Date sent: Thu, 18 May 2000 15:55:39 CDT Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I thought you did� > > �TIME�[5/8/2000, page 26] magazine recently had a short piece in it about a > pilotless aircraft that crashed in the desert. The fact that an aircraft > crashed in the desert was not that big of a story and probably would not > have made it in the magazine. What is unusual about this is how and why the > plane crashed. > > The Air Force has an aircraft called the �GLOBAL HAWK�. This aircraft costs > in the neighborhood of forty-five million dollars. This is an unmanned > �spy-drone�. The plane is controlled entirely by computers. > > The mishap in question occurred after the plane landed. After the drone > landed, the on-board computer was supposed to command the plane to taxi > along the runway at about 15 MPH. Instead, the onboard computer sent > commands to accelerate to 180 MPH. The plane reached about 90 MPH before > going off the runway, smashing the runway gear and crashing into a sand > dune. > > The cost of this little accident - $5.3 million! > > What happened? As a result of the investigation, it was decided that there > was a programming error. The experts missed this because �each thought > another part of the process was checking for this type of error�. > > How easy it is for us to say �someone else will do it�. How many > opportunities to help someone or witness do we miss because we are confident > that someone else will do it. > > I remember one day a few years back when my car had a flat tire on a main > highway. As I was sitting on the side of the road, many cars passed by. My > spare was flat as well and I had no phone. The following Sunday at church, > two people told me that they saw me on the side of the road with a flat but > didn�t stop because they were sure that �someone else� was helping. > > Do we pass up kids that we know should be in church and not invite them? Do > we miss witnessing opportunities? Do we miss teaching opportunities in > class? WHY? > > The devil tells us that somebody else will do it! He tells us there will > always be time later. THIS IS A LIE! None of us can see the future. > > Men, women, boys, girls, teachers, leaders, pastors � we need to reach out > to the lost NOW! > > The Bible tells us in James 4:14 �Whereas ye know not what shall be on the > morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a > little time, and then vanisheth away. � > > Spread the word. Get those kids in church, Sunday school, Royal Rangers, > Missionettes, and youth. These kids are going to be our leaders of the > future. > > Don�t believe satan when he tells you that �somebody else will do it�. > > > In His Service, > Allen R. Cook - Cookie > Royal Rangers Senior Commander > Belton A/G -- Belton, Missouri > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web page: http:\\www.sound.net\~pabonim\index.htm > > website submissions: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > new website: http://www.crosswinds.net/~rrcookie/ > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > _______ > To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe rangernet" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Eat the hay & spit out the sticks! - A#1's mule" RTKB&G4JC! > http://rangernet.org Autoresponder: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______ To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm or to unsubscribe without web access, send "unsubscribe rrgold" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To post to RangerNet, please join RangerNet first (go to http://rangernet.org/subscribe.htm). You can then unsubscribe from RangerNet again if you want to go back to getting RRGold posts only.
