David Hingtgen

After months of my HDTV being only hooked up to game consoles (since I couldn't get anything with my previous antenna---I live in a kind of signal null-zone of no local transmitters), I got a nice little OTA antenna that pulls in stuff from 66 miles away. And it's mounted indoors, on a western wall, facing east. http://www.monoprice.com/products/product....=1&format=2 If you don't really have any "local" stations (anything within 20 miles) try it. It does much better than my previous $60 much larger antenna did. Note that it's directional---which is a big plus for far away things, but detrimental if you're "surrounded on all sides" by various towers. (of course, if you're surrounded by towers, any antenna should be sufficient) (I get nearly everything from Monoprice now--even basics like coax cable)

So has anyone actually seen the movie and care to comment?

I've yet to see a proprietary PSU in an HP, having bought several replacement PSUs for them. Either ATX or mini-ATX.

I've not watched Gurren Lagann, and I don't plan to.

You people are all "over-estimating" canted fins. VF-1 doesn't have a V-tail. It merely has canted v.stabs. They're rudders, nothing more. And they may work like an F-18's where they have a "fully inwards deflection to make a slight pitch-up effect", but they are not for pitch control--no more than an F-18's. Think about it---are you even going to have much effect in pitch when you're only 20 degrees or so away from vertical?

Valkyria Chronicles is only 20 bucks at Wal-Mart. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?...115860412449883 Slightly annoying, as I got my copy only a few weeks ago.

Here's a quick question: Why do cars' primer rarely match the paint, when it could? Based on both large rock chips and peeling paint, I see many white cars that have black or even red primer IIRC, black and red cars with yellow, etc. Why not use the white with white, red with red, and black with black? Chips wouldn't show up nearly as much. My car is pretty dark, but has a pale grey primer---even tiny little chips are pretty obvious. (I was touching up rock chips tonight---I've had my last "road trip" for the summer)

Canards do whatever the designer wants them to do. They can be primarily for pitch stability, pitch control, pitch de-stabilizing, or merely an "influence on airflow over the wing". Or any combination of the above. Most of the Eurocanards tend to rely on them heavily for influencing the wing airflow, especially at high-alpha. It's their "little secret" for high-alpha performance---use the canards to control the wing, not to control the plane.

I just had a question: F-22 chaff/flare dispensers. Where/how?

Don't know what's in your computer? Go here and download this: http://www.belarc.com/Programs/advisor.exe Run it, and it'll tell you just about everything. (if you want even more info, get Sandra---but it's bigger and slower) ::edit:: Actually, you might want Sandra anyways, as it will directly tell you exactly what type of PCI slots you have, whereas Belarc will only tell you your mobo model and you'd have to look it up from that. http://www.sisoftware.net/redirect/dload.php?id=105

Valk Chronicles does have exceptionally good voice acting.

I would not presume to guess where a VF-1's center of gravity is----it's clear from the published weights/dimensions that their density/mass is WAY off from a modern aluminum fighter jet---and a huge part of a fighter's weight and center of gravity is its engines----and I'd say we have no idea what an OT turbine weighs---much more, much less than a jet?

Evangelion is so NOT for the family. Escaflowne rocks though, and has just about everything you asked for. Cowboy Bebop--also awesome, but again, not for the family (though better than Eva). Any Miyazaki movie is great for anyone.

Stupid question---how new is that mold? Brand-new, 5 years, 20 years? I'm really out of the loop for non-Lego SW stuff.

That's why Metroplex is the lamest of the cities. The Decepticon ones were much better. Trypticon may not have the most complex transformation (better than Metro's though), but all the money/engineering went into making him walk and light up. He'd have probably had an even more impressive transformation and better city mode if they left out the mechanics.

Brazil bought Rafales (and a lot of other stuff): http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/artic...QDbHPB1oH7LMn5g

Coanda effect of where? The VF-1's upper surface is dead-flat between the tailfins. And unlike the F-14, there is almost no glove outboard of the intakes. Also--the first FBW was indeed a modified F-8. Flew in 1972. Note that 1972 is 2 years after the F-14 first flew.

Have I mentioned how often I agree with myk?

The best Energon combiner is one you make yourself. Bruticus works very nicely if you use 2 planes from Superion. 4 different limbs---A-10, F-22, heli, tank. (though I often actually go with 1 plane and 1 constructicon)

I felt it was NOTHING more than an animated instruction manual for the game. (having viewed about 1.5 eps) No plot, even as merchandise-selling kids anime goes. "Oh no, someone has used the so-and-so card in a type B situation! What should I do? I'll use the new counter-cards that just came out this month (packed 1-in-4) in the following pattern." "And in this dream-sequence, I'll show what viewers at home should do if type C situation had occurred instead". About as interesting as the DOS 3.0 manual...

Well, a big factor is that a lot of stuff of that era doesn't have any other name---they simply don't name things like the West does. Fulcrum is the ONLY name for a MiG-29 AFAIK. Same for the Flanker. The Flanker is nicknamed "Crane" by pilots etc, but it is not officially called that---kind of like "Viper" for the F-16. Missiles and the like we now know the proper designation (R-27 instead of AA-10) but again---they're not named like the Sidewinder, Sparrow etc.

I really could(and should) have worked a lot more on my MP TC this week, but I did get the last 2 pins back in. Gotta work up the nerve to hack the tailbooms apart, then I can paint the fins black...

India wants to go STOBAR? I'd assume only because of the Russian carrier connection?

Revoltech is overall hideously underused. If I owned Kaiyodo, I'd be buying licenses and pumping out mecha left and right. And I'd have continued the Street Fighter line! Hello, Cammy figure? Dark Stalkers? Instead, the line spends the majority of its resources on idol-anime, and nigh-hentai stuff now...

For me, it all comes down to "I'm not waiting 3 years for you people to badly dub it, when I *only* want subs". Yes, I realize that the eventual dub sales retroactively fund bringing it to the US in the first place, but it's still no excuse to not release a sub-only version earlier.