JediMaster

Yeah, 2400 posts in less than a year? Spammer? No!!

I've always wondered what would happen if the TVC nozzles fail in some odd orientation, like has happened with VG planes getting one wing stuck in and one out and such. Could it be bad enough to cause an ejection? Is there some failsafe to bring them to neutral? Or can the controls counter it enough to make a landing safe?

I can't remember which plane first carried a shark's mouth on it...was it the Flying Tigers' P-40s? Or was there one that preceded it? Yes, I generally disregard ID4 because the Hornets didn't fight REAL jets, just aliens. Speaking of FOTI, that means the A-6 has had more love than the F-4 from Hollywood! That's just not right.

Generally speaking, lip syncs are done for a specific narrow range of reasons. These range from singer also doing a dance routine (which would make their singing breathless and not very enjoyable) to singer not feeling well (so croaking avoided) to technical difficulties with mic. The best example of this is the old Gene Kelly film "Singing in the Rain" about the days of Hollywood when talking films first came onto the scene. The beautiful silent film star had a miserable voice so a "less pretty" girl with a great voice was forced to sing behind a curtain for her and dub her films.

As someone who seen tons of films and read tons of books on aviation, I have never heard or seen any of these F-4 projects other than their ridiculous appearance in Iron Eagle 2 and bit parts in other films covering the Vietnam era. Therefore, regardless of whether or not any were made, the point still stands--the F-14 got to shine via big name, big budget productions while the F-4 (and even the Hornet, for that matter, as I can only remember it being shot down on film) got no love from Hollywood. This has nothing to do with how good the planes were in relative terms, but it has EVERYTHING to do with how many people will be fans of them.

There are people that spend 80+ hrs a week playing World of Warcraft and perfecting their techniques to become the best, does that make them special atheletes too? So you're the best there is at ping pong...you should be allowed to make a living doing that? You deserve acclaim? The point is there are lines that should not be crossed, but the Olympics have crossed them. Where's the Olympic poker tournament or film festival? Just because something takes hard work and talent doesn't mean it's worthy of being in the Olympics.

People won't back down if they believe they're right unless the result is utter annihilation. First, you have what both sides think the other side is doing, likely they don't know because of the confusion. Then you have what both sides know they want to accomplish. Last you have what each side is saying about their own actions and that of the other side. I'll guarantee none of this matches up.

Let's face it, the F-4 never was glorified in a film like the F-14 was...twice. Granted The Final Countdown wasn't as much into it as Top Gun was, but it was there first. The F-4 hit its stride when Hollywood broke up the love affair with the military that had existed since WWII. It was TFC that started to reverse that trend. The F-15 likewise has never had the film treatment, but it has its mythical kill ratios in the Middle East to brag about.

I've yet to determine the limits that are broken playing volleyball or bobsledding.

I have those Fensler-remixed PSAs. Some of them are so good I laugh every time I see them.

Well, they don't get any points for originality.

Some parallels can't be ignored. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. A month or so later the US moved into Saudi Arabia, and less than 6 months later drove them out of Kuwait, but didn't go into Iraq. In 1991, the Kurds in N Iraq rose up against Saddam after years of being killed in droves by his people. In 2003, the US arrived to help them--AFTER there was talk of nukes and other WMDs. Russian response time was obviously faster than that. So, oil-rich Kuwaitis--6 months. Poor Kurds--12 years. Sure there was a no-fly zone, but that was a flawed idea from day one. In Sudan, NO ONE has done a thing. It's obvious that intervention for "humanitarian reasons" is a fallacy as it is never used consistently. Instead, it can at best be the trigger for an intervention and at worst an excuse for an invasion. Only when there are other concerns IN ADDITION will countries commit the money, resources, and human cost to an operation of this type. To then trumpet "humanitarian reasons" rings so false it's a wonder anyone still bothers. No one has any interest in anything in Sudan but the people dying there--not sufficient apparently.

I've not heard anything about that, but I remember when the TrackClip came out them saying they're weren't going to be releasing a TIR5 "anytime soon." What that means exactly I don't know.

Later yesterday, COD7-18 were confirmed. "We're not going to stop milking this thing until the public wises up" says Activision’s CEO Bobby Kotick. "All even-numbered ones will be WWII by Treyarch. COD12 will cover the fighting in Sevastopol. The entire game will be there. COD 16 is going to be a Japanese bunker in Okinawa. The odd-numbered games will be by IW and cover whatever else we think of. COD9 for example is going to be against the Shining Path in South America, while COD13 is just going to crash and be a buggy mess and we'll blame it on the number 13."

Andromeda Strain, as the title of the thread mentions.

Why can't they make games that AREN'T MMOs anymore??

It doesn't just cross over. It climbs the Neverending Stair, through Shelob's Lair, across the Black Lands, and into the Crack of Doom.

I assume you're talking WinXP here. Go to Help and Support Center, choose "undo changes with system restore", and you should see an option in there that shows you a calendar with the ability to cycle back and look for previous points. Each day that has one will be in bold.

Well, I don't know if I agree with the "do what we say or we'll nuke you" philosophy.

You know, having lived through so many Olympics now, I've come to realize...I just don't care. Just like I don't care about any other sporting event of any other type! I've never been able to understand the allure of watching someone play a sport. To play it yourself, great, I get that. I just don't get spectating. I don't get reality shows either. Put all of them in a big "so what" category.

Nike's "just do it" ad campaign never seemed more appropos...

No HPBs in FL at all AFAIK. Never seen one. I had high hopes for EE2 doing for EECH what F4:AF did for F4, but it didn't.

Well, if they're not overused and undermaintained it shouldn't be a problem. They refurb those things on purchase and make them pretty good.

Both sides are wrong in multiple ways, simple as that. Both are trying to take advantage of mistakes made by the other side for their own personal gain. I don't really know if EITHER side cares about the civilians in S.O., and Abkhazia shouldn't be involved in this at all, yet somehow is. Whoever fired first was most wrong, but that doesn't mean the other side is free of blame.

I was very sad when he decided to leave SP, although truth be told he was on the show far less the last couple of years than in the beginning.