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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/19/09

    In reply to NYU Tolerancemongers Attack Intolerance With Pie
    And here I thought nerds only cared about hair pie. The more you know . . .
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    Image of FitnessMadeSimple FitnessMadeSimple
    11/19/09

    In reply to NYU Tolerancemongers Attack Intolerance With Pie
    Oh, hey, good idea. Let's make a statement about how intolerant these folks are by being intolerant! And then we can put out a poorly-written press release about it!
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    Image of Sergio Hernandez Sergio Hernandez
    11/19/09

    In reply to NYU Tolerancemongers Attack Intolerance With Pie
    And of course it's the same group of Che Guevara wannabes who "occupied" the Kimmel dining hall last year.

    [gawker.com]

    Maybe they're angling for PETA jobs once they graduate. Infantile stunts and poorly written "press releases" are right up their alley.
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    Edited by Sergio Hernandez at 11/19/09 10:53 AM Sergio Hernandez was starred Sergio Hernandez was unstarred
    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/19/09

    In reply to NYU Tolerancemongers Attack Intolerance With Pie
    Well, I for one am proud to see kids from my alma mater spreading a solid message to the public.

    Oh, what's that? The message you intended to send wasn't "screw the hungry, because it's much more important that food be wasted in order to make an unrelated point and making signs that actually express our feelings are so passe, but hey, at least we showed that it's important to respect other people by showing total disrespect to these people"? Well then, better luck next time.
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    Image of oudemia oudemia
    11/19/09

    @DahlELama: Well, it isn't "food." It's a few squirts of Redi-Whip in a pie tin. But my guess is that this isn't your real objection.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    11/19/09

    @oudemia: Hey, if I've consumed it and called it a meal, it's food, but yes, your guess is correct.
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    Image of cocodevaux cocodevaux
    11/19/09

    @oudemia: ZOMG! that's not vegan! i demand that those students receive 100 lashes by twizzler!
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    Image of BettyCrocker BettyCrocker
    11/19/09

    In reply to NYU Tolerancemongers Attack Intolerance With Pie
    The event, entitled "The Jihad Still Threatens America," encouraged viscous Islamophobia and promoted aggressive military intervention in majority Muslim nations.

    It oozed? Who knew!?
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    Image of econdave econdave
    11/19/09

    @BettyCrocker: Seriously. Let this be a lesson to would-be radicals: proofread your press releases! Instead of looking like bad-ass revolutionaries, you just look like morons.
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    Edited by econdave at 11/19/09 11:23 AM econdave was starred econdave was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/19/09

    @econdave: Morons that throw like girls.
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    I've read the article Langewiesche wrote for VF, and Sully's right. It's really just the macguffin to sell the book and differentiate it from the others. Langewiesche really does know his stuff when it comes to technical aircraft details, but in fact this is WAY overplayed.

    Langewiesche is in love with the Daring Young Men in Their Flying Machines view of flying; a man, a stick, Death rides shotgun. #sully
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    Well, I haven't read the book, or Sully's, for that matter, but as anyone who has ever worked with anything automated knows, it's the human who makes the difference. The human sees subtleties that the computer can't, the human has experience the computer doesn't, and the human knows when something is going wrong with the automation and can compensate for it. Let's assume that the automation did 95% of the work in the "miracle" situation; the 5% that Sully handled is where having the right person mattered, and why Sully's cool professionalism makes him invaluable. #sully
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    I thought that multiple A320 pilots went on record saying that certain features of the automated cockpit made it more difficult to execute the maneuver as Sully did it. #sully
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    Plane-Loving Minutiae Boy vs. Big Clangin' Balls Guy

    In the ring, gents. #sully
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    There's no wire for keeping your cool, Billy. #sully
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    I am going to suggest that Sully landed in the river ***despite*** the automated pilot, and that the automated pilot was doing everything the hell it could to keep the plane from landing in the river #sully
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    Image of YG2012 YG2012
    11/16/09

    @If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Imagine off-roading with a GPS. #sully
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    Image of naugahydeinplainsight naugahydeinplainsight
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    Langewiesche seems to want it both ways, happy to stir up controversy but sort of mealy mouthed when the subject talks back. Now he tells the Times about the autopilot: "I don’t think its role is critical, but it was functioning, it’s part of the story."

    But the earlier Times' review of his book, which portrayed it as very dismissive of Sullenberger's role, includes this: But his actual control of Flight 1549, Mr. Langewiesche writes, was "less reflective of unusual skill." No knock against Sully, he suggests, but almost any decent pilot could have done it. Then there is the image of how the designers of the fly-by-wire system reached out across the years and cradled them all the way to the water. [www.nytimes.com]
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    Image of Mrs. Beeton Mrs. Beeton
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    Anyone seen those Sully at St. Jude commercials yet? He's like "I'm not a hero. These tiny children deciding to exist in spite of the constant horrible reality of their cancers are the heroes." But his humility just makes him a double-hero! #sully
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    Langewiesche probably gets his jollies telling kids the tooth fairy doesn't exist. #sully
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    Image of J. Henry Waugh J. Henry Waugh
    11/16/09

    In reply to Hero Pilot Smacks Down Fancy Book-Learnin' About Hero Plane!
    A book like this should be beneath Langewiesche, who is usually terrific. #sully
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    Image of ginger rant ginger rant
    11/16/09

    @J. Henry Waugh: My thoughts exactly. Maybe he's run out of smart-guy stuff to write about? #sully
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