David Hingtgen

Plenty of other ships. I bet the Ranger could be hauled out of moth balls and ready for service quicker and cheaper than the Gorshkov.

1. MS's demo 360 at the Game Developer's Conference RROD'd. 2. Did you grow up playing 2D platformers? If so, Fez is the greatest game EVER: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3166388 It's much deeper than you think, once you realize how it ACTUALLY works you realize the potential. Physical location means nothing, it's all about perspective. Don't try to make the jump to the platform--bring the platform to you. Even if it's 5 screens away, if you can SEE it get closer--then it is. It's like The Matrix---bend the world to your will.

I keep noticing that more and more of the "pins" in my Rei's joints get loose and partly come out all the time. Is it just mine, or are they all like that? Rei's the only Revoltech I have---do the mecha ones etc have *identical* joints, or just "similar"? Because I'm thinking revopliers must be a pointless thing to own, since I have to keep pushing the pins back in...

Actual footage (as opposed to a slideshow of pics) of the Cathay 777 low-pass: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=00a_1204000744&p=1

Because you're already a close ally, and we don't need to "appease" you.

Yeah, I know.

Ack, sorry, wrong SSBN conversion program.

We ARE doing the conventional SLBM thing. 4 Ohio class have already been converted, including the Ohio itself. 154 Tomahawks per sub. (7 missiles times 22 tubes---the other 2 tubes are converted to diving chambers for SEAL deployments etc) Also, the treaty restrictions are actually "total warheads deployed/available", not actually dictating how they are assigned----to effectively meet the requirements, the Ohio class always had 10 per missile, 24 missiles. But now that some Ohio subs are not carrying any nuclear warheads, we can bump up the Trident II D5 to its full capacity of 14 warheads per missile on the remaining subs, and still stay under the total number of deployed warheads required. The first 8 Ohios only had the 8-warhead Trident I C4, while the remaining had the 14-warhead (only carrying 10 due to treaty) D5. 4 of the C4-equipped ones were the ones converted to SSGN's, while the other 4 were upgraded to the D5 to fill the gap and retain the total number of warheads in the fleet by increasing the remaining ones to a full 14-warhead load. (I have an uncle who served on several SSBN's as a missileman, so I have quite an interest in them) Finally----for quite a while, the majority of the US's nuclear destructive power has been in the SSBN's. The B-2 and B-52 may be more visible, but their actual capacity etc is nothing compared to the Ohio class. The 18 Ohios have more power than the entire rest of the US military put together.

Checking around today: Found one, but wasn't sure if the site's stock was "live" or not. 2 hours later, it's gone, so apparently that site did have second-by-second stock status. Found another place, but again--not sure if they ACTUALLY have them. Also, I'm kinda planning on waiting for the next batch---the first week/batch of production is never quite as good as the others from what I've been reading. Especially since my intended motherboard just sold out and everwhere else wants 20-30 bucks more than Newegg. One place expects some in on Mar 17. But they could be the last to get them, or the first. Who knows. I'm in no big hurry though.

Look at the sticker on the box, look for "175W". That's the newer, smaller power supply, which ONLY can come with the new hardware. (There are some new hardwares that still came with the older power supply (200W or so)---but new power only can work with new hardware)

Bought it, played first 5 mins to make sure it worked, then put it away until I get my HDTV. (I'm on a self-imposed gaming hiatus until I get my new TV--except for Gamecube games) Avoiding all spoilers/reviews until then.

Kai Tak in Hong Kong had the turn on LANDING, which was very difficult. And rare. Turning after takeoff is easy and common. As for Aloha doing high-speed approaches now---no way. 250kt limit for all aircraft below 10,000ft was imposed many years ago after a United/TWA collision over NYC.

Have fun:

Airliners are my specialty.

It was "a" flight, but an early one. And it was the 367-80, which was the 707's prototype---and prototype in the true sense of the word, in that it shared zero parts with a real 707, and was only a "technology testbed of a very similar design".

All the mods should buy one----just to eat up the supply and prevent DA from getting any.

Happens all the time for deliveries, sight-seeing, retirement flights. That's just "extra low". Airliners are far more agile and capable than most people realize--the pilots intentionally fly them "slowly and ponderously" so the old ladies on board don't complain (literally). A 757 can do a 45-degree takeoff angle for a while on a good day---but then half the passengers would be screaming. Same as being on the downwind leg at 500mph, putting the spoilers out, making a tight 180, and landing at 150mph 30 secs later... (which was quite common for the 880 to do in its heyday)

Everett's the factory. That was not a normal flight at all. I'm surprised there were even 50 people on board. Most delivery flights are almost completely empty, the only people besides the pilots being some high-up financial guys from the company to literally "sign the dotted line".

Hard for me to keep it all straight. (Especially when it's a series I so don't care about that it irks me that it's being done at all)

I don't think anyone knows the stock 'trend' for the E8400. It goes like this: Jan 23 or so---it's released, and everywhere gets it, and everywhere sells out in days. Nobody's restocked yet. Every place that ever will sell the E8400 has already gotten and sold their first shipment. And the 2nd batch hasn't come out yet. Could be next week, could be next month. I can't get my new PC until they come in... (I can buy the case at least and have that ready)

That's a waste. TWO lines that are already almost identical, doing the SAME character in the same outfit? What's next, Figma doing Chun-Li, and Revoltech doing Idol Master? C'mon, there's a ZILLION *classic* female anime and video game characters that need to be made, instead of constant repeats of "what's the top anime this month".

1/60 YF-21 1/60 VF-1 (new) Revoltech YF-19, YF-21, and VF-1J Milia Revoltech Asuka and Chun-Li TF Classics Sideswipe, Octane, Galvatron Animated Prowl, BA, Blitzwing, Dinobots, Soundwave

Soundwave's G1 voice was far more than just running it through a processor and pressing a button. After the first "round" of processing, they had a musician-engineer sound guy tweak each syllable by hand/ear to get that distinctive sound----unless you know exactly what was done and have the skill and ear to do it right for each sound, it can never be replicated. It's not simply "finding the right settings" on a sound editor and having a machine do the whole ep's dialogue for you. It's hand-crafting each word. That's why no one can take Dr Claw voice clips and easily make "new" Soundwave quotes. That "something" is always missing, and that "something" is the hand-tweaking of each syllable. PS---Sentinel Prime is The Tick. Energon-y Goodness FTW.

I was wondering that too---what was the point of the opening scene? It did nothing and had no point. But the overall episode was great. Not TOO fond of how they modulate Soundwave's voice---it's too "rough"---I can't understand half of what he says. G1 Soundwave never had that problem.

Same---very few things can take advantage of a quad nowadays. There are certainly situations where a quad is better, a lot better. (do you render 3D graphics or encode terabytes of high-def video?) But they are few and far between with current software/tech. Get a faster dual for less money, and it'll do better more often.