Expedia Unconfirmed Flight Sucks!
I got the following message in my inbox from the kind folks at Expedia: We have received an unconfirmed response on your reservation. This means that the airline has not acknowledged the flight and/or...
View ArticleThis is not a Bomb, Boston
Reading about the poor MIT student who was recently arrested at submachine gunpoint on BoingBoing I saw a few comments that interested me enough to write a brief rebuttal. For example, comment #63 by...
View ArticlePlane on a Conveyor Belt Interview Question
I saw this physics interview question pop up on the internet, and thought it might be worth discussing: A plane is standing on a runway that can move (some sort of band conveyer). The plane moves in...
View ArticleIran’s Photoshopped Missiles
This is hilarious; Iran has apparently photoshopped an extra missile into the photograph they released to the press about their recent missile test: As news spread across the world of Iran’s...
View ArticlePlane Crash in Hudson River
US Airways Flight 1549 crashed in New York’s Hudson River today at 3:31 PM after suffering a “double bird strike” at 3,200 feet. The Airbus A320 was carrying 150 passengers, two pilots, and three...
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