Another poster mentioned this one already, but in case you missed it; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn. Very weird & I've yet to try it but it's essentially a company making a type of fungas, almost visually identical to that of meat in many forms.

You know what I hope? That by the time all the people who stick with XP and time comes where they eventually have to migrate, that someone, or some volunteers build a 'XP conversion' utility for windows 7 so that the transition isn't so bad. At work I had to use windows 7 for a little bit but it left a bad taste in my mouth. There was some nice stuff but I like how I can use 'classic' mode in control panel, for example. I am sure there will be an app like this - perhaps nLite will do this?

It makes me wonder whether the computer OS is actually a good business model. Don't get me wrong, it's profitable in the sort term but it seems to me like it could get very stagnant because people don't actually 'use' the Windows OS, they use their applications. Reminds me of the property business - you buy land to build upon and live/sell the house you have developed/used. OSX is an exception because it comes as a package with applications that people tend to use by default.

You go to the power outlet and you unplug it. and anyway, why all this skynet shit? there are closer dangers to us than that.

oh man that was so funny, thanks for bothering.

Propose a different flight system or transport method then. I think trains are good as they can be a) improved easily for electric motors b) they are reliable and on time c) they use one small path for travel d) very few animal deaths, as the surface area they actually cover is just the top surface of the rails. Obviously if you have a large animals in the center then they may get killed but they can always hear it coming.

How about a nautilus laser system that constantly spins within the front intake, thus on impact the birds are essentially vaporised and cause much less stress on the blades.

If you had a cone shaped mesh in front of the engines, wouldn't this deflect it enough from the blades?

That's what I thought, however I think the discussion goes further than just preventing collisions on engines, rather the wings, etc.

I presumed that there was no mesh in front of the engines purely because the high air resistance it would cause would be detrimental to the MPG's the aircraft would get. Whether this would outweigh the negatives is another matter indeed, but I'd like it discussed.