"When one side of a conflict has weapons of superior quality they tend to win."
I'm no expert, but it appears true only if you define winning by "highest body-count". Most modern conflicts, not battles, seem to be won by the side with the least developed technology. They suffer much higher personnel losses but they appear to win in the end. On 8 February 2010 13:18, Robert Raschke <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/2/8 Björn Helgason <[email protected]> > > > It is pretty obvious that software is taking over more and more. > > In many systems people trust the software more than humans. > > There are humans making those software and they are more or less very > > often buggy. > > Humans make mistakes. > > There are millions of computer instructions and as we know there are > > often bugs in the code. > > When one side of a conflict has weapons of superior quality they tend to > > win. > > After some time the other side will get the same or similar weapons. > > What happens then. > > Some of these weapons are very sophisticated and expensive. > > Some are very small and inexpensive. > > Many of them are bound to get into the wrong hands. > > It is scary to read that a number of clever people stand around and > > let a computer system make deadly decision made on inferior deductions > > like the one when they shot down the passenger plane. > > The system was not even in automatic mode. > > It is a bit strange to see that much of the sci-fi movies seem to be > > coming alive. > > It is interesting to think about all the good things our software and > > computer systems can do for us. > > It is also a bit scary to see what they can do if they are used against > us. > > The people who are willing to have an operation to put a bomb inside > > their bodies and blow themselves up in order to kill others as well is > > a scary situation. > > This technology in their hands is very very scary. > > > > What has this got to do with J ? > > I have no idea. > > Has this anything to do with C ? > > > > Who really cares what computer language is used to control bombs? > > > > > Here's one of the good impacts of software and computers: > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7013967.ece > > The interesting stuff (about fly-by-wire) starts on page 3 near the bottom. > > Robby > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
