Iran Unveils Flying Saucer Using Old B-Movie Stock Photo

ChronoFish writes "The FARS news agency and a host of others are reporting on Iran claiming to have created a flying saucer-like drone. There is one small problem however. The press release photos from the state-run news service are from a movie."

Re:Actual Picture

[SethThresher]

To save you the trouble, I can tell you that I haven't gotten any mod points yet. I registered just after the update, and my Karma's positive right now.

It's no big deal for me though at the moment, I don't feel like I've been here long enough to give it a proper job yet. I do have some friends that have started getting mod points like crazy though. Seriously, I know a guy who got mod four or five days in a row. He was tired of it by the end.

Re:Stupid slashdot editors

[BLAG-blast]

I notice other subtle attempts to discredit Iranian domestically produced equipment in the US/western press. When ever an "allied" power makes a press release or claim to have produced it's own version of something (a submarine, rocket, satellite, etc.), the press refers to it as "domestically produced". When Iran makes a press release or claim to have made the same thing, the press calls it "home made", which seems to imply it was name in somebodies garage at home (and it's comparable to things like the home made Chinese oil drum submarine).

Re:Stupid slashdot editors

[Jessified]

And upon what do you base your expert knowledge of EVERY non-US culture? You are broad brushing, based on what? Some Indian schools are more competitive than American schools, but you are trying to say that they just hand out As because it's culturally unacceptable in every non-US country to fail a student. WHAT?! Where do you come up with this stuff?

The simple fact is, inferior societal practices are just that, especially when people are not willing to discuss and address.

You would do well to start with the inferior practices of American culture. That's what these forums are about, right, according to you? Turning a critical eye on oneself? And you would have a valid point, if that's what you were doing. But you're not. You're turning a critical eye to every non-US culture and not to your own, which in and of itself demonstrates the very characteristics you criticize in others: namely, xenophobia and a superiority complex. As Marshall would say: "Lawyered."

"Uh, I'm sorry, sir, but did you know that your ignorance is showing?"