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Old May 18th 18, 07:21 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default OT - Remote control of car

In message , Mayayana
writes:
"Mark Lloyd" wrote

| The same with computer GUIs. YOU aren't doing something, but informing
| the computer of what you want.
|

I'm not sure how GUIs are different. Command-line can be just as opaque
(second level).
[]
A computerized car is very different.
Not only is there the risk of remote hacking or
software failure. In the event of something
like a massive solar flare that fries electronics, the
older car will probably keep running. The newer car
will be ruined and unusable.


Indeed. "Law" "enforcement" agencies want us all to have cars they can
zap (or control).

There are all sorts of issues involved with software
running cars. Bad updates can happen. The software
can be used as an excuse to ban you from fixing your
own car or allowing your mechanic to use 3rd-party
parts....


Yes, you get arms race between the hackers and the manufacturers. Not
just for using substitute parts, but tweaking performance and other
parameters. (Then there are the cases when the manufacturers themselves
are bad boys - the Diesel fiasco, for example, though I'm sure that's
just a matter of they happened to get caught - I'm sure the petrol
["gas"] ones are no whiter.)

None of that has much of anything to do with
using a computer, so I wonder what point you were
trying to make. Would you equate modern vs older
car with computer vs pencil? There's no useful
analogy to be found there.


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