[Tagging] Counterflow Lanes

Simone Saviolo simone.saviolo at gmail.com
Mon Feb 21 14:33:52 GMT 2011


2011/2/21 Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net>

> On 2/21/11 9:10 AM, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>> On 02/20/2011 08:57 PM, Richard Welty wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/20/11 8:51 PM, Paul Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 02/19/2011 08:08 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Don't we want to break existing consumers if they might route people
>>>>> the
>>>>> wrong way down a one-way highway?
>>>>>
>>>> This whole question suggests that we're somehow responsible for data
>>>> consumers paying more attention to their navigation than what's out
>>>> their windshield, which is an entirely specious argument for obvious
>>>> reasons.
>>>>
>>> well, on the other hand, GPS users have been known to sue when the
>>> GPS led them to do stupid things. irrespective of whether the mythical
>>> "we" are responsible, the lawsuit still has to be defended.
>>>
>> I do believe the "where's your brain?" defense still works successfully,
>> ie, "who's the licensed driver doing the thinking here?  You or the
>> computer?"
>>
> you have completely missed the point. no matter what defense works,
>
> you _still_ have to spend money to defend the suit. there is no predicting
> how long that will take and how much it will cost.
>

Should we consider the risk that people sue us because their GPS couldn't
find "Grandma's house" and they had to wander cluelessly in the country?
[/sarcasm]

richard
>

Regards,

Simone
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