The classic doctors were better.

You will always love your first doctor.

That's closer to the real situation. some people like old ones. some like 10th or 11th doctor.

he still just doesn't get any support from the general public

He will get support, when NZ government pays for fiber in lawsuit about breaking civil rights

a plane that can still beat just about anything in the sky 40 years later

your anything does not include Russian planes F15 was designed to counter.

In addition, the DOD really needs to spend money on thorium reactors

In addition US military budget should exceed budgets on other 154 countries combined. Having 41% of all military spendings is not enough.

I found that the engines are probably those that were used in MIG-29.

MIGs use Klimov RD-33s. Chinese J-17s and J-31 use Klimov RD-93. Different modification of a same engine. They used engine which was already verified and used live in other Chinese fighter plane. Chinese don't have MIG-29s.

Looks like it's time for a nice little invasion...

Lesson by D. MacArthur. Never get involved in a land war in Asia

Perhaps Reiser would be a great option as well

YMMV. Moved away from ReiserFS even before murder. Too many random FS corruptions on workstations needed admin intervention to boot.

I used to do that twice a day.

Did you do that with miniature people attached to those balloons? Did you have RedBull marketing department on your back?

Hydrogen has been largely discredited as the root cause of the Hindenberg disaster

Hydrogen did not cause those sparks, but it burned damn well.

If you don't pay taxes you shouldn't get anything.

Reminds me of another person living in UK, who is not British subject. Could you tell Her Majesty your thoughts?

What is wrong with a little heavy clothing? Don't you want to save the environment?

Save environment as long as it does not come at the cost of people's health. I am not Eskimo and I don't have habit of wearing furs and mittens in living room. Services are required to maintain 18C/65F during winter season in my country. 55F is about 12C. More than five degrees Celsius below norm and I would notice it at 17.5 degree.