From: Tim Greer Date: 2009-03-05T12:58:35+09:00 Subject: Re: OT: This system must have been written in Ruby... William James wrote: >> "At 1950 feet (around 700 meters) the airplane's left altimeter >> suddenly and mistakenly registered an altitude of 8 feet (about >> 2 meters) below sea level and passed the reading on to the >> automatic control system, Van Vollenhoven said. Seems a bit hard to believe that the pilots wouldn't notice the plane reducing the fuel used and going to such a low altitude, due to an obvious malfunction, and have taken it out of auto pilot sooner and avoided the entire incident. But, there's a reason why it sounds like a fake story. Nice language flame war attempt. -- Tim Greer, CEO/Founder/CTO, BurlyHost.com, Inc. Shared Hosting, Reseller Hosting, Dedicated & Semi-Dedicated servers and Custom Hosting. 24/7 support, 30 day guarantee, secure servers. Industry's most experienced staff! -- Web Hosting With Muscle!