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    I was just doing some thinking this morning (I know, dangerous!), after the dog woke me at 0400 and I could not get back to sleep.

    You know, Hitler is responsible for nuclear weapons. (No invoking Godwin's law, please!)

    Without Nazi antisemitism, the US would never have started the Manhattan Project. Not only was this dependent on refugees from Axis countries (.g. Enrico Fermi), but without Einstein's signature on the letter to the president, it would never have got funding. And without the antisemitism, he would not have been in the US.

    Without the example of the US having developed nuclear weapons, and showing it could be done, the Soviets would not have done it, and France and Britain probably would not have either, as these , Britain in particular, were part of the Manhattan project and learnt a lot from it.

    Germany was defeated without nuclear weapons, and Japan would have been too, although they probably shortened the war and saved lives, as the Japanese government would have needed a similar disaster to the atom bombs before surrendering - and with the allies closing in, Japan would have been subject to massive non-nuclear bombing , not restricted to two cities.

    It could even be argued that if the money spent on the Manhattan Project had been spent on conventional munitions, the war may have ended earlier - for example, if the B-29 had become operational a year earlier.
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    Damn John,, that's deep for 4am thinking 💭

    You and Eevo need to count sheep 🐑 soooo much less stress on the brain,, although Eevo probably laughed himself back to sleep 😴

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    Quote Originally Posted by Homestar View Post
    Rough night Eevo?
    Must have been. He couldn't find the Jokes thread.
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    I'd say John's assessment was fairly sound. Bloody Hitler.
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    What is the point of tv broadcasts where the left and right of the screen are frosted out with only the centre clear ? If that was all they want us to see why not crop it to that size in the first place ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by trog View Post
    What is the point of tv broadcasts where the left and right of the screen are frosted out with only the centre clear ? If that was all they want us to see why not crop it to that size in the first place ?
    Probably because of all these dumb people who think they have to film with their phones in 'portrait' mode rather than 'lanscape'.

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    Spot on - but in most cases the footage would have been more useful edited into a landscape mode - lose a bit of the ground and sky.
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    I can't believe that this thread is still alive!

    Filming with a phone is just wrong... buy the right tool for the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by debruiser View Post
    I can't believe that this thread is still alive!

    Filming with a phone is just wrong... buy the right tool for the job.
    It's the one thread that can't be exhausted or killed off by off topics.

    It's very difficult to carry cinematographic equipment in your pocket. However it does have the advantage of not frying the family jewels.
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    It doesn't have to be big to crap all over a smart phone. I've got 2 little cameras that take great footage compared to my 6S. The little Mobius punches above its weight but has a CMOS sensor and rolling shutter so I've found this unsuitable in my Drones. The trusty GoPro also has a CMOS sensor but processes the video differently and doesn't get the 'jello' effect that the Möbius does. But at under $100 the Möbius is a top little camera.
    If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.

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