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  1. They will need to manage demand, so meters all around. One last run of increased profits before handing the franchise back as untenable.
  2. If that's true, I know one of the lucky 6.
  3. I'll set this to lock in a few weeks. Please @ m,e if there is any change.
  4. Can someone @ me if there is an official confirmation? Thanks
  5. Americans think fortnight is an online game (and nothing else).
  6. limpid

    U.S. Politics

    He's being sued by the other founders which means he won't get them to agree to let him sell shares before IPO plus six months. Also the SEC will investigate (if they aren't already) as this particular financial instrument (blank cheque company / SPAC) expects that the target of the acquisition is kept anonymous to isolate from insider trading. These instruments often lead to extensive legal action after IPO and they have fallen out of favour at least in part because of this. Also, if Trump attempts to sell a chunk of his holding, the price will fall sharply so he'd never realise near this value. See Tesla share price when Musk sells shares.
  7. I'm not convinced their nuclear deterrent is actually functional any more. It doesn't need to be (and hasn't since we built to MAD). Nuclear weapons are bloody expensive to maintain.
  8. Exactly this. VillaTalk is for discussion. It's not question and answer.
  9. limpid

    U.S. Politics

    In normal times, the USA gets to choose between a right wing nutter and a slightly less right wing nutter. Toss of a coin. It means a little more when one candidate's stated and demonstrated position is to suspend the constitution.
  10. People that measure distances in "ft". I can live with feet for heights (of people). I can deal with yards (because it's pretty much the same as metres),, but feet is just wrong for distances.
  11. I like that Musk wasn't even present for this launch. He's leaving things to the engineers. I just wish the presenters wouldn't mislead people. You could see the fuel leak, both in the video stream and buy watching the graphic showing fuel levels. It was spinning throughout all the ballistic tests (you could see the shadows spinning around in the internal views. The same graphic showed that it was in wrong orientation (and spinning) during re-entry. I think the engineers will consider the mission a success within their rapid prototyping methodology. It's all the marketing bollocks that annoys me.
  12. It's never been an event for "regular fans".
  13. The booster failed to restart it's engines (again) and crashed into the sea at 2-3 times the speed of sound. Starship developed a fuel leak shortly after separation and this caused an uncontrolled spin throughout the ballistic portion. Entry was completely uncontrolled and this led to some pretty colours as parts of the ship which weren't supposed to be exposed to atmospheric friction burnt up. It was pretty much the most minimal improvement possible compared to the last launch, but the marketing spin is going well.
  14. You get out your phone, look at it to unlock, tap the notification for the match ticket and hold the back of your phone to the reader. The gate clunks. You can do it in a couple of seconds even while holding your bottle of pop with the lid hidden in your coat.
  15. limpid

    U.S. Politics

    How would you, as a business owner, quantify that you are treating people equally? What if when quantifying this, you discovered that your business has not been treating people equally? How would you rectify this?
  16. Semis are 2nd and 9th May. So Brighton away and Liverpool at home.
  17. limpid

    U.S. Politics

    This particular bond would be for Trump Org, not Trump personally. He pretended the two things were different and separate during his presidency. He lied (obviously), while all meetings with foreign dignitaries has to take place it his venues and money / gifts / trade deals were given to other members of the crime family.
  18. limpid

    U.S. Politics

    It will. He's still defaming E Jean Carroll. I suspect that will put off anyone wanting to lend money to someone with a record of not paying his debts.
  19. It's because @OutByEaster? won't use his Apple Wallet
  20. limpid

    U.S. Politics

    Whichever quota you are most deficient in.
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