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(Hope this forward works) Okay, so this isn't totally roadster-related,
but since we got some Aussie friends on the list, I thought I'd send
this along for giggles. Besides, kangaroos could be considered a driving
hazard - especially if they behave like this!
--
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
http://www.gordon-glasgow.org
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Subject: Fwd: FW: Coding problems
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Don't mess with the Kangaroos!
Best regards,
Kendall
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Oh, this is good....
> Subject: Coding problems
>
> Subject: FW: Avoiding Kangaroos
>
> As any experienced programmer will tell you, software can take on a life
> of its own. And sometimes, as this story from an Australian source
> shows, they're not just speaking metaphorically...
>
> [forwards avoiding kangaroos]
>
> Funny story from today's Defence Science Lectures Series, as related by
> the head of DSTO's Land Operations/Simulation division. They've been
> working on some really nifty virtual reality simulators. Most of the people
>they
> employ on this sort of thing are ex- (or future!) computer game programmers.
>
> Anyway, as part of the reality parameters, they include things like trees
> and animals: for Operation Phoenix out near Katherine, the latter included
> kangaroos. In particular, they had to model kangaroo movements and
> reactions to helicopters (since hordes of disturbed kangaroos might well
> give away a helo's position). Being good little programmers, they just
> stole some code (which was originally used to model infantry detachments
> reactions under the same stimuli), and changed the mapped icon, the
> speed parameters, etc.
>
> The first time they've gone to demonstrate this to some visiting Americans,
> the hotshot pilots have decided to get "down and dirty" with the virtual
> kangaroos. So, they buzz them, and watch them scatter. Visiting Americans
> nod appreciatively....then gape as the kangaroos duck around a hill, and
> launch about two dozen Stingers at the hapless helo :-) Programmers
> look rather embarrassed at forgetting to remove *that* part of the infantry
> coding... and Americans leave muttering comments about not wanting to
> mess with the Aussie wildlife :-)
>
> As an addendum, simulator pilots from that point onwards avoided
> kangaroos like the plague, just like they were meant to do :-)
>
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