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  1. Chilean aeronautics on Space Debris Narrowly Misses Airliner · · Score: 0

    ... I am not surprised ...

    Chilean pilots are very well training and Chilean society is all about covering your back; I know it because I am Chilean.

    Putting extra cameras around the plane... knowing my country, probably they bought one, they tear it apart and copied for 1/10 of the price so they put several more around the plane... probably attached with duck tape and some wires.

    And about being well trained pilots, there is yearly expo of aeronautics where different countries are invited. About 15 years ago (more or less, I am bad with dates), the USA brought the Hercules to display it. But the airport were it was supposed to land had a short runway, so they land it on the main international airport (we have only one), separate the wings from the body and transport it on trucks to the expo were it was assembled back (it was funny to see the plane in pieces on the main avenue). Next day, in the morning, the plane had disappeared; they were about to sound the alarm when it came happily landing. Turns out that there were a couple of Chilean pilots that like the plane but did not know the limitations with landing of something of that size, so they went for a joyride and brought it back. Because it was such embarrassing situation for the pilots (of both countries), they decided to keep it quiet. After this USA sold it for a low price to Chile (we have only 1 Hercules, this one). I got to know this story because I was dating the daughter of one of the techs that worked in the base were the expo was done that year.

    And missing something for 5 miles when you are traveling at more than 500mph and please remember that airplanes cannot drift on the air; it is a close call

  2. Re:Welcome to slashdot on Organism Survives 100 Million Years Without Sex · · Score: 0

    is it Raid 5? it would be interesting from a STD point of view to see the sick one being rebuild by the other two. And being able to use the other 2 at the same time... and even maybe with the same... ok... looks like I haven't had sex in 100m years.

  3. Then the best ide is .... on Q&A With James Gosling, Father of Java · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If you come up with a good software development tool, that makes life easier for the developers and they can get their job done quicker, then the first thing the manager says is 'oh you've got free time on your hands. Do this extra thing'." ... and that is why I still program in assembler and I use notepad.

  4. Re:"Do No Harm" on Google's Silent Monopoly · · Score: 1

    was suspecting that my doctor was evil... specially because of the bills

  5. Re:This is disingenuous Media spin on What's the Problem With US High Schools? · · Score: 1

    GOOD!, In a free market economy, you HAVE to be competitive, so that right there is a good reason for not dropping high school in the dream that a low income job will sustain them. Is a though world out there and they need to realize that they need to be well prepared.

  6. Re:This is disingenuous Media spin on What's the Problem With US High Schools? · · Score: 1

    MEN!, I know that what you said will hurt the American ego, but you hit the nail right in the center. The worse part of it is not the fact that this is the truth, but that it hurts people's feelings so bad that they will not do anything about it except blame the goverment for not protecting them and their laziness.