GPS approach question

In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:

Jose wrote:
2. A lot of places that don't have an ILS do have a GPS.


Agreed. Got to know GPS approaches.

1. I'm a computer science graduate and no computer is going to
get the best of me!


Don't bet on it. A computer is a personal servant, to whom you give the
keys to your house, your car, and your bank, who only speaks Swahili,
who takes his orders from a high school student in Pakistan, and who
invites its friends over for parties when you are out of the house.

The only way around this is to program the raw chip yourself.

No, you can always turn off the power! :-)

Actually, with a lot of devices these days, turning off the power is
harder than it appears. It may have an on/off switch, but that usually
just shuts down the display and leaves the processor running. Pulling
the plug out may not even help, if it's got backup batteries.

Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,
Matt Whiting wrote:


Jose wrote:

2. A lot of places that don't have an ILS do have a GPS.


Agreed. Got to know GPS approaches.


1. I'm a computer science graduate and no computer is going to
get the best of me!


Don't bet on it. A computer is a personal servant, to whom you give the
keys to your house, your car, and your bank, who only speaks Swahili,
who takes his orders from a high school student in Pakistan, and who
invites its friends over for parties when you are out of the house.

The only way around this is to program the raw chip yourself.

No, you can always turn off the power! :-)


Actually, with a lot of devices these days, turning off the power is
harder than it appears. It may have an on/off switch, but that usually
just shuts down the display and leaves the processor running. Pulling
the plug out may not even help, if it's got backup batteries.

They only keep track of the date and a few other key settings,
typically. Can't do much real processing for long on the backup battery.


Matt

[battery backup only keeps track of] a few other key settings

Those may be the settings that prevent you from doing something you
thought was reasonable under the circumstances, but the programmer
didn't think of. You are always depending on the programmer to have
thought of whatever situation you are in, =and= come up with the right
answer.

Jose
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