A Missile by Kangaroos 袋鼠发导弹

Virtual reality simulators assume large roles in helicopter training in Australian Air Force. Programmers have gone to great details including wild animals to increase the realism. Being efficient, the programmers simply re-used some code originally used to model infantry¹ detachment reactions under the same stimuli², changed the mapped icon³ from a soldier to a kangaroo, and increased the figures' speed of movement. When demonstrating this system to some visiting American pilots, Australian pilots buzzed the virtual kangaroos in low flight. The kangaroos scattered⁴ as predicted, and the visiting Americans nodded appreciatively—then did a double take as the kangaroos reappeared from behind a hill and launched a missile at the hapless helicopter. Apparently⁵, the programmers had forgotten to remove that part of the infantry coding.

模拟飞行器在澳大利亚空军直升机训练中发挥了很大作用。为了提高真实性，编程人员增加了许多细节，包括野生动物在内。为提高编程效率，编程人员套用原来编写的步兵先遣队在同样刺激条件下行动反应的程序模块。把士兵的形象改为袋鼠，并加快它们的行动速度。当向一帮来访的美国空军表演这套系统的时候，澳大利亚飞行员做低空飞行驱赶模拟袋鼠。这些袋鼠如预料那样四处逃窜。来访的美国人赞赏地频频点头。然而，再看一眼却大吃一惊：那些袋鼠又从山坡后面重新出现，并且向这架倒霉的直升机发了一枚导弹。显然，编程人员忘记把这一段删掉了。