JediMaster

Lawless was hilarious on SNL. She did a GREAT Stevie Nicks impression.

I know some people can't watch BSG because they identify with the show TOO much. I'm like "it's just TV!!"

What about the basics? Just CPU, RAM, mobo, video, and PSU. Did that work? I would guess a short in the case myself.

Will it even find sufficient heat to lock onto??

#4 is in F4 and LOMAC, although not at the same level as in Tornado. They'll tell you the speed you need to go to get to your waypt on time, although it may be faster than you can go.

Il-2 was designed as a tada Il-2 sim. They started adding all those other planes into it but it was never designed for it. I think that has been proven in spades by all the shortcomings in areas like AI and high altitude flight.

We bought the MiG-29s from Moldova in the early 90s that they put on the market. No idea if they're still operable.

The problem with Russian military equipment has always been maintainability. Their stuff was built with a different philosophy than ours, with depot-level maintenance happening every 1000-2000 hrs I think? In the West that would be totally unacceptable, but over there they had a semi-disposable outlook on stuff. Use it and beat it up for a thousand hours or so, then send it to depot for repairs while you use the one that just came out of the depot.

Granted that outlook has changed in the last 10 years, but Russia has yet to fly anything designed in the last 10 years. Everything "new" is just a variant of a cold war-era design.

So while Russian planes would undoubtedly be cheaper to procure, I'm not sure what the maintenance costs and availability rates would be. Wouldn't help if only 60% of the fleet is active at any one time with the other 40% in varying states of maintenance!

The Sikorsky S-92 competed for the Pres Helo contract, it just came out 2nd. That doesn't mean it's crap.

OTOH, the fact that the Kiowa is being replaced by another Bell Jet Ranger variant DOES indicate stagnation.

"With the blast shield down I can't even see! How am I supposed to fight?"

No, I have ceased to be amazed by the comments.

The videos, however, are another story.

I wasn't sure which E Euro countries were in NATO yet vs only applied. I don't pay as close attention as I used to. I got married in 1998.

I think they were F/A-18s. At least, they kept referring to them in the film. You couldn't really tell by looking they went by so fast.

Yeah, this film is literally Godzilla (story) meets Blair Witch (story telling style). Except the budget is far lower than the 98 Godzilla's was (only $25 million) and it doesn't have a Hollywood ending. In fact, if you pay attention the end of the film is given away in the first 30 seconds when the text is on the screen!

All I could think was "Gee, a lot more people would've lived if they'd not bothered with trying to rescue his girl."

Ah yes, F-15 SE 1. Your carrier (?) was a blue triangle. Enemy targets were brown triangles. The water was blue, the land was tan. Enemy planes were a few triangles stuck together. When you shot them, these weird triangle-shaped streaks came out of them...

Gunship wasn't much better. F-19 was the ground-breaking one for graphics. You could tell what was what by SIGHT. An F-5, F-4, MiG-21, all could be id'd on SIGHT. It was amazing!

I know I would be very upset if I lost my bird. He's only 5 or so (I forget) but his little voice as he says "peekaboo" when you come into the room is something I would really miss.

They've done tests with lighting already. So-called "active" visual stealth in a different form.

Unfortunately for him, he made some political statements that were unseemly at the time, some of which were interpreted as pro-Soviet/Communist. This lends fuel to the conspiracy theories about his death.

Yeah, boards give the options to change these things based on post counts. I'm one of only two people at SimHQ to break 20,000 posts, so they made a separate category for us.

My posting here is far more restrained, plus I've got over 3 more years over there.

Is non-secular a word?

We were stopping on the way to visit all these great places my dad found...like dinosaur footprints and a cave and an old house...

Relax dude there are many WIPS out there that people dont know about......Thanx to the rivet counters..most modelers will no longer post pics of WIPS...yours truly included

Yeah, and it's a shame. You had some great pics.

I liked how they did it. Instead of TRYING to convince you it was really a resistance hospital only to reveal later *gasp* it wasn't!!! they instead let you assume it was a Cylon trick, then give you bits and pieces to make you start doubting it...maybe Simon really is an overworked doctor...before the final reveal hits you in the face with "No, it's your worst nightmare!!"

D'anna was definitely the hottest Cylon IMO. Six is sultry, but she doesn't have that same spark.

Perhaps it would be best to see all 6 films BEFORE getting into lengthy explanations??

Of course, what has LA done since then?

We haven't had a Jedi Knight game in over 4 years.

We haven't had an X-wing type game in NINE years.

We had SW Battlefront 1 and 2 (also released a year apart, like KOTORs) but that was now 2.5 yrs ago since the last one.

Other than that joke MMO Galaxies, Empire at War is the only recent SW game other than the Lego trilogies. EAW is a fine game and all, but strat games are a bit impersonal and I'd like something more up close and personal.

That's why I will likey get a 360 just to play Force Unleashed!