2 Jun
2009
2 Jun
'09
2:15 p.m.
Dear Cctech Members,
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Andrew Burton wrote:
Technically it was lost over the Atlantic Ocean
and reports
of some sort
of computer failure 30 minutes before they vanished.
Windows BSOD??
> It's a shame they were using Amiga's, they'd have made it to France 1
> hour earlier than expected! "Guru meditation number"?
These posts are the most insensitive & complete off-topic remarks I have
ever seen on CCTech. The authors should be ashamed of themselves.
For all you or I know, CCTech members could have had friends or loved
ones on the aircraft, but in any case the passengers and staff who
(as is almost certain) lost their lives in such a tragic and terrifying
manner should be treated with far more respect than has been shown here.
2 Jun
2 Jun
11:05 p.m.
If you know someone who was lost, thats understandable, but the remarks
weren't really that bad. If someone on CC lost someone to it, let them
complain if they wish. There's no reason for you to be offended if you
didn't loose someone. 220 people out of the 7 billion on the planet is a
raindrop in the ocean.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Julian Skidmore <julianskidmore at yahoo.com>wrote:
Dear Cctech Members,
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Andrew Burton wrote:
Technically it was lost over the Atlantic Ocean
and reports
of some sort
of computer failure 30 minutes before they vanished.
Windows BSOD??
> It's a shame they were using Amiga's, they'd have made it to France 1
> hour earlier than expected! "Guru meditation number"?
These posts are the most insensitive & complete off-topic remarks I have
ever seen on CCTech. The authors should be ashamed of themselves.
For all you or I know, CCTech members could have had friends or loved
ones on the aircraft, but in any case the passengers and staff who
(as is almost certain) lost their lives in such a tragic and terrifying
manner should be treated with far more respect than has been shown here.
11:13 p.m.
Thank you.
I'm more offended by the self-righteous response than by the original
comments. "On a long enough time line, everyone's survival rate drops
to zero."
John
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Joe Giliberti <starbase89 at gmail.com> wrote:
If you know someone who was lost, thats
understandable, but the remarks
weren't really that bad. If someone on CC lost someone to it, let them
complain if they wish. There's no reason for you to be offended if you
didn't loose someone. 220 people out of the 7 billion on the planet is a
raindrop in the ocean.
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Julian Skidmore <julianskidmore at
yahoo.com>wrote:
--
"I've tried programming Ruby on Rails, following TechCrunch in my RSS
reader, and drinking absinthe. It doesn't work. I'm going back to C,
Hunter S. Thompson, and cheap whiskey." -- Ted Dziuba
Dear Cctech Members,
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Andrew Burton wrote:
Technically it was lost over the Atlantic Ocean
and reports
of some sort
of computer failure 30 minutes before they vanished.
Windows BSOD??
> It's a shame they were using Amiga's, they'd have made it to France 1
> hour earlier than expected! "Guru meditation number"?
These posts are the most insensitive & complete off-topic remarks I have
ever seen on CCTech. The authors should be ashamed of themselves.
For all you or I know, CCTech members could have had friends or loved
ones on the aircraft, but in any case the passengers and staff who
(as is almost certain) lost their lives in such a tragic and terrifying
manner should be treated with far more respect than has been shown here.
11:38 p.m.
If you know someone who was lost, thats
understandable, but the remarks
weren't really that bad. If someone on CC lost someone to it, let them
complain if they wish. There's no reason for you to be offended if you
didn't loose someone. 220 people out of the 7 billion on the planet is a
raindrop in the ocean.
I think you just lowered the bar. I would have hoped you had more
sense. What if the person is in grief, stricken by a loss? Do you
think they are going to be reading this list? What will it be like
when they catch up reading their messages? Will it comfort them when
they find their loss is called insignificant?
Folks, lets kill this right now.
--
Will
3 Jun
3 Jun
12:24 a.m.
I hate when people cater to the minority, in this case, the families of 220
people, out of the 6.8 billion on the planet. Just for the sake of argument,
lets say that each of those people had 20 people they were associated with
that could possibly be on this list. That comes out to 4400 people who
"might" be both on this list, and knew someone on the plane, out of a grand
total of 6.8 billion people on the planet.
When the twin towers fell, the tsunami hit, and Katrina pummeled LA, there
is then cause for dignity and tact. Many thousands of people were affected
by those events.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:38 AM, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>wrote:
I think you just lowered the bar. I would have hoped
you had more
sense. What if the person is in grief, stricken by a loss? Do you
think they are going to be reading this list? What will it be like
when they catch up reading their messages? Will it comfort them when
they find their loss is called insignificant?
Folks, lets kill this right now.
--
Will
1:17 a.m.
Yes, please, let's not cater to minorities in our posts to this list.
In fact, in the spirit of not catering to minorities, I will offer
instead a "fuck you" to a very small minority in this case: Joe Giliberti.
Josh
Joe Giliberti wrote:
I hate when people cater to the minority, in this
case, the families of 220
people, out of the 6.8 billion on the planet. Just for the sake of argument,
lets say that each of those people had 20 people they were associated with
that could possibly be on this list. That comes out to 4400 people who
"might" be both on this list, and knew someone on the plane, out of a grand
total of 6.8 billion people on the planet.
When the twin towers fell, the tsunami hit, and Katrina pummeled LA, there
is then cause for dignity and tact. Many thousands of people were affected
by those events.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 2:38 AM, William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com>wrote:
I think you just lowered the bar. I would have
hoped you had more
sense. What if the person is in grief, stricken by a loss? Do you
think they are going to be reading this list? What will it be like
when they catch up reading their messages? Will it comfort them when
they find their loss is called insignificant?
Folks, lets kill this right now.
--
Will
4 Jun
4 Jun
6:15 a.m.
Julian Skidmore wrote:
Humor is one way of dealing with tragedy and it always has been.
Peace... Sridhar
Technically it was lost over the Atlantic Ocean and
reports
of some sort
of computer failure 30 minutes before they vanished.
Windows BSOD??
> It's a shame they were using Amiga's, they'd have made it to France 1
> hour earlier than expected! "Guru meditation number"?
These posts are the most insensitive & complete off-topic remarks I have
ever seen on CCTech. The authors should be ashamed of themselves.
For all you or I know, CCTech members could have had friends or loved
ones on the aircraft, but in any case the passengers and staff who
(as is almost certain) lost their lives in such a tragic and terrifying
manner should be treated with far more respect than has been shown here.
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