My two kopecks ...

Elowan · #1 August 26th, 2002, 08:07 PM

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Originally posted by Jmenschenfresser:
Я сожалею товарища. Я не говорю на русском.

Well done though the grammar is as bad as mine! Na ruskom? Sheesh!

[ August 26, 2002, 19:09: Message edited by: Elowan ]

Taz-in-Space · #2 August 27th, 2002, 06:11 AM

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An arguement about canon say referring to Soviet vs US aircraft design would be just as pointless - since they ripped off most of our designs anyway.

Nonsense. It was other way around. - Just to keep discussion open.

Actually, you just have to look at the pre-WWII planes of US, Russian, German, English, and even Japanese - and compare them to later planes these countries produced. EVERYBODY was guilty of taking others designs!!

Krsqk · #3 August 28th, 2002, 12:45 AM

And why not? If the bad guys have something good, steal it!

TerranC · #4 August 28th, 2002, 01:01 AM

Taz, they didn't steal the designs because they couldn't come up with it, it's because they needed to begin on something fundamental.

Imagine what would have happened if the American engineers at the time of the WW2 when they were facing superior (At the time) Japanese fighters said:

lets spend more crucial time creating new and original planes that just MIGHT work against the japanese!

thankfully, that wasn't the case, and I'm not speaking japanese.