When are thermals not circular and do thermal helpers assume thatthey are?

Not since they came up with that new-fangled structured FORTRAN. Give me
spaghetti code any day!

But I *am* (was, since I'm retired) a Systems Engineer and I know how to
turn user requirements into a specification that the software engineers can
screw up. Herding cats is a full-time job.

You know, of course, that when the brakes on your car fail, you software
engineers will push the car back up the hill and try again to see if they
still fail. ;-P

"Eric Greenwell" wrote in message
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Dan Marotta wrote, On 8/2/2013 6:55 AM:
An algorithm works for a single case and each thermal is different.

You aren't a programmer, are you? :^)


"jfitch" wrote in message
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a lot of snipping Finding the lift is art. Centering it is science,
and science can be reduced to an algorithm. Computers, correctly
programmed, are very good at algorithms - without head down time or
otherwise adding to pilot workload.

But I will try the reworked Naviter version!


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