In other news, parkas were being handed out in Hell by Satan himself, as well as his lieutenants Beelzebub, Mephistopholes, and Asmodeus. These parkas were being passed out due to an unexpected snowfall.
Satan was quoted as saying, "It's all ICANN's fault. They did something that benefits the 'Net community at large, instead of just corporate interests. Go figure!"
I used to write mission critical software (as in, you-screw-up-and-your-user-can-die) for the US Army (Artillery Control). We had to pass internal unit test, integration test, system test, FQT, fielded IOT&E. At each point (past developer level integration), if an anomaly occurred, a trouble report was generated. All priority 1 and 2 reports HAD to be addressed and resolved. Priority 3 needed to be resolved or have a formal waiver.
1 - Failure to perform, user at risk 2 - Failure to perform, no workaround 3 - Failure to perform, workaround available 4 - Irritating/annoyance 5 - other
In the voting arena, I would say that problems with inaccurate counts would be priority 2 (since nobody dies directly). There should be NO WAY any fielded system should have those sorts of trouble.
I recall seeing some warnings in some old Artillery software... If you fired some shells on a high angle trajectory, you sometimes got a message "NOTIFY NASA".
Unfortunately, I don't think there's that much footage from before 1927, and nothing since then has slipped into the public domain (at least in the US -- thank you CTEA); nor will it for at least another 15-20 years.
If you've ever read Harrison Storms' "Angle of Attack", you'd find that one of the things that excited the North American Aviation guys (and pretty much everyone else involved) was the chance to "build something that doesn't have guns on it".
I think most worrisome is a computer glitch (not to mention a bullet) hitting the right server at the right place to cause the ship to be dead in the water because engine/navigation controls don't work.
A single SCUD missile with a big nuke could disable an entire US CVG.
At which point your capital city becomes a radioactive glass parking lot from the retaliatory strike. You do *NOT* want to use a nuke if you are a country and it can be traced back to you.
Okay, I'm going a bit astray here, and while yes, the Asgard have been used as a deus ex machina on occasion, there have been other times when the Asgard have said, "Tough Luck, you're on your own" (Red Sky) or "We're sorry, but we can't take your call right now. Please leave your gate address and we'll get back to you" (Redemption); and other times, they simply figured them out on their own (Singularity).
Of course, deliberatly mentioning Hitler and the Nazis to invoke Godwin's Law doesn't work either... So now what do we do with the OP?
BTW, I got the joke immediately. Otherwise I wouldn't be providing this commentary to your explanation (and no, I wasn't the humorless idiot who modded "troll -- I have no mod points right now).
Nah. Star Wars (ep IV -- the original) is a retelling of the Arthur story.
You have:
The young man of mysterious origins (Luke)
The old wizard/guide/teacher (Obi-Wan)
The Princess (Leia)
The Brave Comanion (Han)
The Magic Sword (lightsaber)
The conflict between the hero and the companion over the princess
Of course, all the other episodes shot this to hell and gone, but the first flick (before Lucas had anything else out) was an Arthurian retelling. My sister got an A in her film lit class for that thesis.
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An alternative would be to have the pilot bail out and parachute down while the ship lands by itself,
I believe this is what the Vostok cosmonauts did.
In other news, parkas were being handed out in Hell by Satan himself, as well as his lieutenants Beelzebub, Mephistopholes, and Asmodeus. These parkas were being passed out due to an unexpected snowfall.
Satan was quoted as saying, "It's all ICANN's fault. They did something that benefits the 'Net community at large, instead of just corporate interests. Go figure!"
I used to write mission critical software (as in, you-screw-up-and-your-user-can-die) for the US Army (Artillery Control). We had to pass internal unit test, integration test, system test, FQT, fielded IOT&E. At each point (past developer level integration), if an anomaly occurred, a trouble report was generated. All priority 1 and 2 reports HAD to be addressed and resolved. Priority 3 needed to be resolved or have a formal waiver.
1 - Failure to perform, user at risk
2 - Failure to perform, no workaround
3 - Failure to perform, workaround available
4 - Irritating/annoyance
5 - other
In the voting arena, I would say that problems with inaccurate counts would be priority 2 (since nobody dies directly). There should be NO WAY any fielded system should have those sorts of trouble.
This story gives a whole new meaning to the term, "FireWire", doesn't it?
That's what Bott's Dots are for.
I recall seeing some warnings in some old Artillery software... If you fired some shells on a high angle trajectory, you sometimes got a message "NOTIFY NASA".
Unfortunately, I don't think there's that much footage from before 1927, and nothing since then has slipped into the public domain (at least in the US -- thank you CTEA); nor will it for at least another 15-20 years.
No, that would by by Pilate.
Biggus Dickus would say,
"Linux. The Operating Thythtem for Thenturionth!"
Then the text would read:
First RFC!!!!
If you've ever read Harrison Storms' "Angle of Attack", you'd find that one of the things that excited the North American Aviation guys (and pretty much everyone else involved) was the chance to "build something that doesn't have guns on it".
Compare sending a robotic probe to the bottom of the Marianas trench vs. a Manned one (the latter we haven't been able to do yet).
Uh, Jacques Piccard might disagree with you there.
Slashdot has over 500 errors on the current frontpage. However it does look good in any browser, unlike this site.
Oh really?
Whoops! What I googled for was (including quotes): "smart ship".
You're welcome. I couldn't remember either, so I googled for Yorktown and Windows, I think.
I suspect that it would actually go this way...
Cool Moz Dude: Hi! So... what's your browser?
Hot Chick: Get lost, Loser!.
Nah. We should cash in on the popularity of "The Apprentice", and call it "FireDonaldTrump".
Yep. I used to write artillery control software. CONOPS (continuity of operations) and graceful degradation were important requirements.
I think most worrisome is a computer glitch (not to mention a bullet) hitting the right server at the right place to cause the ship to be dead in the water because engine/navigation controls don't work.
You mean like the USS Yorktown in 1998?
A single SCUD missile with a big nuke could disable an entire US CVG.
At which point your capital city becomes a radioactive glass parking lot from the retaliatory strike. You do *NOT* want to use a nuke if you are a country and it can be traced back to you.
Okay, I'm going a bit astray here, and while yes, the Asgard have been used as a deus ex machina on occasion, there have been other times when the Asgard have said, "Tough Luck, you're on your own" (Red Sky) or "We're sorry, but we can't take your call right now. Please leave your gate address and we'll get back to you" (Redemption); and other times, they simply figured them out on their own (Singularity).
Duh! Infinity over 2!
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Of course, deliberatly mentioning Hitler and the Nazis to invoke Godwin's Law doesn't work either... So now what do we do with the OP?
BTW, I got the joke immediately. Otherwise I wouldn't be providing this commentary to your explanation (and no, I wasn't the humorless idiot who modded "troll -- I have no mod points right now).
Those two features of snailSpam make it markedly different from eSpam.
BZZZT! And thank you for playing. Here's your lovely parting gift.
1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 16 + 32 = 63.
You have:
The young man of mysterious origins (Luke)
The old wizard/guide/teacher (Obi-Wan)
The Princess (Leia)
The Brave Comanion (Han)
The Magic Sword (lightsaber)
The conflict between the hero and the companion over the princess
Of course, all the other episodes shot this to hell and gone, but the first flick (before Lucas had anything else out) was an Arthurian retelling. My sister got an A in her film lit class for that thesis.