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

[Axel <axel@bungmunch.edu>]

David Castrodale <anagrama@home.com> proves the law of fives:

>
>
>Beekeeper wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:32:33 -0400, hoKEy wOLf <yep@nope.net> wrote:
>> 
>> >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!
>> >
>> >Today, Bullwinkle stands nearly 300 feet above sea level.
>> 
>> yep, sounds like you've got kiddum cats.  better try moving the yellow pieces
>
>what are you, some sort of demographic?

Yes, and he reads Tom Clancy novels for a living.

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