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

[coleridge@usenet-performance-arto.rg (jim carleton (new! improved!))]

Axel was trying desperately to communicate the following:

>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?

JAMES TAYLOR