TSA Follies

"Kev" wrote in news:1165446439.197794.257260
@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com:


Steve Foley wrote:

But I just installed 'Call to Duty 3'. It's just like the real thing!!!!

HA !!!

What a stupid statement !!! Everyone knows civilians can't learn to
fire a gun in simulation !!! Only real life drill instructors can
teach you how to pull a trigger !!!

You must be a troll, and I'm putting you on a list. Yeah, that's
right. You heard me. And your mother too... because she once said
something nice about you.

Nonono. You missed the point entirely.

Anyone can learn to fire a gun using "Call to Duty" if they have the proper
controller.

However, there are real-life sensations, such as intense fear for one's
life, bugs stinging your nose when you are hiding in the bushes 6 inches
from the enemy who is hunting for your, and the realization that if you
actually do fire your gun you are more likely to give away your position
and be "lit up" by the other 7 enemies who are looking for you too.

These sensations cannot be accurately duplicated in a computer game.

Perhaps they are simulated better in a full-motion simulator, such as
Paintball.

Judah wrote:
Nonono. You missed the point entirely.

Anyone can learn to fire a gun using "Call to Duty" if they have the proper
controller.

However, there are real-life sensations, such as intense fear for one's
life, bugs stinging your nose when you are hiding in the bushes [..]
These sensations cannot be accurately duplicated in a computer game.

But those sensations can't be accurately duplicated in any kind of
training, sim or not They used to fire live rounds over your head
in training, but you knew that was fake. Then they used those laser
harnesses, but that's even faker. The only way you got the real-life
sensation is when someone _really_ was trying to kill you.

Now, I'd have to agree that fear of death is one training aspect of
flying that is hard to duplicate in a sim. But perhaps if an
electrical shock was attached to the AOA value, you'd get better
training than even the death factor ;-) After all, fear alone doesn't
make you a better pilot. Learning to avoid deadly situations does.

Cheers, Kev

Kev writes:

Now, I'd have to agree that fear of death is one training aspect of
flying that is hard to duplicate in a sim. But perhaps if an
electrical shock was attached to the AOA value, you'd get better
training than even the death factor ;-) After all, fear alone doesn't
make you a better pilot. Learning to avoid deadly situations does.

Being terrified can interfere with reasoning. And by the time a
person is that scared, he's already in serious trouble. I'm sure that
many accident pilots are terrified in the final few seconds before
they hit the ground, but that doesn't make them any more able to save
themselves, as the terror occurs too late and could easily make them
irrational, anyway.

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