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

[Axel <axel@bungmunch.edu>]

hoKEy wOLf <yep@nope.net> proves the law of fives:

>In article <8eemh8$jmh$8@shpxurnq.databasix.com>, Axel <axel@bungmunch.edu> wrote:
>
>> Beekeeper <bkpr2000@fas.harvard.edu> proves the law of fives:
>> 
>> >On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:26:20 -0400, hoKEy wOLf <yep@nope.net> wrote:
>> >
>> >>In article <8e9u09$411$1@ljutefisk.databasix.com>, Axel 
>> >><axel@bungmunch.edu> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> "counterpoint: jim carleton" <coleridge@usenet-performance-arto.rg>
>> >>> proves the law of fives:
>> >>> 
>> >>> >This, from David Kim:
>> >>> >
>> >>> >>"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.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >GOOD MORNING, MINIATURE SAXOPHONE
>> >>> 
>> >>> GOOD MORNING, BATHROOM FLOOR!
>> >>
>> >>GOOD MORNING, F-22 INTAKE!
>> >
>> >GOOD MORNING, I ALMOST LOST TO GO-BOTS!
>> 
>> GOOD MORNING, MY CLOSET CONTAINS JOAN COLLINS!
>
>GOOD MORNING, COMBAT FIGURES OF STORKS

GOOD MORNING, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT IT BELONGS TO RUPERT

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