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-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,f039470e8f537101 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-22 02:08:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeed.mathworks.com!btnet-peer0!btnet-feed5!btnet!news.btopenworld.com!not-for-mail From: john@nospam.demon.co.uk (John McCabe) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ariane5 FAQ Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:07:41 +0000 (UTC) Organization: BT Openworld Message-ID: <3f1cff08.4453633@news.btclick.com> References: <1058799152.775376@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1058810510.375902@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <5U0Ta.14763$0F4.9031@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: host217-37-177-69.in-addr.btopenworld.com X-Trace: hercules.btinternet.com 1058864861 13681 217.37.177.69 (22 Jul 2003 09:07:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news-complaints@lists.btinternet.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 09:07:41 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40621 Date: 2003-07-22T09:07:41+00:00 List-Id: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 01:59:29 GMT, Hyman Rosen wrote: >Bobby D. Bryant wrote: >> You are merely restating the fact that they _did_ assume it, not giving a >> reason for assuming it. > >Because I'm not a rocket scientist. But they are. I tend to assume >that people who are in charge of rockets know something about waht >they're doing, even if they occasionally make a mistake. That's an unreasonable assumption. The people who are 'in charge' know very little about rockets - they know about pounds/dollars/euros! Best Regards John McCabe To reply by email replace 'nospam' with 'assen'