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I share your sentiments, ff - I'm not quite sure though, if sodomy-dan isn't just a troll. Maybe he's just confused because he wasn't raptured last thursday. Who knows... I wonder if ole sodomy-dan ever thinks about the countless victims of 30years-war or other internal christian prick-waveries.

Yeah, let him fight against a MiG-21 and ask him again about his thoughts.

Calling somebody a "terrorist" gives them too much credibility by using a spooky name. They're just fuckheads. Going for the low hanging fruit again? Breivik was a Christian. So was McVeigh. So were shitloads of mass-shooters in the US of A. They may be fewer in numbers, but evil white losers exist as well. Bottom-line is: It doesn't matter which fuckhead kills you. You're just as dead.

Makes a lot more sense than being hit by a TOW. Life sucks sometimes. RIP.

It's not the bypass-ratio itself, that makes GTFs a winner yet. It's decoupling the fan-section from the LP-turbine's speed via a transmission that allows the turbine to spin a lot faster, while keeping the fan's blades speed in the subsonic/ transonic region. You need that gear in-between the turbine and the fan, as you increase bypass-ratio (circumference of the fan, hence fan-tip speed), because at some time you'd have to run the turbine a ridiculously low speeds, in order to keep up with the fan-speed constraints. Remember: P = M*w. If 'w' goes down ('w'~RPM), the moment has to go up proportionally, in order to keep power-transmission at the same figure. (the 'w' is supposed to be a lower Omega [1/s] )

Cars looked cooler back in the day. Not only Lambos. At some time, a Lambo-designer must have come across a car-wreck and thought "hmm, all those wrinkles...."

Don't think so: It's the "leaders" of the Brexit-campaing that are vanishing all over the place, leaving those politicians exposed to work it out, that were not quite sold on Brexit in the first place.

Look here: https://rhorta.home.xs4all.nl/jgstruc.htm The numbers are usually going from 1 to 12, as the aircraft are numbered-through. A 13 was often used for the Kommandeur or Kommodore (unless they used a conventionel wedge). You might also try this board: http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/index.php

It's a shame he was shot. They could have done other things to him...

2013 patch level here and those JDAMs go for a round-the-world tour, despite being dropped inside parameters. They also glide like a world-championship sailplane. A bit on the far side for a bomb with just a couple of strakes and a steerable fin...

He had lots of talents beyond movie-actor: Business-man, inventor, olympic athlete, etc. Truly a great man! Blues skies, Carlo!

There isn't much of a difference. Today's fighters have enough software- and weapons-integration to call them "multirole". The boundaries are blurring. The T-50 (FA-50) has enough fighter-genes to make it a serious opponent. Bolt on a helmet-visor and all-aspect thrust-vector heaters, and you'll have a very serious opponent. The only uncertainty left is pilot training, which is the most important factor after all. Bottom line: Much of the wording is just plain marketing.

So you trust a site that calls itself "truth". Experience has shown that pages called the likes are usually telling everything BUT the truth. Much like "People's Democratic Republic XYZ" is usually not that democratic, neither is it the people's, nor is it a republic.

No, it's from it's comment-section. As stated above. No need for an anal drip bullshit-reaction. I wouldn't be saying anything - I'm pretty much with Richard Dawkins, who's offended that such a decision is placed on the people's shoulders (who know nothing about it, as it transpires), instead of having the government decide. This is government pussyfooting away from one of it's primal responsibilities. What's sold as "democracy" (such as in long-time UK expats living in the EU not allowed to vote), is actually a lack of responsible governing. Which is a funny thing, as they've agreed on all terms the EU was asking them so far. But still: They're having a 25% foreigner-rate, which includes east-europeans, which is what Brits are mostly pissed off about. Also that's MUCH larger than on other countries. And they're part of Schengen, so free travel across the border right there. Clearly what the Brexiters want, then. Sorry to burst your bubble. Any more bubbles that need some busting?

Bit of a skewed picture, you're representing: The US of A consists of 50 states, plus several overseas-territories. Each state has their own laws (that even goes down to counties) and all states are united under the union, which provides the law-framework. Also, all states have their own government and administration, which is represented in the union by congressmen/ women and senators. Just like any EU country is represented in Brussles and Strasbourg. Also, America is a country firmly based on immigration. There's so such thing as an "American", as all Americans are descendants of immigrants. Unless you have Native American ancestors. America has one of the most diversified people. Well, in the cities and along the coasts. Heartland America is very much white. The union collects federal taxes and spends them on a federal level. Last time I checked, Romania wasn't telling what the UK could do, but the whole of EU was deciding on laws. That includes UK-representatives. That is a democratic process right there. No "telling what to do" whatsoever. Again: Switzerland is not some fairytale - it pays all of the money, gets none of the vote (no EU-member), but gets most of the EU laws, as it's within EEA. That includes agreements on economics and free movement of EU-citizens and Swiss. Sorry to burst the bubble. A british Switzerland is exactly what Brexiters wanted NOT to happen. There's almost no such a thing as "trade without a deal", unless you're trading with e.g. Somalia. Most deals are covered by WTO standard rates, which are kind of shitty if there's any large volume going on between two countries. There's no such thing as "just doing it". If you ordered a book from the UK, you'd have to pay taxes. Those will very probably change with UK exiting EU.

Well, maybe you should look deeper at the balance between the states and the union in the US of A. Not too different to the EU.

"Democracy" - more like demagogueraphy: https://eatseehearcardiff.wordpress.com/2016/06/26/a-remainer-in-the-belly-of-the-brexit-beast/

Last time I checked, you were still in. Now put your money where your mouth is and declare Art 50.

Taken from the comment-section of a Guardian-article: Needless to say - I like it.

Well, first of all, the vote is not binding. UK parliament could just go on and act as if nothing happened (WAAA, where's democracy now?). Then, placing the future of a country in a simple-mans poll (most people not even understanding the implications, as it shows) with 50.1% winning it all, is hardly democracy, it's idiocracy. Idiocracy as in politicians using the country's economic future as leverage for inner-party dispute. Polls like this should be based on a 67% win-quota with re-runs, until that quota is reached - for either side. This way, nobody can later claim funny things. That should be a no-brainer. It isn't apparently. But that's complicated and people want simple answers, so we flush the future down the toilet - mostly by votes of people who will be dead or long retired in 20 years, not by those people who actively have to deal with it. Had 17yr-olds (like in the scottish referendum) been allowed to vote, the outcome would probably have been the other way round. Scary, huh? I don't watch football much - I don't see a reason watching 22 millionaires running after a ball. Do you? You do realize, that I pulled your leg? I guess overfishing would be a much better approach - fuck the ecosystem, as long as the british fishing fleet is doing all right. Wait, it won't then. There's plenty of other fish in the sea (nah, not really, overfishing is a global issue). Britain is not the center of the world. The - relatively simple - answer is presented a few posts above. A no-brainter, actually. If you don't like the club, don't join. But don't cry either, when the party on the streets turns out to be underwhelming and friends are starting to peel off and go back to the club. They don't *have* to to have them. But dictatorships are usually pretty sensitive with internal criticism. So sooner or later, opposition-people are going for a trip to the countryside. It's pretty much inevitable.

Simple: Want to be in the club? Accept the club's terms. Who is EU's dictator then? When's the last time somebody was brought to a EU forced-labour/ re-education camp? Sounds like you do have a pretty lilly-ass impression of dictatorships. Maybe erecting a realy-dealy dictatorship in a cinema near you will help. Haha, given the watershed-outcome (51% vs 49%), pulling the "democracy"-card is your best shot? The best part of it is people only informing themselves about the ramifications after the fact and leading figures already trying to pussyfoot backwards. But hey, dimocrafy, fuck yeah!

Yes, please. Where is it all going? How much of that is currently going to the continent, toll-free? Who do you think will give you a deal as good as, or better than, the current one under EU trade-deals? Depends. If Britain can get into a status like Norway or Switzerland (which would be a stupid move, as you have to pay all the money and get none of the vote), nothing would change much at all. But if the EU sends Britain down in flames, trade-deals will have to be made from scratch. With everybody. That includes most of the parts going to RR, Dowty or other high-tech firms. Why build a car in Britain, which only gives you tax- and toll-free access to Britain, when you could have built one in Britain and have tax- and toll-free access to the whole of Europe? There is a slight difference in appeal there. The EU is not dictating anything. Britain has (well, had) representatives in Brussels, just like any other country has. Much like your representative in parliament is representing you (or not). Just because it all happens in a place a little farther away, doesn't make it a dictatorship. Trade deals involve a set of agreements and concessions between two countries that have to be complied with, in order to validate the deal. You'll have to do X, but you'll get Y for that. If both parties agree on it, they'll settle and sign. Same has happened between the EU and Britain - with Britain getting lots of concessions from the EU ever since, and behaving like a spoiled brat all the time. I don't see where there is any dictating going on whatsoever. If anybody screwed another, it has been Britain screwing the EU.

What is a metric-f+ck-ton? There's only one ton: the ton - like in 1000 kilograms. Long tons, short tons, punds, stones - nobody outside the stone-age uses those anymore. Except for the US, they've standardized and progressed to bronze-age already. Good for them, they're already seeing the benefit of the metric-system. - So what is the total output-volume of electronics compared to - say China? Pretty much zip. - How many *satellites* (well, actually it's more like sub-components of satellites) do you build? How many do other countries build? - Aero-engines - well, yeah, except that RR has built up assembly-lines on the continent. Large parts of future developments (e.g. geared fan) are primarily based in Germany. - Airbus - well, they're building the wings in Britain. Then again, Airbus has pulled-up final assembly lines in China and Alabama. I don't think (IF the crap should really hit the fan), they're afraid of pulling the investment back to the continent. - Automotive - sorry, but that's really laughable. The once proud UK car industry is no more. Most companies are foreign-owned and investments can be pulled elsewhere in a heartbeat. Eastern Europe is probably sore from clapping their hands right now. Everybody already does. It's called globalization. Rule Britannia is a thing of the past. Get over it. Also: What's the fuss about "unelected officials" all about? How many people in your current national government do you elect directly or indirectly and how many people are there nonwithstanding the election's outcome? The ratio is about 5:95 in favour of the unelected officials. And guess who is making policy behind closed doors and backchannels. There is an EU-parliament election - people just choose not to vote, for lack of understanding and care for the EU in general. Now smack my arse and call me Judy if that ain't the same people that later complain about the lack of representation.

Not really. It's just a sign that old farts have a demographic leverage over the young and will screw the young generation's chances for the sake of living in an over-glorified past.

Hmm, a country with hardly any industry left and some 50 million people (give or take), trading on equal terms with countries that have up to 1+ billion people? Let me think about that...