IMC without an autopilot

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:

"Michael" wrote in message
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In my opinion, anyone who can't handle a reroute or find and brief an
approach in IMC while hand-flying (meaning without A/P) has no
business flying IFR anyway.

And those who can't run a computer from the command line shouldn't be on
one. :~)

Command line? What's that? I thought the way you ran a computer was
you put your deck of cards in the slot and waited for the greenbar
printout to appear in your mailbox.

Did you remember to check your tape back in to the library? :~)

I thought the way you ran a computer was
you put your deck of cards in the slot...


You had CARDS? Back in my day we had front panel switches. You had to put the
ones and zeros in by hand, and if you ran out of ones it was a long walk to the
bit bucket to get more, so we learned to be frugal.

Jose

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In article , Roy Smith
wrote:

And those who can't run a computer from the command line shouldn't be on
one. :~)

Command line? What's that? I thought the way you ran a computer was
you put your deck of cards in the slot and waited for the greenbar
printout to appear in your mailbox.

Naw, that ain't running a computer, that's submitting a job.

--
Bob Noel

In article ,
(Michael) wrote:

In my opinion, anyone who can't handle a reroute or find and brief an
approach in IMC while hand-flying (meaning without A/P) has no
business flying IFR anyway.

big difference between taking advantage of and needing...

--
Bob Noel

Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,
"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:


"Michael" wrote in message
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In my opinion, anyone who can't handle a reroute or find and brief an
approach in IMC while hand-flying (meaning without A/P) has no
business flying IFR anyway.


And those who can't run a computer from the command line shouldn't be on
one. :~)


Command line? What's that? I thought the way you ran a computer was
you put your deck of cards in the slot and waited for the greenbar
printout to appear in your mailbox.

Naw, real programmers use switches and LEDs for programming.


Matt

"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message ...

Naw, real programmers use switches and LEDs for programming.

LED's? Well, lah dee dah! How fancy schmancy!

"Brien K. Meehan" wrote in message
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"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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Naw, real programmers use switches and LEDs for programming.

LED's? Well, lah dee dah! How fancy schmancy!

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Real Programmers...
Don't eat quiche. Real programmers don't even know how to spell quiche.
They like Twinkies, Coke, and palate-scorching Szechwan food.

Don't write docs. Users should be grateful for whatever they get. They
are lucky toget any program at all.

Don't comment on their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard
to understand and even harder to modify.

Don't draw flowcharts. Flowcharts are, after all, the illiterate's form
of documentation. Cavemen drew flowcharts; look how much it did for them.

Don't read manuals. Reliance on a reference is a hallmark of the novice
and the coward.

Don't use COBOL. COBOL is for wimpy applications programmers.

Don't use Fortran. Fortran is for nerdy engineers who get excited over
finite state analysis and nuclear reactor simulation.

Don't use PL/I. PL/I is for insecure momma's boys who can't decide
between COBOL and Fortran.

Don't use BASIC. In fact, "NO" programmers use BASIC after reaching
puberty.

Never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers are around at 9 a.m. it's
because they were up all night.

Disdain structured programming. Structured programming is for compulsive,
prematurely toilet-trained neurotics who wear neckties and carefully line
up sharpened pencils on an otherwise uncluttered desk.

Don't drive clapped-out Mavericks. They prefer BMWs, Porsches, or pick-up
trucks with floor shifts. Fast motorcycles are highly regarded.

Don't believe in schedules. Planners make up schedules. Managers firm-up
schedules. Frightened coders strive to meet schedules. Real programmers
ignore schedules.

Like microwave popcorn. Coders pop it in the microwave oven. Real
programmers use the heat given off by the CPU. They can tell what program
is running just by listening to the rate of popping. Don't bring brown bag
lunches to work. If the vending machine sells it, they eat it. If the
vending machine doesn't sell it, they don't eat it.

Don't write in RPG. RPG is for gum-chewing dimwits who maintain antiquated
payroll programs.

Don't write in APL unless the whole program can be crammed into one line.

Don't write in LISP. Only sissy programs contain more parentheses than
actual code.

Don't like the team programming concept, unless, of course, they are the
chief programmer.

Never write memos on paper. Then send memos via electronic mail.

Have no use for managers. Managers are a necessay evil. Theyt exist only to
deal with personnel bozos, bean counters, senior planners and other mental
midgets.

Scorn floating point arithmetic. The decimal point was invented for pansy
bedwetters who are unable to think big.


Brien K. Meehan wrote:
"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message ...


Naw, real programmers use switches and LEDs for programming.


LED's? Well, lah dee dah! How fancy schmancy!

Yea, I knew that was coming. Got tired of replacing the incandescents...


Matt

In article ,
(Brien K. Meehan) wrote:

"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
...

Naw, real programmers use switches and LEDs for programming.

LED's? Well, lah dee dah! How fancy schmancy!

Look guys, you keep this up and I'm gonna have to tell you about what we
did before we even had electricity. You wanted to add two numbers, you
had to get up at 5 in the morning and start shoveling coal into the
computer.

Roy Smith wrote:
In article ,
(Brien K. Meehan) wrote:


"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
...


Naw, real programmers use switches and LEDs for programming.

LED's? Well, lah dee dah! How fancy schmancy!


Look guys, you keep this up and I'm gonna have to tell you about what we
did before we even had electricity. You wanted to add two numbers, you
had to get up at 5 in the morning and start shoveling coal into the
computer.

I found sliding the donuts on the abacus to be much easier than
shoveling coal.


Matt