Avionics software is supposed to be way ahead of your everyday software package in terms of reliability, but sometimes I wonder if the pilots are mis-identifying software errors. Maybe they are blaming it on the first thing that comes to mind, and not realizing the software has freaked.
Do people really think government agencies are sitting there for 25 years trying to figure out what documents to declassify? When a document is released, that someone gets assigned to it specifically to determine the precise point at which it can be declassified?
Good point. I guess another way to look at it is that if you think timely declassification is important, then you're going to have to pay for it with taxes.
Just this many balloons are launched every day by the National Weather Service already. Most often they land in farm fields. For more info, try this page : http://205.156.54.206/er/gyx/weather_balloons.htm
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In the 80's Robert Gallo was celebrated as the discoverer of HIV and that, oh yeah, maybe
some French scientists helped too. Turns out Mr. Gallo either intentionally or mistakenly
(through cross-contamination in a sloppy lab) cultivated a sample of the French-discovered
strain of the virus. Even after he should have realized a mistake, he misled people and
caused the United States blood supply to use a much poorer HIV test (than the French one)
and as a result people needlessly died. His claims of original discovery ultimately fell
apart because HIV mutates with amazing rapidity, and so his HIV strains were traceable to
the French one his so closely matched.
The book "Science Fictions" by John Crewdson is worth your time to read. It's a long read,
not an easy read, but I got hooked.
Have you wondered why some less technically talented coworkers are able to influence
management and, even worse, make you the fall guy when things go wrong? I think this book
gave me insight into that.
If Mr. Gallo had only half the talent for science as he did for obfuscation, he would've
been a great scientist indeed.
Avionics software is supposed to be way ahead of your everyday software package in terms of reliability, but sometimes I wonder if the pilots are mis-identifying software errors. Maybe they are blaming it on the first thing that comes to mind, and not realizing the software has freaked.
Do people really think government agencies are sitting there for 25 years trying to figure out what documents to declassify? When a document is released, that someone gets assigned to it specifically to determine the precise point at which it can be declassified?
Good point. I guess another way to look at it is that if you think timely declassification is important, then you're going to have to pay for it with taxes.
Just this many balloons are launched every day by the National Weather Service already. Most often they land in farm fields. For more info, try this page : http://205.156.54.206/er/gyx/weather_balloons.htm
Isn't there usually something in there that says "If you do not agree with these terms, return to place of purchase for refund."
Not that I actually think that the store would give you a refund on an opened box...
Another oppurtunity for Ocaml to SHINE!
Article on Steve Bennet says 35000 ft. record for British Amatuer model rocket height. What is the world record?