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    Pete OHanlon
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    I so want to do this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6087830.stm[^]

    Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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      I so want to do this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6087830.stm[^]

      Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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      Marc Clifton
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      Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

      Thyme In The Country

      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
      There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
      People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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        Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

        Thyme In The Country

        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
        People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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        Nish Nishant
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        Marc Clifton wrote:

        He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which.

        Well, it had to be a bullet - I don't see much chance of him having got killed in a head-on collision with a vehicle (unless other people were driving around in tanks too). :rolleyes:

        Regards, Nish


        Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
        Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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          Marc Clifton wrote:

          He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which.

          Well, it had to be a bullet - I don't see much chance of him having got killed in a head-on collision with a vehicle (unless other people were driving around in tanks too). :rolleyes:

          Regards, Nish


          Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
          Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog

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          El Corazon
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          Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

          unless other people were driving around in tanks too

          tanks hitting tanks just break treads... though you get major whiplash even at 10mph you stop suddenly when two tanks hit, 10mph to 0mph in 0 seconds is a lot of innertia. Plus the insides aren't designed for comfort. just remote control them, that way you don't have to worry. :)

          _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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            Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

            Thyme In The Country

            People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
            There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
            People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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            David Stone
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            heh I remember that. Fun stuff. :)

            Once you wanted revolution
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              Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

              Thyme In The Country

              People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
              There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
              People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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              It was suicide by police... steal the tank knowing that is the only way they will truly stop you.

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                Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

                Thyme In The Country

                People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                realJSOP
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                I was living in san diego when that happened. The cops shot him after he got high-centered on a concrete highway divider on Highway 5.

                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                  heh I remember that. Fun stuff. :)

                  Once you wanted revolution
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                  How's it feel to be the man?

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                  Marc Clifton
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                  David Stone wrote:

                  heh I remember that. Fun stuff.

                  I thought you might. :) How's school/work going? Doing anything interesting? Marc

                  Thyme In The Country

                  People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                  There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                  People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                    It was suicide by police... steal the tank knowing that is the only way they will truly stop you.

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                    Dan Neely
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                    I have to disagree. If the moron didn't get stuck by not knowing what he was doing the police had no way to stop him from entering the downtown area and inflicting massive damage and casualties by driving over occupied vehicles. For that matter, if he knew what he was doing the concrete barrior wouldn't've stopped him from crossing into opposing traffic to begin killing on the highway itself. Once he got stuck he had almost as little chance of surrendering as as cop killer but only his stupidity gave the cops the opportunity in the first place.

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                      Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

                      Thyme In The Country

                      People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                      There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                      People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                      Karell
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                      The police got the top hatch open, when they asked him to surrender he didn't listen and kept on trying to dislodge the tank, the officer on top of the hatch then shot him.

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                        Remember the guy that stole a tank from an Army depot (I think) in San Diego? Drove it up the highway (163?) until he broke a tread running into the cement barrier. He died, BTW--either he shot himself or the cops shot him, don't remember which. Marc

                        Thyme In The Country

                        People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                        There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                        People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                        Lost User
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                        The police shot him - before one of the cars he flattened had someone in it. I feel for the police caught in that situation.

                        The tigress is here :-D

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                          David Stone wrote:

                          heh I remember that. Fun stuff.

                          I thought you might. :) How's school/work going? Doing anything interesting? Marc

                          Thyme In The Country

                          People are just notoriously impossible. --DavidCrow
                          There's NO excuse for not commenting your code. -- John Simmons / outlaw programmer
                          People who say that they will refactor their code later to make it "good" don't understand refactoring, nor the art and craft of programming. -- Josh Smith

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                          At school, I'm making an XQuery interpreter in Java. Also, taking a crash course in OCaml, Python, Prolog, and other eccentric languages. (The last OCaml assignment was pretty darn cool[^]. We had to write an implementation of OCaml in OCaml. Which was difficult...but incredibly fun and interesting.) At work, I'm working on ADAM (Active Directory Application Mode) and getting our production system's Name and Address File (which sucks) into it, so we can have a clean, hierarchical, well-organized, easy to maintain customer/employee database. :)

                          Once you wanted revolution
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                            I was living in san diego when that happened. The cops shot him after he got high-centered on a concrete highway divider on Highway 5.

                            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
                            -----
                            "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                            John, I could never see you living here in SD.


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                              I so want to do this. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6087830.stm[^]

                              Arthur Dent - "That would explain it. All my life I've had this strange feeling that there's something big and sinister going on in the world." Slartibartfast - "No. That's perfectly normal paranoia. Everybody in the universe gets that." Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

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                              Peter Somos
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                              Here is a video of this event: http://index.hu/politika/belfold/1026t34es/[^]

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