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They call Wordpad write.exe!


For backwards compatibility, of course, with pre-95 programs that have write.exe hardcoded.


They still have Wordpad? :O


It got removed last year.


Routergod.com was one of the greats, good times.


Appeared disabled in the video, this was not planned.


The captain was disabled or the bridge? I dont understand how you set a course through a bridge like that


A course is set through the middle, side thrusters, rudders, and|or engines fail or falter, and current drifts the ship into the bridge pylon.

Ships in water tend to move and keep moving, engines and thrusters work to vector that motion into a desired direction - when things fail motion doesn't cease and courses aren't maintained.


https://imgur.com/a/OXDh1mM

Here’s an image of its path


The best quote from Mass Effect:

Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space!


Gravity is a harsh mistress..


"this hurts you, Shephard"


The ship, most of its lights go out a minute of two before the collision, and it also seems to be emitting black smoke (from the funnels / engine exhaust?) as well.


The lights on the ship all go out about 5 minutes before impact. They come back on and appear to go out again as impact gets closer. It looks like the ship suffered a catastrophic failure that affected the controls.


The lights on the ship were going off and on, and it appeared to be smoking before hitting the bridge. Does not look like they had much control at the time.


Could it be that the power going off and on, and the smoke came from a panicky attempt to recover from a mistake and avoid hitting that bridge ?


The power going off is most likely what caused the accident.


Most likely it was engine failure which caused the steering to lose power and allowed the ship to be pushed by the current.


The dark smoke was most likely the diesel generator firing up to get some steering control back


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