* Posts by Henry Lockwood

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Army says farewell to UK's 'bugger-off' airbag drone

Henry Lockwood
Black Helicopters

@Brian:

All well and good, but the main difficulty (I suspect) is in the remote control range. Most hobby aircraft won't have an operational range over about 1 mile (if that), and wouldn't be exactly difficult to shoot down. On the other hand, they're probably cheaper than SAMs...

Portsmouth student peeled in potato laptop scam

Henry Lockwood
Happy

@Simon Day et alii

Yes, Terry Pratchett's latest books are good examples of the "humorous conman" trope. Another recommendation: older, but still good: is Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat series. Stick to the earlier ones though; some of the later novels aren't quite as funny.

PS: what a twonk. Really.