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  1. JB0
    Clearly each feather is actually a protective shroud for a microvernier thruster, enabling finer control. (I think they're silly on a realistic robot, personally. They work better in a super robot show.)
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    I was hoping they'd splay out into an array of metallic feathers like the Wing Zero Custom(it's how they implement the variable wing surface like the YF-21 had, OBVIOUSLY). But Sound Booster on Steroids would be amazing.
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    Given the limited compatibility of the XBox One, it makes a lot of sense to me. If it's like the 360, they'll do a few compatibility updates, then stop. And then start selling emulated 360 games on the X1 online store, without enabling these same games in the backward-compatibility features.
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    It's worth noting there's three case revisions of the 360. The Slim had an angular cut-in, and the current version is very VCR-like in appearance, making it match the One.
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    That IS one possibility. If Pluto has a lot more radioactive materials than we expected, they could provide the heat. Especially if the water has ammonia in it, which will drastically lower the freezing point, to the degree it becomes reasonable to occasionally see liquid water.
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    Yeah, Pacific Rim didn't have near as much in the way of merchandise licenses as it could've. It kind of blew up in a big way that no one really expected, and everyone was caught with their pants down.
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    Nope. They're still tidally locked, so Pluto still doesn't experience any tidal forces. It's all really weird. Also weird: The largely featureless plains that exist within the Tombaugh Region(AKA "the heart"), and the general lack of cratering on both Pluto and Charon, which were both expected to be very heavily cratered.
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    It should be noted that heat is also disposed of through propulsion. I assume quite a large bit of otherwise waste heat is going out the back along with reaction mass.
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    They already ruled out Charon, as Pluto and Charon are tidally locked. There's no tidal forces from Charon, since Pluto revolves at the same rate Charon orbits. (Charoncharoncharoncharoncharon hey charon doesn't sound like a word anymore.)) 2 may have some impact, but while Pluto gets closeR to the sun, it never gets CLOSE to the sun. It shouldn't ever get warm enough for H2O to do anything interesting(as opposed to methane, which does all kinds of cool things during a plutonian summer). Perhaps it got too close to Neptune in the past, but... I'd think that would have disrupted Pluto's orbit terminally.
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    And that first picture had ice mountains in it. YOUNG mountains at that. Pluto apparently has active geology. I think I speak for everyone when I say "WHAT." That's just so far outside the bounds of expectations, what CAN you say to it? The thing's not big enough to have internal heat still, it's not near Jupiter to power this with tidal forces, there's no reason we can figure at first glance why there should be the energy to move mountains, but... mountains. What can you say to that but "WHAT."?
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    I find it an amusing touch that Satellizer's tan matches the original bikini and not the one that ships with the tanned statue.
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    You chose wisely. Thrust is awesome, but he's no Shockwave.
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    As I recall, Saban backed off the Power Rangers thing because of the huge wall of fan outrage that hit them like a giant tidal wave. Harmony Gold doesn't care about fan outrage, though.
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    Oh. I thought they were ALL pewter. Lame.
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    I think you mean shitty unpainted mini PEWTER models for a board game!
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    Given the franchise, it'd be surprising if she wasn't.
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    Basically, if you're too vague to be legally safe, you aren't making a fan movie anymore. Do what you want, screw the rules, stick it to the man!
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    Filming begins in November, more focus on the kaiju, more kaiju vs yaeger action hell yes want now.
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    From a practical standpoint, I'm not sure why you'd want to. Outside of an airshow, it'd just be a good way to get a lot of planes blown up.
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    Less money than actual props and prosthetics would, though.
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    And there goes closest approach. New Horizons is now PAST Pluto. And onwards to the next Kuiper Belt object(after taking enough pictures to keep the connection occupied for sixteen months)!
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    No, no, New Horizons launched during the Bush administration, not Obama. You're too far ahead on the blame game.
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    Apparently, we're gonna be pulling down photos for a year after this. Since it's a 3kbit connection. Apparently, it's hard to get good internet a few billion miles from Earth.
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    Yeah, that shocked me. He was not an old man by any stretch, and I hadn't heard anything about health issues before now, so it seemed to come out of nowhere. And the GameBoy creator, and the guy that taught Miyamoto the ropes, and... It's actually hard to overstate how important Gunpei Yokoi is to Nintendo's history.
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    In just a pair of sunglasses?
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