its not man vs. self, as Domino isn't fighting himself.
its not man vs. man, unless a hacker is controling the robots.
its not man vs. nature, because robots do not occur naturally.
Because "Man" has became completely dependent on computers, the society is always relying on them, and if something is wrong, the society shouldn't have completely depended on computers.
Tom Godwin's chosen title for his short story "The Cold Equations" refers to the cold, factual mathematical equations that were used to calculate Marilyn's fate.The first equation refers to the one the computers that govern the Stardustcruiser and the Emergency Dispatch Ships (EDS) use to calculate how much fuel to load Barton's EDS with so that he will safely arrive on Wooden to fulfill his emergency mission. The conflict of the story...
* You are a lazy boy * The incidents which happen last was memmorable * People were shouting with joy in the park * All the teachers were telling only about a student