[admjs]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who read this and thought a week to sort out this sort of thing sounded totally reasonable.

[thusky]

Near the end he makes clear that his concern was about having a robot with a more or less static script hastily replace the human who has some actual authority. I think we've all experienced this to some extent and it is definitely getting more commonplace.

[ainiriand]

It can take longer in any german capital. Snail mail and/or faxes involved.