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  1. Re:It's not all on us... by whitehatlurker · · Score: 4, Informative · on Myths Help Geologists Understand Modern Threats
    Well, the stories that were written (well, spoken, since most of these are verbal cultures) as things really happened got lost as that was too boring.

    The story tellers had to "sex it up" to be certain that the story got through. And the sexed-up stories survived. So, we get thunderbirds ;-)

    It's rather cool that things haven't really changed that much over time. People flock to movies "based on a true story", but aren't willing to pay to see a documentary on the same story. (Unless the story's already "sexy".)

  2. Rolls?!? by dwater · · Score: 1 · on The World's Smallest Car

    I hope they got permission; as was necessary for FAB1, which was (previously) the smallest rolls.

  3. Re:Thunderbirds are go! by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 1 · on Old Airlift Vehicle Concept Made New

    I thought exactly the same thing (obligatory reference. Looks very similar, maybe the next generation Walrus will frop the fan-blade propulsion in favour of have "Booster and take-off rockets, turbo jets, ramjet turbines"...

    Question: does "Thunderbird 2" qualify as "prior art" with regards to patenting the Walrus?

  4. Re:Turkish movies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Spider-Man in India

    DO NOT MOCK the Star Wars Kid, he is a *fine* example of canadian actors... Just check out the Lorne Greene knock-off in The ThunderBirds . Now there is some fine canadian-knock-off-super-marionette acting... Lets' see turkey just try and handle that technology

  5. Calling International Rescue! by HBPiper · · Score: 3, Funny · on Less is More: Thunderbird 0.7 Review

    Thunderbird 1 was always my favorite. Official Site

  6. Might want to rethink by kensai · · Score: 0, Offtopic · on Less is More: Thunderbird 0.7 Review

    the name Thunderbird so people don't confuse it with this 70s show?

  7. NOOO... by ActiveSX · · Score: 1 · on Comcast Fires TechTV Staff

    Where will I get my fix of...


    THUNDERBIRDS


    (and why won't my interrobang display?)

  8. Re:What about Thunderbird? by devnulljapan · · Score: 1 · on Firefox Extension Lets You Pick the Name
    Probably because they are well aware of Trademark law, and realize that they would lose the case since cars are in an entirely different market from webbrowsers and email clients?

    ...and a TV Show, and a bass guitar, and an MBA school (?!), a civilised (cough cough) 'fortified wine' ...not to mention a religious icon of the People Who Were Here First Before You Came, Took Away Our Land and Tried to Kill Our Culture .

    Probably a lot of prior art.

  9. Thunderbird Project is moving along quite nicely by FrankoBoy · · Score: 2, Funny · on Starchaser Rocket Capsule Drop Tests Successful

    In fact, five prototypes have already been used for quite a while now.

  10. Cars? Are you sure? by metamatic · · Score: 1 · on Phoenix and Minotaur Get New Names

    Maybe Firebird is named after the dead software company and Thunderbird is named after the Gerry Anderson SF TV series?

    Oh well, at least there'll be a really obvious choice of icon for Thunderbird 1.0.

  11. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Phoenix and Minotaur Get New Names

    I suppose Carlton International Media is going to sue them too, now?

  12. Re:Wasn't this a kids show? by tb3 · · Score: 2 · on Slashback: Shooters, Ire, Boldness

    Yeah, my favorite (check my id). And he gives Thunderbirds a bad name.

    "What are we going to do tonight, Bill?"