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Reply With QuoteIsnt it because they use utensils made of Silver (metal).Originally Posted by Dirty D
Err, It wasnt me that started calling it a 'Black box'
too damn right im passing the buck!
Isnt it because they use utensils made of Silver (metal).
Ah - i think you'll find i'm not the only one! and to awnser your question. Black box is an informal name for the flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder used in aircraft or the event recorder in railway equipment as quoted from the website you quoted.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box
Hope this clears it up for you.
On the aviation theme then...
Why do Kamakazee pilots wear helmets ?
How do they retrieve the data if they're not allowed to open the box?Aren't they actually orange?
Ooops! ESG beat me to it!
Wish i had thought of that myself !
Who was the first person to discover that you can get milk from a cow?...but more importantly, what did he really thinks he was doing at the time?
It is taken from the German - no lives... as maybe wandering around in your own world is "no life" - sounds like a good life to me though....
Maybe coz it is found "right on time"- sorry should be on DJ thread...
Band name always made me giggle...whole new thread upstairs..
time to stop now.
And silver trays to serve from.
More to the point, why are they called waiters? What are they waiting for? If they wait too long, the food gets cold, I'd like to think they don't wait around, and just get on with their jobs instead.
Ah, that's because if you only buy one, it gets taken by the second sock fairy.
Why is it that when you wash you brand new matching set of knickers and bra in exactly the same wash, the knickers always come out a slightly different shade to the bra?
Why do round pizzas come in square boxes?
How does the man who drives the snow plough get to work?
Why is abbreviate such a long word?
Why do they put signs up that say "NEW ROAD LAYOUT AHEAD" If you've never been there before how would you know the difference?
How do you know the light in the refrigerator goes out when you close the door?
Because it goes out as you close the door, so you see that it is off for a split second before it closes. However, if you want to know how you know the light is always off while the door is closed, ask Schrödinger.
And what happened to cows before we found out we could milk them?Who was the first person to discover that you can get milk from a cow?...but more importantly, what did he really thinks he was doing at the time?
Did they explode because of all that milk they were storing in their udders?
Why do they sterilise the needle when they're giving a convict a lethal injection?
Do you that they do?Why do they sterilise the needle when they're giving a convict a lethal injection?
Why is dyslexia such a difficult word to spell?
Why does onomatopoeic not sound anything like what it means?
Why is phonteically not spelt with an "F"?
Does the queen send a card to herself on her 100th Birthday?
If having two left feet makes you a bad dancer, does having two right feet make you a good dancer?
Why cant i dance with MsFAB without being sabotaged ?
Last edited by Dirty D; 27th-April-2006 at 04:24 PM.
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