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

[hoKEy wOLf <yep@nope.net>]

In article <8eemh8$jmh$8@shpxurnq.databasix.com>, Axel <axel@bungmunch.edu> wrote:

> Beekeeper <bkpr2000@fas.harvard.edu> proves the law of fives:
> 
> >On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 19:26:20 -0400, hoKEy wOLf <yep@nope.net> wrote:
> >
> >>In article <8e9u09$411$1@ljutefisk.databasix.com>, Axel 
> >><axel@bungmunch.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >>> "counterpoint: jim carleton" <coleridge@usenet-performance-arto.rg>
> >>> proves the law of fives:
> >>> 
> >>> >This, from David Kim:
> >>> >
> >>> >>"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.
> >>> >
> >>> >GOOD MORNING, MINIATURE SAXOPHONE
> >>> 
> >>> GOOD MORNING, BATHROOM FLOOR!
> >>
> >>GOOD MORNING, F-22 INTAKE!
> >
> >GOOD MORNING, I ALMOST LOST TO GO-BOTS!
> 
> GOOD MORNING, MY CLOSET CONTAINS JOAN COLLINS!

GOOD MORNING, COMBAT FIGURES OF STORKS