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I just took a look and found one which I could build and fly myself.[^] 
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That looks like a lot of fun in a (probably) incredibly expensive kind of way.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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It depends. I'm still building my Huey, which is half the size of this one here. I already had the helicopter, an older T-Rex 450[^], which I got second hand for about 150 bucks. The fuselage[^] cost only 100, but it did not have very much detail.
So I have spent a good number of hours on installing the helicopter and adding all kinds of details, like one or another antenna, the tail bar, hatches and panels, rivets and 3D printed weapons. And of course painting it once the details are all done.
In the end it's supposed to look like this one[^] and use this model kit[^] as a reference.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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That looks pretty darned cool!
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Then you get a video.[^].
It's the same as mine, but if you look at it closely, you will see why I want more detail and did not just paint it.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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You should check out Adam Savage's videos on YouTube. He uses some cool, relatively simple paint "tricks" to get much more detail and realism in his models and replicas. This is the same guy from Myth Busters, but doing what he loves.
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I will do that. There are many ways to get a more realistic appearance. The model should look as if it comes from a jungle war, not clean and polished. The 'dirt' or 'bleached' paint only looks like a sloppy paint job on a smooth surface. You need all kinds of surface details, like panels or rows of rivets that break up the surfaces and give the 'spotty' paint job some structure.
My internet connection is a little slow right now, so I can't watch the videos right now. Are they more about painting or modelling the details?
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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He's a Hollywood prop maker, one of the vids you'd likely be most interested in is this one with Aaron Douglas where they build plastic models, although there are many more with full size props.
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No, THIS[^] will get you anywhere, anytime.
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If you can get your hands on one. Mine has the big advantage of being available for a reasonable price in eastern countries.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Anyone who rides a bike in traffic is a delusional, suicidal hipster. My wife is a nurse at a hospital and they get 3 to 4 broken bike riders a week to try to fix. and that's just the ones that survive...
Of course living in New Orleans, where the streets are narrow and in bad condition, the lost tourists are plentiful, and the locals all drive like maniacs may be skewing my beliefs...
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I think it's similar to a committee: "the average IQ of a collection of drivers (a committee) is equal to the lowest IQ of a participant divided by the number of participants."
I came to this conclusion many years ago, when I was riding motorcycles in the rush hour, and have seen no reason to modify it. Indeed, I added a corollary: "If you can think of six bloody stupid things for a driver (or a committee) to do in a crisis, he (they) will think of something even stupider, and immediately do it."
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: committee
O god, is it really that bad? Do we really need a comparison to (avert your eyes) politics. When a committee decides to do something stupid (which is almost every time), then it's usually the common denominator they found twoards their corrupt and immoral goals.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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Politics? Whose talking about politics? You've clearly never been in a management meeting... 
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Management and politics are two sides of the same coin mental disorder.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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I cannot disagree with that!
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I am not sure I believe this.
But I noticed I braked hard, and turned sharply into the other lane upon reading it.
I will call it a coincidence, although the biker is calling it something else indeed!
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I am the traffic ninja.
Whenever I'm on the road everyone else drives like crap. 
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I never knew you were Italian! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You have to be really brave when you take a bus in Rome.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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You have to be even braver to take a night bus in London, but that's due to the inhabitants!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Then we better never drive in the same place at the same time. The Ninjutsu would be split up between us, already dragging both of us half way down to the level of the other ashigaru[^].
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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The road is one big chaos system. The longer it displays a reliable pattern the more likely that the very next moment it will go completely pear shaped. I've gotten in the habit of working from home the first snowfall of the winter every year. It's like freaking clock work. We have decent* enough roads 7-9 months and then the day that snow falls every moron and their dead grandmothers decide that the best way to drive on snow and ice, is to go as fast as they can so they spend as little time on it as possible**!
*By "decent" I mean the majority of them are paved, potholes aren't quite big enough to swallow a horse, and they haven't been condemned. They are however rated "poor" by the road committee.
**I guess this isn't an entirely inaccurate thought process. If they slide off the road into the ditch, they are no longer technically on said road.
modified 27-Apr-17 9:22am.
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RJOberg wrote: the first snowfall of the winter
As if this event was a total surprise, but then they are also absolutely surprised when that funny light changes from red to green.
The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a f***ing golf cart.
"I don't know, extraterrestrial?"
"You mean like from space?"
"No, from Canada."
If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.
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