Recent content by Mirelly

Beautiful. Just ... beautiful. I love Audis, me! Bought one once and the damned thing wouldn't wear out ... just kept going and going ... bit like the Star Trek franchise, I suppose that's why the Spocks were happy to send themselves up in such funny ads.

Heh heh ... I've said it before, and I'll say it again. If you need more than one shot, you don't qualify for gun ownership. [eta] More to the point ... imagine the deadliness of a weapon designed to fired shotgun shells ... via quick-change (disposable) ten inch plastic barrels, pre-loaded...

Proof of concept. Working gun made with 3D printer

Hmm ... you pose a good question. I also had that prof pegged around the 30-45 mark. My own father was 51 in 1974 and he clocked up 5 years service in the Royal Navy '41-'46 (he volunteered at 18 to guarantee his choice of service before he was conscripted). He was a young-looking man -- we're...

Yup, but networks require viewers to watch the programmes as they are aired to generate the revenue needed to pay for the show. For example, my cable TV service includes and on demand catch-up service ... I always FFwd thru the ads. When I watch show as it is aired, I generally use the pause...

Heh heh ... the Canon shooter is clearly an artist with the lens ... wide aperture and monochrome and a pair of shakes dressed up like gypsy wedding cakes ... what's not to like? The Nikon image is just a travesty ... it's the same with cars. I always drive well used small cars and rarely have...

Heh heh, I thought the same thing ... but was more worried about that arch was still standing with a giant bite of arc at what looks like the most stressed part of the structure.

I was surprised too. It's why I posted. I was quite blown away. There's plenty of unexplained elements which can be revealed as the series develops but, unlike with similar franchises, I got no hint that the mystery bits are there to give the producers the opportunity to play the deux ex machina...

Wow. First episode is epic fun. This is quality stuff. SF-ly speaking it's a bit of fluff ... but in a good way. :)

Ouch. You got me there ... but perhaps not quite. Thanks to cutbacks -- forced on NASA as much in part because of past wasteful spending as because of the current global economic age of austerity -- NASA is continuing to waste a vast amount of a small pot of money. One example is the...

The only "concealed" truth about NASA is that it manages to spend twice or three times as necessary on most of its projects; too often wasted cash since one or more elements of the project are deeply flawed by conceptual, design, or manufacturing flaws. :eek:

Alien Megaprojects This is an article in New Scientist; you'll have to register to read it, but it's free, quick and simple enough to do. I was fascinated by the scale of the idea ... looking for whole clusters of galaxies that've been Dyson-ised by a super-advanced species of ET.

Ho! And Welcome. :)(y)

I love chilli, too. I have to point out that there is significant difference between a carrier's restrictions and those of the country to which goods are to be exported. Bringing goods into the UK for personal use

I think it's fair to say that coverage of the sad news of Thatcher's death has been remarkably sober and respectful. It's also true that she divided this nation as no other leader had done since Cromwell; she will be forever hated by the Marxist trades unions which she so successfully neutered...