Judging from the comments and my own experiences, your ticket prices are way off. My local one is $8/person, the snack bar is reasonably priced and much cheaper than the local theaters, plus you can bring in whatever you want. I almost forgot to mention, that $8 ticket gets you 2 movies!

I go to the one in Abilene, as well. I've also got a minivan with back seats that flip back. Tickets are cheaper than anywhere else and the food is good and cheap. Bonus points because each $8 ticket is for a double feature. We can put the kids to sleep in the back of the van and enjoy the movie. The only downside is bugs.

Private pilots fly over urban airspace all the time. I used to live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and there are small airports all over the place.

It doesn't load at all on my work computer. I just see a blank space where the video is supposed to be. So it actually doesn't exist for me.

I've noticed that the traditional educational channels like discovery, animal, and history channel tend to only show educational stuff in the mornings for a few hours at most. The rest of it is reality tv.

You can doubt it all you want but you'd be very wrong. The inner screen is 10 miles from the carrier. The outer screen is 50 miles away and the picket is well over 100 miles away.

I see your problem. Carrier groups only do that for pictures. They normally cover a 50x50 mile area or larger.

I just don't think you understand the scale we are talking about. Nukes can destroy a very large area but carrier groups occupy a significantly larger area.

A nuke could indeed destroy a capital ship but not more than the HVUs of a strike group if they are close together. The base surge of the Baker test would only reach less than a quarter of the distance to the inner screen of the group, which is usually 10 miles away from the HVUs. Even the waves generated by the blast would be nothing more than small swells at the inner screen. My point is that a strike group occupies a very large area, even with respect to the incredible power of a nuke.

How would a nuke take out most of a carrier group? They travel spread out over a large area. You might be able to take out the carrier and a supply ship that happened to be close.

One job I had was close to a highway that was heaven at 6am but turned in to hell at 6:05. If I left on time, I got to work 10 minutes early. If I left 5 minutes later, I wouldn't get to work 5 minutes early but 5 minutes late!

That is a strange headline and completely dismisses the accomplishment.

The last time I walked into one of their stores it seemed more like a toy store. Most of it was toys, puzzles, and games. It wasn't what I was expecting at all.

Are you saying that if someone is good at their job and their employer likes them they shouldn't leave their job?

I thought my new monitor was awesome and bright until I opened Excel. I could barely look at the screen!