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We're delighted to report that the Oz press has picked up on last week's Paper Aircraft Released Into Space triumph, albeit to suggest that the future of paper-based aeronautical endeavour would be best served by a titanic clash between Blighty and the Lucky Country to determine just who's the mutt's nuts in high-altitude …

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  1. AlgernonFlowers4
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    WTF is happening?

    Jokes about Paris! Boa Constrictors Virgin Births (http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/11/boa-constrictors-born-by-virgi.html)!!!

    Just what have you done??

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  2. Ian Ferguson
    Boffin

    Wait, wait, wait...

    ...LOHAN is only a viable name if it stands for something vaguely plausable.

    How about Low Orbit High Altitude... um... Nanonaut?

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    1. Aremmes
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      The N

      "Low Orbit High Altitude... um..."

      The "N" is for "nonsense".

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  3. nickrw
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    Acronym

    Low-Orbit Hack-Achieved Nearly?

    Needs more work, maybe...

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  4. DZ-Jay

    LOHAN...

    Low Orbit High Altitude Navigator?

    -dZ.

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  5. Alien Doctor 1.1

    Acronym?

    Launched at Optimal High Altitude Node?

    I know, not as pretty as PARIS but they're both functional in a geeky way.

    Now we need a Lindsay icon.

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  6. TeeCee Gold badge
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    What to do.....

    Might I suggest that you burn the original PARIS and place the resulting ashes in a small, red urn to be used as a prize for whichever team (Pommie bastards or Ockers) wins each time there's a competition?

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    1. Dan 10
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      What an awesome idea!

      Bring it on, aussies!

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  7. Pen-y-gors

    Every journey begins with a single step, grasshopper...

    Okay, so it wasn't technically 'space' but so what - did people slag off the brothers Wright (or the brothers Montgolfier for that matter) because their craft couldn't carry 200 passengers and had no inflight movies? the PARIS project will get a paper plane to 100km one day.

    What's the target for LOHAN? Higher, faster, more carrying capacity? We really do want to see live video from the craft and commentary from the brave playmonauts.

    For KYLIE - maybe we could start looking at rockets...alcohol fuelled of course.

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    LOHAN?

    What's that an acronym for?

    If you've not chosen one, could I suggest:

    Low Orbit Handbuilt AeroplaNe?

    Launch Ours Higher than AustraliaNs?

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  9. John Robson Silver badge

    Lightweight Ornithopter, High Altitude Nuisance

    LOHAN

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  10. Anonymous Coward
    Coat

    LINDSAY

    Launch'll Indubitably Nearly Disembowel Silly Antipodean Yahoos?

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  11. Peter Simpson 1
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    As winter's on the way

    The only sensible thing for a Reg hack to do is to travel "Down Under" and cover the attempt in sunny Oz, while sipping some of their best brews.

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    1. The Beer Monster
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      @Peter Simpson 1

      "while sipping some of their best brews."

      Now there's your first problem ...

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      1. Winkypop Silver badge
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        Brews?

        Cold at least !!!

        Icy cold - yeah

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      2. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge
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        @The Beer Monster

        ""while sipping some of their best brews."

        Now there's your first problem ..."

        It would be an unusual situation if a random sample didn't have a "best"...

        That said, we've got good beer, just like the UK, USA and any number of other countries have good beer. And just like the UK, USA and any number of other countries, most people choose to drink the bad stuff.

        While we're tossing beery hand grenades, the best bitter I've tasted actually came from the USA.

        (Never fear, your joke still got a chuckle out of me.)

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        1. Anonymous Coward
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          Bad Beer

          "And just like the UK, USA and any number of other countries, most people choose to drink the bad stuff."

          Oh, that would explain why many people in Mexico drink Sol beer, which is better defined as "recycled beer" or "processed piss", because that's what it tastes like.

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  12. Z80
    Go

    How about...

    Likely to Outperform Hubristic Antipodean Nemesis

    or

    Like OMG! How Awesome! Neat!

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    1. Lester Haines (Written by Reg staff) Gold badge
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      Re: How about...

      That's pretty good. Suggest replacing "Nemesis" with "Nimrod".

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  13. Sit&Rotate

    Where are the airships?

    LOHAN - Low Orbit Hot Air Non-rigid airship

    Also known as a balloon.

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  14. Christoph

    What about the pilot?

    Would an Oz launch still use a playmonaut? The obvious pilot for them to use to guide the plane down would be a drop bear.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Ohhh Nasty criters..

      ...them there drop bears.

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    2. Sorry that handle is already taken. Silver badge
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      I've never seen Playmobil in Australia

      Perhaps we could use a cheap Chinese Duplo knockoff

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  15. A. Coatsworth Silver badge
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    Lohan?

    Not bad, but to be frank I hoped the patron saint for VULTURE II to be that unnamed EEE PC girl.

    http://regmedia.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_eeepc_2.jpg

    oh, well...

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Paint her on the nose cone

      If it's called LOHAN, there's room for someone daft enough to risk getting sand in their works of their laptop.

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  16. M Gale

    Low Orbit Helium Assisted Nanosat

    Or something along those lines. Probably need to think of a better "N" word, and wouldn't hydrogen be somewhat cheaper to acquire and lighter? More explosive, yes, but this isn't exactly a manned flight, playmonaut notwithstanding.

    Plus if the LOHAN project is what I think it is, I imagine the big rocket slung underneath would be significantly more dangerous. Please, please make it happen!

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  17. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Great interview

    I'm surprised any of it is intelligible bearing in mind both the interviewer and the interviewee have their tongues jammed so firmly in their cheeks.

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  18. bharq
    Paris Hilton

    what?

    what exactly does Lohan have that Paris lacks?

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    1. MrT
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      a girlfriend

      maybe?

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  19. Anonymous Coward
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    Not an acronym.

    Tell the truth!

    It's 'cos PARIS took a nosedive straight into the bush.

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  20. GrahamT
    Coat

    acronyms and anagrams

    LOHAN: Low-Orbital Hadron Antimatter Neutraliser; thus referencing another popular El Reg theme and anagram.

    And here is your head line: (assuming it lands in Northern Territory)

    LOHAN swallows hadron, then dives into Alice's bush.

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  21. Graham Marsden
    Terminator

    LOHAN

    Look Out Humanity, AI Next...?

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  22. Anonymous Coward
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    Look Out! Here's ANother!

    see title

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  23. Trevor_Pott Gold badge

    Fight!

    Forget the aussies. El Reg has wetware on both sides of the pond. North America versus Europe! LOHAN vs PARIS II. Let's get competing teams going: first team to 80,000 ft buys the other team's drinks.

    The fun that could be had! Most importantly; no end to the PARIS articles!

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  24. FozzyBear
    Pint

    I do beleive

    We have ourselves another ashes series in the making. In years to come the series will be played just as the other, with teamwork, talent and a shitload of beer,

    The yanks reading this will no doubt be shaking their heads, wondering what the hell the Poms and the aussies are on about

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  25. Adrian Esdaile
    Pint

    Hmmm, Ashes.

    It *would* be more interesting to watch than the normal ones.

    Please don't burn Vulture 1 though; it should be in a glass case in the British Museum! Or the local pub.

    We could burn, um, let me see... Senator Conroy! I'm sure the Brits have some tosspot flea-brained politician who is no use to anyone!

    Any excuse to have more beer! (we do have good ones, but none of them begin with 'F' or 'X')

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