The brightest of the objects in the video looked kinda like Jupiter. (at least the one filmed by the Aussie film crew. The pilot Cpt Bill Startup had seen the UFOs the previous night.which is why the TV crew was along on the 2nd night.)
I doubt the NZ Government would have had any more knowledge of that sighting than anyone else - they didn't scramble the NZ Air Force or anything.
One other thing about NZ and UFO sightings - NZ is very seismicly active, and in other places 'lights in the sky' have been linked to fault lines.
In the '90's we saw strange lights behind Te Mata Peak - it turned out to be a thunderstorm just of the coast around Waimarama. The sky was clear in Hastings (and Havelock North where I lived at the time.) Lots of people called the police and the radio stations.
They did name one after Daddy Bush though. (And fair enough because he did fight in WWII in the Navy. Carter got a sub named after him because he was a sub captain.
Its sad, but then the owners of the network don't want the expense of science fiction. They should just cancel the entire network. They can have a separate channel for wrestling.
The only channel that has science fiction on now is the BBC America. They also have reruns of ST:TNG (I am not sure what the connection to Britain is in that show except for Patrick Stewart.
11.1% of the planets in the solar system fall below the official definition (IAU) of planets
Thats what happens if you keep changing the definition. If they keep raising the bar, then it won't matter if we have broadband or not, since we won't even be living on a planet any more.
In the long run survival of the human species is not possible if we limit ourselves to this planet. Even if we don't screw up the planet ourselves (climate change) sooner or later a large rock will come along with our name on it.
Everybody here is too young to remember it, but Serbia started a war once that caused more deaths than any other war. (Even though it only lasted 4 years)
That wasn't the exocet, that were the dumb bombs.. Quite a few ships were hit in San Carlos Water, and the bombs (dropped at low level and high speed) went straight through the lightweight alloy british frigates. The problem with the Sheffield was that she was hit near the control room, and the fire from the remaining fuel set the aluminium structure ablaze.. Even though the missile didn't sink the ship straight away, it did put it completely out of action. Maybe it isn't a smart idea to have the combat control centre amidships in the days of radar guided missiles.
If an exocet had hit the Invinceble during that conflict it would most likely have survived, but may have been unable to operate its aircraft for a while. The other carrier (I think it was the Hermes) would have kept right on fighting.
Anyway if a country wants to buy the Invinceable as a combat ship they will probably need a squadron of Sea Harriers to equip it with. The VSTOL JSF would work with it, but half a dozen of those would cost twice as much as the carrier.
The term harvesting when applied to organs usually refers to them being transplanted into other people (who may be paying for them) However this does not seem to be the case here. If you needed a new organ, would you want one that used to be in a nuclear plant worker?
Anyone remember 70 column text on an Apple ][ graphics screen? It worked best on a monochrome monitor. I forget the name of the program, but I think it was by the Beagle Bros.
Where do you get the idea that a 156 seat plane is a large aircraft.
Mind you China probably doesn't need a 747 sized craft, if we are talking about internal travel, and maybe to Japan. The big planes are only really economical on long flights.
And Verizon customers may have other ways to access the internet. (Like via their home computer and cable connection. Who edits wikipedia on their cell phone anyway.
Yachts (I guess they are cailled sailboats in the USA) have been 'sailing faster than the wind' for some time. They have even been sailing 'against the wind'. However to get the best speed, they need to zig-zag a bit depending on the wind direction (Upwind its called tacking, downwind its called jibing).
In order to do this, they need to have a fair bit of room to manouver which they have at sea, but not so good for land navigation. You mostly see sail powered wind vessels on deserts or salt flats, they won't work on a highway.
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The brightest of the objects in the video looked kinda like Jupiter. (at least the one filmed by the Aussie film crew. The pilot Cpt Bill Startup had seen the UFOs the previous night.which is why the TV crew was along on the 2nd night.)
I doubt the NZ Government would have had any more knowledge of that sighting than anyone else - they didn't scramble the NZ Air Force or anything.
One other thing about NZ and UFO sightings - NZ is very seismicly active, and in other places 'lights in the sky' have been linked to fault lines.
In the '90's we saw strange lights behind Te Mata Peak - it turned out to be a thunderstorm just of the coast around Waimarama. The sky was clear in Hastings (and Havelock North where I lived at the time.) Lots of people called the police and the radio stations.
They did name one after Daddy Bush though. (And fair enough because he did fight in WWII in the Navy. Carter got a sub named after him because he was a sub captain.
Its sad, but then the owners of the network don't want the expense of science fiction. They should just cancel the entire network. They can have a separate channel for wrestling.
The only channel that has science fiction on now is the BBC America. They also have reruns of ST:TNG (I am not sure what the connection to Britain is in that show except for Patrick Stewart.
Say did "The Event" on NBC get canceled too?
Henry IV part I or Henry IV part II
Shouldn't order stuff by number off a Chinese menu
Anyway at the local mall the hamburger place took an hour to serve me my fries. I guess soup would have taken a couple thousand years...
11.1% of the planets in the solar system fall below the official definition (IAU) of planets
Thats what happens if you keep changing the definition. If they keep raising the bar, then it won't matter if we have broadband or not, since we won't even be living on a planet any more.
In the long run survival of the human species is not possible if we limit ourselves to this planet. Even if we don't screw up the planet ourselves (climate change) sooner or later a large rock will come along with our name on it.
"Degree is not needed 110F is fine"
The way to make sure the degree symbol is not needed is to have everyone switch to using Kelvins.
Oh and if your talking outside temperature, 316.5K is too fscking hot.
Of making batteries out of DiLithium instaed of just Lithium?
Everybody here is too young to remember it, but Serbia started a war once that caused more deaths than any other war. (Even though it only lasted 4 years)
I thought the end of everything was in 2 years time (21-Dec-2012)
So we should invest in AMD then?
Only if it was full of them. There would be no room for a driver or cargo.
That wasn't the exocet, that were the dumb bombs.. Quite a few ships were hit in San Carlos Water, and the bombs (dropped at low level and high speed) went straight through the lightweight alloy british frigates.
The problem with the Sheffield was that she was hit near the control room, and the fire from the remaining fuel set the aluminium structure ablaze.. Even though the missile didn't sink the ship straight away, it did put it completely out of action. Maybe it isn't a smart idea to have the combat control centre amidships in the days of radar guided missiles.
If an exocet had hit the Invinceble during that conflict it would most likely have survived, but may have been unable to operate its aircraft for a while. The other carrier (I think it was the Hermes) would have kept right on fighting.
Anyway if a country wants to buy the Invinceable as a combat ship they will probably need a squadron of Sea Harriers to equip it with. The VSTOL JSF would work with it, but half a dozen of those would cost twice as much as the carrier.
I would guess the x-37 is black to make it harder to see in space., not because black is the colour of evil.
Bateria?
Was the research funded by Bruce Wayne
Mozilla users aren't used to paying for add ons...
It would work well here in Minnesota durring the 5 months of winter
The term harvesting when applied to organs usually refers to them being transplanted into other people (who may be paying for them) However this does not seem to be the case here. If you needed a new organ, would you want one that used to be in a nuclear plant worker?
Anyone remember 70 column text on an Apple ][ graphics screen? It worked best on a monochrome monitor. I forget the name of the program, but I think it was by the Beagle Bros.
And bits of comets and bits of asteroids hit the earth sometimes without us needing to go out into space to get them.
Where do you get the idea that a 156 seat plane is a large aircraft.
Mind you China probably doesn't need a 747 sized craft, if we are talking about internal travel, and maybe to Japan. The big planes are only really economical on long flights.
And Verizon customers may have other ways to access the internet. (Like via their home computer and cable connection. Who edits wikipedia on their cell phone anyway.
The question /.ers want to know - did they use vi or emacs
Yachts (I guess they are cailled sailboats in the USA) have been 'sailing faster than the wind' for some time. They have even been sailing 'against the wind'. However to get the best speed, they need to zig-zag a bit depending on the wind direction (Upwind its called tacking, downwind its called jibing).
In order to do this, they need to have a fair bit of room to manouver which they have at sea, but not so good for land navigation. You mostly see sail powered wind vessels on deserts or salt flats, they won't work on a highway.