Because we enjoy beating dead horses here. Honestly I never knew what was being discussed in the thread "Know that if you do not post in this thread today the human race may cease to exist" because it was just too long to peak my interest, and the title doesn't exactly describe the topic of the thread.

It looks like we can add the "plane on a treadmill" question to to the status of "how do I improve my gas mileage?" and "what size tires can I run without trimming?".