From: Axel <axel@bungmunch.edu>
Subject: Re: Boeing Begins Flight Testing F-22 Block 3S Avionics
Date: 2000/04/29
Date: 2000-04-29T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8egedh$nm6$5@wilhelp.databasix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 390B24EC.DA16AD3C@home.com
David Castrodale <anagrama@home.com> proves the law of fives:
>
>
>Axel wrote:
>>
>> David Castrodale <anagrama@home.com> proves the law of fives:
>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Beekeeper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 22:32:33 -0400, hoKEy wOLf <yep@nope.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >In article <9K4O4.919$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.
>
>i know that guy, he always picks his own lobster at the supermarket and
>then yells at the people when it's not the right one
What is the lowest phylum you have ever consumed?
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2000-04-26 0:00 ` Boeing Begins Flight Testing F-22 Block 3S Avionics Ken Garlington
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Kent Kinal
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Tarver Engineering
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Kent Kinal
2000-04-26 0:00 ` David Castrodale
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Tarver Engineering
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Stanley R. Allen
2000-04-26 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-26 0:00 ` counterpoint: jim carleton
2000-04-27 0:00 ` David Kim
2000-04-27 0:00 ` counterpoint: jim carleton
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-27 0:00 ` hoKEy wOLf
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Beekeeper
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-29 0:00 ` hoKEy wOLf
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-27 0:00 ` hoKEy wOLf
[not found] ` <9K4O4.919$wb7.88787@news.flash.net>
2000-04-27 0:00 ` hoKEy wOLf
2000-04-27 0:00 ` counterpoint: jim carleton
2000-04-28 0:00 ` hoKEy wOLf
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Keith Thompson
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Beekeeper
2000-04-28 0:00 ` David Castrodale
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-29 0:00 ` David Castrodale
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Axel [this message]
2000-04-30 0:00 ` jim carleton (new! improved!)
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Beekeeper
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Beekeeper
2000-04-29 0:00 ` Axel
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Marin D. Condic
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Tarver Engineering
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-04-28 0:00 ` David Castrodale
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Tarver Engineering
2000-04-28 0:00 ` Ken Garlington
2000-04-27 0:00 ` Tarver Engineering
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