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,d4801f5d6baa249d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news2.google.com!news3.google.com!news4.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!post01.iad01!roadrunner.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: F-22 Raptor software problem References: <1172534147.771342.169000@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com> From: Keith Thompson Organization: None to speak of Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:22:31 -0800 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1008 (Gnus v5.10.8) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:DqFt5mxrrRuWZONDXcoEu8Ko7vU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:9606 Date: 2007-02-28T12:22:31-08:00 List-Id: Keith Thompson writes: [...] > I'm only guessing, but I doubt that the error was caused by using > local time. My suspicion is that the error occurred not when crossing > the International Date Line (which is crooked, as you can see on a > map), but when crossing the 180th meridian, when the longitude jumped > from 179.909 to -179.990. Sorry about the random-seeming numbers. I meant "from 179.999 to -179.999". (I originally used two decimal places, then decided to add a third, and typed '0' instead of '9'.) I *will* proofread this before sending it! -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"