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Notebook said:
Problem solved then, best pals now.
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Yeah.... both Russia and UK behaved suddenly as if their schools principal caught them fighting and had to pretend that it was just a theater project....
 
Hey, could we please not do WWIII, please. I have stuff planned this year.
 
Somewhere near Sevastopol, 2021...

 
Well, that was interesting. Wonder what the "Sierra-Lima" comment from the destroyer meant?
 
it is unlikely that the plane dropped a bomb, most likely it was scattering anti-submarine buoys (see if there are any submarines)
 
Quiet? Every tech advertisement channel have been talking about it and how it's no different from WinX.
 
N_Molson said:
As long as it is Orbiter 2016-compatible...
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Yeah, that's my primary concern. Orbiter is the only reason I haven't jumped completely to Debian.
 
More misadventures in procedural history generation: On some newly settled planet somewhere (there ain't no geography yet, sorry), a wealthy family gets fed up with the local nationalist regime, engineer a successful coup and install a centralised democracy instead. Apparently they didn't get along with the new government they themselves created, for 10 years later they attempt to overthrow that government too. This time they fail, though.
No matter, they withdraw to hatch schemes for some 20 years, and explode back onto the scene, this time successfully overthrowing the government they once helped create, and installing a totalitairian regime in its place. Which, true to form, they overthrow again 16 years later... :LOL:

It's pretty clear that I need some more rules to determine who should launch coups on who, but on the other hand my generator just came up with what I'll call "the flip-flop illuminati".
 
Notebook said:
Well, that was interesting. Wonder what the "Sierra-Lima" comment from the destroyer meant?
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The destroyer signals "Sierra Lima Two" means "Request your course, speed, and passing intention." in ICS signalling for Russian ships - they repeat this request later in length.

Also in the beginning, you hear "Zulu Lima UnaOne" or ZL1 from the Russians, which means "I have received and understood your message."


The current flags on the side of the destroyer are also interesting:

Romeo
Tango
2

Which means "I intend to pass you on your port side."

I can't fully see the flags hoisted before, but the message ended with a 2, I will try to look for better pictures of this.
 
jedidia said:
on the other hand my generator just came up with what I'll call "the flip-flop illuminati".
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Sounds perfectly reasonable - "the government stopped following my orders, time to replace it. Now, what type is trendy these days..."
 
Notebook said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Germany passes new citizenship law for descendants of Nazi victims

The move closes loopholes that denied citizenship to some whose ancestors had fled persecution.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

Not sure I understand this. Can't anyone apply for German citizenship?
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Apply yes. But getting it is harder. As the article attempts to describe: Germany had quite some changes in the laws that define, who is German. And that meant, that people had been able in the past to lose their already existing legitimation for German citizenship, for example just by taking another nationality.

It is not about people who lived long enough in Germany (or play football good enough) to become German citizen by other means.
 
"soccer" that is - for our trans-Atlantic friends ;)
 
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