FC8, lost sound

[Les]

On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 10:23 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote:
> Tim wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-03-21 at 11:24 -0500, Steven Stern wrote:
> >> OK, take away my license to operate linux...
> >>
> >> While digging through the pile of cables today looking for the volume
> >> control for my Monsoon speaker system, I found that the mute button
> >> was pressed.  Yet another misdiagnosed hardware problem! 
> > 
> > Even the manuals for $60,000 BetaCAMs have a diagnosis section with "is
> > it plugged in?" and "it it turned on?" types of steps.  It seems that
> > nobody's immune from making those sort of mistakes.
> > 
> > I wonder what the flight manuals are like for jumbo jets?  "Thank you
> > for purchasing your new Boeing 707, before flying ensure that you have
> > closed the doors and fastened your safety belt..."
> 
> Not to pick nits, but a 707 isn't considered a jumbo jet and they've
> been out of production for over 30 years so you can't get a new one
> anyway.  :-)
> 
> However, the 747, 757 and 767 manuals all have preflight inspection
> steps including "remove all covering material from the pitot tubes" and
> "remove wheel chocks before attempting to taxi".
> 
> Chuck Yeager had two great lines:
> 
> "You know you've landed gear-up when it takes full power to taxi."
> "The only time you can have too much gas is when you're on fire."
> 
> And yes, I'm a pilot.  Only little planes, though, with big, spinny
> things on the nose called, uhm, "propellers".
And Story Musgrave said "Control-alt-delete is not an option when you
are on final approach in the shuttle!"

Regards,
Les H