You go, Chief Constable! An excellent definition/example.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:14 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sigh (again :-))
>
> “Floating” is the action of a buoyant object, for instance, on the surface
> of a liquid. To describe something as "floating in front of my face", such
> as an apparition or a feather in breeze, is a figurative use of the word,
> not literal.
>
> So the HUD is there, but it’s not “floating” in the literal sense of the
> word.
>
> Chris
>
>
> > On 22 Sep 15, at 02:27, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Why not, Chris? Are you saying that the graphical information in the HUD
> of
> > your fighter aircraft is just figuratively there?
>
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