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ISS On-Orbit Status, 14-06-2003
Jim Kingdon said:
All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except as noted previously or below. What is the point of this sentence? I read it as "everything works ok except the stuff that doesn't" which is a null statement. Why even bother? You misread it. It claims that what has been noted previously plus what is noted below is the complete, total, list of everything that isn't functioning nominally. I suppose the true test will be if there is a hole blown in the side of the station (or whatever), and we see whether they lead with that sentence or whether they go for something more like "Other than the gaping hole in the side of the station, life on ISS isn't so bad". hmmm... I have yet to see the press release that says something like "Except for the failure of the t-joint/RCC due to foam impact, the flight of Columbia functioned nominally." -- Kevin Willoughby lid We'd spend the remaining time trying to fix the engine. -- Neil Armstrong |
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ISS On-Orbit Status, 14-06-2003
You misread it. It claims that what has been noted previously plus what
is noted below is the complete, total, list of everything that isn't functioning nominally. True, it does claim that. hmmm... I have yet to see the press release that says something like "Except for the failure of the t-joint/RCC due to foam impact, the flight of Columbia functioned nominally." Nope, we have to give that prize to "The first Ariane-5 flight did not result in validation of Europe's new launcher." - from the news release regarding the unsuccessful first flight of Ariane 5. http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/ariane.html http://www.seds.org/spaceviews/960615/top.html |
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ISS On-Orbit Status, 14-06-2003
Clark wrote: [asking Kevin Willoughby] You are a bureauocrat of some sort, aren't you? He's a computer programmer, I believe. We're the guys who get caught in the shower every morning after literally following the instructions on the hair shampoo: "Lather. Rinse. Repeat." .. at least until the shampoo bottle finally runs out. Damned instructions should have said "Repeat once." Still, what did you expect the daily press release to say? "The following items are broken. Some of them broke months ago, others only in the last few days", followed by a potentially very long list of minor grievances? It's easier to say in effect "the crap that broke last week? still broken." |
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ISS On-Orbit Status, 14-06-2003
David Higgins wrote in news:3F087EF6.2050109
@nohow.net.invalid: Clark wrote: [asking Kevin Willoughby] You are a bureauocrat of some sort, aren't you? He's a computer programmer, I believe. We're the guys who get caught in the shower every morning after literally following the instructions on the hair shampoo: "Lather. Rinse. Repeat." .. at least until the shampoo bottle finally runs out. Damned instructions should have said "Repeat once." Still, what did you expect the daily press release to say? I expect it to provide useful information, not make null statements. If you want "feel good" info first, fine, leave the "damage report" for the end. I used to do corporate morning reports for an offshore drilling company. The morning reports went to parent company, insurance company, etc. If I put in a null statement, it got editted real quick by upper management. I could put in "feel good" stuff and "these are the facts" bad stuff, but tripe was out. Now, why should we accept tripe from NASA? "The following items are broken. Some of them broke months ago, others only in the last few days", followed by a potentially very long list of minor grievances? It's easier to say in effect "the crap that broke last week? still broken." The broken stuff list could be maintained in a separate databank with a link to it. Pretty simple to provide access to the data without highlighting it daily. |
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ISS On-Orbit Status, 14-06-2003
Clark wrote: [on the PAO's standard ISS opening statement ("All ISS systems continue to function nominally, except as noted previously or below.")] I expect it to provide useful information, not make null statements. I've always read that sentence as saying "this is one of a series of daily status reports, and one should read them in order -- they don't necessarily stand alone". Can't say I've been happy with that mindset and writing style, mind you. Now, why should we accept tripe from NASA? This is the NASA PAO we're talking about, right? ;-) |
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ISS On-Orbit Status, 14-06-2003
"David Higgins" wrote in message ... He's a computer programmer, I believe. We're the guys who get caught in the shower every morning after literally following the instructions on the hair shampoo: "Lather. Rinse. Repeat." .. at least until the shampoo bottle finally runs out. Damned instructions should have said "Repeat once." Funny enough I have seen some shampoo that says that. I figure they finally got tired of all the jokes. (I've also seen "repeat until clean".) |
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