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Glad to see the pilot is ok and no one else was hurt or worse. How many Hornets does the RCAF have in its inventory though?

I agree but I loved the facemasks from the original movie. Each one had its own design and matched well with the character. I didn't like what they did with Reptile in the series, constantly changing his design from human to man-lizard to dinosaur basically. He's gone back to that man-lizard look in the upcoming MK9.

I disagree, it takes more physicality then you seem to be giving it credit for. It's just a different type of physical conditioning, more cardio then sheer muscle building. Sadly, I missed the Uruguay/Ghana game. Seemed like an epic game from what I read. I'm hoping for a Netherlands/Germany final though.

I'm down to one team left to really support and that's Germany really. The US, Portugal and Japan are gone now. I was disappointed with Bob Bradly's decision to put in D-men like Findley in and not play the same roster we used against Algeria. Some of those defensive lapses with the US may have been avoided but what's done is done.

I'm a fan of the animated series and have been rather skeptical of the movie since I heard of its inception. I was still hopeful and still thinking about seeing but after reading some of the reviews, may not waste the money now. I was most surprised that it has an 8% on Rottentomatoes. Ouch is all I can say.

Meh, let's let Putin put his money where his mouth is and test it against an F-15.

If the Foxbat already has a good amount of speed yeah, I could see that. If it had to catch up from a lower speed, an F-15 and MiG-31 would have the edge in catching the shuttle just due to better engines and less weight for the F-15.

Technically it has dropped bombs. (dummy bombs but you get the picture)It can be converted to carry 2 1000Lb JDAMs. The F-35C does look more imposing than its siblings with that larger wingspan.

Agreed though I haven't really liked any of the stealth aircraft designs with the exception of maybe the B-2 and YF-23. So, you don't want any future VTOL capable aircraft in the RAF or Royal Navy? Just found that kind of odd considering how big a role the Harrier has played with the British services.

Nice Mitsu. I test drove a new Lancer GTS. My only complaint about it was the spoiler hindering my rear visibility. I wouldn't mind getting my hands on an Evo VIII or IX but they're pretty hard to find in my area and within my budget, not to mention ones that haven't been abused. WRX's and STi's are alot more common though.

I took this while touring a preserved village just outside Takeyama. This was taken while walking around Ginza. Unfortunately, I never got to see Shinjuku.

Hmm, I need to play FF4 sometime. I liked the music in FF9 and 6. For FF13, honestly there was no track that stood out to me. The battle system was fun and kept me on the edge but that leader KO status drove me nuts and is one thing I wish wasn't included. Heard somewhere in Kotaku magazine, Square Enix tried to explain some of the negative Western reviews. Basically saying, Westerners are into the free-roaming, little storyline RPGs (Fallout 3) and that's why it got more negative press on this side of the world. Sounds like they were alittle sore.

I think the most negative experience I had was having myself and a few other students I was traveling with being told to leave a bar because we were American (foreign). Basically told us "No Americans". This was in Kurashiki. We were the only ones in there too. I knew about such incidents from others who had lived in Japan long term so I wasn't surprised to finally encounter this. We left and found another place that was pretty friendly. I've heard such "no gaijin" policies are fairly common in the public baths. Other then that, I had a great time there. Question though. How helpful is a TESOL certification for applying to public school ALT positions in Japan or the JET program? I apologize for going off-topic but does anyone have any experience teaching in Korea too?

Nice pic sil80. I spent alittle time in Japan on an intersession trip. Part of it was spent with a host family. I remember meeting the grandmother and hearing her use "gaijin" quite abit. There was no negativity in her use of it so I didn't let it bother me. She was actually the most friendly/outgoing person in the family. I've tried to go back to Japan via JET but it's just too tight competitively.

Looking at that display, I keep half expecting to see the blue screen of death pop up.

Final Fantasy X: This game just didn't impress me and the voice acting made my ears bleed at times. Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo Final Fantasy XIII: Almost finished with this game but just not enjoying my experience with it. The plot is confusing and hard to follow and many of the characters don't really stand out to me. Doesn't feel like an FF title to me. Sonic Heroes (PS2) Sonic Adventures 2 Battle (PS2) The Sonic and Shadow stages were cool but the other character stages just bugged me, especially the Eggman and Knuckles ones. Don't know why cheap rap music fits in with Knuckles.

Is there an ideal combo of characters to use against the final boss in Chapter 9? I'm using Light/Sazh/Vanille. I'm just having a really tough time dealing with him. Mostly it's when he ups to the higher level magic attacks that I start getting backed into a corner.

Bah. Honda/Acura should make a new variant of the NSX. Only thing remotely sporty they have going now is the Civic Si since the S2000 was ended.

The Blackjack was designed strictly to just fire long range cruise missiles correct? Unlike the B-1 which can carry a load of unguided ordinance. Found this story just pop up. Robert White who flew the X-15 just passed away. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100324/ap_on_..._robert_white_2

I've been playing this game at a casual pace. Currently up to Ch. 5 and have been rather overwhelmed by certain aspects of the ATB system and upgrading weapons. The game has been interesting so far but I'm admittedly disappointed at some of the changes made from previous FFs. I'm surprised to hear the ability to gain gil doesn't improve much in the game atleast til Ch. 9.

Be interesting to see if and when they replace the F-16 as the T-birds aircraft with most likely the F-35 in the future. F-35 in T-bird colors.

Been a fan of Final Fantasy since VII came out so I'm looking forward to trying XIII out. Though I've been rather skeptical with the direction Square is taking this game and the single player games in the series. X was good. XII, I got about 20 hours into it and just stopped playing. I just couldn't get into the story. VI is still my all time favorite.

Not sure about the acrobatics while carrying a couple 500 pounders. Though a close aerial engagement could get a response. "Thunderbird F-16 and MiG-29 merging" MiG-29 Pilot: What the %#$@ is with this s#@$!

So they actually want to replace the A-10 with the F-35 in the 2020s? Can't picture the Lightning going low and slow to support troops on the ground. Atleast not in situations where it has to linger over a potentially hot AA area.

It's all politics, as usual. Sometime down the road, there will probably be a need seen and they'll open the production line back up again. I think the original 240 craft was a good number though. I was more recently annoyed when I heard the Orion was being canned but that's off-topic.