Wonderful story! I'm going to send this to that wasps nest of virulent Microsoft
haters, EUGLUG.ORG (Eugene Unix GNU/Linux Users' Group). Hey, guys.
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Dennis Eberl
Stan Giles wrote:
> A helicopter was flying around above Seattle when an electrical
> malfunction disabled all of the aircraft's electronic navigation and
> communications equipment. Due to the clouds and haze, the pilot
> could not determine the helicopter's position. The pilot saw a tall
> building, flew toward it, circled, and held up a handwritten sign that
>
> said 'WHERE AM I?' in large letters. People in the tall building
> quickly responded to the aircraft, drew a large sign, and held it in a
>
> building window. Their sign said 'YOU ARE IN A HELICOPTER.' The
> pilot smiled, waved, looked at his map, determined the course to steer
>
> to SEATAC airport, and landed safely. After they were on the
> ground, the copilot asked the pilot how he had done it.
>
> "I knew it had to be the Microsoft Building, because they gave me a
> technically correct but completely useless answer."
