From: Daniel Mandic on 9 Oct 2006 21:58 JoeBloe wrote: > On 10 Oct 2006 00:52:56 GMT, "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at> > Gave us: > > > > > Who cares about that? Bill Gates might also top post.... > > > But he doesn't, dipshit. He is much longer in Usenet than you. Best Regards, Daniel Mandic
From: John Larkin on 9 Oct 2006 22:06 On Mon, 09 Oct 06 12:32:44 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >In article <05cii2p4fh1u08166gal2omfh5t8tasdc1(a)4ax.com>, > John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 09:37:07 -0400, krw <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote: >> >>> >>>Nice _guesses_, but how is that relevant? How many died in car >>>accidents? How many from cancer? How is throwing Foley in the can >>>(which is where he should be) help your 88,000? >> >>I don't think Foley actually commited a crime. Apparently he >>text-messaged some former House pages who were over the age of >>consent. > >16? > Yes, 16 in DC. John
From: JoeBloe on 9 Oct 2006 22:10 On 10 Oct 2006 01:58:32 GMT, "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at> Gave us: >JoeBloe wrote: > >> On 10 Oct 2006 00:52:56 GMT, "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at> >> Gave us: >> >> > >> > Who cares about that? Bill Gates might also top post.... >> > >> But he doesn't, dipshit. > > >He is much longer in Usenet than you. > His first post was earlier. He doesn't use it at all now, and hasn't for years, so NO, he is NOT longer in Usenet than I, you clueless twit.
From: joseph2k on 9 Oct 2006 22:19 Eeyore wrote: > > > John Fields wrote: > >> And, generally, speaking, airliners don't stray miles away from >> their flight paths > > What gave you the idea it had ? > >> and do respond when contacted by the military. >> >> To not do so _is_ madness. > > It did ! > > Reading a bit more..... > > " When Carlson [commanding officer of the USS Sides which was nearby] > concluded that the Vincennes was referring to IR655 when making its > warning to turn away or receive fire ( on a military frequency only - my > comment ) he urgently warned IR655 on a civilian freqency that it was in > danger, having been mistaken for a military craft and should turn away. > IR655 immediately complied and changed course onto a trajectory away from > the Vincennes. The Vincennes fired regardless. " > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655#Independent_sources > > Graham It is wise to be thoughtful about information in publically editable documents. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller
From: joseph2k on 9 Oct 2006 22:23
T Wake wrote: > > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:452A6294.FC8DD10B(a)hotmail.com... >> >> >> T Wake wrote: >> >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>> > John Fields wrote: >>> > >>> >> And, generally, speaking, airliners don't stray miles away from >>> >> their flight paths >>> > >>> > What gave you the idea it had ? >>> > >>> >> and do respond when contacted by the military. >>> >> >>> >> To not do so _is_ madness. >>> > >>> > It did ! >>> > >>> > Reading a bit more..... >>> > >>> > " When Carlson [commanding officer of the USS Sides which was nearby] >>> > concluded that >>> > the Vincennes was referring to IR655 when making its warning to turn >>> > away >>> > or receive >>> > fire ( on a military frequency only - my comment ) he urgently warned >>> > IR655 on a >>> > civilian freqency that it was in danger, having been mistaken for a >>> > military craft and >>> > should turn away. IR655 immediately complied and changed course onto a >>> > trajectory away >>> > from the Vincennes. The Vincennes fired regardless. " >>> > >>> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655#Independent_sources >>> >>> I never noticed that. Makes things a bit gloomier. >>> >>> For me personally, the purpose of this branch of the debate is not to >>> seek >>> closure on the incident but to highlight the "world image" problem that >>> America suffers from. >> >> Quite so and I find it truly amazing that seemingly well-educated >> engineers >> should still find no error with this kind of behaviour. >> > > > Well, that is engineers for you.......................... Actually it is better described as lack of timely, reliable information. All militaries are prone to this. -- JosephKK Gegen dummheit kampfen die Gotter Selbst, vergebens. --Schiller |