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A loud thumping noise coming from an aircraft about to take off turned out to be a baggage handler who had fallen asleep inside the plane's cargo hold, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says.
More Aussie FAA hijinx in this link (escaped dogs, bank robbers, golf bags and Italians).
Yodariquo said:
*crosses fingers*
A motorist has driven past a Melbourne police highway patrol unit, honking his horn and waving, before recording more than five times the legal blood-alcohol limit.
Police say the 30-year-old man was pulled over and breath-tested in Whitehorse Road at Box Hill about 8.25pm (AEDT) on Sunday night.
He recorded a reading of 0.278.
When asked why he was driving like that, the man told police he was unaware he was driving a car.
The man had his licence withdrawn immediately and will face court at a later date.
aspro said:A motorist has driven past a Melbourne police highway patrol unit, honking his horn and waving, before recording more than five times the legal blood-alcohol limit.
Police say the 30-year-old man was pulled over and breath-tested in Whitehorse Road at Box Hill about 8.25pm (AEDT) on Sunday night.
He recorded a reading of 0.278.
When asked why he was driving like that, the man told police he was unaware he was driving a car.
The man had his licence withdrawn immediately and will face court at a later date.
So now we know what Foolz gets up to.
I know China can make some quality products, but I'm still iffy abuot a Chinese made stealth fighter.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/06/3107222.htm
China has reportedly developed a prototype stealth fighter jet to rival its United States counterparts.
The J-20 is said to be years from final completion, according to Japanese media reports, but it is expected to eventually match the United States F22.
Stealth jets have radar-avoiding capabilities and China's J-20 will reportedly be able to reach the US territory of Guam carrying large missiles.
The People's Liberation Army is in the process of a major modernisation and having stealth fighter jets would enable it to rival US airpower in the Asia-Pacific.
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Now THAT's lazy:
Footballer fakes kidnapping to skip training
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A Brazilian footballer who faked his own kidnapping to get out of a team training session faces up to six months in prison, according to police.
Somalia, a player for the Rio club Botafogo, made a police report Wednesday alleging he had been carjacked by an armed man and forced to drive around for two hours - when the training was happening - before being robbed of money and jewellery.
But inconsistencies in his complaint raised suspicions, and officers quickly discovered that security video footage from Somalia's home did not back up his story.
Police chief Juliana Domingues said the player could now face a serious criminal charge for making up the crime.
Media reports said Somalia had returned home at 4:00am (local time) and likely thought up the kidnap ruse to make sure his football club did not dock his salary.
The word Somalia must be cursed.
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Hey Yoda, I've been reading bits and pces on Reddit and slashdot about Canada's ISP's pushing toward usage caps... any validity to those stories? Also, as funny as this story is it shows the cops must be using the heat sensors to look through walls (which are illegal for police use in the US - violation of search and seizure rules).
British cops swoop in drug raid, find only guinea pigs
COPS have been forced to apologise to a British mum after they swooped on the family home in Bradford searching for a cannabis factory and instead found an electric heater keeping two pet guinea pigs warm, the Yorkshire Evening Post reported yesterday.
Pam Hardcastle, 42, said officers from West Yorkshire Police obtained a search warrant and mounted a raid on her family's home when they thought they had uncovered a specialist heating system designed to grow cannabis.
Elevated heat levels recorded at the property by a police surveillance helicopter sparked the raid, but instead of drugs, cops found her 10-year-old son's two guinea pigs - named Simon and Kenny - cuddled up in the garage in front of a heater.
Ms Hardcastle said a police inspector had visited her to issue an apology in person.
aspro said:Hey Yoda, I've been reading bits and pces on Reddit and slashdot about Canada's ISP's pushing toward usage caps... any validity to those stories? Also, as funny as this story is it shows the cops must be using the heat sensors to look through walls (which are illegal for police use in the US - violation of search and seizure rules).
For telephone services, there is a monopoly due to past governmental decisions, albeit someone adjusted for, controlled by Bell Canada. On the cable side, it's Rogers.
Both tried to discontinue their unlimited plans, but were prevented by the CRTC (the group in charge of telecom regulations -- the Canadian equivalent to the US' FCC).
Earlier in the year, the CRTC reversed its decision to allow charging based on usage, allowing the removal of the plans so long as they provided for grandfathering in current subscribers. The problem with this is they control the infrastructure, meaning the usage-based billing is then passed on to smaller reseller ISPs such as TechSavvy, making the unlimited plans untenable. The news stories now are that Primus and Shaw, two reseller ISPs, are now having to adjust prices and plans accordingly.
Honestly, I'm surprised that it's that recent, though. I don't recall even seeing unlimited plans from any of the bigger providers in years.
A similar, though not identical, example in the US is the current dispute with Comcast wanting to charge Level 3 extra in their peering agreement for the transmission of Netflix traffic (though this is more of a focus as a net neutrality issue). Control the infrastructure, throttle your competition.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileYodariquo said:
Brilliant. 
^Thanks for the detail Yoda.
Sign of the times, but also sad -- it was in NJ.
"Sony this week said it was shuttering one of its largest CD manufacturing plants — citing the impact of digital downloads and other economic issues. The plant, which has been in operation for some 50 years, first producing vinyl records, will close on March 31 and about 300 people will lose their jobs. The 500,000-square-foot warehouse began producing vinyl LPs in 1960 and moved to CD manufacturing in 1988. At its capacity, the plant was making 18 million CDs per month, according to its website."
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/sign-digital-times-sony-shutting-plant-used-m
aspro said:Sign of the times, but also sad -- it was in NJ.
"Sony this week said it was shuttering one of its largest CD manufacturing plants — citing the impact of digital downloads and other economic issues. The plant, which has been in operation for some 50 years, first producing vinyl records, will close on March 31 and about 300 people will lose their jobs. The 500,000-square-foot warehouse began producing vinyl LPs in 1960 and moved to CD manufacturing in 1988. At its capacity, the plant was making 18 million CDs per month, according to its website."
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/sign-digital-times-sony-shutting-plant-used-m
i see that as a good thing. the internet has made "the middleman" redandant in the music business (as well as others). blood sucking mega conglomerate record companies shutting plastic producing plants is a good thing to me.
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I was thinnkig about the 300 NJ people losing their jobs ya jerk. 
The Jordan Rice story is making me very tearful
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Yeah, you should have seen the interview with the man who pulled out his brother -- it was on the local news last night -- just devastating.
Price Of Killing Goes Up, Executions Down