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Comment Re:Okay. . . that isn't entirely true. (Score 1) 338

Yet once upon a time, it would seem, that we did . . .

From the Constitution of Australia; Preamble article 6:
6. "The Commonwealth" shall mean the Commonwealth of Australia as established under this Act.


"The States" shall mean such of the colonies of New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, and South Australia, including the northern territory of South Australia, as for the time being are parts of the Commonwealth, and such colonies or territories as may be admitted into or established by the Commonwealth as States; and each of such parts of the Commonwealth shall be called "a State".

Comment Re:Kangaroos with - - Sidewinders? (Score 1) 232

I'm just speaking from memory here, but as I recall there was an air-to-air launch mount for the Stinger. A few early prototypes of the Apache were paired with it in an attempt to attach a larger number of air-to-air missiles to the AH-64 (not to mention Stingers are hella cheaper than Sidewinders.)

Unless of course that isn't common knowledge, in which case I just made the entire thing up.

Ah - but did you notice the timeframe? The sole CA-15 first flew in March 1946! In any matter all moot really as the armament in most data lists is 6x .50in Guns.

Comment Kangaroos with - - Sidewinders? (Score 1) 232

> > "Kangaroos with stinger missiles?"
Hardly! To quote Wikipedia: "The FIM-92 Stinger is a personal portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile developed in the United States and entered into service in 1981."

How could you postulate arming a 1946 Australian-designed fighter aircraft, the CAC CA-15, (that never went into production) with a Surface-to-Air shoulder-fired Infantry weapon?
( ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_CA-15 )
Oh, and, "although the CA-15 bore a superficial resemblance to the North American Mustang (P-51), the CAC design was not based directly on the US aircraft and had quite different performance objectives and dimensions . . . The sole prototype did not fly until March 4, 1946.[1] The CA-15's overall performance was clearly superior to existing single-engine, propeller-driven fighters. It was also faster than most first generation jet fighters."

Now, if you really meant the Sidewinder Air-to-Air missle . . . .

Comment judgment deficiency exposed (Score 1) 582

Agree to a point.... The British quick and dirty flying machine the spit fire clearly inferior to the German planes ...but easy quick and cheap to manufacture and they got the job done, good enough.

I have never read so many incorrect points in one sentence regarding RAF and Luftwaffe equipment. You may have been half correct if you had used the name Hurrican instead of "spit fire".

Comment Re:Boot time (Score 1) 562

I endured much frustration using Win95 in college after using AmigaOS at home. A floppy disk in action would halt all other processes! On Amiga, FIVE open requestors (plus a floppy formatting) could share screen real-estate:
http://home.people.net.au/~vortexau/images2/M-ReqScn.jpg

As for multitasking, 1989 hardware (upgraded with 68060 & display card) could manage at least 301 clock displays:
http://home.people.net.au/~vortexau/images/300clock.jpg

Still using TVPaint to this day!

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