Doesn't use my phone number or anything else with a real world connection as the user's identifier.

Not free - I am a real customer and the company has less incentive to sell my data.

No glitches or features missing so far.

Gee.

I didn't say that it will make up for all of the shortcomings, but that a signifcant improvement is feasible using a composite airframe for example.

160km and six passengers certainly isn't very much compared to the gas powered version, but remember that they didn't really change the plane itself. For developing purposes it certainly makes sense to start by electrifying an existing airframe. I am as well aware that the sturdy Beaver has proven itself as being very long lasting etc. but I am convinced that there will be a better suited airframe for this engine/battery which will bring a significant evolution of the performances. And yes, I know that's expensive to develop, certify and build.

Stupid me, was lured by the clickbait.

Why FFS should Perth qualify as the worlds most isolated city ?!?

At least, a certain proportion of people are familiar enough with Windows to recognize that kind of message as a computer glitch. Just image what might happen if the masses were greeted by a "KERNEL PANIC" message the size of a full size container :)

3/2 is a fraction...

The Romans wouldn't be able to tell the '5' from an 'S' so I'd say they would agree me thinks.

'hinder development of innovative services...'

Usually when bullshit like this comes up one can be pretty sure that the nail has been squarely hit on it's head and that the law is exactly doing what it is supposed to do. Perfect.

What the hell are "roughly 855 requests for emergency disclosures" FFS ?

Was that 855,23 before ? I am probably naive to assume that much like pregnancy there is or there isn't so that number should be an integer anyway...

>The idea is that the bomber will take off from a normal home airfield to patrol Russian airspace,...Upon command, it will ascend into outer space, strike a target with nuclear warheads and then return to its home base.

Yeah, right. Why didn't anybody else build a plane than has the capability of ascending into orbit as needed and come back then ? Perhaps because the enormous energy needed to go from aerodynamic flight speed to orbital velocity can't simply be carried along in a pod or something ?

Let's assume that Mr. Solodovnikov's outline of the modus operandi isn't exact but that what is planned is rather along the lines of Airplane takeoff (vs. ICBM rocket which is much more detectable) and going to orbit and drop a heat shielded nuke from there. (No need to land back, it's nuclear war all over anyway by then.) Even this would be so expensive that it will once again stretch Russia's financial capabilities beyond what's possible.

I'd add that in real life and even in dry conditions there will always be the occasional spot that has some dirt and where the treads will provide the necessary grip.

Yeah, and how does he power and control them ? Independent battery in each one and remote control ? Not worth the hassle.

Finally the CEA has something important to do, which is trying to raise credibility in a bloody professional sport that no one believes works without any cheating at all anyway. And it has been like this for a long time now.

Tax money wasted but I have to admit I'd rather have them do this than to develop stuff for nuclear weapons.

Why doesn't everybody just get over it and enjoy - if at all - the Tour de France for what my mother does - the nice scenery of France live on TV ?!

I am going to finally change my bookmark from https://slashdot.org/?nobeta=1 :)

I sincerely hope that my literally inexistant knowledge of NK ist still much better than yours of divided Germany. There has never been any starving or housing problems in east Germany during the existance of the iron curtain and not nearly as much oppression of the population and never any real isolation from information from the rest of the world. Not that the GDA was fine, don't get me wrong...