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Hmm, so it looks like DMC3:SE does indeed have an unlock everything code. Grooby. I wasn't sure I'd be able to beat those really hard levels to unlock the souped up versions of Dante and Vergil. And now I don't have to!

( West Wing: Getting on Board )

I guess with an internet connection, whenever things are slow, its hard to really pgv('space out for an hour'). I really wish I could motivate myself to use that time and access towards more fruitful pursuits, like self improvement. Instead, I determine stuff like to which kind of buyer would a Porsche 911 Turbo or a 911 GT3 each appeal to. Or study the technical differences between the US AH-64D Apache and the Brits' WAH-64 or the F-15E Strike Eagle and the Korean version, the F-15K Slam Eagle. (I still find it odd that our allies would have superior versions of our own weapons systems). Or accessorizing guns. ( Like this. )

See, I blew through two hours right here just typing this up. And now I'm hungry. I brought a publix boar's head ultimate samich and chips for lunch, but that's still like an hour away. If it weren't so rainy, I woulda gotten a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit from junior's.

Sci Fi geekery

Hey, I can see the desire for some chicks to avoid visible panty lines when wearing sleak dresses. After all, unneccesary and unsightly bulges in my pants (from like wallets and keys, you pervs!) annoy me. For chicks trying for smooth lines, going commando is an option. But I would think if you're going to something called the "Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards", you might want to avoid that option, unlike Lindsay Lohan did. What the?! Who goes commando to the fricking kid's choice awards?! Well, obviously that's a rhetorical question given the answer is in the sentence right before it!

Anyways. remember last week, when I was curious about which was the best of the allied tanks? So I was thinking, of the iconic starfighters of several of the bigger sci-fi franchises, which takes the mantle of premier "space superiority fighter? The Earth Alliance SA-32A Thunderbolt, the Incom T-65 X-wing, the Colonial Viper Mk VII, the USAF F-302, or the Peacekeeper Prowler? (I won't count the premier UN Spacy fighter, the VF-22 Sturmvogel II because it can turn into a frickin' robot!) But alas, trying to google for such a thing gets no such comparison. You'd think there'd be people geeky enough to have done so already. (Oh, and this is an easy one- name all six series for each spacecraft, without following the links!) I mean, if you can have The Death Star vs The Enterprise (though a more interesting postulate is McClane vs the Death Star. And what's so great about a "Death Star", or alternatively the "Alan Parsons Project"?) or Deep Space 9 vs Babylon 5, some sci-fi geeks are sure to have debated that.

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So I was skimming some old articles on Defense Tech and saw this old article from a couple months ago on a company coming out with Level IIIA face plates (IIIa protection is vs the higher velocity 9mm loads and .44 magnum). It lists compatibility with the m42a2 gas mask, though I wonder if it will also fit over the XM50 JSGPM (joint service general purpose mask).

In any case, while it does look kinda cool and intimidating, it also looks like more unneccesary bulk. Protecting our soldiers from ballistic threats is one thing, but I think they care less about surviving getting shot in the face with a .44 magnum than wearing something so big and uncomfortable in the desert heat! I mean, the body armor issue has been a political hot button as of late, with politicians pushing ahead with their constituents' claim that they want their men and women protected. Which is all well and good, but you can only pile on so much protection before it becomes 1) so uncomfortable that they dread wearing it and prolly won't if they can get away with it or 2) so bulky and unmanueverable that they become sitting ducks for heavier weapons, defeating the whole purpose of the armor in the first place!

Then there's the fact that yeah, the powers want the soldiers to have armor because the people want them to be safer, but only if they use the armor they approve, even if there's better things out in the market! One could argue, perhaps those competing designs are more expensive. Yes, but then why refuse to let the soldier wear superior products that they purchased with their own (or their family/friends') cash, going so far as to refuse insurance/death benefits to them? They claim they need to assure some level of quality and ensure every soldier is out there with equipment that isn't weak or substandard. But tests conducted at their own labs show a certain other product to be superior to the product they endorse, yet they claim "they have no conclusive proof" that its better.

In any case, the new armor technologies to look out for are carbon nano-tubes and spider silk, the problem being cost-effective production. Though isn't there something kinda weird about genetically engineering goats to produce milk containing the protein building blocks for spider silk? Sure, that'll ramp up spider silk production, but its still freaky!

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Monday night round-up:

( Everwoody: Daddy ishes )

( Prison Break: Lost Edition )

( 24: backstabbing and tactical espionage action )