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Unfortunately, I can see it being a very simple bug to fix, now that they’ve found it. Undoubtedly, part of the nav software is hooked into GPS, hence the problem when crossing the IDL. Software requirements probably didn’t allow for the date to change. |
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Keith_Indy
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"Allright, gentlemen, repeat after me:
I will test it in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE.
I will then find somebody with a really bad attitude and have them question all of it. Especially the parts I think are Really Neat.
Then I will test it ALL AGAIN.
Repeat as needed, until it ALL works.
Any questions?" |
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Firehand
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I will test it in EVERY WAY POSSIBLE. Not really possible unless your code is rather simple. Everyway possible leads to a combinatoric result. |
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Not really possible unless your code is rather simple. Everyway possible leads to a combinatoric result. That won’t even come close to success. Most bugs come not from a single piece of code developed by one person, but in the integration between the pieces. I’ve seen more than one complex system that worked great when it was tested piecemeal. Each component was hooked to simulators for the other components and passed all tests. Then a full-up test was attempted. Fell flat on its face. All simple bugs, but still...
Any questions?
Yeah, you sure you want to pay for that? |
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Ryan
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First rule of software engineering;
You can have it on time, feature rich and bug free. Pick any two. |
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D
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Software requirements probably didn’t allow for the date to change. I would venture that these planes and much of all the military hardware use GMT time so the time change probably wasn’t an issue. It was more likely an error in the navigation computer which didn’t include an exception for going from 179 59’59.99" W to 180, and then to 179 59’59.99" E |
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that could be too... Or someone forgot to tell someone that subroutine XYZ was supposed to be in GMT... Or someone added a "neat" feature that wasn’t in the specs.
Take your pick, it probably worked on the computer the developer tested it with. And they probably didn’t include testing across the IDL in the acceptance tests. So, everyone will be able to point their fingers and say, it wasn’t my fault. |
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Keith_Indy
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I would venture that these planes and much of all the military hardware use GMT time so the time change probably wasn’t an issue. It was more likely an error in the navigation computer which didn’t include an exception for going from 179 59’59.99" W to 180, and then to 179 59’59.99" E It seems more likely, since any OS worth a cr*p keeps the system clock at UTC and formats the result according to the time zone. |
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It’s an OK plane, but I really think that the mney spent on the F-22 could be far better spent:
1) Healthcare
2) Housing for the Poor and Homeless
3) Negotiations with AQ, the Taliban, and various insurgent groups in Iraq
4) Green House Gasses mitigation. |
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Joe
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It’s an OK plane, but I really think that the mney spent on the F-22 could be far better spent:
1) Healthcare
2) Housing for the Poor and Homeless
3) Negotiations with AQ, the Taliban, and various insurgent groups in Iraq
4) Green House Gasses mitigation. You’re slipping Joe ... you forgot saving the polar bears on melting icebergs. |
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McQ
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You’re slipping Joe ... you forgot saving the polar bears on melting icebergs.
D@MN!
You’re right....please posters don’t talk about the F-22....OMG on some sites I visit the postings on the F-22 and French Rafale would total the complete output of this site for a fortnight....Seriously, please oh please talk not about the virtues of American Airpower or various alternatives.
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Well, it’s a good thing the Air Force sorted this out, otherwise Tom Clancy’s Debt of Honor would have come out a little differently for the good guys! |
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MichaelB
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I am told that changing the F-22 to the F/A-22 cost the Air Force appoximately $11,000. The change was to designate the F-22 from a fighter to a Fighter-bomber. The cost of the change was due solely to the change in Air Force stationary to reflect the change. No actual changes were made to the aircraft and the change in designation was made simply to try and make the overcost project more relevent to the current situation.
Remember, two Air Farce Generals said (when referring to Iraq and Afghanistan) that the Air Farce had control of its battlespace, why didn’t the Army and USMC have control over their battlespace. |
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how about if we use the F22’s to strafe those poor polar bears stuck out on the ice flows. Put them out of their poor misery. |
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Keith_Indy
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