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“This is just like Pearl Harbor,” one of the men said.

The other asked, “What is Pearl Harbor?”

“That was when the Vietnamese dropped bombs in a harbor, and it started the Vietnam War,” the first man replied. picked by DerAlt1 8 months ago

Angry people looking for fights will inevitably try to poison successful Internet communities. Columnist Cory Doctorow looks at ways to remove the poison without killing the discussion too. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Just outside Oklahoma City, F-16s intercepted a small plane after officials misinterpreted a phrase uttered by the pilot as his aircraft flew over military airspace: "hostile takeover."
The pilot was talking about business... picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

Former top Bush aid Karl Rove met a hostile crowd at the University of Iowa Sunday, and, being paid $40,000 to make a speech there, gives them plenty of rhetoric to think about. Meanwhile, two students attempt to place him under arrest. picked by PatrickFlorida 7 months ago

For reasons that can only be plumbed by a team of intellectual property lawyers and psychiatrists, Jobs and his company are pathologically hostile to anyone daring to publish stories about forthcoming products. picked by kissmenow 10 months ago

The inky black, angular, radar-evading F-117, which spent 27 years in the Air Force arsenal secretly patrolling hostile skies from Serbia to Iraq, will be put in mothballs next month in Nevada.

Only one F-117 has been lost in combat! picked by ozero 7 months ago

Sperm contains protein that contributes to HIV being more dangerous than if it was alone. picked by maxriter 9 months ago

A mineral that acts like a sponge beneath Earth's surface stores more oxygen than expected, keeping our planet from becoming dry and inhospitable like Mars. The key to the abundant oxygen storage is the mineral majorite, which exists deep below Earth's surface in the mantle. Without the oxygen stockpile, Earth would probably be a barren planet hostile to life. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A former Air Force pilot shares his experience with the SR-71 jet, a.k.a. The Blackbird. He takes you over hostile territory at Mach 3.5, with missiles closing in.

If you're familiar with the SR-71, it's time to get reacquainted. If you're not, it's past time for an introduction. picked by tigertony 6 months ago

As dispatch rider Alex Ross travelled through the hostile Egyptian desert, deep behind enemy lines, his few mementos of home must have meant the world to him. So his horror at realising the pannier containing them had fallen off his motorcycle during one of his dangerous missions can easily be imagined. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

The idea is that a variety of crawling or flying mini-droids will be produced, able to go into situations where human troops might fear to tread - caves, bunkers, mountains, hostile urban areas, your shower etc. The robo-bug army would then spy out targets and intel for human commanders to act upon. picked by jLoSsDh 4 months ago

"John McCain became hostile with the N.Y. Times' Elisabeth Bumiller on the campaign's plane today"

I wouldnt call it "hostile" but still a decent clip picked by trushafty38 7 months ago

The US has adopted a tough new policy aimed at protecting its interests in space and denying "adversaries" access there for hostile purposes. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

US Airways dropped its hostile $9.8 billion bid for Delta on Wednesday after Delta's creditors threw their support behind the airline's plan to emerge from bankruptcy on its own. picked by suebe 2 years ago