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Offline Kosh

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Escalator stolen
on: December 11, 2004, 03:42:01 pm
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1631126,00.html






I'm not kidding, and this is not a joke. But it is pretty funnyin an odd way.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Corsair

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Reply #1 on: December 11, 2004, 03:43:23 pm
Who the hell wants to steal an escalator? I mean, what can you do with it once you've taken it?
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #2 on: December 11, 2004, 03:53:03 pm
Why would they want to steal an escalator is also a good question.
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline phreak

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Reply #3 on: December 11, 2004, 03:53:08 pm
sell it on the black market?

*goes to the black market*
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Escalator stolen
Reply #4 on: December 11, 2004, 04:10:37 pm
HOW do you steal an escalator? It's kinda big...
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Offline Clave

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Escalator stolen
Reply #5 on: December 11, 2004, 04:45:05 pm
Escalator theft is rife in China.  
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From there they will launch a suprise restaurant-building attack on Salt Lake City.
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Offline Bobboau

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Reply #6 on: December 11, 2004, 05:35:03 pm
reminds me of the bridge that was stolen in Australia
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Offline Corsair

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Reply #7 on: December 11, 2004, 05:37:30 pm
a BRIDGE??
Wash: This landing's gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.
 

Offline Thorn

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Escalator stolen
Reply #8 on: December 11, 2004, 05:38:36 pm
No lies. A bridge.
 

Offline Corsair

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Reply #9 on: December 11, 2004, 06:08:49 pm
Eh...how?
Wash: This landing's gonna get pretty interesting.
Mal: Define "interesting".
Wash: *shrug* "Oh God, oh God, we're all gonna die"?
Mal: This is the captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and then... explode.
 

Offline Thorn

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Escalator stolen
Reply #10 on: December 11, 2004, 06:35:27 pm
 

Offline Knight Templar

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Reply #11 on: December 11, 2004, 06:53:05 pm
I don't care how odd that it is, that's pretty kick ass.
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Offline Falcon

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Reply #12 on: December 11, 2004, 07:33:11 pm
Thats pretty neat.
 

Offline Taristin

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Reply #13 on: December 11, 2004, 11:28:21 pm
What's next, someone stealing the Sydney Opera house?
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Offline Kosh

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Reply #14 on: December 12, 2004, 12:53:08 am
Quote
Originally posted by Thorn
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11388686%255E421,00.html



I got a wonderful message saying "Unable to find requested news story"
"The reason for this is that the original Fortran got so convoluted and extensive (10's of millions of lines of code) that no-one can actually figure out how it works, there's a massive project going on to decode the original Fortran and write a more modern system, but until then, the UK communication network is actually relying heavily on 35 year old Fortran that nobody understands." - Flipside

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Offline Kamikaze

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Reply #15 on: December 12, 2004, 01:18:25 am
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman
 

Offline WMCoolmon

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Reply #16 on: December 12, 2004, 03:27:18 am
ROFL

Either those guys have a VERY nice HQ, or they're gonna get a nasty surprise when they try and sell it on the black market. No one wants to have a convo like this:

Boss: "Where'd you get the escalator for so cheap?"
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Offline kasperl

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Reply #17 on: December 12, 2004, 06:13:08 am
It fell of the back of a truck, honest!

Seriously, finding a fence for this is interesting. They might just melt the damn thing down.
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Offline Thorn

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Reply #18 on: December 12, 2004, 10:25:41 am
Quote
Originally posted by Kosh



I got a wonderful message saying "Unable to find requested news story"


Well you suck. Because it works.
 

Offline Knight Templar

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Reply #19 on: December 12, 2004, 02:25:50 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Kosh



I got a wonderful message saying "Unable to find requested news story"


Looks like they stole that too.
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