12 Sep
2002
12 Sep
'02
9:56 a.m.
At 11:54 AM 9/12/02 -0400, you wrote:
One could be in even worse taste and observe that
Microsoft, once again,
missed their target.
I expect the concept of crashing aircraft into things goes way back.
There was the small private plane (Cessna or similar) that crashed into
the White House (causing little or no damage; it didn't have enough
explosive or flamable material to do anything). During WWII there were
the kamakazi (sp?) pilots attacking our Pacific Fleet. In fact, the
general concept goes back even before aircraft. Think about Roman ships
ramming opposition ships in battle.
That goes back far beyond the Romans. And I don't think those were intended to be
suicide attacks.
Joe