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Re: MH370: A different point of view

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Post by chris_wot » Wed, Mar 19, 2014, 7:44 AM UTC

mikeash wrote: post #142

chris_wot wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't have to be curious. They are using data and have sent crews out looking for the plane. They have experts in their field coordinating the search. People who have expertise in radar, Satellite Image analysis, air accident investigations, air traffic control and actual ability to fly a plane. I was merely commenting that it's funny how there is one story that MH370 may have snuck under radar by shadowing anoth…

And yet they're doing a completely awful job of it. They spent a week searching the wrong ocean for the plane. They had the thing on radar showing definitively that it was nowhere near the initial search area. They had satellite data showing it continued flying for hours after the supposed last contact. I imagine the experts are not to blame here. But whoever is managing them is doing a terrible job of it. Yeah, this…

I'm not decrying it. Point me to where I decried it, because you are reading into what I've said things I did not say.

Re: MH370: A different point of view

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Post by dhimes » Wed, Mar 19, 2014, 12:17 PM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #219

dhimes wrote: post #109

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But this whole thread is about speculating on the disappearance of the plane. For you to come here and say that is like Dad telling everybody that it's late and time for bed. Total party pooper. Nothing may get solved, but it helps us to try to make some sense for ourselves out of the incongruous facts and help us alleviate our own cognitive discomfort with the situation.

Where did I say that? I don't recall saying that. I asked why there was so much speculation. I didn't necessarily say that it was an awful thing. Stop reading into what I said. You're getting it wrong.

Oh, so now you're going to pretend that there's no such thing as tone or context, eh?

Anyway, I answered you as to why there was so much speculation. You're welcome.

Re: MH370: A different point of view

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Post by dhimes » Wed, Mar 19, 2014, 12:21 PM UTC

tom_morrow wrote: post #119

TillE wrote: post #112

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It wasn't random, though. It was flying to waypoints.

maybe. adjectives used of the radar data: "inaccurate", "undisclosed". adjectives used of the flight path: "erratic", "uneven", "zigzagging". waypoints are thick as thieves, the odds of a flock of birds not hitting three of them are small. ...plus hitting exactly those waypoints makes no sense: the middle zig should have been skipped as superfluous.

waypoints are thick as thieves, the odds of a flock of birds not hitting three of them are small.

Really? On a plane? On my boat they're typically within a few meters.

Re: MH370: A different point of view

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Post by mikeash » Wed, Mar 19, 2014, 2:31 PM UTC

chris_wot wrote: post #221

mikeash wrote: post #142

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And yet they're doing a completely awful job of it. They spent a week searching the wrong ocean for the plane. They had the thing on radar showing definitively that it was nowhere near the initial search area. They had satellite data showing it continued flying for hours after the supposed last contact. I imagine the experts are not to blame here. But whoever is managing them is doing a terrible job of it. Yeah, this…

I'm not decrying it. Point me to where I decried it, because you are reading into what I've said things I did not say.

Right, because this surely wasn't meant as criticism:

"MH370 might have entered into a blackhole and come back as a dove.

"What's with all this speculation?!?"

I love the internet tactic of making obvious insults that aren't 100% literal, then turning around and saying "I never said that, prove that I said that." It's hilarious.