It's not me reporting it, it's the WSJ. Reading comprehension!.
Your example of programability is for one of the crucial data sets that are looked at... take off, climb, approach, landing.
That's what I said, for whatever the company programs it to transmit. And also for engine data -- though it turns out Malaysia Air didn't buy that package, according to the WSJ in another article. But RR
It is NOT a real time black box mime
Deciphering that crude syntax I think you mean the box doesn't transmit continuous real time DFDR data. I never said it did -- I said the opposite, and gave the reason why.
Malaysia Airlines' missing jet transmitted its location repeatedly to satellites over the course of five hours after it disappeared from radar, people briefed on the matter said...
WSJ: Satellite Data Reveal Route of Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane Jetliner 'Pinged' Satellites With Location, Altitude for Hours After Disappearance
The WSJ has been denied by Malaysian authorities and Rolls said its last bit of data was received at 1:07am shortly after the last voice contact. Boeing has not commented.
There is no point in arguing about any of this. All we know is 1) there is a plane missing and 2) it will not end well. Beyond that we know NOTHING and speculation and rumor does no one any good