On Sunday, September 1, 2013 9:44:50 AM UTC-7, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 01 Sep 2013 11:38:44 -0500, Ignoramus27947

wrote:



On 2013-09-01, Tom Gardner Mars@Tacks wrote:



The trouble with more automation that I see is that at some point

there has to a be human involved. Can trucks be unloaded and

materials be unpacked and prepared by robots? Sure, but the laws of

diminishing returns don't favor that high of degree of automation.

My thought is to just take the art out of an operation and increase

quality and consistency.



My own approach to this, is to push things as far as possible.



I cannot see, why trucks cannot be unloaded by robots.



And I am also sure that robots do not need pension and health

insurance.



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Everyone else can stand back and watch! g



You're right that you can't stop that kind of progress. And then what?



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Ed Huntress

In the interest of safety, I can only hope that both you and iggy stand back and watch.