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The 500-mile email story seems to be the Hacker News equivalent to Reddit's SR-71 speed check story [1]. It keeps coming back again and again because everybody
by curtis 9y ago
The 500-mile email story seems to be the Hacker News equivalent to Reddit's SR-71 speed check story [1]. It keeps coming back again and again because everybody loves it.
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/SR71/comments/2dpmw7/the_sr71_speed_check_story/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SR71/comments/2dpmw7/the_sr71_speed... (and many others, too numerous to reference)
- thearn4 9y agoThe SR-71 story never fails to put a smile on my face.
- okket 9y agohttps://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
- rconti 9y agoThis new XKCD comic is quite amusing! I read back through several of them and they're so true to my life experiences!
- amarraja 9y agoThanks, first I've read that and it certainly put a smile on my face. One of the first articles I remember reading on HN was about an SR-71 [1], and it seems it's by the same pilot because Walter is his crewmate. [1] http://sploid.gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr-71-blackbird http://sploid.gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-s...
- mercer 9y agoHas anyone made a collection of the most re-posted HN articles?