Comments on: RANT! Software needs to be stupid http://www.ithinkthereforeirant.com/2009/08/27/rant-software-needs-to-be-stupid/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:15:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ranter http://www.ithinkthereforeirant.com/2009/08/27/rant-software-needs-to-be-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-840 Ranter Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:24:10 +0000 http://www.ithinkthereforeirant.com/2009/08/27/rant-software-needs-to-be-stupid/#comment-840 Re: "The counter-argument to this, of course, are companies that install this on phones that are provided for their delivery drivers. They put this on to prevent liability problems. But is this really necessary? Does it take an intrusive piece of software to provide professional drivers with common sense?" Sadly, yes. "Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash" http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/01/train.crash.probe/ Re: “The counter-argument to this, of course, are companies that install this on phones that are provided for their delivery drivers. They put this on to prevent liability problems. But is this really necessary? Does it take an intrusive piece of software to provide professional drivers with common sense?”

Sadly, yes.

“Engineer sent text 22 seconds before fatal train crash”
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/01/train.crash.probe/

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