Bruno Latour, Aramis, or the Love of Technology, PDF - Dss-edit.com

HIM : "Okay, that's enough. I'm taking back control over all youridiocies in the direct mode, manually, hy voice and hy sight. The fun'sover. The passengers and operators have to he able to connect."ME: "That's the bilateral component."HIM: "But as chief operator I also have to be able to addressmessages to the passengers, even when they aren't asking for anythingand are just sitting there without a care in the world."ME: "No problem-that's the directional component. I can certainlylet you have that," I said in a conciliatory tone.3.2.2. Track EquipmentThis consists essentially of a transmission modul e of thetype used in the metro systems in Paris and Lille, placed inthe axis of the track and including the various transmissionloops necessary for the ground-to-car connection s;-a continuous-broadcast loop serving as support for continuousground-to-car communicat ion and programmed i ntersectionsthat serve to localize cars in space;-a continuous reception loop serving as support for continuouscar-to-ground information .HIM : "At least they aren't demanding independence, autonomy,consciousness, autocontrol, or pronoun forms. They transmit, period,"Norbert noted with satisfaction.3.2.2. Fixed Equipment . . .3.2.3.1.1. The UGT (traffic-control unit) :The track is divided into transmission sectors with amaximum length of one kilometer . Each sector is controlledby a UGT that has five main functions :-it controls the anticollision function between pairs ofcars in the sector and between adjacent sectors ;-i t ensures the ret ransmission of telemeasurements andremote-control instructions exchanged between the pCC andARAMIS AT THE CET STAGE