Sunday, August 11, 2019
A scrap of sanity
An interesting bit of sanity amid the lunacy!
The Navy has figured out that digital controls lead to confusion and collisions. So they're reinstalling analog physical controls for steering and throttle on some ships.
Following the incident, the Navy conducted fleet-wide surveys, and according to Rear Admiral Bill Galinis, the Program Executive Officer for Ships, personnel indicated that they would prefer mechanical controls. Speaking before a recent Navy symposium, he described the controls as falling under the “‘just because you can doesn’t mean you should’ category,” and that ship systems were simply too complicated. He also noted that they’re looking into the design of other ships to see if they can bring some system commonalities between different ship classes.Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Bravo. ¶ 11:52 PM
