David Hingtgen

Yeah, it's obvious that Boeing still keeps the X-32's designer on the payroll. Nobody else could make planes that ugly.

PS---I never rescinded my vow to ban the next person who posts it for billionth time.

I'd suspect Roy, though blaming EXO is always a good option...

Inherent design flaw with the DX -25, the armor is just too heavy---it is caused simply by standing there in battroid mode.

They also seem to have inverted the forward fuselage----the upper part of the nose/cockpit area is almost level, with the underside sloping sharply.

No F/A-18I, I is skipped (as is O).

I'm just glad someone finally put up a decent-quality version on Youtube---previously they were all bad VCR rips...

Coolest Iron Man song ever is still the 2nd season intro of Fox Kids's version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaFMh1jClsY&NR=1 (seriously, were Saturday morning cartoons ever better than when Fox Kids did their Marvel comics shows in the mid-90's? X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man...)

Yeah, I'll say Clone Wars has increased my appreciation for Plo Koon more than any other character.

Ironically, I just checked back in to MW to ask if anyone else got the "Scott Pilgrim vs the world" trailer, and saw this.

Every piece of it.

Super-Er Hornet: http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defen...bd-7371ec37016f Summary/commentary: JSF for USN delayed to 2016 at the earliest. Combined with overall US fighter gap due to few F-22s, USN highly considering buying 124 more Super Hornets, and possibly more for Australia too. New Super Hornet would have F-35esque cockpit, 20% more thrust, and maybe Meteor missiles.

Better than I thought it'd be based on the early reviews. Definitely funnier/more one-liners. But they're so fast you can't possibly catch all of them in one viewing. Overall more flash, less substance than the first. I actually like the earlier fights more than the later ones. After-credits scene detailed synopsis, so you don't have to sit through 10 mins of boring B&W credits:

Ok, I saw the origin of the whole Peg thing a while ago, but I've forgotten again.

I'd suggest not looking at the promo pics for the next ep, fairly major spoilers for the end of the episode.

BTW, the Frontier duet is "perfectly" stereo. Have only the left speaker going, and you'll only hear Grace.

Don't know how I missed this before, but anyways: 1. Any plane that gets "special" camo tends to have reduced markings. Only the factory puts on ALL of them. Even a "stripped to bare metal" full repaint at a dedicated paint depot with "all" markings re-applied won't get everything that the factory puts on. (except in Japan) "Local" repaints at a base get even fewer markings, and unique/short-lived schemes are lucky to have anything more than national insignia. 2. Dobber already chimed in, but "Dobber camo" is the NSAWC blue-grey camo, modified to be more Flanker-esque. There's plenty more new/cool Flanker camos out there, if you want suggestions. (plus the new PAK-FA, and the Arctic Falcons) 3. Glue! I have found Plastruct's "Plastic Weld" to be about the only thing effective on Yamato ABS plastic. Note that this is a super-thin glue like Tenax, so you've got about 1 second to get the parts together before it dries and you have to re-apply. The parts must be stuck together while the cement is still wet. Most any hobby/model shop should sell it, comes in a glass jar with an orange label. 4. Slightly purple parts? Common with Bandai mecha, the 1/72 Alto kit is almost entirely composed of it--I personally believe it's an attempt to prevent yellowing by "blueing" the plastic--may be a sign of styrene vs ABS.

Yup. I greatly prefer the Mylene-only songs.

Unlikely, sorry. That was pretty much a one-time batch of shoulder hinges and nothing but.

Full version's out. 4 mins long.

Umm no, that's size. They're the exact same scale.

Ever since, I dunno, XP SP3, maybe earlier, the saved .htm files on my hard drive like to try to access that web page "live" when opened rather than simply reading what is saved on the drive. That's the whole reason I saved them, to access them offline and load quickly. Is there any way to force Windows to simply READ a saved .htm file, rather than always try to "load" it? It's especially annoying when there's some active X or java in the page, as it tries forever to load it before it gives up. It kind of defeats the whole purpose of saving a page to the hard drive in the first place.

Eh, he was sometimes funny earlier. Lately though, I agree.

Lilformers, epic meme: http://www.lilformers.com/comics/2010-05-03.jpg

Lockheed says the JSF is not delayed, it's merely experiencing "schedule growth". In other news, it's not overweight either, it's just had some mass growth...