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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by raldi on Friday February 13, 2015 @08:54PM (#9048404)
It's exactly like HAL, calmly telling the human that the thing they want to do is forbidden, without explaining why, how to seek an exemption, or what they should do next.
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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by jrockway on Friday February 13, 2015 @09:03PM (#9048423)
HAL explains why: "This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it."
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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by yellowapple on Friday February 13, 2015 @10:27PM (#9048625)
"This alarm tone is too important for me to allow you to hush it."
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Re:Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product by sneak on Friday February 13, 2015 @10:41PM (#9048662)
"Our lawyers refused to accept the liability involved in us shipping a product that actually obeys your wishes, because we must assume that you are a moron who will indicate the wrong thing and then sue us."
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