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    Honestly, at this point, they should probably eject EVERYTHING and begin from scratch(which I thought they were doing with Genisys at first, because it made sense). The franchise needs a fresh start if one truly intends to keep making Terminators. AT BEST, you could keep the first two movies, but the setting becomes increasingly dated now that Judgement Day(the event, not the movie) is two decades in the past. And most people don't LIKE the first movie(ignoring the serious continuity issues between the first two). The popular thing to do is keep Judgement Day(the movie, not the event), and eject everything else. You still wind up remaking the first film to bring it in line with modern big-budget action sensibilities and tell a (wholly unnecessary) origin story. But that happy ending in 2 is a bear to work around coherently. Also, starting over lets you create a consistent set of time travel rules that ALL the movies adhere to, instead of having every film play by a unique set of rules that spits in the face of every other movie. Personally, I would let the franchise die, but it is somehow still worth too much money for THAT to happen. As far as ejecting specific films... I'd start with axing Salvation, but only because I refused to WATCH Genisys after the trailers and thus cannot fairly judge it. The first three movies have the advantage of ALMOST telling a single coherent(if not necessarily GOOD) story when taken together. Salvation can't even tell a coherent story BY ITSELF, much less when taken as part of the overarching franchise plot.
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    That is one of the problems that radiator setups have faced the last several years. The acceptable size of traditional coolers has gone up enough that they are punching in the same weight class. And mounting a waterblock on a video card is still a pain in the rectum, though it is where water shines best in a modern system(very limited cooler space at the card, more heat than the CPU).
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    I keep telling myself this is the year I throw in a pump and a radiator, and it keeps not being the year. So I am not, but am definitely interested.
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    Oh, cool! Last I'd heard, it sounded like they were restarting from book 1 of FMP, but this sure looks like a continuation. Signed on a bunch of staff from the prior serieses, which makes me doubt it is coincidence that Invisible Victory abbreviates to IV.
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    My thoughts too. I really like that these kids aren't perfect goody-two-shoes heroes right from the start. They have the heart, but circumstance has tempered it, kept it from showing. They are diamonds in the rough, as it were. I did like seeing the individual robots fighting. Nice to see they are useful for something other than forming feet and legs, arms and body this time out.
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    So this is cool... http://home.cern/about/updates/2016/12/alpha-observes-light-spectrum-antimatter-first-time Scientists at CERN have managed to trap antihydrogen in quantities sufficient to do spectral emission testing on it. Testing indicates it has identical spectral emissions to regular hydrogen. Obviously, we have long EXPECTED antimatter to behave identically to regular matter(aside from the "blows up whenever it touches the normal kind" thing), but it is always good to get some confirmation.
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    Hey, Mecha Worrior was the best name. Only way it could've been better was if it came with some Bandai-style Phase Shiznit Armor stickers.
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    Little over three pounds? Not bad, not bad.
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    RTGs are adorable, and why I specified power plant. (Also incredibly low-efficiency, but overtechnology solves all!).
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    Man, that new Voltron is snazzy. Shame about the quality. If it gets a higher-grade toy, I will be all for it.
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    Much the same as they do in a real-world fission power plant. The nuclear reaction is primarily a heat source, not a direct source of electrical or mechanical force.
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    Add me to the "Anime Island preorder has shipped" list. GET HYPE!
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    It was CLEARLY a Magic Knight Rayearth reference.
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    Oh man, I love Railgun! I am somewhat more ambivalent in my feelings towards Index.
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    All I remember from looking up 2040 is that Priss's singing is some godawful cats-in-a-trashcan wailing instead of anything resembling song. That alone was enough to turn me off the idea of watching it.
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    That is adorable, and I love that he shared the entire theory of operation.
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    See also: F117?
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    Spiral Zone terrified me. In fairness, I don't recall ever seeing Inhumanoids.
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    http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/01/hackers-unlock-nes-classic-upload-new-games-via-usb-cable/ ROM injection on the NES Mini. Thing's no longer locked to thirty games.
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    Fair enough. There's a lot to geek out about there. (I spent more time than I care to admit wondering what processor they're using to meet those long-term power draw requirements. )
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    No, but the SP is darn uncomfortable. Also old enough where replacing the battery might be a concern. Also: Stereo speakers and a headphone port.
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    Indeed. I was taking the opportunity to make a mild joke about the 1911's rather lengthy service life, not saying anyone in Aliens actually carried it. It is the gun no one can kill.
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    Honestly, the lethality argument seems dubious to me. If they can damage a "modern" VF, they can turn any unwitting pedestrians to a fine red mist easily enough. Or pilots, with a good hit to the cockpit area. (RIP, Messer. ) And if they can't damage a modern VF, why are they even carrying them in the first place? We saw the Drakken guns opening craters eight feet wide in the ground, and even if the Siegfried is only making six-foot craters, it is still making craters bigger than people. It is just one of those things, where the damage they need to do is high enough that it is impossible to make them "safe".
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    Mac+ money doesn't go to HG. I think HG is still bitter about it, but pbbbbbbbbbbbth to them. (I thought the US Mac+ release was out of print, so any money would've already changed hands. Am I wrong?)
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    Very interesting. Very interesting indeed. The references I found seem to count lifetime rounds fired through a gun, rather than ammo remaining in the magazine. I suppose you can assume every magazine inserted carries X rounds and just reset the counter to X on ever mag insert. That is easy enough, I suppose, but smacks of cheating. Regardless! Very interesting tech that I had no idea existed!
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