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It's not plate armour - it is an exoskeleton. And we all know that crabs and lobsters can't shoot properly and that explains all you need to know about them.

I m surprised anyone is amazed by entirely predictable technology these days! Let's face it - smart phones as remote controls ain't new, small electric powered quad-rotors aren't new, and miniaturized computers & sensors aren't new. Kudos to whoever put them all together in this package for having the imagination/backing/foresight - but come on - it's not really amazing that it happened. cf The "Black Hornet"

I'm pretty sure it doesn't meat the "nano" descriptor in the headline ..... unless we are talking nano-AU's??

It's a bird, no, it's a plane, no - it's Super-Iranian-Photoshop-Man!

"Now" is not the appropriate term - "again" is more accurate. North Dakota, December 2011 - probably the first instance and ismentioned in the article you link....:cool:

That is just what they want you to believe!

So the surveys show the location of the UFO bases - right??

A State Senator is not the state - so it is not quite "Texas plans to ban drones". And I see exceptions and legitimate uses of course. ...and what about RC aircraft? It seems the RC aircraft people are not happy....

Weta Workshops has teamed with ITV to bring back the iconic 1960's series for 2015. I hope they do it justice, and it doesn't take as long as Dambusters!!

I'd be happy to bring him down ......

1/ Hillary got the look first. As usual an Aussie stole it. 2/ Our rich imperialist enterprises have left us with that inequity. When NZ took over the Cooks in 1948 all former British Citizens there got NZ citizenship, and retained it at independance in 1968. Same with Samoa - anyone born in Samoa prior to 1961 (IIRC) when NZ ruled it, is a NZ citizen, and any Samoans resident in NZ when the immigration issue was a hot topic in the early 1980's ar eligible to apply, but not vice versa. 3/ It is our attempt to keep the population of Australia under control. sorry to see you survived

Indeed - it was not too difficult to search for airshows and warbirds get-togethers in 2012! There are quite a lot of Yak-3's flying, and they have a superficial resemblance to P-39's, with a bubble canopy and smooth sloping front fuselage. Video of Yak-3's in New Zealand 2012 -

Seems unlikely there would be 4 P-39's in WA without something on the web about it....and there ain't. The mossie was a bit distant from the 15th floor of the IRS building - even with all the CAA staff leaning on the inside tipping it over!

Yeah - but that old analogue stuff is fascinating. There is a series of rather long winded naval fire control computer basic workins on YT that are worth a visit if you have the bug - see for part 1.

Win 8 apparently uses Win 7 as it's "engine" - it is essentially a new UI. However...back to hte topic in hand - after many delays, and some sunshine herein Wellington, I have finally started playing. I LOVE IT!! OK - so there are some obvious differences and some things could be better - I used to love the tension of just getting the squad off the lander in one piece - that's gone And I think I prefer the previous system for loading troops with weapons & gadgetry - only 1 grenade?? And if the electro-shock thingie is a side arm why can't it replace the pistol? Apparently a rocket launcher can replace a pistol - but a souped up cattle prod can't?? What is with that? And I probably prefer the old geoscape too. But the feel, the tension, the "will I move or will I shoot?" - it is fantastic IMO. I do not miss TU's (Time units) at all. I do miss cannon though (both auto and heavy) - although the rocket launcher makes a most satisfying bang Get's an "A" from me. If the caveats above weren't there then an A+

no problem with SU-85 article - but every other article on Tanks I tried (all SU's, a couple of mediums) was unavailable

You are Australian.

That's because you are Dopey

I am always happy

The Connie was MORE successful - that doesn't make the York UN-successful. Strange you seem to only be able to see this as a zero-sum game.

259 were bult - that is not "so few" - especially not in those days - it is moer than twice as many as the number of comets that were built. but of course the only Comets that were flying while Yorks were in BOAC service weer the ones that were falling apart - perhaps the Yorks were seen in somewhat better light for not having that problem?? Sure it was ugly - but that's irrelevant to whether or not it was the cutting edge of British aviation at the time. And even if comets were flying "then" (which i cannot beleive was actualy your childhood - wasn't King Tut your playmate??) there were more Yorks flying for a long time so they were still very visible, and younger than say MD-11's are now - would you have a problem with a MD-11 model for a kid these days? Well apart from the usual problems you have with kids that is.....

The York started flying in 1942 and was delivered in 1944. The Constellation 1943 and service with USAAF that year and 1945 with TWA. The Comet would not enter service until 1952 - a decade after the York first flew. I think perhaps your alzheimers is getting some of the dates mixed up! The Connie went on to a much more successful carreer of course - but that was not obvious in 1945 - it had 3 fatal accidents in its first 10 months of service and was withdrawn from carrying passengers!! And it sufferd so many engine failures it was nicknamed the world's best trimotor!! It was also a lot bigger than the York. Nonethless over 250 Yorks were built and it was a successful airliner and it WAS the "flagship" of British passenger transports until the Comet did, eventualy, arrive. It flew over half the British missions in the Berlin Airlift, replaced the old flying boats on many routes and BOAC used them until 1957 - the last commercial user retired them in 1964.

sounds like drinking too much of that crap has accelerated your alzheimers!! There was also at least Double Brown, DB Export & Waitemata nationally, Speights/Canterbury Draught/Tui/Monteiths/Waikato in the respective areas, and also Vita-Stout - ah the days when you could buy black gold in dozen-750ml-bottle crates!!

such as fighter aircraft ffrom the last war and the latest thing in passenger transport by air? yeah - I can se why you would think those are odd.....

Mace is still in Aus AFAIK, but we have plenty of pepper spray and yes, tasers, for stroppy "visitors"