From: "Phil Payne" 

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
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> > Computer would have brought it down faster since its Mode IV was inop.
> > Why do you think it was brought down?  For jollies?  The man made a
> > mistake by not thinking the whole problem out.  Something a computer is
> > much more likely not to do also.
>
> This is exactly my problem with the drone fighters that I've been trying
to
> get Adam to understand.  Pilots have made bad mistakes at times I agree,
but
> with the state of our tech, computers are going to make more.

No, because a computer has unlimited input potential.  A human has only
ears and eyes, and not much of either.  A computer flying a mission would
be linked to a picture of the entire battlefield situation - it would know
where and what everyone was without the clumsy IFF-type kuldges humans use.

Don't forget bandwidth.

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