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Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee 2058

Dthief writes "From MSNBC: 'Firefighters in rural Tennessee let a home burn to the ground last week because the homeowner hadn't paid a $75 fee. Gene Cranick of Obion County and his family lost all of their possessions in the Sept. 29 fire, along with three dogs and a cat. "They could have been saved if they had put water on it, but they didn't do it," Cranick told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. The fire started when the Cranicks' grandson was burning trash near the family home. As it grew out of control, the Cranicks called 911, but the fire department from the nearby city of South Fulton would not respond.'"

Comment State of 1980s Avionics Development (Score 1) 366

There was a core group of early avionics software developers located in Seattle in the 70s and 80s that produced the core of the B-1A, B-52 OAS, B-1B, and B-2 Offensive Avionics system. The B-1B and B-2 development groups and resulting Offensive Avionics systems had common elements. Jovial Programing Toolset and IBM Processors used in the B-1B were mature in the mid 80s and provided a relatively low risk development environment for what was largely a very successful Offensive Avionics development. Realtime Simulation Software that supported the Offensive Avionics System development was written in FORTRAN and Harris Assembly Language running on Harris 800 Computers. Computer card decks, offsite software compiling and linking, front panel switch debugging, etc were the state of things back then...

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