Recent content by zippy

Oh sure, I know about this system - it sends data through ACARS (Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System). My confusion was the categorical denial that any ACARS data was ever received by the Malaysian authorities, Boeing and Rolls Royce, so I was assuming the Inmarsat network...

Yeah that was basically my understanding too, although I guess I was assuming there wouldn't be identifying info of the aircraft transmitted with the satellite ping, so that it could possibly be a different plane, but maybe I was wrong on that.

I'm thinking several governments are withholding crucial information at this point... the US being among them. Some of that would be expected I suppose since none of these governments want to show their hand on how powerful their radar and satellite coverage is, and there are likely things they...

Actually it looks like there's a huge drop-off not far from the place now marked as the last place it was seen on radar (a depth of 5000 feet just a little northwest of that point, and deeper in the more open waters outside of the Strait of Malacca). If it didn't crash in the Gulf of Thailand or...

When I wrote that I had the Lockerbie bombing and the foiled Bojinka plot in mind, although maybe neither is a great example. I was thinking Lockerbie because the Libyans who are now accepted as having done it never made a claim, although many groups did make false claims of responsibility. But...

The passport thing could definitely be an important clue pointing to terrorism, but it could also be unrelated - maybe just a couple guys wanting to immigrate to Europe illegally, or a pair of drug smugglers. Apparently the route from SE Asia to Beijing and onward to Europe is not uncommon for...

This. She got the second group treatment, unfortunately. What exactly did Gracie Gold do to warrant 6.44 extra points in PCS between the team event and her free skate with a fall in the women's event? 5 points isn't really unreasonable if you look at how everyone in the final flight was scored...

I think Yuna did care - anyone competitive enough to win an OGM probably cares a lot about winning every time. But it wasn't quite the same kind of intensity for her - as she put it, she "would have died for the Olympics" before she won in Vancouver, and didn't quite feel that way this time. I'm...

I loved this line from a Slate article: Adelina was on fire in the short and long! It was such an exciting ladies final and I'm kind of sad people can't relax a bit about the results and recognize what Adelina accomplished at these Games. As for those saying she was helped along by the...