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  • SR-71 Blackbird Is the Fastest Plane Ever. One Jet Almost Shot It Down.

    03/31/2021 11:21:03 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 79 replies
    https://nationalinterest.org ^ | March 30, 2021 | by Stephen Silver
    A Swedish pilot named Per-Olof Eldh, using a Viggen fighter jet, lined up with the Blackbird’s flight path and even gained full missile lock. ___________________________________________________________ The SR-71 Blackbird is a legendary plane, which had a long life that began in the 1960s and ended in the 1990s. The plane, considered the fastest ever to fly, was famously never shot down, although it did once have a close call with a meteor while flying over North Korea in the early 1980s. A recent report looked at another close call the SR-71 had, with an unlikely source: the Swedish Air Force, from...
  • Apple Magic Trackpad: The Beginning of the End for Mac OS X

    07/29/2010 8:23:34 PM PDT · by Swordmaker · 50 replies · 1+ views
    Gizmodo ^ | July 29, 2010
    The $69 Apple Magic Trackpad is nothing new. The Wacom Bamboo Touch has offered the same multi-touch functionality for almost a year. Its true relevance is in what it heralds: The end of Mac OS X as we know it.Madness, some will scream. But it's just the next logical step of the evolution. But before explaining why this is the beginning of the end of Apple's desktop operating system as we know it, here's the review:The Apple Magic Trackpad review The Apple Magic Trackpad is nice. It's not magical, and it won't convince laptop users looking for a desktop trackpad....