Comments on: Organ Donor http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: blackeagle603 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-383524 blackeagle603 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:33:24 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10495#comment-383524 The really great advance will be in the X-47B's fly by wire system. Think of the weight savings. Eliminate all the wires, short everything to ground and leave it to the software guys to sort it out. Hey, it's just a timing problem? Right? The really great advance will be in the X-47B’s fly by wire system. Think of the weight savings. Eliminate all the wires, short everything to ground and leave it to the software guys to sort it out.

Hey, it’s just a timing problem? Right?

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-383508 virgil xenophon Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:47:51 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10495#comment-383508 SJS/ And just think, HAL was manufactured just 50 miles up the road from my home-town at the Univ. of Ill. at Champaign-Urbana. Ain't I proud!? And I'm sure Flatlander is too--he's from the same neck of the woods... SJS/

And just think, HAL was manufactured just 50 miles up the road from my home-town at the Univ. of Ill. at Champaign-Urbana. Ain’t I proud!? And I’m sure Flatlander is too–he’s from the same neck of the woods…

]]> By: Steeljaw Scribe http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-383499 Steeljaw Scribe Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:09:31 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10495#comment-383499 <i>Interviewer: HAL, you have an enormous responsibility on this mission, in many ways perhaps the greatest responsibility of any single mission element. You're the brain, and central nervous system of the ship, and your responsibilities include watching over the men in hibernation. Does this ever cause you any lack of confidence? HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.</i> "...Open the bomb-bay doors HAL..." - SJS Interviewer: HAL, you have an enormous responsibility on this mission, in many ways perhaps the greatest responsibility of any single mission element. You’re the brain, and central nervous system of the ship, and your responsibilities include watching over the men in hibernation. Does this ever cause you any lack of confidence?
HAL: Let me put it this way, Mr. Amor. The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.

“…Open the bomb-bay doors HAL…”
- SJS

]]> By: Mike M. http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-383480 Mike M. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:05:28 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10495#comment-383480 Don't worry, guys. Wait until we introduce the Really New Technology. It's a way to save enormous amounts of time coding software and planning missions. That costs hundreds of millions of dollars and decades to write and debug the software. This alternative can be implemented far more quickly, and at lower cost. Manned UAVs. :-) Don’t worry, guys. Wait until we introduce the Really New Technology.

It’s a way to save enormous amounts of time coding software and planning missions. That costs hundreds of millions of dollars and decades to write and debug the software. This alternative can be implemented far more quickly, and at lower cost.

Manned UAVs. :-)

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-383467 virgil xenophon Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:20:38 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10495#comment-383467 Snake/ I'll cop to the fact that the Navy has better looking uniforms than the "Chair Farce"--be the LAST person to say otherwise--but you know how love-hate relationships go....just HAD to jerk your chain. :) And yes, alas, you are also right about the "no good deed" bit--tis the general unfortunate historical condition of mankind--but knave tho I am, I am a happy knave--even if of fossilized, knuckle-dragging cro-magnon mien. So... Live Long and Prosper! (See, I once was a snake myself--of 78th TFS "Bushmasters" fame--so I've a herpetological affinity for guys like you. :) ) Snake/

I’ll cop to the fact that the Navy has better looking uniforms than the “Chair Farce”–be the LAST person to say otherwise–but you know how love-hate relationships go….just HAD to jerk your chain. :) And yes, alas, you are also right about the “no good deed” bit–tis the general unfortunate historical condition of mankind–but knave tho I am, I am a happy knave–even if of fossilized, knuckle-dragging cro-magnon mien. So… Live Long and Prosper! (See, I once was a snake myself–of 78th TFS “Bushmasters” fame–so I’ve a herpetological affinity for guys like you. :) )

]]> By: SJBill http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/07/13/organ_donor/comment-page-1/#comment-383459 SJBill Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:51:48 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=10495#comment-383459 No Stoof R1830s? No Stoof R1830s?

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