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A couple more from my upcoming AAR.

They're replacement skins, not an aircraft conversion or mod.

I'm using Lock On Reloaded beta terrain. It looks great but it doesn't look as good as the second incarnation of Reload. The new terrain is photorealistic and looks great even down low. Additionally, in all the screens except for the last 3, I'm using Boris' "HDR mod" for GTA:Vice City, which happens to work in many flight sims. It has simulated HDR. In screenshots it's not as dramatic, but when you're flying in game it's amazing and for most there's not an fps penalty. Here are a few before and after shots.

Thanks MK2. I've been here since it was Biohaz.

I did the skins in all those pix except for the F-16's.

In the old west there wasn't as much "lawlessness" as people have been led to believe. Things were fairly civilized considering there wasn't any law at all in the western territories.

Wrong, stuff like that happened. Maybe not a school but a public place, unarmed individuals. The only thing that's changed is the weapons. Mass murder is still mass murder and the advent of high capacity semi auto firearms didn't start all of that. If the VT killer had run thru that school with a sword don't you think he still could have killed a bunch of people? What do you do when someone is shooting? You run (if you can) and you hide if you can't run. Same thing with a crazed killer with a sword. Using your train of thought I guess we should take a hard look at the first amendment, cuz movie theatres didn't exist back then and we all know what happens when you scream "fire" in a crowded movie theater. The rational person realizes that the rights guaranteed us by our forefathers aren't a moot point just cuz "times have changed". I suppose the 10 commandments should be changed as well. I mean, murder is different now than it was 6000 years ago................ Or is it still wrong?

RIP Chuck. We thank you for your service.

For those of you who think private firearms ownership is dangerous and scary, google Kennesaw, Georgia. 25+ years later every gun by law has to have a firearm. Crime rate is down, all the kids in the neighborhood aren't killing themselves or each other, just responsible ownership. Get back to me after you've educated yourselves with real world info. :)

Those parents rawked! I'm glad that you had something as wonderful as that happen to you Dave, you've sacrificed one hell of a lot. Have you seen the vid on YouTube that had the 6 y/o Belgian kid dressed in a Highlander uniform? The Canuck soldiers were marching by, the kid snapped into salute, squad leader shouted "eyes right" (the kid was on the right). It was beautiful.

Therein lies the problem. If you have to get a license for a gun, then you can also have that taken away from you no questions asked. Our founding fathers knew better, they went thru it in England.

Most of my friends are willing to fight for that very right.

Prostitution is much safer for all involved if it's regulated, as it is in some counties in Nevada. Who gives a crap if a woman takes money for sex? Every one I ever dated gave me sex for dinner and a movie. Not only that but some of them gave me sex in return for part of my soul. BTW, I'm a staunch republican.

Column5, the interstate commerce "trick" the Feds use is BS. It's one more way the Feds can assume authority where they don't really have it. For a Federal Law to be enacted, it has to be passed by Congress. The federal LE agencies use other tricks as well, such as the racketeering act to double up sentences and whatnot where that particular act doesn't apply. I've heard of racketeering charges (which involves conspiracy) being applied to people who have lied on bank loan forms. So instead of probation or something else that applies to the letter of the law, the Feds add a racketeering charge (cuz conspiracy is two or more people discussing something). Additionally, conspiracy doesn't have to be proven in Federal court. It's a well known fact that a prosecutor can get a conviction against a canned ham if it's a conspiracy charge. The underlying factor in all of this is that the Federal government is too powerful and too invasive in our lives. Laws that have been passed are distorted and used to the advantage of the Feds. Everything in this country technically applies to interstate commerce. Lets say you are making corn tortillas. You buy the corn in your state, you make the tortillas and you even package them in plastic made in your state. The Feds would come at you saying the machinery you used to make the tortillas came across state lines. Or the ink for the printing on the labels for your packages. I know this is getting away from the general theme of this thread, but it's all inter-related. The only good thing is that after 127 years the Supremes finally ruled on a gun-ownership issue. It's not wide ranging enuf but it's a start. The thing we should never forget is that criminal justice is soooo broken in this country that this small step forward will be followed up with several huge steps back.

The court still needs to correct itself regarding eminent domain..........

It's a shame that the judges are so political that it was a 5/4 decision. Even a retard can read what our founding fathers meant with the Bill of Rights (they're all individual rights). I guess what I'm saying is that just under half of our Supreme Court justices are fecking retards.

While I believe in an eye for an eye, as messed up as the legal system here is I don't think that the death penalty is a good idea. There are too many instances of death row (or life prisoners) being exonerated by DNA evidence. Maybe if the preponderance of evidence is held as a higher standard then and only then should the death penalty be put into effect. I'm conservative and registered Republican, but I know how bad the justice system is broken in my state and something needs to be done. Jail is big business now, it's not about anything else.

I looked really cool playing it....................

Back in my musician days I dealt with a lot of prejudice from "mainstream" community. Granted, I chose to have long hair and live the life I was living but I refuse to live my life to someone elses standards/expectations. What you do when this happens is you man up cuz you just aren't going to be accepted by anyone and/or everyone. I figured if someone didn't like me cuz of the way I looked that was their problem.

I hope Israel does what it needs to do. They have every right to protect themselves and Iran's president Abuhostagetaker has stated that Israel needs to be wiped off the map. That would be reason enuf for me. You can't make deals with people like Abuhostagetaker. People seem to realize that he was one of the terrorists behind the hostages being taken way back during Prez Carter's regime.

Thanks Tailspin. I just think that in this day and age if people truly want equality, then they should scream that it be equal across the board.

Exactly! If someone is unlikeable, those traits will show quickly enuf.

People have turned into sissy-wussy-baby-waybee-bedwetters in this country. Fox reports that Sharpton is angered for alleged racist overtones, but when was the last time Fox reported on Sharpton's clearly racist comments? I'm fed up with political correctness and the fact that it only applies to caucasians. Imus is a retard, no doubt. He's not funny, no doubt. But the double standard in this country is much worse than the perceived racist comments and overtones coming from hacks like Imus.

You have to pull down the comms menu and tell him what type of target you want him to attack.

When I was 16 I worked at a Jack In The Box. I wasn't one of the biggest kids in school but I hit a cook in the back of the head with a spatula for spitting on a customer's burger. He got stitches, I got written up and the only reason I didn't get fired was cuz they didn't want news to get about about the new Jumbo Loogie Burger.