It was. That's why the Germans went around it instead of through it. :)

For god's sake, someone mod this up. I just spat out a mouthful of rather expensive scotch laughing at it -- please don't let my sacrifice be in vain...

Hey it's not the system's fault if the pilot can't remember the password to unlock the joystick. It's supposed to be secure, after all.

Unlikely.

You only need one. But you have to replace it every 2.5 milliseconds.

Agent Smith: How can you scream if you don't have a mouth?

Steve Ballmer: Mmmph! Mmphmmph!!

Delicious.

I've often wondered if it would be cheaper to give every wheelchair-bound person one of Kamen's fancy IBOT stair-climbing chairs rather than install access ramps, elevators (right next to escalators), curb cuts in sidewalks, etc.