I can just see someone doing a code review on this! dim kangaroo, herd kangaroo = New Infantry(); kangaroo.image = "c:\textures\kangy\"; kangaroo.setReaction = 4; kangaroo.setReaction(1, "hop"); kangaroo.setReaction(2, "kick"); kangaroo.setReaction(3, "scatter"); kangaroo.setReaction(4, "retaliate");
herd = New Group(); herd.populate(kangaroo, 50000); Hehe ;) Hatton Raymond Camden wrote: >Had to share... > >>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 their scenarios, including detailed landscapes and, >>in the case of the Northern Territory's Operation Phoenix, >>herds of kangaroos (since disturbed animals might well give >>away a helicopter's position). >> >>The head of the Defense Science & Technology Organization's >>Land Operations/Simulation division reportedly instructed >>developers to model the local marsupials' movements and >>reactions to helicopters. >> >>Being efficient programmers, they just re-appropriated some >>code originally used to model infantry detachment 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 visiting Americans nodded >>appreciatively... 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 to remove that part of the >>infantry coding.) >> >>The lesson? Objects are defined with certain attributes, >>and any new object defined in terms of an old one inherits >>all the attributes. The embarrassed programmers had learned >>to be careful when reusing object-oriented code, and the >>Yanks left with a newfound respect for Australian wildlife. >> >>Simulator supervisors report that pilots from that point >>onward have strictly avoided kangaroos, just as they were >>meant to. >> >>From June 15, 2002 Defense Science and Technology Organization >>Lecture Series, Melbourne, Australia, and staff reports >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
