take a break...

From: Marc <marc_at_ACM.ORG>
Date: 7 Aug 1994 06:28:31 GMT
Message-ID: <321uuf$cka_at_hopper.acm.org>


                         Flying Blind with Oracle

     A pilot is flying a small, single-engine, charter plane with a couple
     of really important execs on board into San Francisco airport.

     There is fog so thick that visibility is 40 feet, and his instruments
     are out. He circles looking for a landmark and after an hour, he is
     low on fuel and his passengers are very nervous.

     At last, through a small opening in the fog he sees a tall glass building
     with one guy working alone on the fifth floor. Circling, the pilot
     banks and shouts through his open window: "Hi, where am I?".

     The solitary office worker replies: "You're in an airplane.".

     The pilot executes a swift 275 degree turn and executes a perfect
     blind landing on the airport's runway five miles away. Just as the
     plane stops, the engines cough and die from lack of fuel.

     The stunned passengers ask the pilot how he did it.

      "Simple," replies the pilot, "I asked the guy in that building a

> simple question. The answer he gave me was 100% correct but absolutely
> useless; therefore, that must be Oracle's support office and from
> there the airport is three minutes away on a course of 87 degrees.".
>
Received on Sun Aug 07 1994 - 08:28:31 CEST

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