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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
Picked up my graduation ring and went out for lunch with my mother (played hookie) and saw it on CNN in the restaurant. We thought it was a movie... Edit: I also saw the second plane go in live. I think I remember saying something along the lines of 'no way..'
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
i was tired, so bunked by university and was sleeping at my home. but the news woke me up, first i thought there must b small incident, i called every1 and all were busy watching wats happened on tv. it sounded me like 3rd world war has started and i was, eye to eye on tv, didnt took a glimse and just watched and watched......
Ravie Busie Coding is my birth-right and bugs are part of feature my code has!
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
I had been flying home that morning. I landed around 6 am, went home and got a few hours sleep. When I got up I made some breakfast and stuck the TV on. Just in time to see the second plane hit. It made it all the more real having only just got off a plane myself.
Simon
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
At college, oversleeping. I woke about 10:45 for an 11:00 class giving me just enough time to put on clean clothes before running off to my history and philosophy of science lecture. After giving both news and misinformation, eg 8 more hijacked A/C still airborn (WTF was the airforce?!), the prof blathered about how nothing would ever be the same for 20 minutes until classes were officially cancelled much to everyones relief. At 42 stories the building we were in was the tallest in the area outside of downtown Pittsburgh.
The latest nation. Procrastination.
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
No idea really... The only affect it had on us here in South Africa was everyone talking about it. For us, it's the equivalent of "Suicide Bomber destroys Eiffel Tower" - Sure everyone in France will remember it vividly, but it won't directly affect the rest of the world... I'm not trying to be emotionless here, I'm just stating a fact :<
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We should all adopt the Japanese style, it is so much more sensible: YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS Just googled it to confirm I wasn't talking b*llocks (my japanese ex-girlfriend told me originally) and it turns out this is also the international standard - ISO8601[^] - how many people actually knew there was one?
No trees were harmed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were slightly inconvenienced. This message is made of fully recyclable Zeros and Ones
But, if you don't trim the right number of milliseconds of the Japanese datetime, isn't it poisonous?
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
I was in high school 12th class. i was simply drunk and having chilled beer... i wasnt aware of this incedent... just was wid a beauty, having my best day... --suresh lingam (i dont hav id, so writing frm my friend's id)
Ravie Busie Coding is my birth-right and bugs are part of feature my code has!
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
I had just flown home from offshore, still didn't know it had happened, arrived in the house and checked my emails and there was an email from a mate, which basically said, 'wtf is going on with this world, planes flying into buildings!' I thought he was having a wierd moment. Turned on the telly and saw all hell breaking loose. it was a very sureal moment.
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
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I had just flown home from offshore, still didn't know it had happened, arrived in the house and checked my emails and there was an email from a mate, which basically said, 'wtf is going on with this world, planes flying into buildings!' I thought he was having a wierd moment. Turned on the telly and saw all hell breaking loose. it was a very sureal moment.
Dave Who am I?: http://www.bebo.com/daveauld/ or http://www.dave-auld.net/
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
Would you believe in a urologist office getting a stint out.
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
I heard about it on the way to work. Ended up in the head of IT's office watching coverage on CNN. At about ten, his boss walked past and told us all to "Get Back to Work." What an asshole. (He later became my boss and confirmed my suspicions. He's still the dumbest functioning person I've ever met and the biggest jerk I ever worked for.)
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Ironically, I was writing air traffic control software. A few weeks prior, there was an accident where someone had crashed a Cessna into a building or something like that. So, when I walked down the hall and was told that a plane had crashed into the WTC I made an offhand comment about how drunk college kids shouldn't be allowed to fly airplanes. One of the guys in the warehouse scrounged up a small TV, and we spent much of the afternoon circling by it. My boss was on the road with some FAA business and when we talked to him his comment was, "Yeah, not likely I'll be back to the office today." I recall it being a very surreal experience. It really took several days for the fog of the event to clear, which seemed to be common to all the people I spoke with. We all instantly knew we would be going to war but as it turns out, wars don't work quite like they used to.
Christopher Duncan www.PracticalUSA.com Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes Copywriting Services
Christopher Duncan wrote:
wars don't work quite like they used to
Ironically, I don't believe they ever have or will :sigh:.
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
I was getting ready to leave for work. Then I switched on TV and watched news on CNN. Then I settled on the sofa for sometime and watched the 2nd plane hitting the second tower. :(( Initially I thought the first plane was accident and but when I watched the second one hit the tower then I realized something was off. After that I went to work, where everybody was talking about the accident (not attack). Around 11 am or so, our boss told everybody to evacuate building. (We were in 11th floor). Our building was designed by same guy who designed the WTC. http://www.believermag.com/issues/200811/?read=article_taylor[^] For few months, I had bad day dreams when I drove past our office. Like I look up the car window, I had visions that plane is hitting for our building.
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So what were you doing 8 years ago ? Must be one of the few occasions one knows exactly what he did on a precise day so far in the past. For me, it begun as a normal internship day. Ended up in front of the TV.
Studying for my college exams.
Cheers, Vikram. (Cracked not one CCC, but two!)
