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Yea, I have an m1530 I game on, and the 8600GT has been great...it fell outside the manufacture range listed in the settlement, so I assume they had fixed the process by that point. FC

We think so! We don't watch sitcoms as a rule, but we kept hearing about TBBT from more people, and so we started watching the 3rd season as it came on TV. We thought it was so funny we bought the first 2 seasons on DVD. Here's a great clip: FC

SAC is back baby! FC

Stacy Keach was awesome as Ken Titus. In the commentary on the DVDs, Chris Titus mentions to the producers he was a little intimidated playing opposite Keach during Keach's audition...which meant Keach was the perfect choice! Also, JM, if there is one sitcom that you NEED to watch, its The Big Bang Theory. Its even fairly kid safe. Its hysterical...darn near the only show we try to watch live. FC

If you hate your job, its nice that they'll pay you to leave it! Hope to see ya back in the workforce soon with a job you'll enjoy more. Good luck! FC

Like others have said, those are EA-6B Prowlers. They aren't retired yet, but are being phased out. Also, those are EA-18Gs parked across from those Prowlers, and considering they aren't parked on the transient ramp and they they have AWACs, F-22s and a tanker on the ramp as well, I suspect they are all there as part of an exercise at Nellis AFB. FC

Bored today are we? FC

Oh quit yer whining, I've been doin that since I starting flying into Canada sometime ago... FC

Public knowledge...though then you get cool videos like this: or this one: FC

Alright, this thread is wandering into Arena territory. Keep it to aquatic matters, or we can move it to The Arena. FC

It will get done when it gets done. Folks, a reminder, we all have real lives. Projects can go days, weeks, MONTHS without progress due to other concerns. It will not kill you to be quiet and wait. FC

Plus the effect is used in a 'JATO bottle' addon...I believe there is even a parameter for it in the Guns ini entries. FC

Except for the increased heat signature using hot jets to control the aircraft. You couldn't use cold jets...either you've have to carry a LOT of cold air...or have massive heat exchangers to cool the jets down before using them to control the aircraft. Again, I don't think you could scale this up to a manned aircraft size. But a stealthy UAV might work. FC

I'm curious about the practicality of such a thing myself...I can't see such a thing scaling up well. It MAY be useful for ultra small UAVs...little to no moving parts. FC

You're thinking of Alice In Chains...not the same thing. Oh, I called shenanigans a while ago...guess who was inducted in 2003: http://rockhall.com/inductees/righteous-brothers/ That's right, the Righteous Brothers...of "You've lost that lovin' feeling" fame... FC

Happy Birthday!! FC

Well, to be a 'modder' in this series is actually a pretty wide ranging question. 'Modding' is doing anything to modify your ThirdWire install, everything from simply providing new loading screens to building aircraft and cockpits. Most 'modding' can be done with freeware (textures, ini entries, screens, terrains). The big exception of course is 3d modeling. Skills? Well, it depends. At a minimum, just to build the model, you need to be able to envision it in 3 dimensional space. The best way to imagine this is being able to take a piece of wood and carve it (or a piece of clay and mold it) to the shape you want. If you have the skills to do this, you probably have the skills to build and manipulate a 3d model. There are several ways to get proficient using a 3d program...take a class, read a book, follow a tutorial, or just play with it. You need to know the standardized terms 3d programs use, things like mesh, texture, mapping, vertex, polygon, etc. The best way to build those skills is start simple...build small, simple things, then work your way up. If you try to build a cockpit with your first attempt, you WILL fail, and fail badly. Others can dive into the details of things like texturing, ini edits, or FM edits. FC

Haha! FC

I'd agree with Dave...document, document, document. A lot of times the reason something doesn't get fixed is because there is a lack of a paper trail. In addition, your willingness to document the incident may motivate him to get the help he needs. This kind of stuff needs to be noted early and fixed early. Too often, there have been warning signs that have been 'let go', which results in escalation and bad things later. FC

I think I have to do some further tweaks to the Bone loadouts for the later models. Apparently, the tail kits for the GBU-38 (Mk82 version) make it just slightly too long to fit 28 per bay. I'll get to that in a few days...taking a break for a bit. FC

Oh, and one more...the SRAM 'over the shoulder boulder'... FC

I think we have a winner... SEAD, SAC style... FC

Unpatched? Probably should patch the sim then first...assuming it's first generation, Oct 08 is what you are looking for. FC

If I had been trained for it as part of an airshow program, the answer is yes. The best airshow flyers are disciplined, professional, and precise. They use very specific performance parameters ("gates") for each maneuver. They practice and train, brief and debrief, plan and prepare like any other flight. Usually, when one gets into trouble, it's because of a momentary lapse of SA (misreading an altitude, channelization, mechanical failure, etc) and not because they were 'hot dogging'. It's the guys who make stuff up, flying way outside of their trained skills, to act manly that get themselves or others killed. And although Frank Borman was right, flying across the Gulf in the old A model isn't 'hot dogging'. And 'flying the coast' meant flying within 50 miles of the coast at altitude...which is still pretty far out. However, if you had to punch, finding you would be a problem... FC

Well, you can't really compare the two (747 and C-5A) either. The aircraft were designed to operate in completely different environments. One only has to look at the wings to notice that. The main thing most military cargo aircraft need is roll on/roll off capability without the need of dedicated ground equipment. This drives the design to a high wing. Look at all the super heavy lifters out there with roll on/roll off...yep, high wing. That also means the nose and tail of the aircraft must have cargo openings that span the full fuselage width to take full advantage of that roll on/roll off capability. A 747F does not have such a capability, and other than one-off designs (the 747 LCF), no such thing exists for the 747. In the book "747" (http://www.amazon.com/747-Creating-Worlds-Adventures-Aviation/dp/0060882417), Joe Sutter states specifically that the 747 was designed as a freighter and PAX aircraft from the start (page 90), and is very clear that this design was NOT the competitor for the C-5. Boeing's C-5 competitor looked a lot like the An-124. Which means it could have very well suffered from the same stresses that the wings and wing box of the C-5 suffered in part due to the high wing design. Because the Boeing aircraft was never more than a paper design, we will never truly know. FC