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,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,54889de51045a215 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-24 09:59:08 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newshosting.com!news-xfer1.atl.newshosting.com!207.69.154.101.MISMATCH!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!in.100proofnews.com!in.100proofnews.com!cycny01.gnilink.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s53.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3F995A03.1020504@comcast.net> From: "Robert I. Eachus" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Early Ada Mistakes References: <1066224357.499523@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1066231159.711433@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1066311805.222491@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F8F3077.60402@comcast.net> <3F900F35.50203@comcast.net> <3F952A59.5090001@noplace.com> <3F96788C.5020309@noplace.com> <3F96E2C6.6010708@comcast.net> <3F975D3C.7050804@noplace.com> <1066919806.19766@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.139.183 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s53 1067014747 24.34.139.183 (Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:07 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:07 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:59:07 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1610 Date: 2003-10-24T16:59:07+00:00 List-Id: Preben Randhol wrote: > With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not > necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going > to land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly > overhead. I remember when the F-4 Phantom II first entered service with the US Air Force. Some wag said: "Everyone knows that with enough thrust you can make a barn door fly. But that didn't mean that MickeyD (McDonald Douglass) had to prove it." Once an F-4 accidently got launched from a carrier with its wings folded. The pilot flew it "in the pattern" and around to land. I also saw an F-4 go from cold engines to 35,000 feet without crossing the end of the runway in about 2 minutes. Only time, other than I guess a Space Shuttle launch, when I saw an aircraft gain substantial speed going straight up. -- Robert I. Eachus "Quality is the Buddha. Quality is scientific reality. Quality is the goal of Art. It remains to work these concepts into a practical, down-to-earth context, and for this there is nothing more practical or down-to-earth than what I have been talking about all along...the repair of an old motorcycle." -- from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig