From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,ac9405996d0dcb7f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 17:29:20 -0600 From: David Botton Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:29:20 -0500 Message-ID: <2004112218292016807%david@bottoncom> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: Would You Fly an Airplane with a Linux-Based Control System? User-Agent: Unison/1.5.2 NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.176.74.83 X-Trace: sv3-VxPkln069UEJMnoP28oZaCi2VzjIXlsoIOaSXEFYDe9qMATK+x1hbD8VfzIa1bGvFtM8EbUYcXegyTg!KiELw4ek8swlmXYpTk2HKsfw2iOJJmpSGY5BKkVkbgTROpzQCAHPz8C4Bx66+A== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.20 Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6351 Date: 2004-11-22T18:29:20-05:00 List-Id: For a real understanding of the Ariane 5 event, see the Ada FAQ: http://www.adapower.com/index.php?Command=Class&ClassID=FAQ&CID=328 David Botton http://www.adapower.com On 2004-11-22 18:07:09 -0500, "Ed Falis" said: > On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:36:19 +1100, Brian May wrote: > >> Simon> I recommend that Ada advocates with high blood pressure not >> Simon> read page 21 of the PDF, especially the last line. >> "Pilot (driver, walker) asserts intent"? > > > I think Simon was referring to the slide with the mythological > interpretation of the Ariane 5 event.