Re: A List of One.
- From: Neredbojias <http://www.neredbojias.com/fliam.php?cat=alt.html>
- Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:26:06 -0400
To further the education of mankind, Jose <teacherjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
declaimed:
Did you ever think that so-called smart people
are stupid people with exceptional focus?
Snarfed for my quote list.
Hehe, here's one of my favorite narratives related to the subject extant.
A helicopter was flying around above Seattle yesterday when an electrical
malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and
communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot could not
determine the helicopter's position and course to steer to the
airport. The pilot saw a tall building, flew toward it, circled, drew a
hand-written sign, and held it in the helicopter's window. The pilot's sign
read "WHERE AM I?" in large letters. People in the tall building quickly
responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a building
window. Their sign read "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER." The pilot smiled, waved,
looked at his map, determined the course to steer to SEATAC
airport, and landed safely. After they were on the ground, the copilot
asked the pilot how the "YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER" sign helped
determine their position. The pilot responded "I knew that had to be the
MICROSOFT building because, similar to their help-lines, they gave
me a technically correct but completely useless answer."
--
Neredbojias
Infinity can have limits.
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