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Russians Invade with Flying Saucer

Posted by michael on from the bem dept.

Ridgelift writes "Wired is covering a project revived from Russia by the US Naval Air Systems Command: The Ekip, a pita-bread-shaped, stubby-winged, wheel-less, unmanned ship that weighs in at 500 pounds. 'For more than two decades, engineers at a former Soviet aerospace plant have been toiling on a drone aircraft that looks a whole lot like a prop from Plan 9 From Outer Space.'"

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  1. fizzle pizzle? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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    1. Re:fizzle pizzle? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      moderators: above is troll, not flamebait. no one is even trying to start a futile discussion about this post, so it is not flamebait. The moderation may be meta-modarated as unfair, which means you may lose the ability to moderate. so use your brain before you moderate.

  2. who by uidzer0dotorg · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    !hoo

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  3. sensational headlines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    OMFG

    kids, get down the the bomb shelter NOW

  4. Yup.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I, for one, ...in Soviet Russia.....

  5. The Ruskies are coming! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And they've teamed with aliens! Run for the hills!

  6. Bush Lies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Americans are such unsophisticated backward brutes why can't they learn to relax and enjoy a Muslim ass pounding like us superior Euros do mmmmmmmmmmmmm
    ass-pounding!

  7. 500 pounds? Use hexadecimal SI. by Thinkit3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What's that in hexadecimal kilograms?

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  8. Crazy Coot's flying saucer. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    SEE! SEE! I TOLD YOU UFOs EXIST! No one would belive me.

  9. OT: Slashdot Personals by jstroebele · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know this is way off topic, but what's with the "Slashdot personal ads"? I know there are some women that read slashdot, but I think it's a safe guess there are way more men reading /. then women. Also I think the personal market is officially saturated when the news for nerds site gets in on the action

    1. Re:OT: Slashdot Personals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hint: m4m

    2. Re:OT: Slashdot Personals by b_w_duncan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I know there are some women that read slashdot, but I think it's a safe guess there are way more men reading /. then women.

      And even less people are looking at 0,Offtopic posts.

    3. Re:OT: Slashdot Personals by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      are you kidding? its an in soviet russia story, a shitload are gonna be viewing at -1,

    4. Re:OT: Slashdot Personals by Powercntrl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      For the same reason there's ads for Microsoft's products that Slashdot claims to hate... It's so Slashdot can make a buck - no great conspiracy.

      I'd venture to guess of Slashdot's readership is more interested in the Microsoft ads than the personals site ads... Personals are really pretty stupid if you stop to think about it. If you've got the social skills to ask women/men/whatever out on a date, WTF do you need a personal ad for? The stereotype about personals being full of losers you wouldn't want to date is largely true - think of it this way, the people on there can't figure out how to date in real life! If you do find someone you like on a personal site, you'll quickly find out why they're on one - either they have unrelistic standards and are waiting for a perfect match, they have social skill problems or they're just on a personals site to stroke their ego (and won't actually go out with anyone). Just as you can find working television sets in the garbage, you'll hear success stories about personals sites, but for the most part, they're both full of trash.

      If you really want to meet people, you have to go out and be seen. Get some decent clothes that don't look like you just stepped out of a time warp. It also doesn't hurt to get a haircut and shave, if you happen to look like Alan Cox. Yes, it takes an investment both in time and money. Yes, people care what you look like - get over it. If you're not motivated to give it 110% and you'd rather sit at home putting CCFTs in your computer case or compiling a kernel - better get used to being alone. Porn ain't all that bad. Russian brides are a scam, I hear...

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    5. Re:OT: Slashdot Personals by Patrik_AKA_RedX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Or use the formula S = n * L * M * P

      S: succes
      n: number of females you meet
      L: looks
      M: amount of available money
      P: Personality

  10. Re:UFO sightings by nnnneedles · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Id like to be a field investigator for muff on.

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  11. Re:This uses ION propulsion technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    for those of you without a degree in Mathematics or Physics:

    Anti-Sco Magic-Eye Illusion [3338121056]

    So that's what a math degree does to you! Bastard, I got Coke on my keyboard/monitor! Got me good, you did. ;-)
  12. Re:500 pounds? Use hexadecimal SI. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is the point of kilos on hex. As part of species 8472 I can use base anything seamlesslyyy.

  13. Not fair by Joe+Tie. · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A Soviet Russia joke would be on topic, and I can't think of a thing.

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  14. Try it. I did.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    and it matched me up with another 5'6" portly balding engineer who's also approaching his mid-life crisis while spending his free time on-line pretending to be a buxom nubile thirteen yearold lesbian in chatrooms (and reading slashdot of course).

    I never thought I would ever find someone with as many common interests. Now my life is better than ever, better than I ever thought it could be. Because when we're in the chatrooms, now we've each got a twin sister. Thanks CmdrTaco, couldn't have done it without you!

  15. MOD PARENT DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as low as possible.

  16. PARENTS SIG IS A GOATSE LINK. MOD DOWN. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its one of those renamed .gif files that turns into goatse after a while. Plus look at his 'homepage', urinalpoop.

    The parent is a troll

  17. yeah! by mr_tommy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    0h N0! Teh Ali3ns are coming!

    :S Russian engineering brought us greats such as the skoda... the larda...

  18. PARENT IS OT & KARMA WHORE - MOD DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This post has NOTHING to do with the article! Why has it been modded +5 Informtive?!

  19. In soviet russia... by rnbc · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In soviet russia ufos don't own you, you own ufos!

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    1. Re:In soviet russia... by Afrosheen · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      God how I wish I had moderator points.

      -1 Retarded

  20. Re:500 pounds? Use hexadecimal SI. by jared_hanson · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you, the incessant proclaimer of switching to base 16, can't convert units yourself, why do you expect the rest of us to?

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  21. Re:Try it. I did.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    6'3" 210 dirty blond hair blue eyes, a listener, good health and few brain farts.

    If I want some pussy I'll fuck the retard next door. Almost like everyone else I'm here cuz the stories are interesting not to rub bums.

  22. in soviet russia.... by Lehk228 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    in Soviet Russia.... Flying Suacer invades with YOU

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  23. Re:This uses ION propulsion technology by resin8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Offtopic, I know, but can someone explain how the URL in the parent's sig works? How does http://3338121056 resolve to hick.org? I googled, but coludn't find any info...

  24. Re:This uses ION propulsion technology by resin8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cool. Thanks for the detailed explanation. I thought it might have something to do with the IP address, but I wouldn't have figured out that decimal to hex to decimal conversion. Thanks Again!

  25. Re:This uses ION propulsion technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Conversion tool