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Cartoons About Air Travel
Fudge.Org sent us a nice
and timely little link to
Air Toons, a reasonably odd cartoon
site about air travel. I'm jittery enough about air travel as is, I didn't
need this. Anyhoo, Hemos & I are leaving in a few minutes for
San Jose & LinuxWorld, so everyone ease off on the mail. We'll
be reporting live (well, as "Live" as Slashdot gets
anyway) from the Expo Floor assuming we don't crash.
well thats all a bit zany isn't it..
-ftc
I'm a nerd. This is not news and it definitely doesn't matter.
I am truly insulted. This link was the worst I've seen on slashdot to date. If this shit keeps up, I'll have to go elsewhere to keep my interest piqued.
Long Dong Silver
c==============3
...I'm not in the cockpit, left seat.
Nerds who fly, exercising intelect and skill in realtime with consequences.
Of course I'm generalizing, and I'm sure if you pay enough you can get a nice flight within the US as well.. ;) But having to pay for headsets to watch the in flight movie? And having to pay for almost anything else? Or is it only United Airlines that is that crappy?
But then I might just be spoiled by the standard on the carriers I usually use from Europe (British Airways, Lufthansa, SAS)
I think he was refering to the plane crashing.. :P
...collective RtmArk project????
so, which money grabbing corporate shithead of an airline deserves the attention... BTW, that's a rethorical question.
that was pretty stupid.
its intellect
I wonder if a pilot ever got bored during one of those very long flights, decided to just give the yoke a good yank, and get on the intercom and announce his apology for the turbulance we are experiencing.
In my previous life, I was not just the pilot, I was also a customer too!
If you hate this site so much, why do you keep visiting it? You've posted 20+ comments recently, and you continue to bitch about how much slashdot sucks. So why do you keep using it? You're exactly like those Sprite commericals which claim all other commericals suck. You should have something better to do than bitch about how much slashdot sucks -- and if not, at least complain somewhere else other than perpetuating what you think sucks. A better thing to do would be to start a site that is a "real news site" with some "journalism".
eat me! it's news and it's fuckin funny.
you can fuck off. the site is funny and you have no sense of humor and can suck a fat dick.
More people will be killed this year due to heartattacks during heated passionate bathroom quickies than actual plane crashes.
Crashnot. News for pilots. Flaps that chatter. There oughta be a site devoted the culture clash in the skies. People who have been working the skies too long versus people who have been flying too long.
Was that your flight stick, or were you just happy to fly me?
Your stupid comments are a waste of my very limited bandwidth. :)
The last guy was right, if you hate it so much here why do you come?? Stop bitching and start your own 'news for nerds' site if this one isn't good enough for you.
You clicked on the link, you dolt. If it's a waste of bandwith you only have yourself to blame.
OK, you lost a relative in a plane accident. How many relatives, friends, etc have you lost in *car* accidents?
I can think of a couple acquaintences that were killed in car accidents, none from commercial planes.
A friend of my brother's was killed in a private plane accident. Hurt some people on the ground, too, if I'm not mistaken.
Rob, this might be a good (though admittedly morbid) topic for a slashdot survey, since you're obviously scraping the bottom of the bucket for ideas for those anyway.
mikebat@inficad.com
Did you notice the ALT tags on the second page?
Rob works his ass off for all of us, it's his site, and he can post what he damn well pleases. Nobody's forcing you to follow every single link on Slashdot. If you do, it's because 99% of the time, Rob's editorial judgement is right up your alley, so shaddup already.
Here is the tale of an evil flight attendant.
Maybe so, but simply propability wise you are more likely to get killed if you get in a car and drive somewhere once than if you get in a plane and fly somewhere once. Why can't people except that air travel is SAFE. It's just about the safest possible way to travel. The reason everyone is afraid of it is because of a pure animal instinct that is fear of flight. Logic has nothing to do with it.
Who needs you, faggot
US Domestic Economy is called "Cattle Class" for a reason. And it's mostly the pax fault. People let themselves get treated like cattle so they are. The only decent way to fly CONUS anymore is in Business or First. Just about every other airline outside the US treats even economy pax as human beings and their Business/Exec/First put US airlines to shame.
why thank you for the thought... ISTR a usenet post to alt.tasteless not so long ago illustrating the thought for the imaginatively impaired... wish I had the nads to post it
http://www.airtoons.com/15.html
:)
I also think it has some relevance here as well
Some of the links were just fine, like this one. I however could have done without some of the p0rn humor of the other links.
BTW real men (and women!) pilot private planes. And most with half a brain will not fly during any bad weather, unlike most airlines (of course most private planes are mere gnats compared to a Boeing 7x7 or an L-1011).
I used to fly all the time as a consultant, and loved it. Till last year coming back from Brazil we hit a pocket of turbulence so bad it put the stewardesses on the roof and caused the air masks to pop down. The luggage in the overhead compartments was all over the place.
Granted, this is rare, but once you fly enough you'll learn to not take it for granted. A 767 getting bumped around like a private charter jet is unsettling, indeed.
I'm a bit less naive after that experience. But I'll agree air travel is safer than auto travel. The idiots on the road will kill you faster than any jumbo jet...
That toon was only added well after the site was linked to by slashdot (I wonder if he means *MS-Windows*?! :).
you're stupid. fuck you.
Behold, the intelligence level of the typical fan.
but seriously, numbers are great, better when they are backed up. more people will die from analrape at the zoo ...
Two of the people who died in the crash of the Valujet crash were relatives of my wife. Commercial airline travel is substantially safer per mile travelled than automobile travel, but less safe than bus travel or train travel.
I did get on a plane within two days of them dying, anyway.
Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.
My aunt died in a plane crash last year. They're not as hypothetical as you might think.
More people will be killed by Donkeys this year then will be killed by planes
Damn it people... If the PLANE doesn't crash...
heh. amusing. *rolls eyes*
dave
:wq
leave a few nice color copies of these toons bundled in with the promo stuff in the seats to humor the next round of folks!
Oh c'mon - not only is air travel safe, but it can be nice. And this is coming from a software consultant who hasn't been home for a full week since maybe December.
... Paris here I come) and getting lots of nice, free food.
:)
But truth be told, the best thing about business trips is staying in nice hotels (Marriott, of course - gotta love Marriott Rewards
Well, free for me, after I'm reimbursed.
-matt
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Wha? TV & Movie Theme Songs? Oh yeah....
Two months in Madrid?
:)
A lot of people, myself included, wouldn't mind that *AT ALL*.
Especially since my girlfriend is currently there.
-matt
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Wha? TV & Movie Theme Songs? Oh yeah....
ROB! What are you thinking?!
MySQL might die horribly, but linux and apache will keep chugging along.
And I'd be happy for a few hours of silence from the ACs myself...
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But satisfying. I liked it for the way it lampoons the corporate/instructional toon in general.
:)
It would be interesting to see someone give this sort of treatment to those moronic TV & Stereo manual cartoons we all know and loathe. (picture the generic little weeblo getting fried by a poorly grounded antenna?
~Grell
Net postings: Demonstrating the lack of quality psychotherapy in the
world...
...when it gets down to fundamentals, do what you have to do and shed no tears. Dr. Matson in Tunnel in the Sky
Although a specific incident itself (accidents, a loved one dying etc.) is not something to joke about, I do not think that there is anything wrong with finding humor in general of flying (to pick a topic), and the details accompanying them. But, would anyone complain about people joking about airline food? One could pipe up and say "My mother died eating airline food, so don't insult her."
This was about the "instructional booklet found in the seat pocket in front of you", not about the TWA flight 800, or the Swissair crash in Nova Scotia. Jokes about _them_ are in bad taste.
Besides, if we had to check with our Handbook of Political Correctness (I think it's being revised and reprinted once daily), we'd be running around merely stating facts:
"This bowl is blue"
"I ate breakfast this morning".
Also, big deal if Rob goes "off topic" every once and a while. I think he can do this every few hundred posts, since _he_ provides this site to _us_. If you want to deal with computers only, read an O'Reilly book.
"Posessing a degree in science does not necessarily make one a scientist"
The first of the two things that the people were complaining about was the article itself, which was a link to the cartoons. I addressed that in the last paragraph of my origional comment. The second complaint was about the link itself. If you read through the comments, you'll find that they are also complaining about the cartoons themselves. I address both points.
There was also a comment that stated that the scenario of an airplane accident can actually happen. I interpreted that comment to be condemning the cartoons because of that point, which caused _me_ deem it PC.
It's up to you about what you find funny and not
funny, and that's your own opinion. Other people also have their opinions, and might find the toons
enjoyable. i don't want to be compared to Lary Flynt here, but if you don't like it, don't click on it.
"Posessing a degree in science does not necessarily make one a scientist"
I stand corrected!
I think you summmed up my point quite well.
"Posessing a degree in science does not necessarily make one a scientist"
I needed a good laugh after smashing my car last night, that helped.
-matt
See the big foot w/ the "It's funny, laugh" comment. It's funny, laugh. I know I did.
-matt
your statement "this bowl is blue" is politically incorrect. I am color blind and cannot see the color blue.
your statement "I ate breakfast this morning" is politically incorrect. I am poor and cannot afford to eat breakfast.
I think my point is that it's damned near impossible to be 100% politically correct.
-matt
You are insulted and your signature is "Long Dong Silver" with an ascii art of a penis? I find it funny. Maybe you don't. Should /. run every article past you first?
-matt
If you hate /. so much stop reading it. Most of your recent posts have been complaining about slashdot. No one is forcing you to come here.
-matt
Why not use IBM's DB2 for Linux? You can either download it or have IBM send you a CD...
--jon. Postel is dead. May we all mourn his, and our, loss.
Looks like the /. effect has gotten us special mention in a new airtoon, how quaint ;-). Now there is no question that it matters!
Please do not kick out windows just because you're mad about a slashdot link.
http://www.airtoons.com/15.html
- Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
... have you believe.
More people will die THIS WEEKEND
Most sigs are dumb. This is one of them.
... have you believe.
More people will die THIS WEEKEND in car accidents than will die in plane crashes all year.
Most sigs are dumb. This is one of them.
We are all nerds. Or else we wouldn't be here. But even nerds need to laugh. And cry. And ..... Nevermind. Point is: LIGHTEN UP!
Linux: Because rebooting is for adding new hardware.
Actually, I kinda liked those sprite commercials :-)
But for the rest, your completely right.
QuMa
didn't you know this isnt a real news site, because it contains 0% journalism?
he who has the fastest cart always has the best lie.