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JCC The Airline Disaster Thread

Discussion in 'Community' started by Coruscant, Mar 7, 2014.

  1. I Are The Internets

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    And the Assassins and the Templars. Pretty sure the Reapers and the Geth are behind it too.
     
  2. Eeth-my-Koth

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  3. Arawn_Fenn

    Arawn_Fenn Chosen One star 7

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    At this point CNN should really just change its name to WTPC ( Where's The Plane Channel ).

    I mean, it's getting ridiculous. I actually want Russia to invade more **** just to break the monotony.
     
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  4. yankee8255

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    It's a shame Hervé Villechaize died several years ago for when they finally find it.
     
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  5. Rew

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  6. halibut

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    Have they tried "Find My iPhone" yet?
     
  7. Diggy

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    It's unlikely the plane is in range of a phone tower, and if it is, the phones are not likely to have power by this point.
     
  8. Rogue_Ten

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    mods please merge thread with "wacky news"
     
  9. I Are The Internets

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    Your plane is dead son. Accept it.
     
  10. VadersLaMent

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  11. Sarge

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    All y'all have been totally drinking the mainstream media kool aid. The truth is crystal clear to those of us in the know: the non-Euclidean geometry of the plane's course is obviously the work of the Old Ones.
     
  12. Jabba-wocky

    Jabba-wocky Chosen One star 10

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    Erm.

    Most airplanes use non-Euclidean geometry. We don't live on a flat plane. We live on a sphere. Great arcs are the shortest distance between two points.
     
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  13. Lord Vivec

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    I'm sorry Ramza but no one here wants your math.
     
  14. Sarge

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    [​IMG]
     
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  15. Sarge

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    That one is at least half plausible. Still, it would have to be one heck of an electrical fire to keep them from sending out some kind of distress signal before they went down. With a plane full of passengers, calling for help is one of the most basic of the top three priorities in an aerial emergency: aviate, navigate, communicate.


    Everybody knows how important it is to call for help.
    [​IMG]
     
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  16. Kyle Katarn

    Kyle Katarn Force Ghost star 6

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    Yakuza is the Japanese mafia. Castro can't do diddly squat except mutter "I had jell-o today..." and zombie JFK is too busy getting it on with zombie Marilyn Monroe.
     
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  17. Juliet316

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    Some news outlets are floating the theory that the hypothetical hijackers decompressed the oxygen on the plane and killed the passengers before taking the plane to prevent people from calling/texting for help.
     
  18. jp-30

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    Thanks for sharing.
     
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  19. Arawn_Fenn

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  20. Juliet316

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    Can we just all agree that the Malaysian Govt. looks like the most incompetent thing on the planet with the way their handling this right now?
     
  21. Kyle Katarn

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    Because the thousands of cell towers in the middle of the ocean would have made it too easy.
     
  22. dp4m

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    Guys on the phone thing, the Malaysian airlines planes (or these versions) are apparently equipped with a satellite device allowing calls that way (or so I have read). So, while all of the jokes about cell towers are funny and all, it may not be that relevant... :p
     
  23. Harpua

    Harpua Chosen One star 9

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    How many hours per day do you spend staring at a screen? Include TV, tablet, and computer. I think I remember you saying something about sleeping with the TV on.
     
  24. The Loyal Imperial

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    Maybe, but given the extraordinary nature of the situation, I'm not sure many other countries would be able to do much better.
     
  25. Kyle Katarn

    Kyle Katarn Force Ghost star 6

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    Those are satellite phones, different technology, and much more expensive than a cell phone.