How to drive a tank
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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
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 SmithMarc 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:
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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
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blogNishant 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. :)
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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
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 Smithheh I remember that. Fun stuff. :)
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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
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 SmithIt 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
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 SmithI 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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heh I remember that. Fun stuff. :)
Once you wanted revolution
Now you're the institution
How's it feel to be the man?David Stone wrote:
heh I remember that. Fun stuff.
I thought you might. :) How's school/work going? Doing anything interesting? Marc
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 -
It was suicide by police... steal the tank knowing that is the only way they will truly stop you.
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
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 -
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
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 SmithThe police shot him - before one of the cars he flattened had someone in it. I feel for the police caught in that situation.
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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
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 SmithAt 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. :)
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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, 10/26/2001John, I could never see you living here in SD.
CodeProject: "I mean where else would you rather be pissed off?" - Jeremy Falcon
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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.
Here is a video of this event: http://index.hu/politika/belfold/1026t34es/[^]
