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New Supersonic Jet Test Less Than Successful
saberwolf writes "The BBC is reporting in this story that the first test of Japan's supersonic jet didn't go quite as planned when it crashed into the ground seconds after takeoff on its test rig. It looks like a successor to the world's only supersonic passenger jet, Concorde (built jointly by the British and French in the 1960s) is still some way off." Reuters has more pictures.
If people were around shooting photos the first time one of my programs were run, the carnage would make this look like child's play. Why would you want to publicize your first tests of anything?!?
What's your damage, Heather?
I wonder what it sounds like to hear 100 Japanese rocket scientists screaming "Doh!" at the same time...
it took the European plane decades to achieve this level of carnage.
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You want the truthiness? You can't handle the truthiness!
In related news, Pentagon officials at a hastily called press conference announced a successful test of the National Missile Defense system. The scheduling of this test was not publicized in advance due to concerns about terrorism. An anonymous DoD source stated that, "Ahhh, that was our test. We finally got it to work. No wait, in fact we have had many successful secret tests. Yeah, that's the ticket!"
Miko O'Sullivan
Who else snaps to attention, throws a Nazi salute, and yells 'Sieg Hiel' when a Beetle drives by?
It sure annoys the hippies driving it.
That's because they waste all that time doing that silly math n' stuff. If they would only have hired the Rocket Man, who doesn't bother with those things, then everything would have been OK.
(* The kangaroo was later interviewed and said "F***ing humans, can't you just walk??" and then repeatedly kicked the reporter in the nuts. *)
Stupid kangaroo doesn't know anything about human anatomy. The reporter was female.
Table-ized A.I.