Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c3) with ESMTP id 819300 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:49:35 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.64; envelope-from=kenpowell@comcast.net Received: from 204.127.205.147 ([204.127.205.147]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <20050324214844016002r92oe>; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:49 +0000 Received: from [166.102.160.133] by 204.127.205.147; Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:44 +0000 From: kenpowell@comcast.net To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Bad Day Good Day Non-Rotary Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:48:44 +0000 Message-Id: <032420052148.12977.424335BA00011DDF000032B1220076219404040A99019F020A05@comcast.net> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Dec 17 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: a2VucG93ZWxsQGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12977_1111700924_0" --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12977_1111700924_0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I am also a programmer (28 yrs); I am always amazed at how many of us there are building airplanes (way more than the small percentage of the population would indicate!!!!). Well, back to trying to find that '1 line of code' that the other guy must have put in the wrong place!!! I swear that when I retire I will never write another line of code. Ken Powell (some Arkies CAN read, write and code) Bryant, Arkansas 501-847-4721 -------------- Original message -------------- Ed, Welcome to my world. Well the part about the one line of code not the other aircraft stuff. Such is the life of a Software Engineer. I have always found the best way to improve code is to remove some. The more you remove the better it works. :o) Jim Ed Anderson wrote: snip Turns out I changed ONE line of code this morning before taking it out and had not bothered to check it on the laboratory pulse meter. I mean it was a very simple change {:>). It didn't work on it any better back at home than it did on the aircraft. But, it was a relief to know it was a simply code screw up. Eliminated that line of code and all is back working. So what started out to be a bad day (relatively speaking) ended up pretty nice. Ed Ed Anderson Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered Matthews, NC eanderson@carolina.rr.com --NextPart_Webmail_9m3u9jl4l_12977_1111700924_0 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
I am also a programmer (28 yrs);  I am always amazed at how many of us there are building airplanes (way more than the small percentage of the population would indicate!!!!).
 
Well, back to trying to find that '1 line of code' that the other guy must have put in the wrong place!!!  I swear that when I retire I will never write another line of code.

Ken Powell  (some Arkies CAN read, write and code)
Bryant, Arkansas
501-847-4721
 
-------------- Original message --------------
Ed,
Welcome to my world.
Well the part about the one line of code not the other aircraft stuff.
Such is the life of a Software Engineer.
I have always found the best way to improve code is to remove some.
The more you remove the better it works. :o)
Jim

Ed Anderson <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
snip
 
Turns out I changed ONE line of code this morning before taking it out and had not bothered to check it on the laboratory pulse meter. I mean it was a very simple change {:>).   It didn't work on it any better back at home than it did on the aircraft.  But, it was a relief to know it was a simply code screw up.  Eliminated that line of code and all is back working.
 
So what started out to be a bad day (relatively speaking) ended up pretty nice.
 
Ed
 
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com
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