Re: Boeing Begins Flight Testing F-22 Block 3S Avionics

["counterpoint: jim carleton" <coleridge@usenet-performance-arto.rg>]

This, from hoKEy wOLf:

>In article <9K4O4.919$wb7.88787@news.flash.net>, "Ken Garlington" 
><Ken.Garlington@computer.org> wrote:
>
>> "hoKEy wOLf" <yep@nope.net> wrote in message
>> news:yep-7663B5.19194027042000@allnews.infi.net...
>> > In article <8e9eh9$fsj$14@ljutefisk.databasix.com>, David Kim
>> > <dlkim@wistech.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> > > "counterpoint: jim carleton" <coleridge@usenet-performance-arto.rg>
>> > > finally
>> > > loses it:
>> > >
>> > > >This, from Axel:
>> > > >
>> > > >>David Castrodale <anagrama@home.com> proves the law of fives:
>> > > >>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>Ken Garlington wrote:
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> "Tarver Engineering" <jtarver@tminet.com> wrote in message
>> > > >>>> news:39074a04_3@news4.newsfeeds.com...
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> > > Ah, now I see what's been confusing you!
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>> > I am not in the least confused Ken and in fact it is yourself
>> that
>> > > >>>> > has had
>> > > >>>> > to make major modifications to your original statements to
>> > > >>>> > maintain any
>> > > >>>> kind
>> > > >>>> > of credibility.
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> a) Cite "major modifications"? (I know, it's a waste of 
>> > > >>>> bandwidth
>> to
>> > > >>>> ask for
>> > > >>>> justification from a tarver generator -- sort of like asking a 
>> > > >>>> fart
>> > > >>>> why it
>> > > >>>> smells -- but I always feel obliged to make the point...)
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> b) If you're not confused, then I assume the strange claim that
>> > > >>>> there's a
>> > > >>>> sudden 5+ month slip in the F-22 schedule was just a tarver. 
>> > > >>>> I'll
>> > > >>>> give you a
>> > > >>>> double-tarver if you make it a 10+ month slip based on some 
>> > > >>>> random
>> > > >>>> words in
>> > > >>>> this post.
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> > > The designation "4004" refers to an _airframe_. Block 3S 
>> > > >>>> > > refers
>> > > >>>> > > to a
>> > > >>>> > > _software configuration_.  Although not all software
>> > > >>>> > > configurations are
>> > > >>>> > > compatible with all airframes, there is not a one-to-one
>> > > >>>> > > correspondence.
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>> > So in fact the software suite fails the first test of Ada
>> > > >>>> transportability.
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> Actually, no. Aircraft 4001-4003 do not have a CIP (Common
>> > > >>>> Integrated
>> > > >>>> Processor) installed, nor do they have all of the sensors that 
>> > > >>>> are
>> > > >>>> installed
>> > > >>>> in the later aircraft. Ada's good, but no software language can
>> > > >>>> compensate
>> > > >>>> for missing hardware. In other words, if you select the "print"
>> > > >>>> function in
>> > > >>>> your favorite software package, and you have no printer, only a
>> > > >>>> crazy person
>> > > >>>> (Q.E.D.) would complain about the software.
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> > Why thank you Mr. Garlington for helping those of us at ram
>> > > >>>> > understand
>> > > >>>> > Software,
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> You're quite Welcome. I know that some people have difficulty 
>> > > >>>> using
>> > > >>>> the
>> > > >>>> Internet (e.g., being unable to locate references on the Wall
>> Street
>> > > >>>> Journal
>> > > >>>> website), but there's certainly no reason to be embarrassed 
>> > > >>>> about
>> > > >>>> it. Glad
>> > > >>>> to clear up any confusion about the distinction between 4001
>> > > >>>> (scheduled to
>> > > >>>> be delivered in May) and Block 3.0 software (scheduled to be
>> > > >>>> delivered at
>> > > >>>> the end of October).
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> > > You may find it helpful to read the Delaney reference
>> previously
>> > > >>>> provided:
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>> > <snip of irrelevent information>
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>> > > * "Block 3S, is currently in testing at the AIL and 
>> > > >>>> > > initiates
>> > > >>>> > > the sensor
>> > > >>>> > > fusion and sensor tasking key to the F-22 performance."
>> > > >>>> > >
>> > > >>>> > > * "Block 3.0 software... will provide the full sensor fusion
>> and
>> > > >>>> > > weapons
>> > > >>>> > > integration for the F-22."
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>> > John
>> > > >>>> >
>> > > >>>> > <snip of notice of intent to fail to deliver at minimums>
>> > > >>>> <snip of notice of intent to fail to deliver at minimums over 
>> > > >>>> the
>> > > >>>> bridge>
>> > > >>>>
>> > > >>>> (Cross-posted to alt.non.sequitur and comp.lang.ada, since both
>> seem
>> > > >>>> to now
>> > > >>>> be relevant.)
>> > > >>>
>> > > >>>you have no idea what you've just gotten yourself into
>> > > >>
>> > > >>I'm just a truck-drivin' man.
>> > > >
>> > > >we here at comp.lang.ada are a little weird, if you know what i mean
>> > >
>> > > I'm going to name my son Gargamel.
>> >
>> > SEE?
>> 
>> SAW!
>
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