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    Image of DefineStatutory DefineStatutory
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    Thank God...I've been trying to find the little man in the boat for years.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    06/10/09

    @DefineStatutory: Thank you for at least searching for him. I feared he was lost at sea.
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    Image of Ibelieveinsandwitches Ibelieveinsandwitches
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    Its not about size, its about the motion of the ocean.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    @Ibelieveinsandwitches: but it's not even ocean.
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    06/10/09

    @Nick: All the better. Makes your dinghy seem HUGE!
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    Wtf? How are those things as expensive as Ferraris? Sure they are limited production, etc. but still - $250,000?
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    Image of Mr.HandsomePrettyFace Mr.HandsomePrettyFace
    06/10/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: most of the cost comes from getting them out of the bottle
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    06/10/09

    @Mr.HandsomePrettyFace: Hah! All I can say is, they'd better have darn good ass-warmers for the driver.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    Oh, and to answer your requests for shots from that episode of the Simpsons:
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    Wasn't this also from a Naked Gunn movie? I know they featured something similar as a Captain Hazelwood joke.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    oh noes. billy spilled his drink in the channel. look out for the ice berrrggggsssss
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    For the final course in the test, they should have midgets speed up across their bow and take siege.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    06/10/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: i believe those are french pilots. that part of the course is skipped.
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    Image of Logan5 Logan5
    06/10/09

    In reply to Tiny Adorable Oil Tanker Makes Pilots Better Trained, Slightly Awkward
    Ha Ha!
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    06/10/09

    @Logan5: It's the largest auto that he can afford.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    04/10/09

    In reply to Sprint Employee Training Suggests Palm Pre's Launch Is Imminent?
    Do real people care about the Pre, or just geeks like us?
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    03/06/09

    In reply to Suicide Bomber Training Vest in the Works
    Rules of engagement only apply when everyone is into the rules of engagement thing.


    Otherwise all bets are off and you better be sharp or die.


    Sorry...it's war.

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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    03/06/09

    @strider_mt2k: My dad told me the only fair fight is the one the loser said he was involved in. As a DCI agent, he said that the fight you should be in is one that you are fighting to win. If that involves kicking them in the nuts, or punching them in the throat, do it. You can deal with the derision from others while you back in the glory of your win.


    Same goes for war. Its difficult to comfort the victims of a dirty bomb by telling them we could have stopped it, but do to the rules of engagement, we just couldn't pull the trigger.


    On point the the vest above, I hope they don't have it clearly marked where the good places to shoot are that don't set off the bomb, otherwise if the bad guys get a hold of the plans, they will just put a special little trip switch there that we will be sure to shoot, thus setting off the bomb.

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    Image of KEVINMC KEVINMC
    03/06/09

    In reply to Suicide Bomber Training Vest in the Works
    This is cool and all, but until they can simulate sharks with lasers on their heads, the US military will not be trained sufficiently to take out rich, industrial megalomaniac type terrorists. That's where the real risk is.
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/06/09

    @KEVINMC: I thought the biggest threat to the US was bears.
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    Image of blue4130 blue4130
    10/31/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    You missed the key points.


    Things that are rude here (in China) are not taboo.


    Pissing in the street

    a$$l3ess pants on kids so they can crap in the street

    spitting

    basically expelling any bodily fluid

    cutting in line

    starring


    should I continue?

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @blue4130: So long as it ain't on my shoe, it's cool. It'll make a heck of a conversation when you get back home....provided you don't live there.
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    Image of Acerbus Letalis Acerbus Letalis
    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    I'm never going to China.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/30/08

    @takashimiike 7 aka Dl33t: People I know who've gone there tell me they've all had a good time.
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    Image of LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M LindsayJoy's MBP is into S+M
    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    I totally understand this. When I was getting my MBA I we were all required to take an international business class to better understand foreign cultures.


    For example, the etiquitte of presenting a business card in most asian countries by preforming with a small bow with the card gripped with to hands and facing the reader's directions.


    They always told us to assume there was much more to understanding the proper behavior expected in a foreign country.


    I guess this article would be part of the "much more" they were talkin' about!

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    Image of Eric1285 Eric1285
    10/30/08

    In reply to Things Virtual Reality China Will Not Prep You For (And What You Can Do Instead)
    Nothing will prepare you for the sea of people. Get ready to fight for the right to get onto a subway train. Oh, and even though there are people everywhere, apparently they take offense if you accidentally bump into them while you're in a hurry. This happened to me in one of the subway stations and the guy who I bumped into actually chased me down and put his hand on my shoulder to try and spin me around and confront me. After being shouted at in angry Chinese (I speak mandarin, but I have a difficult understanding people who are shouting and I don't know very many of the nastier words) I pushed him aside and turned away. He comes after me again, and I strongly consider just wailing on him to teach him a lesson, since I'm bigger than 99% of the people in China. Luckily, I remembered that I was in China and they might not take too kindly to that type of behavior. In the end, I just turned and walked away.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/30/08

    @Eric1285: After over a decade of solid commute on the subway and canadian metro, I think I've had at least one minor training course. I'm ready sir! I'm ready!
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    Image of Rustabout Rustabout
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's LEGO Hug Machine (with Cookies): Canadian subway? Pffft!

    Give us a break!!!

    you can't even remotely understand the meaning of "rush hour", if all you've seen is the Canadian subway...
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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    10/31/08

    @Kaiser-Machead's LEGO Hug Machine (with Cookies): Next time you're on the subway, as the guy next to you to sit on your face, then you'll be ready.


    Ahhhhhhh!!! But then again, maybe one shouldn't be ready for that...


    I've been to China, nice place, it's home to them and they're use to it. I had a hard time though, I take the stairs most places I go just in case I end up being crammed inside of a elevator instead.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @Rustabout: Actually the most I've seen is the NYC subway, and I was just joking. I know we're not saturated like those folk.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/31/08

    @shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: I'm not sure how that could happen without terrible violence.
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