contact terminology?

Sam Spade writes:

It is not possible to correctly configure that game to be a real
aviation simulator.

The Navy disagrees.

Mike writes:

This is more or less correct.

Yes, I know.

Mike wrote:
"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:

"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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Before we continue with Anthony, let's all remember that will never
admit he is incorrect or has made a misstatement. Bottom line is
that he has never, ever flown with TCAS, TIS, ADS-B, or for that
matter a Narco Mark 12.

Rather than argue minor points, why bother since he has no
experience with any of these systems and wouldn't even know how to
turn one on let alone use it effectively or understand how they work.



Good question. I don't argue with him for that very reason. I
suspect that those who do have some burning need to feel like they
have accomplished something, but proving you have more experience
than someone who has zero experience is not much of an accomplishment
in my book. Anthony doesn't nym shift, so anyone who is annoyed can
simply add him to their killfile. I don't really care if anyone
beats up on Anthony as he well deserves it for a number of reasons,
but justifying beating up on him by saying he's a hazard to aviation
is truly pathetic.


Sign me pathetic. I was trying to make a point (perhaps a bit too
strongly) about a jerk who speaks with such authority and who has zero
flying experience or credentials.


Be that as it may the problem with that approach is occassionally
Anthony is right. If you simply post a blanket statement that says
Anthony is always wrong, you might want to be sure that what he just
posted was. Otherwise a casual reader might question your knowledge,
experience, and credibility rather than his.

If someone wants to question my knowledge, experience and credibility,
they can be my guest.

I know a few things about a few medical procedures. But, I don't
pretend I am a medical doctor on some medical forum.

The guy just plain ****es me off.

"Sam Spade" wrote in message
news
Mike wrote:
"Sam Spade" wrote in message
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Mike wrote:

"Viperdoc" wrote in message
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Before we continue with Anthony, let's all remember that will never
admit he is incorrect or has made a misstatement. Bottom line is that
he has never, ever flown with TCAS, TIS, ADS-B, or for that matter a
Narco Mark 12.

Rather than argue minor points, why bother since he has no experience
with any of these systems and wouldn't even know how to turn one on
let alone use it effectively or understand how they work.



Good question. I don't argue with him for that very reason. I suspect
that those who do have some burning need to feel like they have
accomplished something, but proving you have more experience than
someone who has zero experience is not much of an accomplishment in my
book. Anthony doesn't nym shift, so anyone who is annoyed can simply
add him to their killfile. I don't really care if anyone beats up on
Anthony as he well deserves it for a number of reasons, but justifying
beating up on him by saying he's a hazard to aviation is truly
pathetic.


Sign me pathetic. I was trying to make a point (perhaps a bit too
strongly) about a jerk who speaks with such authority and who has zero
flying experience or credentials.


Be that as it may the problem with that approach is occassionally Anthony
is right. If you simply post a blanket statement that says Anthony is
always wrong, you might want to be sure that what he just posted was.
Otherwise a casual reader might question your knowledge, experience, and
credibility rather than his.

If someone wants to question my knowledge, experience and credibility,
they can be my guest.

I know a few things about a few medical procedures. But, I don't pretend
I am a medical doctor on some medical forum.

The guy just plain ****es me off.

Then plonk him.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Mike writes:

This is more or less correct.

Yes, I know.

No, you don't.

More less than more, and the fact remains that Anthony wouldn't even know
how to turn a TCAS on, let alone how to interpret the display or understand
how it works.

Mike wrote:


And in this particular thread, MX was right and Dave S had to
manufacture a non-existent quote just to contradict MX and point out
that he wasn't some sort of design engineer when clearly he isn't either.

Manufactured? BS.

MX: (since it must depend essentially on radar sweeps to determine
azimuth).

I'm done with this ****ing contest. This time. for now.

Dave S writes:

MX: (since it must depend essentially on radar sweeps to determine
azimuth).

You need some way of correlating replies or echoes from other aircraft with
azimuth, which means a directional antenna. A directional antenna that
actively paints or interrogates a distant station is radar. None of this has
anything to do with ATC when the context is TCAS.

Viperdoc writes:

More less than more, and the fact remains that Anthony wouldn't even know
how to turn a TCAS on, let alone how to interpret the display or understand
how it works.

Neither the principle nor the turning-on of a TCAS system is particularly
difficult to understand. At least I do not find them so; perhaps they might
be challenging for some. If it were widely difficult to understand and use,
however, it wouldn't be very useful.

Sam Spade wrote:

The guy just plain ****es me off.

If you want to ignore him, ignore him. If you want to argue his points,
argue his points. But blanket ad hominem attacks are IMO neither
constructive nor conducive to a pleasant atmosphere in this newsgroup.
Furthermore, at least for me, it makes it harder ignore MXS if I choose to
do so because while he is in fact in my killfile, you aren't, and I see
your replies to his posts.

So please, in the interest of an improved SNR here, just ignore him if you
don't want to argue with him.