From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,75204a877ff42ffc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-05 07:33:10 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm!PSAVAX.PWFL.COM!CONDIC Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Message-ID: Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 10:33:10 EST Sender: Ada programming language From: CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM Subject: Re: Avionic Proximity Warning Date: 1995-01-05T10:33:10-05:00 List-Id: From: Marin David Condic, 407.796.8997, M/S 731-93 Subject: Re: Avionic Proximity Warning Original_To: PROFS%"SMTP@PWAGPDB" Original_cc: CONDIC "Norman H. Cohen" writes: > >In article , CONDIC@PSAVAX.PWFL.COM >writes: > >|> Basically, it worked by having two planes trade off >|> positional information and if they agreed that they were in >|> immanent danger of collision (something under a mile, if memory >|> serves) they'd take a vote on which direction each plane should >|> move in. > >A two-voter vote? That sounds fishy, given the high probability of a >tie. > All citizens are created equal, but some citizens are more equal than others! Maybe they used "Rock/Paper/Scissors." It's been a rough week and the memory fails. Pax, Marin Marin David Condic, Senior Computer Engineer ATT: 407.796.8997 M/S 731-93 Technet: 796.8997 Pratt & Whitney, GESP Internet: CONDICMA@PWFL.COM P.O. Box 109600 Internet: MDCONDIC@AOL.COM West Palm Beach, FL 33410-9600 =============================================================================== "They have the usual socialist disease; they have run out of other people's money." -- Margaret Thatcher ===============================================================================