:-) It’s good to have an appreciative audience, Bob ;-)
Chris
> On 22 Sep 2015, at 19:38, Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> You go, Chief Constable! An excellent definition/example.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 1:14 AM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto: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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