Mutant Marsupials Take Up Arms Against Australian Air Force
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The reuse of some object-oriented code has caused tactical headaches for Australia's armed forces. As virtual reality simulators assume larger roles in helicopter combat training , programmers have gone to great lengths to increase the realism of the their scenarios, including detailed landscapes and -- in the case of the Northern Territory's Operation Phoenix -- herds of kangaroos (since groups of disturbed animals might well give away a helicopters position).
The head of the Defense Science and Technology Organization's Land Operations/Simulations division reportedly instructed developers to model the local marsupials' movements and reaction to helicopters.
Being efficient programmers, they just re-appropriated some code originally used to model infantry detachments reactions under the same stimuli, changed the mapped icon from a soldier to a kangaroo, and increased the figures' speed of movement.
Eager to demonstrate their flying skills for some visiting American pilots, the hotshot Aussies "buzzed" the virtual kangaroos in low flight during a simulation. The kangaroos scattered, as predicted, and the Americans nodded appreciatively . . . and then did a double-take as the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched a barrage of stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter. (Apparently the programmers had forgotten the remove "that" part of the infantry coding).
The lesson? Objects are defined with certain attributes, and any new object defined in terms of the old one inherits all the attributes. The embarrassed programmers had learned to be careful when reusing object-oriented code, and the Yanks left with the utmost respect for the Australian wildlife.
Simulator supervisors report that pilots from that point onwards have strictly avoided kangaroos, just as they were meant to. -
haha so cool
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Hehe.Blown up by the 15th Western Hilly Brush Brigade
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holy hoppin mad kangies.
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that isn't code reuse, thats just being lazy and right-click-copy-paste into new file and compile.Originally posted by HENG@:The reuse of some object-oriented code has caused tactical headaches for Australia's armed forces. As virtual reality simulators assume larger roles in helicopter combat training , programmers have gone to great lengths to increase the realism of the their scenarios, including detailed landscapes and -- in the case of the Northern Territory's Operation Phoenix -- herds of kangaroos (since groups of disturbed animals might well give away a helicopters position).
The head of the Defense Science and Technology Organization's Land Operations/Simulations division reportedly instructed developers to model the local marsupials' movements and reaction to helicopters.
Being efficient programmers, they just re-appropriated some code originally used to model infantry detachments reactions under the same stimuli, changed the mapped icon from a soldier to a kangaroo, and increased the figures' speed of movement.
Eager to demonstrate their flying skills for some visiting American pilots, the hotshot Aussies "buzzed" the virtual kangaroos in low flight during a simulation. The kangaroos scattered, as predicted, and the Americans nodded appreciatively . . . and then did a double-take as the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched a barrage of stinger missiles at the hapless helicopter. (Apparently the programmers had forgotten the remove "that" part of the infantry coding).
The lesson? Objects are defined with certain attributes, and any new object defined in terms of the old one inherits all the attributes. The embarrassed programmers had learned to be careful when reusing object-oriented code, and the Yanks left with the utmost respect for the Australian wildlife.
Simulator supervisors report that pilots from that point onwards have strictly avoided kangaroos, just as they were meant to.
Don't forget the prinicpals of OO, loose coupling and tight cohesion. Each module should represent exactly one task of the problem domain, and all its elements contribute to this single task. -
hey u have armed kangies. what could be more fun?Originally posted by one-niner:that isn't code reuse, thats just being lazy and right-click-copy-paste into new file and compile.
Don't forget the prinicpals of OO, loose coupling and tight cohesion. Each module should represent exactly one task of the problem domain, and all its elements contribute to this single task. -
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!
The one thing that could top it off is the pilot being shot down, captured and then sentenced by a kangaroo court! -
maybe the downed pilots can seek refuge with the Koala Bear resistance fighters.
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this call for an EMUgency rescue operation...
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Having navy ships which can transform into Gundam robots.Originally posted by HENG@:hey u have armed kangies. what could be more fun? -
armed kangies r still more fun. they make good suicide bombers too.... with such a big pocket...Originally posted by fudgester:Having navy ships which can transform into Gundam robots. -
This topic sounds like those 'news bulletins' found in Maxis Sim City Games....
like:
'Research shows that if you throw something, it will hit something'
those kinda 'bulletins' -
haha well dumb people do exist in the world..
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haha well dumb people do exist in the world..