"Veeduber" wrote in message
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Actually, I don't agree with you, there.

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Me too, but for a different reason.

Application and use of technology by humans reflects a kind of Moore's
Law. To
obtain useful service from the first cars (circa 1880's) typically
required a
driver, mechanic and 'boy.' (Duties of the latter were never defined very
well; he appears to have been a kind of gopher.)

Nowadays cars are virtual transportation appliances, the skills and
experience
needed to start, steer and maintain them codified into electronic codes or
built-in to the structure of the machine.

The Wright's 'Flyer' was an astable handful to pilot. But it evolved to
where
nowdays any idiot can drive a plane and most do.

I can't see any indications of something that might limit this
evolution-of-use
in any field. Plenty of obstructions but history provides numerous
examples of
that as well, allowing the thoughtful to catch an occaisonal glimpse of
the
forest that lays ahead in spite of the trees.

-R.S.Hoover

From my own post _

"Technology could one day get to the point that the plane is
in charge instead of the pilot, but that is not today."

So we agree somewhat. Now all we have left to discuss is how long. I will
say that Moore's Law is too fast for aviation if history is any indication.
Also, if the private owner has to maintain it, can it be trusted?

BTW and totally OT is multithreading going to be available in time to keep
Moore's law? Last I checked it was not yet really there, and the MHz game
was hitting a ceiling in usefulness due to memory fetch times and that old
speed of light problem.