What is a weapon? There are many indirect attacks that could incapacitate, if not kill, someone. A real threat detector should also be monitoring the pricipal’s health, and automatically “incapacitate” all who are not the principal. In this case, since it didn’t react to its principal being konked in the head, it could use “improvement.”
As I’m in the software industry and with a few years under my belt, I guarantee you that “poor programming” may be the result the best practices and, “gee, never saw that coming!”
There’s a lot of slop, to be sure, but even the “best” and “robust” systems can be run into the ground. Devious Creative thinking can bring out the unintended behavior. Forget one step, even make a small typo, and you’ve just opened your fly, or let flop the back flap of your long johns.
Eh, lots of ways this could be “functioning as intended”. Since she’s part of the design crew, she could be on a Safe List. It might not be programmed to recognize a wrench as a weapon, since it’s also a tool that your design team would be carrying around constantly. “Threat Detection Mode” may have been toggled off since the design crew wasn’t in the safe room yet. Lots of simple things that could lead to this scenario, actually. And good assistants are hard to find…
or “weapon detector” is just some parts glued to the wall before opening the door. all about the bluff while getting a new deal put in :}
like getting a ‘protected by ACE security’ sticker? yeah. probably about as effective.
Meh, I’d still ask for a demonstration.
What is a weapon? There are many indirect attacks that could incapacitate, if not kill, someone. A real threat detector should also be monitoring the pricipal’s health, and automatically “incapacitate” all who are not the principal. In this case, since it didn’t react to its principal being konked in the head, it could use “improvement.”
well, that’s part of the issue. faith in poorly programmed technology.
As I’m in the software industry and with a few years under my belt, I guarantee you that “poor programming” may be the result the best practices and, “gee, never saw that coming!”
There’s a lot of slop, to be sure, but even the “best” and “robust” systems can be run into the ground.
DeviousCreative thinking can bring out the unintended behavior. Forget one step, even make a small typo, and you’ve just opened your fly, or let flop the back flap of your long johns.garbage in, garbage out. and i think even the brightest people (for example, in this scene) can make poor judgements.
Eh, lots of ways this could be “functioning as intended”. Since she’s part of the design crew, she could be on a Safe List. It might not be programmed to recognize a wrench as a weapon, since it’s also a tool that your design team would be carrying around constantly. “Threat Detection Mode” may have been toggled off since the design crew wasn’t in the safe room yet. Lots of simple things that could lead to this scenario, actually. And good assistants are hard to find…
Case in point. ^.^’
threat detection mode? even fancier. i tend to think that the tech in this world isn’t heavy on ‘modes’.
Ol’ Bing is down right ugly……On the inside. The lady just’s doing what anybody would do, if desperate enough, or pissed off enough……?