Last Patrol, The – DivX Version (Normal Quality), iPod/iPhone Version
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IMDB rating: 2.90 Plot: An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the Richter Scale splits California into an island with a perpetual dustcloud hanging over it. The survivors of the terrible ordeal have started to come together in the shape of Nick Preston (Dolph Lundgren) an air force captain, and other fractions of the military, including Sarah McBride and Lucky Simcoe, and have situated themselves in a warfare junkyard, holding weaponry from forgotten conflicts. They are searching for food, fuel and fellow survivors, and a possible path into the next world, while also dodging a violent plague that causes the skin to boil. |
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Actors: Lundgren Dolph,Burke Joe Michael,Mer Juliano,Elias Chanan,Revach Ze’ev,Big Charles Terry,Rypp Howard,Golan Ishai,Adalist Jack,Ravitz Nati,Drama,Action,
What Does it take to be an Airline Pilot? The "Search for Questions" bar; it has a purpose, no?
Those of us that take a few minutes a day here to scratch out a few Q’s and A’s to maybe help some youngster, or, more likely, help ourselves, really don’t mind giving repetitive answers.
But folks, everything has a limit.
I’ve been playing with Yahoo Answers for maybe 2 years and off the top of my head, I must have come across this question 730 times: "What Does it Take to be an Airline Pilot?"
Now, I’ll repeat myself: If a youngster really needs an answer to this qustion, I’ll tell him/her over and over again till my breath leaves me…as I’m sure all you active and ex pilots out there would.
BUT……the fly in the ointment here is the word "really" in my last statement.
It happened again today.
So….I said to myself: "Let me give this here "Search for Qustions" bar a go and see what happens.
I typed in: "What does it take to be an airline pilot" and clicked: "SEARCH"
I cut and pasted the following response:
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Sorry, no results for "what does it take to be an airline pilot" in Yahoo! Answers
Check your spelling and try more general words.
Ask the users of Yahoo! Answers.
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Well, then, there, now……we’re getting somewhere.
So, instead, I typed in "Qualifications to be an Airline Pilot"
I cut and pasted the following responses:
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Qualifications to be an airline pilot?
…Anyway, my ambition is to become an airline pilot. On a website I found about this career… of getting into an airline (particularly a cadetship) increase highly. You…
Asked by CJ100 – 2 years ago – Aircraft – 2 Answers – Resolved Questions
What does it take to be an Airline Pilot?
1)What are the qualifications? 2)What exactly does one…
Asked by Chris L – 6 hours ago – Aircraft – 3 Answers – Open Questions
What are the qualifications for becoming an airline pilot?
…the exact qualifications are to become a pilot. Thank You… flight time appropriate to the hiring airline: Surgery is usually not a problem. An…
Asked by Skylar – 4 months ago – Aircraft – 1 Answer – Resolved Questions
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Anybody see the "What does it take to be an Airline Pilot" question there?
Look folks, if you’re happy to keep pecking out the same pap week after month after year, I’ll be happy too….nothing’s more appealing than answering some young ‘un with his/her head in the clouds…..but, mercy…..have we passed the point of being unreasonable here?
Somebody’s dropping the ball in the Front Office of Yahoo Answers.
Maybe they could pull somebody off Dirty Word Patrol or Morality and Censorship and ship him over to Quality Control.
Y’all have a nice day.
Fact of life is that most people (especially younger ones it seems) don’t even bother to use the search function.
This site is nowhere near unique in that, the same can be seen on any forum. A million times is the same homework question asked, and the same answer given (usually along the lines of "use the search function, this question has been answered a million times before"
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Of course some questions can be repeated over time without warranting such a response, like the "what is the best digital camera" as new models appear constantly and old ones go out of production, making old answers irrelevant in months (of course without being quite specific as to the requirements for that camera, the question simply can’t be answered at all, which is why a stock answer to indicate that is often in place for them).
What is comes down to is simply that a lot of people want to get instant gratification without putting in any of their own effort whatsoever, and submitting a new question is a lot easier than searching the archives for existing answers to that question.
There’s almost certainly no way that’ll ever change in any significant way.
jwenting | Nov 16, 2009
You have to be healthy, so you won’t have a heart attack while flying the plane, and know how to fly it of course.
skicat17 | Nov 16, 2009
The yahoo sci fi movie club- The Langoliers- who has seem this …
Time has moved on without them, and there is no real substance or essence in … Albert, Brian, Bob and Nick take items from the snack bar back to the plane. … since the refueling trucks that normally serve that purpose are inoperative. …. He dies/vanishes, and the pilot lands the plane successfully at another
Querida | Nov 16, 2009
The yahoo sci fi movie club- The Langoliers- who has seem this …
Time has moved on without them, and there is no real substance or essence in … Albert, Brian, Bob and Nick take items from the snack bar back to the plane. … since the refueling trucks that normally serve that purpose are inoperative. …. He dies/vanishes, and the pilot lands the plane successfully at another
Madeline | Nov 16, 2009
Same thing happening in Cameras. The question "What is the best digital camera?" or something to the tune of that pops up more than once a day. There has to be a better way than just Search. Most mortals believe their problem is unique. Must we start banning certain questions already?
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keerok | Nov 16, 2009
Working as a pilot is a hopeful vocation
Shannon | Nov 16, 2009
Maybe there is a limit to the number of characters in the search string?
By the way, the question "Is the world going to end in 2012?" gets asked about 20 times a day in Astronomy and Space!
charcinders | Nov 16, 2009
I feel your pain, but I think most people might realize that the question has been asked, but are perhaps hoping if they ask they will receive a better answer. Who knows?
IDK | Nov 16, 2009
Yeah, dirty word patrol. I answered a mechanical question and told the asker to make sure not to put brake cylinder parts together c/o/c/k/e/y/e/d and my advice turned into ********. Geez, dirty words folks, the word refers to the funny way a rooster’s eye looks, and if the mechanical parts look that same way you are s/c/r/e/w/e/d. (Let’s see if I’ve found a way around "dirty" words.)
Now I begin to see the reason I’ve had to answer some questions so often. Perhaps there’s a forum where we ought to be discussing these issues? I’ve not found one, but haven’t really looked, either.
Did you notice that some folks answer without reading? One of the answerers above took your question to be you asking about how to become an airline pilot, and another uttered some nonsense, I think about a movie.
I think the best way to find a YA question is to use G/o/o/g/l/e. (Is that a dirty word at Yahoo?)
Snezzy | Nov 16, 2009
The yahoo sci fi movie club- The Langoliers- who has seem this …
Time has moved on without them, and there is no real substance or essence in … Albert, Brian, Bob and Nick take items from the snack bar back to the plane
Rosul | Nov 16, 2009
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