The problem with the machine was that it was too in-groupish, too cliquey.
The problem with these machines is that they are pretty bulky.
The problem with those machines was that they kept breaking, he said.
During the day if I dialyse, I can phone the home unit, but if I have to phone the ward, and there's a problem with this machine, they're not very good on it.
(P13) During the day if I dialyse, I can phone the home unit, but if I have to phone the ward, and there's a problem with this machine, they're not very good on it.
Problems with the machines are not uncommon.
"The problem with autonomous machines is that people are so unpredictable, especially children," said Corinna E. Lathan, chief executive of AnthroTronix, a Maryland company that makes a remotely controlled robot, CosmoBot, to assist in therapy with developmentally delayed children.
Ideal for active people with knee problems, the machine is designed to alleviate pressure on the joints, making high-intensity, low-impact workouts doable.
He said problems with the "party machine" were about "people who want power and position and influence".
According to Kennedy, the problem with this argument is that not all machines implement stimulus-response functions; some machines are complex and indeterministic, and if animals were machines, they would be machines of that sort (Barlow 1990; Kennedy 1992).
