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I'm late to the party, but I've finally got everything downloaded and installed, and I had to leave a comment: This is a huge achievement. Congratulations to Martin and everyone involved.

Amazing images, so exciting! I hope user @Starlost is seeing this? I remember your post back on the M6 New Horizons thread and have always hoped you'd get to see Pluto. :cheers: Sorry if that's cryptic for everyone else. :)

You guys are funny. This is another blaring in-your-face megaplex film, albeit with some nice space graphics. The exposition is almost too much to stomach: overloaded with schmaltzy Americana and overtures to frontier mythology (and watch out for the liberal education establishment which wants...

I just saw this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoSWbyvdhHw The most I've enjoyed a sci-fi film since Children of Men.

Australia is deploying several aircraft: 3, possibly 4 Orions, 1xHerk, 1xWedgetail (unconfirmed but seen flying out of Perth), to a relatively specific section of the Indian Ocean, southwest of Perth. Interestingly, based on two specific tracks provided by the NTSB (attached): A search...

How did you go?

Ha! I just read about that (going through my read-everything-you-can-find-about-new-interest phase). We have a hang glider ramp here, at Mt Donna Buang: It gets covered by snow sometimes ... landing might be a bit rough. :)

Ski Jumping is awesome, and should appeal to anyone with an attraction to aerodynamics (which is everyone here, right?). Ski Flying, even more so: Europeans have all the best sports!

Just a training ride. Descending and cornering on a steep road in damp conditions, about 31mph. I had told the hospital I was going a bit faster, but the Garmin file says otherwise. Not entirely sure what caused it but I ended up tumbling down the ashphalt for about 80ft. Avulsion fracture...

Diagnosis:

Hey Replicant, this looks great. Well done! FYI, I made the ATDA 'Angry Alligator'.

You reckon it's a fluke, or a sign of things to come?

Hey Notebook, seems there's a pretty good game of cricket unfolding in Brisbane ... :P

I saw this earlier in the week in 3D at IMAX. I went in with mixed expectations - I was a little put off by the trailer, but I love Cuarón's earlier Children of Men. Watching It felt an awful lot like playing a computer game, but what sort of computer game would put real-world space stations on...

Great videos, they really capture the thrill of a fast descent!

An interesting what if ... With the propaganda win under their belt I think they would have retreated to LEO even faster than the Americans did. Assuming the win was achieved not merely with different engineering choices but with greater spending, and considering the relative economic...

So I finally got around to racing... 64km D/E scratch race (D is roughly around Cat5 US) on a hilly course. I made a break on a climb about 6km out from the finish and won! Road racing is done in the winter here with crit racing in the summer. I've started late in the road racing season so...

Anyone watching the Tour? One week down and two to go, this could almost have gone in the Australia vs England thread. First week honours went to the Australian GreenEDGE team who won two stages and held yellow for four days. Since then the Brit (South African / Kenyan) Chris Froome has taken...

I enjoyed that series. The first part is an interesting insight into how reluctant the ACB were to modernise, and some of the player politics. The second part I felt was less interesting, a panegyric to Packer, which is unsurprising given the show was made for his network! I have the old...

Great news and long overdue. Lehmann will probably (hopefully) get the job which means Khawaja will finally get back to the crease, which means a far stronger squad IMO (read between the lines here and you'll understand my basement-worthy hunches).