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F-22 Avionics Require Inflight Reboot
An anonymous reader writes "The Atlanta Journal & Constitution is fronting a lengthy piece on the USAF's new F-22 and its upcoming shootout with the existing fleet of F-15's & 16's. One line in the article really jumped out at me: 'When avionics problems crop up now, pilots must restart the entire system as if rebooting a personal computer.' I did some googling, and this is about as much as I could find: The hardware backbone for the system is the Hughes Common Integrated Processor, which, in turn, appears to be built around the Intel i960 CPU. I couldn't find a name for the operating system, but it appears to be written in about one and a half million lines of Ada code; more on the Ada hardware integration and Ada i960 compilers is here. Any Slashdotters working on this project? If so, why do you need the inflight reboot? PS: Gamers will be interested to learn that nVidia's Quadro2 Go GPU and Wind River's VxWorks Operating System are melded in the F-22's Multi-Function Display."
..when ACs do the FIRST POST thingy! Yahoo!
Rumour has it that microsoft was involved in the development.
I thought windows was the only operating system that crashed all of the time and needed to be restarted. Maybe they should have gone with something more tried and true, like *nix, rather than writing their own custom code. Rebooting the computer while flying a fighter jet sounds awfully foolish to me. What happens if the computer crashes durring combat.
There's no sig like SIGSEG
That's what happens when you use ADA. If it was in Scheme we'd have no problem.
Openoffice 1.0.1 was released a few days ago and it didn't make the headlines. However, development releases of Linux do. Strange, eh?
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I lived in the upper floor of one of those converted houses on the
south side of town. It was one of those changing neighborhoods so
it was real cheap rent. My landlord had the bottom floor and I had
the second floor. It was a great place because it was cheap and the
only thing wrong with it was I could hear his damn dog barking at
night at everything thing that moved. I wondered why the
Sergeant couldn't keep his damn dog quite at night. Every time
they dog would carry on all night I thought I was determined I
would stop by and complain on the way to work. By morning I
never had the guts to face the Sergeant. He would always be out
early sitting on the porch with Bruno his dog. The dog would lay
there chained and they both just watch people coming and going.
They never seemed to move except when Sarge would take a sip
of beer or the dog would wag his tale.
Looking at the Sergeant it seemed like such a waste. He was
retired but he was still one hell of a hunk. When he had retired
from the force he had moved back to his parents empty house. He
told me at first he wanted to sell it but with the neighborhood
going the way it was he could never get what it was worth. Well I
hoped he would keep it for a long time because it was cheap rent.
Besides I loved looking at that horny bastard running around in his
skivvies. The one thing he had in conmen with that dam dog of
his was they were both really hung and horny beasts. Well once at
work I would put all that our of my mind. That night when I got
off the bus I could see the flashing lights in front of the house.
Rushing in I saw the Sergeant on a gurney being lifted into the
ambulance. Grabbing my hand he begged me to take care of his
buddy.
I thought Damn him, now I was going to half to be Bruno's
nursemaid. Going in I was at least glad the door to his apartment
didn't lock. The Sergeant had never put locks on any of the doors.
The only door that locked was the front door. For all practical
purposes the house was still a single family dwelling. As soon as I
pushed open the French doors into the living room Bruno was on
me licking my face. It was as if he knew I'd come in to take care
of him. As moved toward the kitchen Bruno followed behind
nosing my ass. Pushing him away I rummaged around finding this
big bag of dog food. Pouring some of the food into his dish I
looked at him and added more. He was one damn big beast.
After giving him water I left the door to the sergeants apartment
and went to my place to eat. I had hoped to shower and go out
cruising tonight but carrying on with that damn dog had taken so
much time. Now all I could do was take a quick shower, have a
couple of beers and watch television. I was in my shower when I
remembered seeing that big TV set the Sergeant had in his living
room. Pulling on my PJ's and padding down to his apartment I
slipped into his apartment. Bruno was at the door waiting for me.
Leading him to the kitchen door I let him out to do his duty. Then
rummaging in the Sergeants refrigerator I found a well stocked
supply of beer. Well I figured if I am going to baby-sit his dog I
might as well drink his beer.
I was just about to close the box when I spotted a line of little
bottles on the shelf on the refrigerator door. Picking up one of
them I had to laugh. The old bastard had a years supply of rush on
hand. I bet he was every girls nightmare or delight with that horse
cock of his. I had just settled down to find something to watch
when I heard Bruno scratching on the door. Getting up and letting
the dog in I went back to find something to watch. I was surprised
the Sergeant didn't have cable or a dish. That was when I spotted
the Video tapes. Pulling out a couple of them I damn near shit.
They were all porno tapes of men. Going through them I knew I
was going to have a real good time tonight. Pushing in a tape
called Foxhole buddies I sat back and relaxed with a beer. As the
credits and warning sped past I began to get a hard-on just thinking
of that old bastard and his porno tapes. Pushing my Pajamas down
I sat there naked as the action began on the screen. Damn he had a
good tape, I wondered how many more of them was in there.
Getting up and crawling over I began checking out the supply of
tapes. Then I felt that wonderful feeling of a tongue working my
ass. It felt so good I spread my legs giving him a good shot at my
ass. That was my big mystake and the damn dog took that to be
submission and he was on my ass with his paws around my sides.
That damn beast was trying to fuck me.
Trying to push him off the dog let out a low growl and I realized
there was no fighting him if I didn't want to be bitten. Bowing my
head I though how bad could it be getting fucked by a dog. He
fished and poked around a few seconds and then I felt him make
entry. It was real strange as he pumped and wiggled getting into
me. Spreading my legs wider and kneeling forward my head on the
ground I gave him his best shot. Finally he was in and pumping
and I was loving it. That's when it started, I felt the swelling of his
knot and I knew I was in deep shit. Trying to pull away it was two
late, he'd tied to me. Gritting my teeth from the pain of the knot
swelling in me he began his staccato pumping filling me with his
cum.
I never realized it took a dog so long to cum but he kept at me for
the better part of a half hour. Finally turning on me we were butt
to butt and then he began slipping out of my ass. Coming around
and licking at my face he lay down beside me. He had accepted
me as his bitch now. Moving into the bathroom I began washing
my as. I was seeping his cum and my ass was sore as hell. Finally
getting cleaned up I went back to the TV. Somehow watching two
studs fucking wasn't that exciting now, I had just been the bitch for
a Doberman. Sliding down to the floor and putting my arms
around Bruno he looked up and me and licking my face sent to
sleep. I lay next to him until the tape finished and decided to call it
a night. It had been one wild experience tonight.
I went to sleep then like a little baby, if anything I liked being a
bitch for that damn dog. It was about midnight when I felt this
tongue on my face and waking I started to say something when his
tongue slipped into my mouth, Damn it all to hell now the dog
was French kissing me. Laughing then I began licking and sucking
back. I was a real first class bitch. Sliding out of bed and
spreading my legs I was going to give him what he wanted. I
knew what to expect now and when I felt the swelling of his knot I
just gritted my teeth waiting for that hot lush filling of cum as he
began fucking me. We stayed coupled for a long time and then
when he turned and pulled out of me he began licking me clean.
Shivering from the thrill of his course tongue I'd never been on
such a trip in my life and I loved it.
Pulling Bruno up in bed then we both went into a deep sleep. He
had me up at dawn to let him out and then after giving him
breakfast I told him I had to go to work. God, now I was talking to
the damn dog like he understood me. All that day at work I though
about being a bitch for that dog. I know I should have been
ashamed but I really liked being fucked by a dog. I even liked
kissing him. Stopping at a Wendy's for some burgers and fry's I
was eager to get home to Bruno. As I let myself in he was on me
in a flash. Laughing and dropping my food I hurried to let him out.
He was out and back in a flash. I knew damn well why he wanted
back in. Reaching down and feeling his cock as it began coming
out of its sheath
I began stripping telling him we would be in real
trouble when the Sergeant came home. Getting on my knees he
was on me in a second. As his paws came around me I could feel
him working his cock into my ass. I was getting good at being his
bitch. It was when we were tied and he was pumping my ass I
heard the front door opening. I tried to pull out first, and Bruno
started growling, then when I tried to crawl away he just hung on
and I pulled him across the kitchen floor still fucking me. That
was when I saw these boots and then looking up saw the grinning
face of the Sergeant. You really are taking care of Bruno aren't
you boy. As he moved toward us Bruno let out a growl warning
him to stay away from his bitch. Chuckling he sat down at a
kitchen chair and just watched. I was mortified as he just sat there
watching me getting my ass fucked by his dog.
Finally Bruno turned and as his knot went down released me. I
was going to stand when he pushed me back down saying he
wanted sloppy seconds. He was out of his fatigues in a second and
naked ready for action. Staying on my knees then and spreading
my legs I felt his cock sliding into my ass. He was really and
animal as he rammed his cock into me and as he began slamming
into me like a bitch in heat. Bruno not to be outdone by his master
and mounted my face and began working his cock into my mouth.
Holding the knot back I let him fuck my mouth. We stayed like
that on the floor as he continued to cum again and again saying I
was the best piece of ass he'd ever had. Finally pulling out of me I
could stand then. I had been so damn hot I had shot my load all
over the floor and Bruno was cleaning it up now.
The Sergeant then went over to the counter and pulling a drawer
open pulled out a collar. Putting it around my neck he asked me if I
wanted to be their bitch. As we sat there that evening he said I
should bring my things down and live with him and we would rent
the upstairs. Laughing I suggested we might like to put locks on
the doors now. Over that next week we fell into an easy routine. At
night Bruno would fuck me and then the Sergeant always got
sloppy seconds. Then we would watch Videos and when we would
to bed and the Sergeant would fuck the hell out of me. He was all
man and I was all bitch. I began to think of him now as my master.
When the Sergeant showed the upstairs apartment to this young
man I was thrilled when the man ask if he could bring his dog.
Pulling me close to him he said he had a male dog and a bitch and
we loved dogs.
They guy looked at Bruno and then at me with my dog collar and
with a smile said he understood. Perhaps he could breed his dog to
the bitch. Sergeant said that should work out just fine with him.
Then the guy said he thought he was going to love living here.