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To: teeman8r

Im picturing, in my mind, 2 fighters with some rope or netting apparatus between them, cradling a huge bomb like its in a hammock.

Actually, a cargo plane like a C-130 will carry such a payload but as far as I know, there’s no way to deploy the bomb from such a plane.


3,334 posted on 06/19/2025 4:06:23 AM PDT by meyer (The revolution isn't just beginning. It's already won.)
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product review slide...

So, I think we all know how hard it is to find an objective product review. Even one that isn’t too intense.

An example - I was looking at inflatable air mattresses, the kind you might use about 2 times a year for guests or “emergency” sleeping situations. Anyway, I came across a review of one product by Good Housekeeping. Now, I wasn’t expecting an in depth scientific review but this little gem of meaningless testing caught my eye:

” we weighed the fully inflated mattress before testing, then placed 170 pounds of weight on it for 24 hours, then weighed the mattress again afterward, and found that it lost no air.”

The perfect example of a totally meaningless test that does not really test anything. You could totally deflate the air mattress and fold it up for storage and - guess what - it would still weigh the same.

This is just one example of how product reviews are so poorly done these days. I long for the days of in-depth reviews by the likes of Car and Driver magazine or Road and Track, where they put the product through its paces, carefully measuring meaningful parameters, to show just what the product was capable of.


3,335 posted on 06/19/2025 4:21:49 AM PDT by meyer (The revolution isn't just beginning. It's already won.)
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To: meyer

ah, but then the c130 is not migratorial...


3,340 posted on 06/19/2025 5:40:36 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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