JediMaster

That's a misconception. This has nothing do with the 1990 film. This is the Dick short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" re-adapted. So no Mars (which wasn't in the short story) for one. Like the 2005 War of the Worlds wasn't a remake of the 1950's one, it went back to the book and took its own spin.

Too much $$ to run. BBs are also slow and vulnerable compared to modern surface vessels, and while they could take more damage, modern equipment is more delicate. So what good is a BB that can still sail and fire its guns if all the gizmos are out?

With the US using front-line equipment there, there's no way Soviet spies weren't present to get what they could. Either from POWs, wreckage, observing tactics, etc. You don't just rely on the NVA to pass that stuff to you 2nd-hand. As for how much they actually FOUGHT there, that's open to debate. They WERE there, though.

It can carry the AGM-88, but I'm not sure about the specialized electronics the F-16 usually carries (that enabled it to supplant the F-4G...mostly) that lets it fire them with more precision. I don't think the E has those internally nor can it carry that pod outside. Likewise the EA-6B I think fires the 88 more accurately than either Hornet.

I don't get it myself. My guess is many find Sweden too "left leaning" for their tastes, so perhaps that colors all dealings, but personally I see no more reason for that than I do US-Indian tensions. I'd rather have India as a friend than double-dealing Pakistan! Frankly I think the Gripen would've been a great F-16 replacement, especially with the F-35s long-delayed gestation, but of course even with a US engine and maybe radar and cockpit stuff the odds of the US buying a Swedish fighter are none and zero!

However, the patches released in the last few years are ALL for Il-2:46. If you have the old Il2:FB+AEP+PF merged setup, sorry. Good news is 46 is cheap and adds a lot of new planes and maps.

"Anyone played this Strike Fighter game yet?" LOL

Wow, the Draken's nose-high attitude on landing is quite remarkable! Those tail bumpers must be quite worn. Actually, the funniest thing to me is your referrals to the Blackhawk, perhaps considered one of the most mundane things the US flies due to their vast numbers and ubiquitous presence. I was once on a trip in Islamorada or Marathon, one of the Florida Keys, just going down to the beach and there was a US Customs 60 parked on the grass next to the parking lot and the crew in one of the gazebos there eating lunch. Frankly, their glossy black and gold scheme I find the most attractive scheme of any 60.

Too bad about the G8. I always thought the 2000 lacked imagination.

Also, saying "go in the house" is one thing. It stated the guy's wife and infant were getting out of the car or something? You know that can take several minutes to accomplish, and a dog running straight at you can be there in just seconds. I suppose he could've tried a warning shot into the ground in front of it first, but maybe again he didn't feel the time was there.

I think Scott backed off calling it an Alien prequel because perhaps some felt it wasn't close enough to seem like an Alien flick. I also don't know that there's any of the actual Alien in it! Sure there's Space Jockey, the ship, the company, the androids, the universe etc, but if you don't have that egg/facehugger/chestburster/drone thing, is it still Alien? They took the easy way and tried to have it stand alone.

Yes, the cost to fit the new carriers with full cat gear was spiraling upwards, and it became cheaper once again to get the B (along with B getting out of its development hell that it had been in). I never heard they would "share" a CV, they were going to share a common design. I can't imagine time sharing an aircraft carrier! The logistics would be so difficult.

Hole =! hit. One bullet hit can cause multiple holes from ricochets, debris, entry/exit hole, etc. So I can imagine 6 bullets causing say 30 holes.

Well, it may cost him $1000, but at least his family is safe. To not do anything for fear you may have to pay too much $$ for it? No thanks.

After over 400 hrs, I finally uninstalled CoH and its expansions last year. Had to spend time on the newer games! I keep meaning to reinstall GTR2, but I have only so much time I can race, and with the ones I have already going I know I'd never touch it.

My grandmother was a line supervisor at Lockheed overseeing P-38s if I remember the story correctly. She died over 30 yrs ago, though, and I never got to ask her anything about it.

No, Steam is the worst for me. I buy a game, and regardless of the price or when I get it, it not only will go on sale in a short time for less (or even much less), but generally before I've even started playing the game! So I literally got ZERO out of buying it sooner! That said, Amazon and Newegg have done it to me as well.

I think there are some sound mods out there, but my attempts at LOMAC modding ended before Flaming Cliffs 1 came out. Since then, I only mod the SF1/2 series and I leave my other sims stock.

You guys really want to bring this up? Ok, I'll bite...you'll be sorry! I currently have installed (no flight sims in my list despite having like a dozen installed): Arma 2 w/all addons and many mods Dead Island Dead Space 2 Dirt 3 F1 2011 Ghost Recon w/both expansions GT Legends Race 07 w/all expansions from GTR Evo to STCC 1 and 2, blah blah blah Hexen 2 (old school!) Quake 1 (really old school!) Just Cause 2 Mass Effect 3 Men at War: Assault Squad (still have to install the Vietnam one) Portal 2 R6: Lockdown Red Orchestra 2 Serious Sam HD: 2nd Encounter Sins Trinity Sins Rebellion Beta SW: Empire at War w/FOC expansion Supreme Commander 2 LOTR: War in the North Theater of War 2: Kursk 1943 R6: Vegas 1 And the one I've spent a lot of time in recently, Shogun 2 w/Rise of the Samurai and Fall of the Samurai and other DLC I think that's all of them. And yes, I've played almost all of them within the last 60 days except the 2 R6 games and ME3 which I got yesterday in Origin's 1-day 50% off sale.

A sale on things I already have! Typical.

LOMAC's sounds have always been a weak point. I've just learned to accept it.

I'm not familiar with that card per se, but knowing what I do of nvidia's numbering schemes, there's a good chance a 6150SE could actually be SLOWER than a 6100. There's an equal chance it will be roughly the same speed or slightly faster. However, I'd say you're looking at roughly an equivalent level.

That's what I got as well. That change, along with others like RS/YAP2 leaving, were in the works for some time. The sad part is that knowing CA was down temporarily they didn't hold off closing the TW forum until say THIS weekend as a courtesy to the displaced with dual membership on both sites to give them someplace to go other than TK's site. My guess is a lot of outcry changed their minds over it, and they relented just as we got back up...but it really looks dodgy from the outside, like they did it deliberately. If SimHQ was a massive corporation, I'd give it less thought, but it's not that much bigger staff-wise, just active posters-wise, so there's no reason they couldn't have waited a week to help.