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It's like a pilot writing about building his or her own plane.
by rthomas6 14y ago
It's like a pilot writing about building his or her own plane.
- Someone 14y agoCompared to building an OS and support libraies, building your own plane is trivial. Flying it may take balls, though. For the best example I know of: short video at http://www.joostconijn.org/film/vliegtuig/index.php http://www.joostconijn.org/film/vliegtuig/index.php. The guy built three planes. One didn't take of, one crashed, one brought him across Africa in short hops with landings at rebel-occupied airports where he didn't always manage to announce his arrival. Short thread at http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/hangar-flying/12196-joost-conijn.html http://www.homebuiltairplanes.com/forums/hangar-flying/12196.... (Apologies for deviating from the subject, but I figure hackers might find this interesting)
- javajosh 14y agoWhoah. That's some serious balls - def someone Colbert needs to have on the show.