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US Navy's plane-hurling mass driver in tech hiccup
Theregister.co.uk ^
| 5/13/2010
| Theregister.co.uk
Posted on 05/13/2010 8:59:30 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
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To: sonofstrangelove
Polarity is a two way street. Yikes!
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:09:06 PM PDT
by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: sonofstrangelove
They need one of those plugs with a bigger prong on one side.
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:10:12 PM PDT
by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: sonofstrangelove
The NRA's fundamental gun rule #1 was ignored.
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To: sonofstrangelove
I am sure they shield it well, but wouldn’t the resultant EMP make the ship just a bit harder to hide?
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:12:06 PM PDT
by
El Sordo
(The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
To: sonofstrangelove
A setback that they will, and should, recover from.
To: sonofstrangelove
Magneato
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:14:01 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: sonofstrangelove
Magneato
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:14:18 PM PDT
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
To: magslinger
To: sonofstrangelove
Like others here at FR, I worked for a major defense contractor. One of the functions reporting to me for several years was Software Quality Engineering which, as we were the prime contractor, had personnel at the software developers’ facilities. The multiple code reviews, modeling and lab testing that is required by a DoD contract for such products is multi-layered and extensive.
I doubt that it was defective EMAL software that caused the incident. It was most likely human error in setting up the test bed properly, or possibly some interfacing software or equipment used to operate the test bed. ......Sensitive software that can lead to loss of life is very carefully controlled through the development, testing and production processes. ......It’s always easy to blame an accident on computer software, but there is usually a human behind the real cause.
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:26:17 PM PDT
by
octex
To: sonofstrangelove
Apparently the "shuttle" - which moves along the catapult track to accelerate a plane to flying speed - went the wrong way in a test shot and smashed into important equipment. The project spokesman had this to say:
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:31:13 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: Lazamataz
Never order a polarity switch from a company with the name of Acme!
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:36:19 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
To: Lazamataz; The Cajun
To: Lazamataz
Gee, crossed wires; a polarity problem?
To: sonofstrangelove
Shouldn’t this post get a *Hurl Alert*?
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:55:30 PM PDT
by
gigster
To: sonofstrangelove
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posted on
05/13/2010 9:58:00 PM PDT
by
Harpo Speaks
(Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
To: AFreeBird
Note to self:
Double check battery installation prior to launching aircraft.
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posted on
05/13/2010 10:07:00 PM PDT
by
ArmstedFragg
(hoaxy dopey changey)
To: El Sordo
I am sure they shield it well, but wouldnt the resultant EMP make the ship just a bit harder to hide? Possible. Although opposing forces would have to come up with specific detection systems for it, which I am pretty sure nobody has implemented.
The closest type of detection system currently existing would be one of the networks of lightning detectors/locators.
I'd like to think that the E-catapult designers have thought of this already, but who knows?
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posted on
05/13/2010 10:08:27 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Looks like we're between a lithic outcropping and a region of low compressibility.)
To: Larry Lucido
Bad Human Factors engineering, there.
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posted on
05/13/2010 10:10:42 PM PDT
by
Erasmus
(Looks like we're between a lithic outcropping and a region of low compressibility.)
To: Erasmus
Possible. Although opposing forces would have to come up with specific detection systems for it, which I am pretty sure nobody has implemented. I think regular old sonic signature detection would work. I mean a jet being flung backwards off an aircraft carrier and the jet exhaust hitting the water backwards should have a unique sonic signature.
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posted on
05/13/2010 10:17:41 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Mind numbed robot , ditto-head, Hannitized, Levinite)
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