50 years is too short to reach that state, although I don't know the climate and growth opportunities for nature in japan that just seems a bit overdone, I think there are places untouched for longer in most cities and places and they are less overgrown, and the growth is in a different pattern too.

Definitely a safety hazard. the chance of something accidentally falling or moving into a slot are much higher than if they are normal holes, not to mention that it's structurally less stable.

@mralda: Squeezing is much easier than opening them though, I think that's the idea, and the magnets aren't THAT strong surely, plus the force reduces logarithmically with distance if I'm not mistaking, so it would only help to overcome the initial stickiness you get because the two surfaces are over each other when…

@GreasyPig: That's the idea, it helps it open while using it, the closed state is for transport, how hard is it to understand when there's a drawing with text to explain the drawing? You really aren't trying.

@ircmaster: Most all disaster movies the last years are 40% CG, most of the water and storms in such movies are CG since some german (I think) company already developed very realistic water and such a few years ago, what we don't have yet is this stuff in games in a way that you'd like to see it.

@That Guy: usually on the interweb you use /sarcasm to indicate the end of the sarcastic bit

On the newly released 'original' that top left screen still seems pasted.

@That Guy: You mean 'Maybe american is a second language?', although I admit I could have italicized the word those, so it would become:

@wutzu: Thanks for correcting me on the one I was talking about, SR-71 is indeed the one I think.

@Killoshkowich: What a few million amongst friends?

@staticfive: And planes are slower than missiles, and a bigger target.

@That Guy: We known enough, you are one of those people, do you work for the government too to make the picture complete?

Long ago the US navy was making a decission what to buy to intercept missiles, and they allowed manufacturers to show their stuff, the dutch 'goalkeeper' system worked and intercepted missiles, the 'phalanx' system did not work that well, so the US navy picked the phalanx, because it was US made and they wanted so…

I know a guy who has that setup, but each time he pulls the lever the symbols are A T T and it says 'you lose'.

@locomodo: Good luck on that one, I don't think that will be discussed until he's dead and gone for at least 300 years, which might be longer than you think since he's a cyborg and they'll probably keep him going for another 200 years after which they'll install his evil personality into some AI unit.

To the doctors of the world: A guy called cheney will approach you to install cyborg weapons, please decline that request, TIA

@MyNameIsTooAwesome: And gobble us up when cooked you think?

@Drummertist: It will support your entire DVD and bluray collection!

@Arken: Now you are cooking with gas.

@ddhboy: What bends doesn't 'break' you see.