Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside

Re:Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside by darawk on Saturday October 05, 2019 @10:32PM (#21169447)

I'm also guessing that the name 'heaviside' is a reference to the Heaviside step function. Which of course, looks like a vertical takeoff, and implies that this project is a "step function" in flying transportation, etc..It's a pretty great name.

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Re:Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside by semantics on Sunday October 06, 2019 @12:09AM (#21169773)

The function is named after the person.

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Re:Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside by darawk on Sunday October 06, 2019 @12:25AM (#21169821)

I realize that. I'm suggesting that they chose to name it after this person because of his association with the function, and it's evocations.

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