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by Irbis
2015-07-27 08:10pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Dead russian sub found in swedish waters
Replies: 22
Views: 3647

Re: Dead russian sub found in swedish waters

*Shrug* It was built in 1901, long before age of all welded ships. If a riveted part was hit in collision, even weak strike would have buckled the plate and torn it open. Name comparison on old photo and wreck seems to check out. Some older photos still as Fulton : http://www.navsource.org/archives/...
by Irbis
2015-07-27 07:04pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Dead russian sub found in swedish waters
Replies: 22
Views: 3647

Re: Dead russian sub found in swedish waters

After reading discussion on it on Russian forum - people claim to have cleaned video and deciphered the name of the ship reading " СОМЪ " (Sum'). Pretty much confirming Swedish military opinion. It is also confirmed by the fact it was lost on patrol near Swedish waters, close to what then ...
by Irbis
2015-07-27 06:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Dead russian sub found in swedish waters
Replies: 22
Views: 3647

Re: Dead russian sub found in swedish waters

Remember last time someone in Sweden "found" Russian "submarine"? Well, turns out the find is most likely as 'real' as last time. Though, this time it's at least something that could submerge. According to experts, it's Imperial Russian Navy's submersible boat Sum (Catfish) , san...
by Irbis
2015-07-27 02:04pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 2015 Formula 1 Season
Replies: 67
Views: 15607

Re: 2015 Formula 1 Season

I'm beginning to think that way as well. Wasn't he the cause of a pretty spectacular crunch — right in the middle of the pit straight — that totally changed the last few laps of a race, in one of the night races a few years back? Can't remember exactly where or when. That's the problem - people fix...
by Irbis
2015-07-27 10:01am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Is the Poison His Party Concocted
Replies: 49
Views: 7328

Re: Trump Is the Poison His Party Concocted

For all of Iran-Contra and the crapshoots that happen during any given presidency, Reagan did have a legitimate presidency. I am sorry, I don't consider poisoning the whole planet by 'greed is good, deregulate' mentality as shining success. Then, you have him (as you pointed out) illegally support ...
by Irbis
2015-07-26 08:40pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Trump Is the Poison His Party Concocted
Replies: 49
Views: 7328

Re: Trump Is the Poison His Party Concocted

I like the weasel lumping of Reagan and Eisenhower. How is Trump different from Reagan, exactly? He is the product of 80s, and if there is anything different in GOP now, it's the fact in 80s Reagan still has sad remnants of Eisenhower era politicians in party to hold some of the insanity back.
by Irbis
2015-07-26 04:08pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: 2015 Formula 1 Season
Replies: 67
Views: 15607

Re: 2015 Formula 1 Season

by Irbis
2015-07-23 05:30pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Are there any Star Wars EU books with a "Star Trek" feel?
Replies: 14
Views: 3878

Re: Are there any Star Wars EU books with a "Star Trek" feel

Well, there was this:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Galactic ... fe_book%29

Sort of combines science (linguistics) with in universe story. It's kind of short, though.
by Irbis
2015-07-23 03:43pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Kepler finds Earth-sized planet in habitable zone 500ly away
Replies: 9
Views: 3437

Re: Kepler finds Earth-sized planet in habitable zone 500ly

I really wish someone would do estimates of whether our instruments are good enough to arrive at negative conclusions. For instance, "yes, we are pretty sure Alpha Centauri doesn't have any planets larger than X or closer to the star(s) than Y." Because as it stands we keep spotting exopl...
by Irbis
2015-07-23 11:26am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Spaceship Speed Chart
Replies: 43
Views: 10381

Re: Spaceship Speed Chart

To me (I have limited knowledge of HGttG), both the Tardis and the Heart of Gold travel instantly, but I'd give the Tardis the edge for bring able to travel just about anywhere in time and space. Can the HoG do that? Time and space? To quote HGG - the drive " passes through every conceivable p...
by Irbis
2015-07-23 10:50am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: EU states miss refugee targets agreement
Replies: 27
Views: 3834

EU states miss refugee targets agreement

EU member states miss target to relocate 40,000 migrants Total agreed on is 20% lower than goal set for accepting refugees that have crossed Mediterranean to reach Greece and Italy Migrants from Pakistan arrive on the Greek island of Kos after crossing the Mediterranean in a dinghy. EU member state...
by Irbis
2015-07-23 06:52am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: World of Warships
Replies: 1875
Views: 510350

Re: World of Warships

Germany: http://i1073.photobucket.com/albums/w395/mr3awsome/WoWS%20TT%20Public/wows_germany_horizontal_zpseqotclju.jpg That Deutschland is supposed to be Panzerschiff or Linienschiff one? I kind of have soft spot for pocket battleships, but I can't see them fitting anywhere in standard classificati...
by Irbis
2015-07-22 04:44pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Denmark’s wind farms generated 140% power needs on July 9
Replies: 166
Views: 26658

Re: Denmark’s wind farms generated 140% power needs on July

You can say that, but there will not be a new power plant in Germany for the foreseeable future and I do not trust the old designs (you know, the ones who were proven to be unable to withstand an earthquake, or otherwise the plant built alongside a fault line would not have been shut down). You mea...
by Irbis
2015-07-21 07:03pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Wales goverment answer UFO query with Klingon
Replies: 28
Views: 6623

Re: Wales goverment answer UFO query with Klingon

"jang vIDa je due luq. ach ghotvam'e' QI'yaH devolve qaS"
I can't unhear English words and mangled grammar. I wonder, was it done with Google translator? :P
by Irbis
2015-07-21 05:07pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Russian billionaire grants 100 mln $ to SETI search
Replies: 6
Views: 3672

Re: Russian billionaire grants 100 mln $ to SETI search

I say that while being highly skeptical that SETI will actually find anything. Why so pessimistic? SETI already discovered a lot of things about natural radio signals coming here, such as pulsars. Even if we don't find any alien signal, finding out more about anomalies and hypothesized objects like...
by Irbis
2015-07-21 05:01pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: New Horizons probe successfully arrives at Pluto
Replies: 120
Views: 15192

Re: New Horizons probe successfully arrives at Pluto

Https works just fine if you remember to include the : :D Test it and you will see that no, it doesn't , at least with the youtube embed plugin version used here. Said plugin is also defeated by such simple things as adding start time or playlist to the video, unless you need to do it in some obscu...
by Irbis
2015-07-21 04:15pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: New Horizons probe successfully arrives at Pluto
Replies: 120
Views: 15192

Re: New Horizons probe successfully arrives at Pluto

You want http:// in front of the link, not https// .
by Irbis
2015-07-20 08:24pm
Forum: Science, Logic, And Morality
Topic: Russian billionaire grants 100 mln $ to SETI search
Replies: 6
Views: 3672

Russian billionaire grants 100 mln $ to SETI search

Search for extraterrestrial intelligence gets a $100-million boost Russian billionaire Yuri Milner announces most comprehensive hunt for alien life. The Green Bank Telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West Virginia: one of three telescopes being used in a decadal, $100-million s...
by Irbis
2015-07-20 07:14pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Cameron crackdown on tax havens 'purely political gesture'
Replies: 3
Views: 1086

Re: Cameron crackdown on tax havens 'purely political gestur

As for tax havens, this complaint is highly disingenuous and hypocritical. The UK has stated clearly that it would like to solve the problem, but the dependencies are separate countries with their own common law legal systems and elected legislature for domestic policy. If the UK government were to...
by Irbis
2015-07-20 04:45pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Cameron crackdown on tax havens 'purely political gesture'
Replies: 3
Views: 1086

Cameron crackdown on tax havens 'purely political gesture'

Cameron crackdown on tax havens 'purely political gesture', says Tory peer David Maclean, Baron Blencathra, wrote to Cayman Islands in 2014 that transparency push was to head off G8 pressure and EU’s financial transaction tax A Conservative peer has described David Cameron’s flagship G8 anti-tax av...
by Irbis
2015-07-20 08:53am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Replies: 1584
Views: 317530

Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

I don't know the details of that. But at least Lucas has a claim to being the one who gets final say over Star wars by virtue of having created it. No. He really did not. It was a team effort. New Hope was cut by Marcia Lucas (who won Academy Award for her job on that), Kurtz curbed a lot of dumb a...
by Irbis
2015-07-20 08:15am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: alien 5 Hicks returns
Replies: 44
Views: 8392

Re: alien 5 Hicks returns

Dull So would be first Alien if you saw it as third movie. depressing How dare they make horror movie (in a series that questioned human morals and shown what humans will do for profits and substantial GNP increase from the beginning ) depressing. Also, ' All we really like is what we know ' :lol: ...
by Irbis
2015-07-20 06:55am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
Replies: 1584
Views: 317530

Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Edit: You know, I really don't like it when one director uses his film to piss on another director's work. Its just crass. You know that's exactly what Lucas did? What with firing Kershner, Kurtz, making Leia Luke's sister, killing the previously established plans to have Emperor's duel in Episode ...
by Irbis
2015-07-19 03:43pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: A look at Terminator morality and future actions
Replies: 17
Views: 4612

Re: A look at Terminator morality and future actions

3. Let's say someone went back in time and killed Hitler as a little kid - maybe WWII never happens, but as a result, we don't get the technological boom that resulted from the war. How many years "behind" would we then be? Heck, how many people were prevented from having offspring, or we...
by Irbis
2015-07-19 03:18pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: alien 5 Hicks returns
Replies: 44
Views: 8392

Re: alien 5 Hicks returns

What was wrong with Alien 3 ? :wtf: Granted, I saw it a long time ago, but I remember it being interesting take on the continuation of the series, unique setting, unlikely protagonists, Aliens being really dangerous and sneaky again without being 'in your face' pretty harmless berserker threat from ...