Re: Interesting - Ukraine Missiles Use Open Source, Russians Use Pi-4s

On 21/07/2026 03:06, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:53:04 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> 
>> On 20/07/2026 20:39, s|b wrote:
>>> On 20 Jul 2026 18:30:21 GMT, rbowman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Aircraft carriers are 20th century technology. They lose their appeal
>>>> if you have to park them 1000 miles away. I don't know if the Iranians
>>>> have the capability but China and Russia certainly do.
>>>
>>> Ukraine has drones that can fly over 3.000 km, so if Iran has those,
>>> then those carriers will have to park them even further.
>>>
>> We can be thankful that Islam does not mesh well with Science.
> 
> I'm not so sure about that. Arabs don't seem to be able to understand
> anything more complex than a camel but Persians aren't Arabs. The rock
> stars of the 'Golden age of Islam' were mostly Persian.
> 
They are excellent mathematicians and doctors. But not really engineers

And the best already left for the West.

> Quite a few Christians don't mesh well with Science, including the
> Christian Scientists. They've had their moments but Catholics seem to do a
> better job than the Evangelicals.

Yes. It was tough integrating Rationalism and Faith.

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