As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

As someone who's both flown and scheduled flyovers, let me tell you how they work. At the beginning of each fiscal quarter, a squadron is given so many hours and money to fly. You have to have a good reason not to spend the money because those hours is what big navy has determined to be necessary for the squadron's…

The problem isn't the internet. The Stuxnet virus that shutdown and damaged a lot of Iran's industrial and military computers was delivered physically...probably by a thumbdrive. China has a lot of industrial spies in the U.S. and I would be shocked if they didn't have someone in a position to introduce a virus into…

The problem isn't the internet. The Stuxnet virus which shutdown and damaged a lot of Iran's military and industrial computers was transferred physically...probably by a flash drive. The truth is that China has a lot of industrial spies in the U.S. and I would be shocked if they didn't have someone that could…

@Legios: I meant to say that I saw a Toy Story 1&2 double feature in 3D. (By the way, a warning to parents: I had to jury rig a rubber band solution to make the "one-size fits all" glasses stay on my 5 year old's head.) I don't even know if Toy Story 3 was released in 3D.

I saw Toy Story 3 and Avatar in 3D. In both cases I had splitting headaches by the end of the movie. I think I figured out why. In Avatar, I caught myself trying to focus on things in the foreground or background which were purposely out of focus due to the designed focal length of the scene. The 3D fooled my…

Anyone else think they look like Michael Jackson?

@ameliabearhart: I still miss Pushing Daisies. Although, I'm glad that it ended before the writing started going down hill. There's no way they could have kept that awesomeness going for too long

Cars was a good film, but not up to Pixar's standards because it was so formulaic. Someone said it was an animated Doc Hollywood, and I think that statement hits in on the head. There were just no surprises or anything that would make it memorable.

@sharkd: The B-1B has a lot of utility. The problem was that for most of its life, it was relegated to the nuclear-deterrence role and thus was not outfitted for conventional war. They are only looking at retiring the bomber because it costs too much to maintain (as you would expect of an advanced, high speed, swing…

Didn't IO9 itself, just a few days ago, publish an article that stated that 2001's vaccuum exposure was relatively realistic?

@Delphinus100: Actually, only third world countries (like Iraq) used the MiG-25 primarily as a reconnaissance platform. They did that mostly because they were too valuable to lose. Most first world countries used the MiG-25 as a long range interceptor or as an anti-HVAA (High Value Airborne Asset [think AWACS])…

@HektikLyfe: I had just the opposite reaction. I couldn't put it down. I had always wanted to write a sci-fi novel, but after reading Dune, I realized I could never even approach the greatness of that book. Not all the books are that good though...

(1,2) Optimus Prime, (1,3) C-3PO, (1,6) Voltron, (1,7) R2-D2, (2,3) Robocop, (2,5) Bender, (3,6) Fokker's VF-1S?, (9,8) Pathfinder rover, (10,2) VINCENT (black hole), (10,3) BOB (black hole), (10,4) WALL_E, (10,6) EVA.

@a.seivewright: I worked on an advanced military project once. It wasn't even a black program. Anyway, they told us when we started that if the tech was found to be too revolutionary, they would stop and bury the research. They prescribed to the "it's a lot easier to figure out if you know it actually can be done"…