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Some manual overrides can be used to veto an automated system's judgment when the system is in error. An example of this is a [[Printer (computing)|printer's]] ink level detection: in one case, a researcher found that when he overrode the system, up to 38% more pages could be printed at good quality by the printer than the automated system would have allowed.<ref name=BBC> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3035500.stm 'Raw deal' on printer ink], ''[[BBC]]'', 3 July 2003 </ref>

== Examples in fiction ==

As a plot device manual override is often used in [[Sci-Fi]] because of the usual prevalence of advanced / electronic technology. For example:

* In [[Star Trek]] many automatic systems, such as the automatic navigation, or the 'site-to-site transporter' can be overridden. A slightly different type of manual override is used in the film ''[[Star Trek: Insurrection]]'', when acting Captain of the [[Starship Enterprise]] (E) William Riker asks the computer for the 'manual command column', in effect a [[joystick]] which gives him [[pilotage]] control of the ship.

* In ''[[Casino Royale (2006 film)|Casino Royale]]'' (2006), a villan overrides the emergency [[fire sprinkler]]s at [[Miami airport]] and starts a distraction so that he can blow up a plane with a remote-controlled [[pipe bomb]].

== References ==