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From: Hyman Rosen <hyrosen@mail.com>
Subject: Re: Boeing and Dreamliner
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 06:54:08 GMT
Date: 2003-06-29T06:54:08+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <k2wLa.21663$N%6.3746@nwrdny02.gnilink.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e2e5731a.0306271633.20140ba6@posting.google.com>

Alexander Kopilovitch wrote:
> This is a correct sentense, it conveys truth, but in such a way that you can't
> dissect it or extract contiguous part of it without converting the truth to a
> lie. Actually, the SRI software code for Ariane 4 was *perfectly good for
> Ariane 4*, although it quite probably was not so good in general -- so your
> sentense "It was not perfectly good code." is probably true also.

The Araine 4 programmers exactly reproduced the Y2K problem in microcosm.
They wrote code that took advantage of limited input range, and sent it out
into the world with insufficient protection against the future. It was
perfectly good in the same way as two digit years.




  reply	other threads:[~2003-06-29  6:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 130+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-06-20  3:18 Boeing and Dreamliner Robert Love
2003-06-20 10:29 ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-21  2:20   ` Mark A. Biggar
2003-06-23 10:45     ` Robert Kaiser
2003-06-23 11:43       ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-23 12:21         ` Martin Dowie
2003-06-23 12:23           ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-23 13:02             ` Martin Dowie
2003-06-23 13:02         ` Robert Kaiser
2003-06-20 14:44 ` Matt Brenneke
2003-06-20 17:23   ` Wojtek Narczynski
2003-06-21  4:28     ` rleif
2003-06-22  3:56       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-22  9:15         ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-23 18:00           ` Mike Silva
2003-06-22 11:51         ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-22 13:37           ` Marin David Condic
2003-06-22 15:06             ` James Rogers
2003-06-22 15:52               ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-06-22 18:18                 ` Tino Goertemoeller
2003-06-23  3:26               ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-23  5:54                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-23 10:12                   ` Understanding and Teaching: Who may teach Ada? Georg Bauhaus
2003-06-24  1:34                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-24 12:13                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-06-25  2:59                     ` John R. Strohm
2003-06-25  4:44                       ` Wesley Groleau
2003-06-25  5:55                         ` Anders Wirzenius
2003-06-25 14:03                       ` Georg Bauhaus
2003-06-23 21:08                   ` Boeing and Dreamliner Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-24  3:16                     ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-23 15:40                 ` Wesley Groleau
2003-06-23  5:04               ` rleif
2003-06-22 18:07           ` Frank J. Lhota
2003-06-23  9:32           ` AG
2003-06-23 11:12             ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-27 16:30             ` Richard Riehle
2003-06-22 15:10         ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-22 18:22         ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-23 18:24           ` Mike Silva
2003-06-24  2:13           ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-24  2:35             ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24  5:22               ` Mike Silva
2003-06-24  6:14                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24  6:38                   ` tmoran
2003-06-24 13:08                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24 17:59                       ` tmoran
2003-06-24 18:01                       ` Mike Silva
2003-06-25 11:50                         ` Marin David Condic
2003-06-24 10:56                   ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-24 13:04                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24 20:54                   ` Pascal Obry
2003-06-24 12:06                 ` Marin David Condic
2003-06-24 13:12                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24 14:20                     ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-24 14:33                     ` Vinzent Hoefler
2003-06-24 20:37                     ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-25 11:58                     ` Marin David Condic
2003-06-24  7:10               ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-24  7:35                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24 17:29                   ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-27 17:15                     ` Richard Riehle
2003-06-27 17:31                       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-06-28  1:27                         ` Wesley Groleau
2003-06-28  6:32                           ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-27 17:38                       ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-28  2:18                       ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-24 16:35                 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-06-24 10:48               ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-24 13:16                 ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24 14:49                   ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-24 22:48                   ` Wesley Groleau
2003-06-25  0:41                     ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-25 10:28                       ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-06-25 21:15                         ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-26  2:30                           ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-27 17:19                           ` Richard Riehle
2003-06-25 18:00                       ` Mike Silva
2003-06-24  6:22             ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-24 13:21               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-24 16:38                 ` 
2003-06-24 18:00                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-26  2:00               ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-26 19:12                 ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-27  2:21                   ` Alexander Kopilovitch
     [not found]         ` <ts6hs-vk4.ln1@beastie.ix.netcom.com>
2003-06-22 18:59           ` Simon Wright
2003-06-23 18:20         ` Pascal Obry
2003-06-25  8:08         ` Thierry Lelegard
2003-06-27 16:24         ` Richard Riehle
2003-06-27 16:31           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-27 18:08             ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-27 19:00               ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-28  0:33             ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-29  6:54               ` Hyman Rosen [this message]
2003-06-29  8:30                 ` AG
2003-06-29 16:06                 ` Chad R. Meiners
2003-06-29 20:20                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-30 13:50                     ` Alexander Kopilovitch
     [not found]                     ` <t9i7t-0i3.ln1@beastie.ix.netcom.com>
2003-07-01 11:55                       ` Marin David Condic
2003-07-02 15:02                         ` rleif
2003-07-03  7:38                       ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-29 16:56                 ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-06-29 20:22                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-29 21:09                     ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-29 21:19                       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-29 21:31                         ` Larry Kilgallen
2003-06-29 21:39                           ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-30  0:07                             ` Berend de Boer
2003-06-29 18:26                 ` Richard Riehle
2003-06-29 20:45                   ` Hyman Rosen
2003-06-30 15:55                     ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-07-04  0:21                       ` Dave Thompson
2003-07-04 16:42                         ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-07-01  1:08                     ` Alexander Kopilovitch
2003-07-03 16:43                       ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2003-07-01  1:14                     ` Richard Riehle
2003-07-01  5:31                       ` Hyman Rosen
2003-07-01  7:30                         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2003-07-01 12:57                           ` John R. Strohm
2003-07-04  3:56                             ` Wesley Groleau
2003-07-04  5:05                               ` Robert I. Eachus
2003-06-21 12:55   ` Pascal Obry
2003-06-20 19:59 ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-06-20 22:40   ` Mark Lorenzen
2003-06-20 21:21     ` Jeffrey Carter
2003-06-21  4:28     ` rleif
2003-06-21  8:05     ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-21 10:32       ` Bobby D. Bryant
2003-06-21 10:44         ` Preben Randhol
2003-06-23 16:57           ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
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