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I wonder if kayoone realizes he submitted the same story about seven months ago. Ironically, I recall reading the story as well on HN when it was submitted yet
by ghshephard 13y ago
I wonder if kayoone realizes he submitted the same story about seven months ago. Ironically, I recall reading the story as well on HN when it was submitted yet another time here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4652643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4652643.
Must be something about this story, or perhaps the SR-71, that grabs our attention.
- kayoone 13y agoI know, but as nobody looked at it back then and i think it is relevant again this week i just posted it a second time. Its a really interesting read, so i hope people dont mind.
- el_benhameen 13y agoI for one have read this story before, and I'll happily continue to re-read it every time I run into it. Exciting and interesting, with plenty of neat details (100-mile turning radius?!). Thanks for posting it.
- gwern 13y ago> Must be something about this story, or perhaps the SR-71, that grabs our attention. The SR-71 is a fantastic setting for any story, but I think what grabs me most about the story is the rationality of it. He wakes up in a strange situation, starts deducing where he is, what his situation is, how his safety systems are functioning, etc, and lands safely; then, a thorough investigation replicates the accident, finds all the root causes of the breakup, and addresses them one by one. It's no more surprising that the story is catnip for HN than, say, the comic "Fleep" is http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/fleep/ http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/fleep/