Archive for April, 2007

How many times do I have to tell you? A US aircraft carrier will leave port for the Gulf every six months, about six months after the last one. BTW, the assorted speculation on some of the US blogs about the RN’s carriers is risible. The current RN presence in the Gulf consists of two [...]

The lost opportunity

Remember this post, again? This Reuters DeathWatch story confirms every last bit of it. Zalmay Khalilzad did indeed talk to insurgent spokesmen during 2006. And the Baker-Hamilton commission? Who knows.

What on earth is causing this class definition to throw a syntax error? The error occurs at the colon (yup, the one that has to be there according to docs.python.org) in the second line.
class gui: def_init_(self, mainwindow): self.frame1 = Frame.mainwindow [...]

Some time ago, I got involved in a debate about the cost of unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs. I argued that the idea that they would supplant piloted aircraft was overambitious, and that, crucially, the high accident rate they experienced would make them rather more expensive than anyone thought. After all, if their biggest advantage was [...]

Well, the decisions are in on the plan to break up the Home Office into the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry for Counter-Terrorism, National Security, Border Control, and Unauthorised Ball Games. And the snark in that link remains applicable.
The only interesting news is that it’s even worse than I thought. Not only does the [...]

I’ve been a little surprised Warrington haven’t been better this year - they were good last year, and they signed very well in the close season. Adrian Morley hasn’t so far paid off, getting injured twice in a row, but Vinnie Anderson and Stuart Reardon are two cracking signings. I’m astonished Bradford let Reardon get [...]