On 01/03/2017 10:10 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Even replacing a bulb on the headlights or rearlights can be close to impossible. I know, I tried recently.
As A kid, i could maintain my father's Ford. I once even did a complete top-end overhaul. In his book "The Inmates are running the asylum" Alan Cooper points out that once you put a computer into something, a car, a camera, an plane, whatever, it stops being the 'whatever' and becomes a computer. You skills at maintaining the car, the camera, the plane are now useless. Its a computer. Even if you know how to maintain a computer you probably can't maintain THIS computer as its very specific design, integrated in a very specific way and using very specific software. The "Oh this is UNIX, I know how to use UNIX" of Lex Murphy, John Hammond's granddaughter, played by Ariana Richards in the 1993 movie "Jurassic Park" only made marginal sense then; it was about moving icons around on a GUI and had little to with UNIX and was all pretty obvious for the benefit of movie goes. Real life industrial control systems may be clear and obvious to people who know about that specific industrial setup, but are unlikely to be so to strangers.
So no, drivers are not required to have mechanical training to handle a car. They just need to know when to take the car to the garage shop.
Once upon a time a mechanic could fix just about any car since the mechanic understood mechanical principles and that was all there was. it was all pretty obvious to them. Now they have to go on training courses specific to not just a manufacturer but a model or model line and have diagnostic equipment and tools that are very specific. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org