sensitive--you merely had to brush the panels with your fingers; now all you had to do was wave your hand in the general direction of the components and hope. It saved a lot of muscular expenditure, of course, but meant that you had to sit infuriatingly still if you wanted to keep listening to the same program."
As a side note, the F-35 has a touchscreen interface that has been described as difficult to use when the jet is in motion.
- ossm1db 2y agoI wonder if the touchscreen was a factor in recent crashes? They never say more than "in-flight malfunction."