This has to be the dumbest idea of the week. if adapted, how many people do you think might die because the rifle was set to kill instead of stun - or, for that matter, the other way around. If you are holding a big heavy rifle, you expect it to probably kill, If you are holding a tasar, you expect it probably won't. If you are holding a generic thing...ooops, i forgot the change the setting!
Dumbedy Dumb Dumb Dumb.
I concur. The machine can presumably be on if it is doing something. What it is doing by being on is providing the services at the required response time. leaving it off may lengthen the response time and render the machine unable to do it's job in a timely fashion.
Essentially, do you want it by the rules, or on time?
With this handy administrative fix, your machine can hum away indefinitely, consuming nasty electricity and helping the universe towards it's entropic destiny! Huzzah!
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This has to be the dumbest idea of the week. if adapted, how many people do you think might die because the rifle was set to kill instead of stun - or, for that matter, the other way around. If you are holding a big heavy rifle, you expect it to probably kill, If you are holding a tasar, you expect it probably won't. If you are holding a generic thing...ooops, i forgot the change the setting! Dumbedy Dumb Dumb Dumb.
I concur. The machine can presumably be on if it is doing something. What it is doing by being on is providing the services at the required response time. leaving it off may lengthen the response time and render the machine unable to do it's job in a timely fashion. Essentially, do you want it by the rules, or on time? With this handy administrative fix, your machine can hum away indefinitely, consuming nasty electricity and helping the universe towards it's entropic destiny! Huzzah!
Sounds like a good target for an Oceans/Heist movie. Something actually worth stealing...