How do weather services get sky conditions above the surface?

Rocky Stevens wrote:

It would also be a useful forum if people actually answered the
questions posed, regardless of *who* is asking it. The OP's question
is perefectly valid, and x number of years from now when somebody
Google's for the answer and gets this thread, all they will see for an
answer are insults. There is nothing more frustrating than
Googling for an anwer to something only to find the response was "why
don't you Google for it". If you have the time to post such a
response, you have the time to answer the question.


True, but the folks that post such a response probably don't know the
answer.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:
Rocky Stevens wrote:

It would also be a useful forum if people actually answered the
questions posed, regardless of *who* is asking it. The OP's question
is perefectly valid, and x number of years from now when somebody
Google's for the answer and gets this thread, all they will see for
an answer are insults. There is nothing more frustrating than
Googling for an anwer to something only to find the response was "why
don't you Google for it". If you have the time to post such a
response, you have the time to answer the question.


True, but the folks that post such a response probably don't know the
answer.

Over on rec.aviation.student Mxsmanic recently asked a question about
Cessna rudder input on MS Flight sim versus the real thing that Dudley
Henriques, among others, responded to - some good, some not. There was a
civil dialog between Dudley and Mxsmanic - Mxsmanic appears to have
followed Dudley's advice, looked up the references that Dudley provided,
and he thanked Dudley for his help a couple times. I considered the
thread distinctive because of the unfortunate Pavlovian responses a
number of people have conditioned themselves into that added noise
to what would have been an otherwise short and simple thread:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a...3b0eae0?hl=en#