unless he hurries, he will miss the opportunity.
> On 29 Jun 2016, at 8:48 PM, Ron Sanders <resand...@gmail.com> wrote: > > And it will too!!! > > ron > > On 29 June 2016 at 20:01, Richard Frawley <rjfraw...@gmail.com > <mailto:rjfraw...@gmail.com>> wrote: > I thought Mike was building the cheating device to beat all other cheating > devices > > > > > On 29 Jun 2016, at 7:59 PM, Justin Couch <jus...@vlc.com.au > > <mailto:jus...@vlc.com.au>> wrote: > > > > On 29/06/2016 7:42 PM, Mike Borgelt wrote: > >> Peter, > >> > >> It won't be long before all of gliding is regarded as just a branch of > >> vintage aviation, if it isn't already. > >> I wish it wasn't like that but wishing won't make it so. > > > > I don't disagree with this point at all, but do want to point out that most > > activities still have a "sporting" component to it with some rules added to > > enforce competitiveness - even after the mass market has taken over and > > turned it into common place. Car/Motorcycle/Boat/etc racing hasn't died out > > because suddenly everyone can afford to have a car in the driveway. > > Similarly, Otto's hang gliding hasn't died out because we can fly to Europe > > in an A380 in a day. > > > > Once upon a time Formula 1 was pretty much anything goes, now it has a rule > > book thicker than the local state traffic act - all in the name of > > competition. Even just a few years ago, the driver was barely more than > > someone that roughly pointed the car where to go and the computers took > > control of the details. That got boring and too expensive so now many items > > of automation have been removed and "standard" components supplied to all > > competing teams. > > > > I'm sure the same thing will happen with gliding - greater and greater > > automation. At some point a halt is called and all competitors are given a > > "standard flight computer" that is fitted to their cockpit on the grid each > > morning and removed as soon as possible after landing. This will bring back > > driver skill into the equation again. > > > > > > -- > > Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/ > > <http://www.vlc.com.au/> > > Java 3D Graphics Information http://www.j3d.org/ > > <http://www.j3d.org/> > > LinkedIn http://au.linkedin.com/in/justincouch/ > > <http://au.linkedin.com/in/justincouch/> > > G+ WetMorgoth > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > "Look through the lens, and the light breaks down into many lights. > > Turn it or move it, and a new set of arrangements appears... is it > > a single light or many lights, lights that one must know how to > > distinguish, recognise and appreciate? Is it one light with many > > frames or one frame for many lights?" -Subcomandante Marcos > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > > Aus-soaring mailing list > > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> > > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au <mailto:Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au> > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring > <http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
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