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I think the edge would be given to the pilot that can best exploit the pros of his aircraft while exploiting the faults of the opponent's aircraft.
Generally, a Spitfire has the edge at low altitude because it's hella more maneuverable than a P-51.
You also have to factor in the revision of the given aircraft.
P-51's were designed for bomber escort duties, and Spitfires were designed for bomber interception. I think a more appropriate comparison would be a Spitfire and a F6F Hellcat or F4U Corsair.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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LOL...
I was referring to the aircraft vs car...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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The car doesn't have a rate of climb, nor any armament/armor to speak of, so it's a wildly unfair comparison. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
modified 16-Jul-18 10:48am.
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Admit it though, there're times you wish you had a bank of forward firing machineguns to deal with some of the morons you're forced to share the road with though. 
My biggest pet hate are the sunshines who seem to think it's ok to drive with the windows on at least 3 sides completely whited out with snow or heavy frost (I've seen a few that were almost completely whited out on 4 sides trying to peer through a palm sized hole immediately above the dash vent).  I'm sure yours is something different.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: ok to drive with the windows on at least 3 sides completely whited out
Hah thats me, get in the slow lane, don't change lanes, stick to a safe speed (probably not the limit in those conditions) and keep going shudder.
Actually I recently drove a 9 seater mercedes bus through the French Alps during a blizzard where your only reference were the snow poles and guard rails. Scared the crap out of the passengers but I thought it was a great adventure.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Chris C-B wrote: 700 horse power? Wimps! The Merlin ran up to 1,880 - and it's been put in a car before. Not sure about the fuel consumption, though, at 27 litres. 
Was it a functioning car? With that sort of fuel guzzling, I'd assume they'd need to use a small tanker truck chassis to be able to get from one gas station to the next.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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I remember when the Dodge Charger Hellcat first came out, some articles were pointing out that it could empty the gas tank at wide-open throttle in under 15 minutes.
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Found one such article. 18.5 gallons in 13 minutes. Mind you, wide-open throttle isn't quite the same as daily driving.
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dandy72 wrote: I remember when the Dodge Charger Hellcat first came out, some articles were pointing out that it could empty the gas tank at wide-open throttle in under 15 minutes.
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Found one such article. 18.5 gallons in 13 minutes. Mind you, wide-open throttle isn't quite the same as daily driving.
yup, and I've seen similar numbers for other stupidly mega powered engine supercars. In terms of sucking the tank dry in minutes there's not much different between the Hellcat and a Bugatti Veyron; admittedly the latter does go a lot higher on the conspicuous consumption/money to burn scale.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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For normal driving, the Hellcat is still rated at around 22 mpg. How does the Bugatti Veyron compare?
Besides, the latter is for those with money to burn. The former is, well...still "just a Dodge".
(and as an actual Dodge driver, I'm allowed to say that).
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Both the Mustang and the Spitfire were outfitted with Merlin engines.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Pah! He wasn't trying either - if he'd left the supercharger on, he could have got it down to 1mpg. 
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... yeah: QWERTY Board[^] (SFW)
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Well done you lot! Again, as most years, very good football. 
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Liberté, Égalité, Beyoncé ...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Liberté, Égalité, Beyoncé ...
If we spend so much time on the lounge, we'll have to prepare your résumé 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
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Allez, allez, ca suffit !
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Merci ! 
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Wouldn't that be poofball?
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I love utility libraries. In all my various jobs I was always one of those creating utility libraries.
Anyhow I created 2 simple utility methods
static Task Delay(TimeSpan delay, CancellationToken token) { }
static Task<T> WithTimeout<T>(this Task<T> task, TimeSpan delay, CancellationToken token)
{
}
All overloads all together are about less than 100 lines of code and the code is quite simple as I would say.
Nonetheless I had memory leaks and performance issue hidden in those few lines during 5 working days non stop despite scrutinising them, tweaking them, rewriting them....
I mean how many bugs can you find in but a few lines?
The answer: quite a lot!   
Am I getting old or something?!  
Anyhow the remaining 15,000 lines of code seems fine! 
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Hmmmm ... What's "quite a lot" * 150?
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Maybe like 5 code fix... But everyday I realise I made a mistake in my previous fix! 
The latest fix: I created useless TaskCompletionSource and it had dangling completion callback on it, causing memory leak... Tricky!
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99 bugs in the code on the screen,
99 bugs in the code.
Fix one bug and pass it around,
101 bugs in the code on the screen!
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In my work day I spend 30% on planing and designing, 30% on tutoring and meeting, 20% writing new code, 10% fixing bug and 10% creating new bugs...
I always say that the bugs of today are the bread and butter of tomorrow...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Thread carefully ! 
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