ShrikeHawk

Good for you! There's nothing like a burger to make you feel right as rain.

Many lives lost, serious injuries, and a Mustang destroyed. Tragic. http://abcnews.go.com/US/reno-nevada-air-race-crash-investigators-comb-debris/story?id=14546398

Yeah e-cigs have turned into quite an industry. I've tried them and they're pretty awesome. You can mix your own flavors and nicotine levels.

The way I see it, the pilots and the fans knew the risks and participated anyway. The loss of life is terrible, but they knew what they were getting into. On the other hand, the old warbirds are precious. They are national treasures. Even though the pilot is willing to take the risk - and bless him for that willingness - I'm not so keen on losing national treasures in racing. We'll lose enough of these planes as it is. We lost a mustang a month or so ago just doing formation flying with a Skyraider. Racing these planes is putting irreplaceable machines at great risk.

My wife and I are totally enjoying the skies and sunsets Odessa in West Texas. They are the most beautiful we've seen in a long time. Looking over the replica of Stonehenge at UTPB: Looking over the soccer field near the artificial wetlands at UTPB

I was always trying to get the 3D Clouds in SF1&2 to look like this. It's hard to match nature but certainly fun trying to match it. Out of all those storm clouds we got half an hour of light rain. Sheesh! It's hard to get any rain in Odessa.

The "Snark" is a UAV Helicopter with impressive capabilities. It's been developed by a company in New Zealand. Some strange anti-military laws prevented them from exporting the system to other countries. But as of 2009, they were looking for a new host country to continue development. I hope it was us. Details about the Snark http://www.gizmag.com/go/4785/ Details about the company's future http://www.shephard.co.uk/news/1452/

I could see a flock of these Kiwi Snarks, loitering at the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They could make the safe havens of the Taliban a living hell.

Happy B'Day!

I was starting to get worried. Thanks for hanging in there Erik. Your efforts are much appreciated.

I think David Copperfield set up that test.

Nice! It would be cool if it had a working gun.

Awesome! I'm still chuckling and will be for a while.

I thought it was excellent. I really enjoyed that.

Even in the US, free speech has limits. Shout "Fire!" in a crowded theater as joke, and you'll be breaking the law. Try making a mere joke about planting a bomb on an airliner, the police will be waiting with handcuffs when you disembark. Nobody will care that it was a joke, you'll be convicted. Personally, I'm glad the troll got convicted. Free speech is a wonderful tool, but when it's used as a weapon to cause harm, the criminals need to be punished without remorse.

F-ing A!

That's a great story, Jedi. Thanks for sharing.

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Fantastic Show!

Oh yes, the "fair and unbiased" news channel. When considering any of their stories I always try to gauge the "degree of truth" they are using. This story strikes me as similar to the scandal created by Reagan's comment, "I've decided to outlaw Russia. We begin bombing in five minutes." It was a joke and it wasn't meant for public consumption. This is incredibly obvious, but people still managed to take it entirely out of context. It seems Fox is taking certain unrelated facts and stringing them along to build a story where there isn't one.

I've been watching the skies carefully (and unattended bags) every year on that terrible anniversary.

Just stumbled across this on YouTube. It looks like a hoax to me. The first version I saw of it had a lot of text how the Army made youtube take the video down...and then it goes ahead and shows the video anyway. This version has all that nonsense removed. I know the various studies are working on adaptive camouflage, but this video seems suspect to me. What do you guys think? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VomB58z0ZE&feature=related