Australia’s embattled construction sector could benefit from cloud based information systems that can be switched on and off in lockstep with individual projects – with the exception of those organisations based in remote areas like the Kimberleys.
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Adam Turner
Thursday, 14 December 2006 18:41
Asimov never saw this coming. Had Bill Gates written the Laws of Robotics he surely would have added a fourth; "When unsure, a robot must crash and await further instructions".
Microsoft's Robotics Studio is compatible with Lego's Mindstorms robot kit, but I'm dreaming of something a little more ambitious. Still, do I really want a robot that freezes whenever I ask it to walk and chew gum at the same time?
I don't remember Geordi La Forge asking Captain Picard "Have you tried switching it off and on again?" over the communicator after Data blue-screened on an away mission. I don't remember Gort randomly rebooting because The Day the Earth Stood Still happened to be the first day of daylight savings.
So I think I'll pass on a Microsoft-powered robot - at least until they release Service Pack 1.
Think again. Most businesses only have PART of a DR plan - and this spells business disaster in the event of an IT disaster.
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