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- Wonderama, on 01/18/2009, -0/+13Illegally killing a Canadian goose in New York is a $15,000 fine and/or 6 years in prison. Running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme gets you house arrest. I don't quite see the equity there.
- nikpappagiorgio, on 01/17/2009, -2/+13Snarge Soup: KFC's newest menu item.
- ZincSaucier, on 01/18/2009, -0/+8I've had homemade snarge but i heard it doesn't compare to the real stuff. Snarge enthusiasts will spend big money to get their hands on falcon snarge or the extremely rare flying squirrel snarge.
- FightTest, on 01/18/2009, -0/+8It's funny because the lady they're talking to about birds is named Dove.
- JAGUART, on 01/18/2009, -1/+9And thus, out of this near-tragedy, a new euphemism for ejaculate was born. In the Year of Our Internet, Jan 18th, 2009.
- wefarrell, on 01/18/2009, -0/+6Carla Dove, what an appropriate name for that line of work.
- mitzuzake, on 01/18/2009, -0/+4I thought it interesting that in addition to birds, jets have been hit by snakes, turtles and rabbits! That's what you get for knowing your snarge.
- RockSlice, on 01/18/2009, -0/+4There's a problem with the verbs here. Snarge isn't created by *planes* being hit by *birds*. When that happens, either the birds fly away, or they're very easy to identify.
It's *birds* being hit by *planes* that's the issue. - michaelpinto, on 01/18/2009, -1/+5It's the damn pigeons who are forcing the legit birds to flee Manhattan - we need to take action against these rats with wings...
- inactive, on 01/18/2009, -0/+4Anyone else want to go down to the airport with me and throw miscellaneous animals at the planes taking off?
- gregnorc, on 01/18/2009, -0/+4Can't they just use DNA analysis to identify the species?
- Johnagain, on 01/18/2009, -0/+4I want to know jsut how many birds it took to do this - The FAA has some pretty impressive requirements regarding jet aircraft engines, they need to be able to swallow and exhaust large quantities of seawater or birds without stalling. Every model of engine must be tested extensively before they can begin production.
Water:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faDWFwDy8-U
Birds:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/627367/jet_engine_bi ... - HiddenCanuck, on 01/18/2009, -0/+3Thank goodness Bush in on the way out; once he hears CANADIAN geese brought down the plane we'd have another war on our hands.
/queue the southpark soundtrack - sagegoku666, on 01/18/2009, -0/+3who cares what kind of bird you hit? knowing that bird x is flying in your area doesn't make hitting some randomly dispersed flock any less likely. oh well, at least i learned a cool new word
- SheilaNoya, on 01/18/2009, -0/+3Identify the birds?
"At first, we thought this one was named Fred. However, we think he may have been using a fake ID and his real name is Gary." - T8erT0T, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2It was Larry Bird.
- kkxxyy, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2Mmmmm... Insta-paté.
- flgood, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2Crazy old birds.
- KarlH, on 01/18/2009, -2/+4Methinks you are choking your chicken a bit too vigorously.
- blix797, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2It slices! it dices! it juliennes! ORDER NOW!
- inactive, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2The geese had the right of way. Pay their Canadians relatives.
- thespice, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2dugg for vocabulary implant..."snarge" speaks volumes.
- Myztry, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2When birds (flesh) can take down planes (metal) it's not quite apparent where survival of the fittest comes in.
The cause of that is a somewhat critical design flaw. At least place a grill across the inlet to further reduce the mass of the bird flesh below a critical level. I'm not expecting the birds to win head to head.
I just think it's pretty crude and primitive to see the answer as being local annihilation. It's solves nothing. Birds will still cross the path for migration and a thousand other reasons.
Jets just simply aren't air worthy if they can't take being impacted by feather covered lumps of flesh. To make them airworthy might decrease fuel efficiency, increase maintenance costs, etc.
But it's not acceptable that planes full of people are crashing. In order to minimize operating costs they are willing to sacrifice both human life, and/or bird populations. - Betrayer, on 01/18/2009, -1/+3WTF?
cant they just go to the runway and look at all the birds in the area. do they really have to do DNA testing to determine what kind of bird hit the plane. will it help them avoid hitting birds in the future? unless there working on notifying the birds next of kin, identifying a bird is a huge waste of money. - wefarrell, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2That's Captain redundancy to you.
- browny1978, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2Can you guess what is was??? (say in a Aussie accent) yes digg me down.
- inactive, on 01/18/2009, -1/+3Geese vs. Turbine... Will It Blend?
We now know the answer. - inactive, on 01/19/2009, -0/+2It is not some sort of cost savings conspiracy. Modern jet engines are designed to take a bird impact and like all things in the universe - there are limitations. You cannot simply put a "grill" in front of the engine because that will disrupt the smooth airflow in to the inlet that is essential to the operation of the jet engine. When one commercial airline looses both engines do to a bird strike once every 80 years or so - I would not call it much of a problem.
- javiero, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2Her name is Carla DOVE..
this research is biased - adiggityam, on 01/18/2009, -0/+2snarf snarf
- skid666, on 01/18/2009, -0/+1It's simple really. Just use that machine that bat man has and shoot a bunch of geese into some bricks, put them back together digitally and BOOM there's your bird.
- FlyingCaveman, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1http://www.strangemilitary.com/content/item/13053. ... <--graphic pics. look out for the deer on the runway
Yes, birds aren't the only problem. - inactive, on 01/19/2009, -0/+1The birds were not at the airport - they were over New Jersey at 3000 feet. a couple of minutes in to the flight.
- sgtbutterscotch, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1It's funny because you're wrong.
- FlyingCaveman, on 01/20/2009, -0/+1Don't forget deer.
They're North America's deadliest animal. - seltaeb4, on 01/19/2009, -0/+1I think they'd have better luck with the Audubon Society.
- Myztry, on 01/19/2009, -1/+2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JT8D_Engine_afte ...
Strangely enough this engine uses a grill.
Seems a bit close to the blades, and a middle ring would help prevent long piece of bird being ingested. - sagegoku666, on 01/18/2009, -2/+3super fail
- inactive, on 01/19/2009, -0/+1@Myztry - that is not a grill - those are "stator vanes" - they have NOTHING to do with preventing birds from entering the engine. In addition that is a JT8D - an ancient non high bi pass jet engine that is not even used on modern commercial aircraft.
- no2gates, on 01/19/2009, -0/+1It was some ***** birds!!! What does it matter what brand they were?
Everyone survived, 'nuff said. God, what a waste of money. - HumanNouveau, on 01/18/2009, -0/+1Point taken, but unless I am mistaken, Airbus is the largest contributor to the aluminum bird flock these days. Boeing is hardly an endangered species, but the contest for survival of the fittest is by no means a slam dunk.
- pauliephonic, on 01/18/2009, -0/+0Please digg parent up for extreme 10th level meta-comic badass-ness!
- volatileant, on 01/19/2009, -1/+1And if you legally kill a Canadian Goose or run an illegal $50 billion Ponzi scheme?
- blatherbants, on 01/20/2009, -0/+0Instead of scrapping junk off of the plane, why not use gee, I don't know: A CAMERA? Put cameras on the outsides, wifi the info to the control center. Save some sap an afternoon.
- KimmyGibbler, on 01/18/2009, -5/+4The Eagles are going to make snarge out of the Arizona Cardinals this afternoon
- thespice, on 01/18/2009, -2/+0where do we send submissions for how to "engineer"-out the problem?
imho until we cross the bridge of "faster is necessarily better" the environment in which we exist pays the price for our impatience. Then again, 155 people lived despite nature's best efforts to kick our ass across time and space. - PiratingNinja, on 01/18/2009, -6/+2I think planes need to be addressed as pests.. we are flying through your airs blending up your birds
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