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Forum: Computers and the Internet 24th January 2021, 08:41 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,077
Posted By Alphaba
Well, some people at a train depot in China had...

Well, some people at a train depot in China had to tell (https://6park.news/en/after-adobe-flash-was-deactivated-the-trains-in-dalian-china-almost-couldnt-open-technews.html) about Flash:



...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th October 2018, 09:28 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,423
Posted By Alphaba
Yeah, those NWO Bilderberg Jewish Illuminati are...

Yeah, those NWO Bilderberg Jewish Illuminati are such lootards (https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Lootard)!

Fortunately, their overlords of the Lizard People Expeditionary Force,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th October 2018, 12:58 AM
Replies: 411
Views: 27,825
Posted By Alphaba
And once the Saudi gov officially sorta admits...

And once the Saudi gov officially sorta admits that Jamal Kashoggi was killed in their Istanbul consulate, will Trump say: "Very fine people on both side of the bone saw"?
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2018, 10:38 AM
Replies: 3,567
Views: 269,896
Posted By Alphaba
Exactly, as to killing birds, compared to cats +...

Exactly, as to killing birds, compared to cats + buildings combined, wind turbines kill waay less of them: Wind turbines kill minimally an order of magnitude less of birds than free-ranging domestic...
Forum: USA Politics 11th March 2018, 07:34 AM
Replies: 3,567
Views: 269,896
Posted By Alphaba
The highly likely first mortality factor among...

The highly likely first mortality factor among USA's birds is.are cat.z: "The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States" (2013, Nature Communications, 4:1396, DOI:...
Forum: USA Politics 8th March 2018, 08:51 PM
Replies: 3,567
Views: 269,896
Posted By Alphaba
Avec plaisir — With pleasure! :) "Mueller...

Avec plaisir — With pleasure! :)

"Mueller muscle", that's assuredly something to reckon with! :D :thumbsup:


———
Have you noticed that Alphaba is a transliteration of my original avatar?
Forum: USA Politics 8th March 2018, 08:41 AM
Replies: 3,567
Views: 269,896
Posted By Alphaba
However, when looking at her stunning eyelids'...

However, when looking at her stunning eyelids' asymmetry during her press confs, it's as if half of her midbrain —where oculomotor nuclei are located— feels ashamed of the other half. ;)

Well, and...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2018, 02:26 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 14,287
Posted By Alphaba
AFAIK, none of the currently existing ABM...

AFAIK, none of the currently existing ABM missiles can reach the 1,200 km altitude of an ICBM "bus" and none can reliably intercept a Mach 10+ incoming warhead.
The Soviet/Russian system was just a...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th March 2018, 01:55 PM
Replies: 130
Views: 14,287
Posted By Alphaba
Considering that an ICBM's "bus" follows a...

Considering that an ICBM's "bus" follows a suborbital flightpath at an altitude of ~1,000 km at ~23,000 km/h, and that the the reentry vehicles/warheads it releases have a terminal velocity of Mach...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 5th March 2018, 02:19 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 4,541
Posted By Alphaba
From all what I read a 50m non metallic asteroid...

From all what I read a 50m non metallic asteroid would disintegrate while entering Earth atmosphere.

Both composition and size are to take into account.

I'm worried only about 500m+ ones...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 6th February 2018, 03:07 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 37,203
Posted By Alphaba
Live Views of Starman:...

Live Views of Starman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBr2kKAHN6M)

:eye-poppi
Forum: Computers and the Internet 31st January 2018, 09:43 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 3,380
Posted By Alphaba
Hi JimOfAllTrades, I do use hubiC since years...

Hi JimOfAllTrades,
I do use hubiC since years to share files (https://hubic.com/en/offers/ (https://hubic.com/en/offers/)). I find it convenient compared to the major cloud storage-sharing offers...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st January 2018, 05:52 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 6,143
Posted By Alphaba
Definitely disinfo. Exclusive: Tests link...

Definitely disinfo.

Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack - sources (Reuters)...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 11th January 2018, 08:48 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 18,078
Posted By Alphaba
From Microsoft's Executive Vice President of...

From Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Windows and Devices Group:
Forum: USA Politics 13th December 2017, 06:18 PM
Replies: 3,531
Views: 390,185
Posted By Alphaba
I don't know who Adam Curtis is but that's hardly...

I don't know who Adam Curtis is but that's hardly news: Bolshevik Chekists (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chekism) started to implement such a strategy after copying and refining what the Tsarist...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th October 2017, 06:43 PM
Replies: 2,138
Views: 311,208
Posted By Alphaba
OK, I did exactly that, to focus, in focusing on...

OK, I did exactly that, to focus, in focusing on a shorter, more accurately representative sample of 2.31 seconds of duration:
https://media.joomeo.com/large/59e7fc8ca6576.jpg...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th October 2017, 11:31 AM
Replies: 2,138
Views: 311,208
Posted By Alphaba
Quite interesting divergent developments about...

Quite interesting divergent developments about this affair since yesterday.

On the one hand, the Guardian published an article...
Forum: USA Politics 12th October 2017, 12:15 PM
Replies: 3,635
Views: 447,615
Posted By Alphaba
You are right, they just did that:

You are right, they just did that:
Forum: USA Politics 11th October 2017, 01:31 PM
Replies: 3,635
Views: 447,615
Posted By Alphaba
Just putting things into the relevant perspective.

Just putting things into the relevant perspective.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd October 2017, 09:23 AM
Replies: 2,259
Views: 284,739
Posted By Alphaba
Stampede may also have been responsible for a...

Stampede may also have been responsible for a number of casualties.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd October 2017, 08:01 AM
Replies: 2,259
Views: 284,739
Posted By Alphaba
Not really in their habit, though: At the...

Not really in their habit, though: At the difference of al-Qaeda, it's rather exceptional that they wrongly claim responsibility (happened once with an attack on a casino in the Philippines, but...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd October 2017, 07:39 AM
Replies: 2,259
Views: 284,739
Posted By Alphaba
ISIS just claimed responsibility for the mass...

ISIS just claimed responsibility for the mass shooting, saying the shooter converted to islam months ago (source on Twitter with Amaq messages:...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd October 2017, 06:14 AM
Replies: 2,259
Views: 284,739
Posted By Alphaba
When comparing the rate of fire in this vid...

When comparing the rate of fire in this vid (https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/914798707379404800) (on Twitter) of the mass shooting with the one in this vid...
Forum: USA Politics 15th September 2017, 01:31 PM
Replies: 3,635
Views: 447,615
Posted By Alphaba
Trump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordan’s King...

Trump Advisers Secretly Met With Jordan’s King While One Was Pushing A Huge Nuclear Power Deal...
Forum: USA Politics 13th September 2017, 03:09 AM
Replies: 758
Views: 94,514
Posted By Alphaba
Minor nitpick about the highlighted: It took...

Minor nitpick about the highlighted: It took France 4 years from inauguration (https://francearchives.fr/commemo/recueil-2006/39993) [in French] of its first operational plutonium-producing...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th August 2017, 09:31 AM
Replies: 2,229
Views: 401,575
Posted By Alphaba
Translation: "The world wants to be deceived". ...

Translation: "The world wants to be deceived".

Thanks for adding more CT fuel to my point! :thumbsup:
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th August 2017, 05:10 AM
Replies: 2,229
Views: 401,575
Posted By Alphaba
And you can add to the duped persons French air...

And you can add to the duped persons French air gendarmes who forbade Franky to fly his FBA until the authorities competent in regulating motorized piloted flying machines arrived at a modus vivendi...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd June 2017, 10:20 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,037
Posted By Alphaba
Rachel Maddow did copiously delve upon this topic...

Rachel Maddow did copiously delve upon this topic in the beginning of her show:
BrnmwndVnT0

The denial from the Russian authorities is, as usual, ridiculous.

One of the comments, in Russian,...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st June 2017, 03:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,037
Posted By Alphaba
Talking Who was fooled by a faked video: Putin, Stone, both?

In a segment of a teaser for Oliver Stone's documentary film on-with Putin, Vladimir shows to Oliver, with his smartphone, and comments, a video purportedly showing the glorious VKS (Russian...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th June 2017, 03:52 AM
Replies: 2,234
Views: 247,123
Posted By Alphaba
Some infos, including visual, about the cladding....

Some infos, including visual, about the cladding.


Grenfell Tower before cladding: link to photo (https://www.buildington.co.uk/images/projects/31f1cc75ffdf91913da5d3e48a72868c.png)
Grenfell...
Forum: USA Politics 1st June 2017, 04:08 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 103,328
Posted By Alphaba
They're not idiots. There's a $500 billions...

They're not idiots.

There's a $500 billions (https://thinkprogress.org/putin-helped-trump-exxon-oil-deal-sanctions-6f169c4a4cd0) deal at stake.
Forum: USA Politics 1st June 2017, 02:02 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 103,328
Posted By Alphaba
The Orange Sphincter just continues to follow his...

The Orange Sphincter just continues to follow his handler's program (Putin notoriously is an Anthropogenic Global Warming contrarian...
Forum: USA Politics 1st June 2017, 12:31 AM
Replies: 3,515
Views: 440,146
Posted By Alphaba
Russia asks:...

Russia asks: https://twitter.com/RusEmbUSA/status/866878210939781120 (https://twitter.com/RusEmbUSA/status/866878210939781120)

He delivers:
Link...
Forum: USA Politics 31st May 2017, 12:12 PM
Replies: 748
Views: 103,328
Posted By Alphaba
Possibly a slightly off-topic tangent, but you...

Possibly a slightly off-topic tangent, but you assuredly did hit the nail on its head: In a strategic-systemic perspective, the current realization and problem is that a -if not the- leading...
Forum: USA Politics 29th May 2017, 09:03 AM
Replies: 3,515
Views: 440,146
Posted By Alphaba
Where is it?. Found it! No wonder there are...

Where is it?. Found it!

No wonder there are no comments (I only really checked this thread before posting): Why creating a separate thread about this article, as it is entirely appropriate and...
Forum: USA Politics 29th May 2017, 08:36 AM
Replies: 3,515
Views: 440,146
Posted By Alphaba
Seen that when the Slate paper went out (and BTW,...

Seen that when the Slate paper went out (and BTW, Slate hasn't a stellar reputation either), and made some more checks. IMO he is used by the Mensch tribe but is much more reliable (not a hard task,...
Forum: USA Politics 29th May 2017, 08:17 AM
Replies: 3,515
Views: 440,146
Posted By Alphaba
NSA in Unprecedented Hunt for KremlinGate Evidence

After quoting myself, a perfect new example:

Observer (http://observer.com/2017/05/mike-rogers-nsa-issues-preservation-order-kremlingate-russia-trump/)


The Trump gang is soo toasted. And as...
Forum: USA Politics 27th May 2017, 02:12 AM
Replies: 3,515
Views: 440,146
Posted By Alphaba
The bestest idea of President Orange Sphincter...

The bestest idea of President Orange Sphincter was to scold or to alienate as quickly as possible both the intelligence community (CIA, FBI, NSA, ...) and mainstream media (out of Fox News) over this...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 23rd May 2017, 02:51 PM
Replies: 2,229
Views: 401,575
Posted By Alphaba
Absolutely! But also assuredly never with...

Absolutely!

But also assuredly never with so large and globally relevant an audience: For this occasion will be present a lot of currently active or retired USAF (US Air Force) and USMCA (US...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 23rd May 2017, 06:29 AM
Replies: 2,229
Views: 401,575
Posted By Alphaba
Not only did esspee hand wave the rationale of...

Not only did esspee hand wave the rationale of the 6:30 AM timing (a dust storm the previous day), sourced by Jimmy9 to a local journal (why would someone bother to get the info on site when you can...
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2017, 03:48 PM
Replies: 3,681
Views: 479,902
Posted By Alphaba
You did post the very same NYT quote I planed to...

You did post the very same NYT quote I planed to share here (ninja'd, in other words :)). Thanks!

From abroad, witnessing such a buffoon in charge of the biggest and richest militarized nation on...
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2017, 03:47 AM
Replies: 1,049
Views: 119,799
Posted By Alphaba
Sure, organizations have a penchant to do that....

Sure, organizations have a penchant to do that. But intelligence agencies or departments are a very peculiar kind of organization. For them, taking the blame might be an opportunity (e.g. to evict...
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2017, 01:39 AM
Replies: 3,515
Views: 440,146
Posted By Alphaba
Appropriate: ...

Appropriate:

https://media.joomeo.com/large/591aba849eaf5.jpg (https://public.joomeo.com/files/591aba849eaf5)
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2017, 01:18 AM
Replies: 1,049
Views: 119,799
Posted By Alphaba
How would they blame anyone if they don't know...

How would they blame anyone if they don't know which intelligence hasn't been shared with them?
Forum: USA Politics 16th May 2017, 12:13 AM
Replies: 1,049
Views: 119,799
Posted By Alphaba
You are probably right about the public in...

You are probably right about the public in general (with its legendary 'memory of a goldfish') and the press but, like others have previously alluded to in this thread, members of allied intelligence...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 13th May 2017, 04:33 PM
Replies: 155
Views: 18,884
Posted By Alphaba
a) Linux is your friend :) (Currently using the...

a) Linux is your friend :)
(Currently using the rolling release distro Manjaro (https://manjaro.org/)).


b) Windows Update.


z) Windows XP: :hb:
Forum: USA Politics 13th May 2017, 04:21 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 5,286
Posted By Alphaba
Had to made this for this thread: ...

Had to made this for this thread:


https://media.joomeo.com/large/5916eaedce9af.jpg (https://public.joomeo.com/files/5916eaedce9af)
Forum: USA Politics 14th April 2017, 05:46 PM
Replies: 795
Views: 100,926
Posted By Alphaba
Assad needs you.

Assad needs you.
Forum: USA Politics 9th April 2017, 07:22 AM
Replies: 795
Views: 100,926
Posted By Alphaba
You are surely aware that Syrian rebels created a...

You are surely aware that Syrian rebels created a network of aircraft observers who provide kind of a bombing early warning system all over the territory they control in Syria, and do survey all...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 26th March 2017, 06:04 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 7,412
Posted By Alphaba
Can't see **** in that one (just kind of a...

Can't see **** in that one (just kind of a transient vague silhouette after following RussDill's advice).

And this although I've trained myself since decades to discern things like the rider in...
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