tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post2248531823086361256..comments2024-03-28T21:39:05.175+08:00Comments on Senang Diri: Season's Greetings 2010David Boeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11401913253357584603noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-90254676171907336242010-12-30T10:46:11.750+08:002010-12-30T10:46:11.750+08:00or drinking at Wala Wala..or drinking at Wala Wala..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-90133388366999918822010-12-27T23:25:42.959+08:002010-12-27T23:25:42.959+08:00An hour or two of research on Wikipedia by the des...An hour or two of research on Wikipedia by the designer of the card would have prevented this silly mistake. <br /><br />What is even more silly is that whoever was in charge of this project did not even check for errors, and probably buggered off to the golf course after signing off on it. <br /><br />Add this to the litany of silly mistakes such as the "inverted colours" incident CJ touched on in his previous postings. And I'm quite sure that some innocent PA or NSF clerk will be punished for eithering not calling out the error before it made it to print, or calling it out anyway to the guy in charge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-61634622842008019252010-12-24T10:57:47.895+08:002010-12-24T10:57:47.895+08:00FinalFive, Look at the profile of the canopy. The...FinalFive, Look at the profile of the canopy. The Su-30 have a steeper cockpit design as compare to the F/A-18Area51noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-90806104343044418252010-12-23T14:41:28.706+08:002010-12-23T14:41:28.706+08:00FinalFive, its definitely a Su-30, and judging fro...FinalFive, its definitely a Su-30, and judging from the scheme likely a Su-30MKMMike Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980257188487779266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-39054689247360087752010-12-23T14:31:21.527+08:002010-12-23T14:31:21.527+08:00Can we confirm the jet? I honestly didn't thin...Can we confirm the jet? I honestly didn't think it was the SU-30 MKM - More like the F/A-18 Super Hornet.FinalFivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00257178519784703985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-38946681604058467972010-12-23T09:35:38.885+08:002010-12-23T09:35:38.885+08:00Who knows? For all you know, it could be a deliber...Who knows? For all you know, it could be a deliberate dig...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-87758720969725861392010-12-23T00:32:55.633+08:002010-12-23T00:32:55.633+08:00Reminds me of an urban myth ions back before we go...Reminds me of an urban myth ions back before we got the F-15 - RSAF won't acquire any twin tail aircraft, lest we have a blue on blue situation, bearing in mind what our neighbours have in their inventory. Makes sense as things looks fuzzy in the heat of battle.<br /><br />Fast forward to this day, peacetime....no pressue, plenty of time to double check, yet mis-identification occurs - are our boys in uniform that dense that they can't tell an Su-30 from an F-15?Spotternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-58949997631255534482010-12-22T23:29:36.039+08:002010-12-22T23:29:36.039+08:00Haha ! Singapore, China we get a lot of. Haven'...Haha ! Singapore, China we get a lot of. Haven't heard Singapore, Malaysia for a l-o-n-g time.<br /><br />Either that, or there's a surprise defence aquisition coming down the roadNgiam Shih Tunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02800779441060614157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-52239575967593839072010-12-22T22:00:58.490+08:002010-12-22T22:00:58.490+08:00Dear Mike and Milnuts,
Many of us sound like broke...Dear Mike and Milnuts,<br />Many of us sound like broken records repeating the same old call for better internet images of the SAF.<br /><br />Alright, we shouldn't over-interprete the X'mas card glitch/honest mistake.<br /><br />But if processes are not tightened, imagine for a moment if the graphic designer had been asked to show HIMARS and replaced it with a Nodong missile? Or replaced a Leo 2SG with a Merkava. And SAF big shots sent the card overseas and wished their counterparts Merry Christmas. Would that be funny?<br /><br />The SOs concerned should consider themselves lucky that certain Air Force generals have moved on in their careers. Had they been in charge, I think there would be hell to pay.<br /><br />No detail is too small.<br /><br />DavidDavid Boeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401913253357584603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-66524617538850888992010-12-22T20:26:10.740+08:002010-12-22T20:26:10.740+08:00A couple of takeaways from this:
1) I believe the...A couple of takeaways from this:<br /><br />1) I believe the design of the card is an outsourced job. While the graphic designer can be forgiven for not being able to tell that the RSAF doesn't use Su-30s (especially if he/she is a foreign talent from overseas), the one(s) vetting the design has no such excuse. Which leads us to...<br /><br />2) Had there been a dedicated MINDEF Image Gallery containing high-res images of SAF personnel and equipment backed up by informative captions, the designers could easily have been able to source their images from there for the design, instead of being (presumably) left to the tender mercies of Google's search algorithms, which leads to... <br /><br />3) There is a distinct lack of recent high-res images of RSAF aircraft doing what they do best (i.e. flying through the air, taken from another aircraft) and what little there is, is ironically almost exclusively hosted on the websites of foreign armed forces (Australia and US). Go figure.Mike Yeohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15980257188487779266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-34808389819070740922010-12-22T18:43:06.390+08:002010-12-22T18:43:06.390+08:00It's either an honest mistake or transformers ...It's either an honest mistake or transformers more than meet the eyes.xtemujinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977929896478850999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-19011867055677244862010-12-22T16:49:58.879+08:002010-12-22T16:49:58.879+08:00i think IT IS a su-30mkm.....or maybe they wanted ...i think IT IS a su-30mkm.....or maybe they wanted a F-15SG instead but somehow can't tell the difference between F-15SG & SU-30?TheSounDOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955724873731300768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2348464617577736454.post-58206414823394470412010-12-22T14:06:49.549+08:002010-12-22T14:06:49.549+08:00And the best part...it appears to be our neighbour...And the best part...it appears to be our neighbour's Su-30MKM ;)140SQNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18134981368495146585noreply@blogger.com