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AztecWarrior
2004-12-17, 06:12 PM
The Sequel: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041217/ap_on_re_us/school_strafed

DaShiznit
2004-12-17, 06:23 PM
So...it was an accident?

MattxMosh
2004-12-17, 06:28 PM
I saw that in the paper this morning.

Having the same trigger for two functions, that include one bringing death is a bad idea.

Ivan
2004-12-17, 06:30 PM
Microsoft design the controlls?

MattxMosh
2004-12-17, 06:44 PM
Microsoft design the controlls?

He got screwed by Sticky Keys.

martyr
2004-12-17, 06:45 PM
Microsoft design the controlls?

Apple, you mean?
http://user.icx.net/~richmond/rsr/mousetrap/macmouse.jpg

Wraithlord
2004-12-17, 06:50 PM
lol...this reminds me of the time some asshole in an F-18 flew over Grass Valley at 100feet off the deck during a street fair, everyone went hysterical, it was funny :D

martyr
2004-12-17, 06:53 PM
i feel like i would have remembered an f-18 strafing a fair - or google would. when did that happen? or was the fair not in grass valley?

edit: the grass valley airshow is prop-only

MrShooter
2004-12-17, 06:57 PM
Eight of the 2-inch lead rounds punched through the school's roof, knocking down ceiling tiles. At least one round struck a child's desk

Imagine quietly sitting in class, doing your work, then suddenly seeing a 20mm hole in your desk where your notebook was. :eek:

Firefly
2004-12-17, 06:58 PM
I've seen pilots routinely fly very low levels. My father's church in rural South Carolina was a massive red-brick structure that pilots used as a turn marker. Their Combat Air Control teams would set up in the parking lot, and the pilots would do low-level turns there. So pilots flying at low levels isn't a newsworthy event, where we come from.

martyr
2004-12-17, 07:02 PM
I've seen pilots routinely fly very low levels. My father's church in rural South Carolina was a massive red-brick structure that pilots used as a turn marker. Their Combat Air Control teams would set up in the parking lot, and the pilots would do low-level turns there. So pilots flying at low levels isn't a newsworthy event, where we come from.

right, but strafing fairs is usually newsworthy.

anyway, here's a fun pic of the holepunch he was using:
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/images/gun/air/m61/m-61a1_05.jpg

MrShooter
2004-12-17, 07:04 PM
anyway, here's a fun pic of the holepunch he was using:
http://www.combatindex.com/hardware/images/gun/air/m61/m-61a1_05.jpg

:eek: :eek:

Ivan
2004-12-17, 07:07 PM
right, but strafing fairs is usually newsworthy...
He didn�t say the F-18 was strafing the fair.

lol...this reminds me of the time some asshole in an F-18 flew over Grass Valley at 100feet off the deck during a street fair, everyone went hysterical, it was funny :D

Sputty
2004-12-17, 07:16 PM
Apple, you mean?
http://user.icx.net/~richmond/rsr/mousetrap/macmouse.jpg
OWNED
http://knollsoft.com/evil_mac.jpg

Baneblade
2004-12-17, 08:45 PM
Think what is must be like near Red Flag :P

martyr
2004-12-17, 10:57 PM
He didn�t say the F-18 was strafing the fair.

haha, oh, sometimes i suck at reading. i don't know why i was sure he said strafed. that woulda been much more exciting, anyway

AztecWarrior
2004-12-18, 12:30 AM
Think what is must be like near Red Flag :P
Safest place on earth. Step three miles away and every gas station and schoolhouse looks like Swiss Cheese.

Baneblade
2004-12-18, 08:48 PM
Safest place on earth. Step three miles away and every gas station and schoolhouse looks like Swiss Cheese.
omg dude, that is a Top gun joke. :lol:

PS: not the movie