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Combat Kangaroos

 

Mutant Marsupials Take Up Arms Against Australian Air Force

 

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, 1999 Defense Science and Technology Organization Lecture Series, Melbourne, Australia, and staff reports

http://humour.200ok.com.au/combat_roos.html

 

 

 

[Luk3us 63]

hahahhaha. ****ing epic!

[Dr. Rodney McKay 0]

They should have shot their young out of their pouches.

[Mina Synd 0]

lawl... that was truely awesome XD

[F15pilotX 4]

hahahhaha. ****ing epic!

indeed

[Wildshield 0]

roos and their stingers... classic warfare.

[Mina Synd 0]

well we -are- one step away from having real roo's armed with rockets xD be they regular roo's with rockets ducttaped to their butts or completely cybernetic fake robot roos XD

[F15pilotX 4]

If I was one of the Americans in the room, I'd prolly have ****** myself :lol: (hint - censored starts with a P, not an F )

Edited June 20, 2008 by F15pilotX

[Mina Synd 0]

well it works either way xD i would have given anything to see the pilots reactions though XDDD

[mormreed 0]

They should have shot their young out of their pouches.

That would've been even more epic XD

good coding practice though just gotta remember the last part XD

[F15pilotX 4]

I have to say, I would SO do something like that if I was coding the program

[Mina Synd 0]

agreed xD that would rule... or you could make like, flying wombats and give them machineguns. that'd scare the poop out of them XDDD

hey. you never know when it might happen in real life right? >.> always the chance of those genetic experiments getting out of control :3

[mormreed 0]

agreed xD that would rule... or you could make like, flying wombats and give them machineguns. that'd scare the poop out of them XDDD

hey. you never know when it might happen in real life right? >.> always the chance of those genetic experiments getting out of control :3

yeah because there are definitely a bunch of genetic testing labs out in the outback of Australia XD

[Gben 20]

Well it's happened before...

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Girl

 

 

I saw this film for free at the cinemas. It was a mate's treat. The rationale for seeing this movie, was that we had free tickets, and he said "what movie would you not pay to see?" - this was it!

 

Still I loved it, and I own it on DVD.

The 'shower' scene is my fav... surprisingly emotional.

 

 

Still don't know what I'm talking about try this link for pictures, videos, reviews, quotes and other what-not...

[Luk3us 63]

O M G WHAT IS THAT!

[Mina Synd 0]

TANK GIRL! OMI GOSHI I HEART TANK GIRL!!! <3333 it's so awesome n_n go watch the movie o.o the comic series was probably a tad better but they did pretty darn well transfering it to the big screen i've got a female friend who looks EXACTLY like jet girl and thinks like tank girl xD

[sith_wampa 6]

Well it's happened before...

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Girl

 

 

I saw this film for free at the cinemas. It was a mate's treat. The rationale for seeing this movie, was that we had free tickets, and he said "what movie would you not pay to see?" - this was it!

 

Still I loved it, and I own it on DVD.

The 'shower' scene is my fav... surprisingly emotional.

 

 

Still don't know what I'm talking about try this link for pictures, videos, reviews, quotes and other what-not...

 

Jesus. ****ing. Christ.

[Mina Synd 0]

don't give that kind of attitude o.O go watch tank girl. it's awesome o.o;