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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,751d508677a5add1 X-Google-NewGroupId: yes X-Google-Attributes: gida07f3367d7,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news1.google.com!npeer03.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!API-DIGITAL.COM-a2kHrUvQQWlmc!not-for-mail Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2010 12:52:07 -0500 From: "Marc A. Criley" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100423 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ADA made me hate programming References: <8f469661-370c-4484-82d8-f1b365455e0f@w12g2000yqj.googlegroups.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com Organization: UseNetServer.com X-Trace: ca7864c30ca52e69feb5f04690 Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:13148 Date: 2010-07-04T12:52:07-05:00 List-Id: On 07/03/2010 04:50 PM, anon@att.net wrote: > The mid-course correction type of systems is outdated Again... "obviously unfamiliar with the field". IFTUs are utilized by deployed missile systems, today, and will be for years to come. And are utilized by new and upgraded missile designs. > and has been reported that it has been hacked By whom? When? What was the nature of the "hack"? Was it done in a government defense lab to assess vulnerability? Did it happen on a battlefield somewhere? Cite a trustworthy source of such a "report". Any "outdated system" that works is better than one that exists only as a proposal or in theory. Marc A. Criley