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2011-12-08, 16:01 | Link #18062 | |
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2011-12-08, 17:31 | Link #18064 | |
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Israel and US is gone case. Technology transfer complete, seems China and Iran are goinf to be world powers in the next decade with US at their heels.
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2011-12-08, 22:10 | Link #18068 | |
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Being religious supremacist assholes they are, Iran would probably attempt to capture Iraq or Afghanistan in the future.
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2011-12-08, 22:33 | Link #18071 |
Did someone call a doctor
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Apple being sued because it does not own the iPad trademark in China
As one commenter said: I'm not sure if this is Apple's inattentiveness or their arrogance that led to this. Either way, Apple getting sued for copyright infringement in China is quite... *puts on sunglasses* iRonic
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2011-12-08, 22:42 | Link #18072 | |
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2011-12-08, 22:42 | Link #18073 | |
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2011-12-08, 22:45 | Link #18074 |
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Looking at the RQ170....um no. No B2 bomber is coming out of capturing that thing. I've seen a B2 in a museam already. That's not the stealth materials used on B2s. It is close to the wing form, but the wing form has been around since the Second World War. If the computer isn't in good shape, it is not exactly easy to fly a Flying Wing...that's one reason the design was scrapped in the 1940s.
Look at the RQ170, then looks at the B2. Aside from being a flying wing, they aren't even close to being the same. Seeing the picture from Iran, it isn't even a small drone. So while then might get some data on how to interrupt drone signals (assumming the CIA and military don't just change the codes or redesign the software), I don't think this gives anyone all that much of an advantage on the aviation front. They might even figure out how to make armed UAVs as well...but not stealth ones.
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2011-12-08, 23:23 | Link #18076 | |
Did someone call a doctor
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Apparently companies have started to wise up to the antics and are taking their business elsewhere. This is hilarious because its Apple one of the stingiest companies around, but it doesn't change the fact that it's pretty hypocritical even if the Chinese company is in the right.
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2011-12-09, 00:00 | Link #18077 |
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Even a copy of the material might not be enough. With some things it is about application as much is it about the material.
The thing, is, the RQ170 doesn't appear to have that material. Nor does it appear to have the "standard" stealth style design to it (the sharp angles you'd find in the B-2, F-117, F-22, and even the new F-35 and the the Chinese J-20 or Russian PAK FA. "Aviation Week postulates that these elements suggest the designers have avoided 'highly sensitive technologies' due to the near certainty of eventual operational loss inherent with a single engine design and a desire to avoid the risk of compromising leading edge technology" And that was back in 2009.
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2011-12-09, 00:18 | Link #18078 | |
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I won't say that Apple is a saint when it comes to this area, but I don't see how this was arrogance on their part.
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2011-12-09, 00:33 | Link #18079 |
Did someone call a doctor
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Thinking that no one would dare challenge their global brand? That sounds pretty arrogant to me, big companies like getting their way.
Either way I think its probably more likely that something that was overlooked via translation and so on with the contacts. Now Apple will have to pay.
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2011-12-09, 00:46 | Link #18080 |
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I think it's more that they bought the rights to it, and thought that everyone would respect that... you know, not arrogantly, but legally. For what ever reason, what they bought wasn't what it appeared, and hence there's the current situation.
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