They’re other ships of the same design line, most of them larger than the Tyderium-type. Presumably they’re made by the same company that made the shuttles seen in Jedi and also the T-16 Skyhopper which seems to also share design elements. You might as well be asking why BMW makes a 3 series, 5 series, 7 series, etc…

It’s very much a cross between this and a snowspeeder from ESB. And considering the Buck Rogers ship is also a MacQuarrie design, it fits. He did all the designs for Star Wars, Buck Rogers, and original Battlestar Galactica, which is a major reason why the basic technology style seems similar across all three…

No need for heat shielding when:

* They don’t have to conserve limited fuel from weak rocket engines and thus don’t have any need to utilize orbital mechanics that require short burns to slow down just enough to come down in a parabolic arc at near orbital velocity. They have more than enough fuel and power to just…

The trope is rather out of hand, though as you said it’s more acceptable to some degree in comedy but really it’s overstayed it’s welcome in my opinion.

The concept was done to death long ago, and received what I’d call a death blow via extreme parody in Bludgeoning Angel Dokoru-chan. It depicted one of these…

I wish someone would come up with a vaccine against autism just to watch these morons heads explode.

I enjoyed this series when I watched it a few years ago. One of the things that sticks out to me still is an amusing part where they interview the voice actresses and one of them mentions how she had a challenge memorizing all the technical terms like “heel to toe shift” and “put it in second gear”. If that’s…

Because I disagree with a company’s policy doctrine, make a critique of it, and feel legal action should be taken to curtail it (though I’m not in a position to take such action myself) that means I’m “whining”? Huh. And here I thought it was called posting discussion feedback in a comments section on the topic at…

Because I wasn’t dumb enough to buy a locked down, inferior product I was not harmed by this policy and thus I don’t have standing to sue. However, I agree with you that someone should do so.

“Don’t buy their products” is not enough of an remedy when consumer rights under the law are being violated.

No, Apple has a right to control what they host in their own software store but NOT what a user can and cannot install and run on their own machine they bought and paid for. The law is clear on this, and it’s frankly amazing Apple has gotten away with it as long as they have.

What part of “a court ruling affirmed the right of end users to run any software or consume any content they choose on the device they own” do you not understand? The Right of First Sale is a very important one in business law and Apple should NOT be allowed to break it, period. Any weakening of that right is a threat…

Nobody says Apple has to host the bloody thing, the issue is they actively prevent users from acquiring applications in any other way than the official store despite a court ruling that jailbreaking is entirely legal and the end user has every right to install and run any software they choose on the device they own.…

The issue so much isn’t what they will allow in their App Store, it’s that they prevent you from accessing the software in any other way either. You cannot “side-load” apps without jailbreaking the device, which Apple makes as difficult as possible despite a court ruling stating that jailbreaking was completely legal…

That is in no way whatsoever even remotely similar. In the case of automakers, they are saying if you make modifications they haven’t tested to be safe and reliable then they won’t repair your car at their expense in the event something goes wrong. They are not telling you not to do it, only that they won’t accept…

Wrong. It is the end user’s device to put any content on it THEY choose, they bought the device and own the device and thus the choice should belong to them. You don’t rent the damned thing you OWN it, and it’s long overdue that these companies act like it.

It’s genetalia, yes. Specifically female genetalia, which over half the human race has and the vast majority will need some sort of education and experience in how to operate it properly. The only reason this is even an issue with any controversy behind it is due to the fact that thousands of years ago some…

So how are people supposed to learn about such a basic and important part of life? As it is, people turn to porn and / or the rumor mill from their equally ignorant peers and have to figure it out best they can. Why? Because America is still in the grips of religiously originated puritanism and prudery, and restrict…

They aren’t Apple’s products anymore the moment they are bought by a private user. Apple no longer owns your iDevice once they sell it to you, YOU own that device. And yet, the company who made it insists they have the right to restrict what you can do with the device you bought and paid for. You really don’t see the…

The simple solution to being assaulted in public for your wearable eyepiece is to put an Apple logo on it. When people ask questions just tell them it’s a beta test unit for the new EyeMac and they’ll ooh and aah, imagining how cool it will be to line up for hours and hours and overpay for it on launch day. Problem…

You guys are insane. This is showroom new condition, utterly beautiful, and a pristine example of the best truck ever built bar none. What could you buy for any price that’s better than this? Not much, that’s for sure.

You could put another 500,000 miles on this thing and your great-grandchildren would still be driving…