The Navy ship of the Future?

[BlackCat]

In case Kuci's explanation isn't clear, then here is an example :

begin
   integer i;
   real procedure sum (i, lo, hi, term);
      value lo, hi;
      integer i, lo, hi;
      real term;
      comment term is passed by-name, and so is i;
   begin
      real temp;
      temp := 0;
      for i := lo step 1 until hi do
         temp := temp + term;
      sum := temp
   end;
   print (sum (i, 1, 100, 1/i))
end

Used with the mentioned compiler it will give 5.187...

[Sirotnikov]

don't know algol.
i realize how term is used to define the increment size, depending on i but why would would you need to pass i?

[BlackCat]

Well, to be honest, it was the guys next door that used it (I made clients while they made server side components back in 85). That piece of code I stoled from :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jensen%27s_Device

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[Provost Harrison]

It appears to have a football pitch on it but where are the guns?

[zakubandit]

The LCS is the Navy's version of the MCS. Less crew somehow means better combat efficiency. It is cheaper for the government to build robots who don't eat, sleep, require paychecks or medical care, than it is to hire a single sailor/airman/trooper. The recruitment, training, uniforms, barracks/billets, food, medical, dental, transit, etc. all add up to a very high amount. When I got in the Army my drill told us that each of us new recruits cost about a million a piece just due to our excess costs. Which seems a bit drastic, but the idea is right. Make the military less reliant on people so we can save money, that seems exactly how politicians think *now that extra money can go where they want it to*. Whats that mean for combat? Depending on who the few soldiers left are, morale could be an issue. You may find yourself asking if the robot should be acting so autonomous when it does not have the voice of reason...such as a robot being able to tell the difference between a 14 year old boy with a gun and a 42 year old man with a gun. All these future weapons are a waste. Trying to cut corners on defense by investing billions upon billions in everything and anything that has "unmanned" attached to it is ridiculous. Besides, some people rely on the military for their careers....some people just don't want out.

[Dr Strangelove]

There's a RAM located aft for that. Not much in the way of air defense beyond that, but it is not meant to operate by itself in a hostile air environment(I know, I know, famous last words...).

They're gonna freakin' ram incoming missles? Was this thing designed by the Confederate Navy?

Can't they detail Shore Patrol to protect it when in port?

[Patroklos]

1.) funny funny. Wiki "Rolling Airframe Missile"

2.) If you have to have a dedicated shore patrol that defeats the purpose of the smaller crew. In reality though, they are talkin about in port manuevering and berthing in foriegn ports.

[Zkribbler]

It's probably nice to have the ability to make such turns when there are torpedoes, but how does she deal with "exocet"'s ? (replace exocet with newest such thingy).

It looks stealthy to me.

so why the need for speed?

To get to whereever it's needed ASAP?

[BlackCat]

It looks stealthy to me.



To get to whereever it's needed ASAP?

Fore she could look stealthy, but I doubt - aft, well, any radar operator would need sunglasses to cope with the light

The speed cost a lot, both $ and capability wise.

[Patroklos]

You would be surprised how steathy those things can be regardless of the shape. A DDG looks no bigger than a small fishing ship on radar, this things profile is much smaller. Since it is operating in the litorals looking no different than the hundred other small fishing/utility vessels all over the place is stealth.

[Zkribbler]

hmmm... interesting...

[KrazyHorse]

What does all this have to do with pointers?

[Ben Kenobi]

Seriously? You want KH to lose respect for you?

[Zkribbler]

don't know algol.

Oh. He was Vice President under Clinton. Later he went on to win an Oscar for a documentary he made, and he now makes occasional guest appearances on South Park.

[Lonestar]

Oh. He was Vice President under Clinton. Later he went on to win an Oscar for a documentary he made, and he now makes occasional guest appearances on South Park.

No, he makes occassional appearences on Futurama. The Al Gore on South Park is Trey Parker making a funny noise.