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Oh dear....Johnny Got His Gun
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What do they mean by "gun code"? I sure hope it doesn't involve Microsoft...
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould   RE: Oh dear....Johnny Got His Gun
February 2, 2015 at 4:58 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2015 at 4:59 pm by Minimalist.)
Computer code.
As the article explains further down. Quote: Lockheed Martin apparently couldn't be bothered to write in code to connect the JSF's trigger to its gun. Air Force officials say that Lockheed Martin is telling them that it's going to take another four full years -- until 2019 -- to integrate the seemingly simple code into its web. - How'd you like to be a pilot in a dogfight and press the trigger and get the little buffering icon on your display? Not too happy I imagine. RE: Oh dear....Johnny Got His Gun
February 2, 2015 at 4:59 pm
(This post was last modified: February 2, 2015 at 4:59 pm by Tonus.)
LOL, what is it written in... COBOL? What's so hard about:
10 If RedButton$="Pressed" then 30 20 Goto 10 30 FIRE THA FUCKEN CANNONS 40 Goto 10
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
They make their money off the R&D.
The Air Force should hire me to write the firmware. I'd only take *3* more years, and charge 200 billion in overruns.
I was in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years. In that time, I often found myself wondering how such a fucked-up organization had had so much success in defense of our country. The answer came upon me suddenly: The U.S. military defends us against similarly fucked-up organizations in other countries.
That said, I feel compelled to point out that I would sure hate to have nothing defending our way of life but our clever logic and wit.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein 
And of course, supporters of the party of so-called fiscal conservatives will be too busy worrying about people getting food stamps to notice.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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