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by CaptHawkeye
2016-01-14 09:31am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: General North Korea thread
Replies: 773
Views: 424331

Re: General North Korea thread

It it was H bomb test then it failed spectacularly. Magnitude 5.1 is in line with their previous sub 10 kt tests. Even plain old atomic bomb working properly would have made around 20 kt blast. They are far from H bomb if they still can't get atomic bomb to work without fizzling after trying 10 yea...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-12-14 07:40am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: How realistic is "Global Peak" series now?
Replies: 77
Views: 12713

Re: How realistic is "Global Peak" series now?

Global Peak was a really well-written story series by The Duchess of Zeon and others depicting the dystopia that results from the aftermath of peak oil. The U.S. breaks apart between an authoritarian emergency federal government and highly regressive far right governments. Much of Europe goes neo-f...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-30 08:00am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 7
Views: 2625

Re: Inside Out

I was also convinced that Bing Bong was Lotso 2.0. Pixar likes to center plot twists around sudden unveiling of villains a lot. Not everyone of their films have needed villains though and Inside Out certainly didnt. Nemo didn't and i think that film was stronger for it. They let their characters de...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-29 01:38pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 7
Views: 2625

Re: Inside Out

Definitely an amazing movie. I wasn't overly interested in seeing but my girlfriend dragged my along (read needed a lift for her and a friend, and paid for everything). I really rather enjoyed it. Bing bong did sorry of annoy me to be honest. They did do an excellent job with the characters and sto...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-29 11:14am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 7
Views: 2625

Re: Inside Out

Was sure I was in off topic for some reason. :lol: Thanks Thanas.
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-29 10:51am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Time traveling Hitler RAR
Replies: 61
Views: 9345

Re: Time traveling Hitler RAR

By 1940 the machinery is already rolling and it is likely too late to stop it. I doubt you could stop just about any of the state's plans at this point with minorities living inside its borders because the fact is Europe is starving because of your war and their are too many mouths to feed. Grain im...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-29 10:36am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Inside Out
Replies: 7
Views: 2625

Inside Out

What a beautifully abstract and artistic movie. The best i've seen from Pixar since Up. I was worried the decline had finally begun after Monster's University and Cars 2 had been such sore disappointments. Not after this movie though, no way. Again it took Pixar's wild card Pete Doctor to whip up so...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-28 01:39pm
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: RIP: James Horner (composer)
Replies: 8
Views: 3967

Re: RIP: James Horner (composer)

Stealing the Enterprise was one of the best BGMs ever, by itself it was 50% of one of the most dramatic scenes in any of the movies. The guy had a real knack for tones of adventurism and excitement in his music. I'm really sad to hear he's gone now.
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-15 04:04pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD
Replies: 79
Views: 17241

Re: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD

Malcolm is portrayed as no more an expert than the average layperson in either material. Because the gist of his predictions could be made by literally anyone. The reason he was invited to the Park was distinctly different from the reasons Sattler and Grant were invited i'm sure. Hammond probably fe...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-15 08:46am
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD
Replies: 79
Views: 17241

Re: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD

My arguments are largely based on the book, not the movie. The book Hammond is arrogant beyond measure. He throws money at experts to try to get them to work for him, but doesn't let them do their jobs, repeatedly ignores their warnings and advice, then cheaps out on them once the initial work is d...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-14 02:11pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD
Replies: 79
Views: 17241

Re: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD

Moats were recommended by Muldoon and rejected by Hammond, as one of his long string of poor decisions with respect to dangerous wild animals. Hammond almost certainly would've thought that moats would place the crowds too far from the animals. Lessening the effect they'd have on an audience, possi...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-06-14 01:03pm
Forum: Science Fiction
Topic: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD
Replies: 79
Views: 17241

Re: Jurassic World - Trailer #2 (Universal Pictures) HD

It's the first movie, like shamelessly. Except their are fewer relateable characters and now a militarism subplot. rogerebert.com wrote that the movie feels like it was written by a couple that had just been through a divorce and I found it hard to disagree. :lol:
by CaptHawkeye
2015-05-17 09:14am
Forum: Gaming, Electronics and Computers
Topic: Lucasarts on GOG
Replies: 98
Views: 19885

Re: Lucasarts on GOG

Frigates were still the biggest pain though, a Star Destroyer is six torpedoes and a few ion cannon blasts away from being a big useless brick, corvettes have the giant deadzone in their fire arcs behind the engine block, etc. As long as you didn't get smacked by the Star Destroyer's light speed bow.
by CaptHawkeye
2015-05-15 11:09am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

You should get your own act instead of playing the "defense attorney for my own ignorance" routine. Their is a problem in America's public system and just because you either don't see it or don't care does not mean others just have to live with it. Maybe if you weren't here bitching about ...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-05-15 10:27am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

What's the appropriate thing to do when peaceful protest continues to fail to bring about change? When you don't have the numbers needed to get someone better in office? What's the next step when peaceful acts have been failing for decades? Assuming you are not addressing an acute threat (so speaki...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-05-12 08:28pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Tom Brady suspended 4 games, plans to appeal
Replies: 29
Views: 5427

Re: Tom Brady suspended 4 games, plans to appeal

Hey remember when the Colts lost the AFC championship so badly that Colts players even said that the pressure of the footballs had literally zero impact on the outcome of the game? :lol:
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-30 08:38am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

I always knew Rivera was a huge asshole. This guy's rights were crushed years ago and Fox News, first organization to wax about the rights of whites Americans being under attack, is ignoring him. He's just as bad as Hannity and O'Reilly. He was literally going out of his way to minimize this kid and...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-30 08:20am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

"I want you and Fox News to get out of Baltimore City, because you are not here reporting about the boarded up homes and the homeless people under MLK. You're not reporting about the poverty levels up and down North Avenue. ... But you're here for the black riots that happen. ... you're not her...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-28 06:11pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

No, I agree with that. But at some point, people feel there is no way of fixing the system, so the system needs to be abolished. And so far nothing has been done that fixes police brutality. I don't blame the people for saying "fuck this" after Zimmerman, Ferguson, Eric Garner (anybody se...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-28 08:58am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

* apparently for eyeballing a police officer and then running away, cause if he's running away he must be guilty of something right? But he was guilty of something. Carrying a concealed switchblade carries a three year sentence in Maryland. Yeah that's a crime, but owning a home arsenal isn't. :lol:
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-28 08:06am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Baltimore Protests and Riots
Replies: 245
Views: 18990

Re: Baltimore Protests and Riots

Only white people are allowed to revolt in this country it seems. Can't take my guns away oh no. I need my M4 for home defense just trust me. Tired of being suppressed by years of institutional racism well too bad that sucks. Don't make me live in fear for a week with your violence! I don't care tha...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-26 11:15am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Poland threatens Russia with war over Ukraine
Replies: 27
Views: 4474

Re: Poland threatens Russia with war over Ukraine

Broomstick wrote::banghead:

Could we please not have another major war in my lifetime? Is that too much to ask?
We should start by sidelining people with a political outlook circa 1962.
by CaptHawkeye
2015-04-03 09:20am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: BREAKING: Airbus A320 crashes in Alps
Replies: 115
Views: 12417

Re: BREAKING: Airbus A320 crashes in Alps

The joke to me is now after 14 years of post 9/11 "cockpit fortress" thinking the attitude will probably shift back to "cockpit accessible?!" in airline security. If only the decision making process in airline management wasn't predicated on milking every cent out of overloaded a...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-03-27 02:49pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: BREAKING: Airbus A320 crashes in Alps
Replies: 115
Views: 12417

Re: BREAKING: Airbus A320 crashes in Alps

He reports a mental illness to his employer and he was getting fired "furloughed". Their is no course of action available to a pilot reporting a serious illness, much less a mental illness in this industry. If you're sick you're out. Too fucking bad. Good luck paying down all those loans ...
by CaptHawkeye
2015-03-27 10:51am
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: BREAKING: Airbus A320 crashes in Alps
Replies: 115
Views: 12417

Re: BREAKING: Airbus A320 crashes in Alps

He reports a mental illness to his employer and he was getting fired "furloughed". Their is no course of action available to a pilot reporting a serious illness, much less a mental illness in this industry. If you're sick you're out. Too fucking bad. Good luck paying down all those loans y...