ShrikeHawk
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Terrotr attack on sevral Israeli vehicles near Eilat
ShrikeHawk replied to Nesher's topic in The Pub
I wonder how much food you could buy for the price of 60 Grad rockets. -
Awesome pics! What equipment do you use?
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Nice vid. The music was perfect for it.
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oooh! I would like to see that one. But without the Tirpitz trapped in a Norwegian port.
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Battleships, Alien tech...AND Rhianna? I'm there!
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Ach! The horror!
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I read a bit from Mauldin about the "fingers of instability." Really interesting stuff. Chilling as well.
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How amusing that Glenn Beck thought it was "creepy" that a political youth camp exists at all...when Glenn Beck sponsors his own political youth camp! Hmm... I don't think political camp is all that strange. It hardly seems different in scope than a church youth camp. It could be worse. They could be out dealing drugs and learning how to kill each other with guns. With a political camp, they can learn how to sit in an air-conditioned office and direct "other people" to shoot people with guns...
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Hmm...I was expecting lexx_luthor to jump in on this one. The numbers are staggering aren't they? A visual representation like that really brings it home. I loved the quote from Henry Ford. To paraphrase, if people really understood how the banking industry worked there would be a revolution by morning. I think our politicians are so overwhelmed by the extent of the problem they're unable to figure out a solution. But they won't tell us that. Instead, they keep themselves busy renaming streets, peeking through keyholes to see who's screwing who, and investigating whether baseball players lied or not. And so the problem continues to grow...
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OT Complaints to a well known UK Travel Company...
ShrikeHawk replied to Slartibartfast's topic in The Pub
My Fave... 16. "It took us nine hours to fly home from Jamaica to England it only took the Americans three hours to get home." Yes, madam. That's because the Americans didn't have to fly across the "pond." -
I'm thinking to myself, who the heck did Norway offend? I guess the soft target theory is as good as any. It's not like these terrorist attacks have any "real meaning." It's become like the mad bomber's equivalent of computer hacking by a 14 year old. It's destruction just to see what kind of numbers are reported by the press. A scorecard measured in deaths and wounds. These guys aren't fighting for a religion or a cause. This is the lunatic fringe of the world playing a twisted game of one-upmanship.
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Semi-OT: "Wildcats" in dogfight with "Zeros"
ShrikeHawk replied to Olham's topic in WOFF UE/PE - General Discussion
Great stuff, folks. I loved all these videos. -
That's awesome man.
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Gentleman, for your entertainment, may I present...
ShrikeHawk replied to Hellshade's topic in WOFF UE/PE - General Discussion
Great job! Loved the narration. I felt like I was watching the History Channel. -
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CloudSkins Too:PaintedClouds - Mar 14, 2010 by ShrikeHawk Here is another set of CloudSkins for your amusement. In this set, I used a different technique to create the clouds. This method gives me far more control over their look, because it allows me to actually "paint" in the details. Thus the "Painted" subtitle for this set. Additionally, I've played with larger images (768x768 instead of the usual 512x512). There is a slight framerate hit (2-8FPS) in using these clouds, but if your system can handle it, they're worth it. I have included three 512x512 images if you prefer the standard size. BONUS FILE The idea of CloudSkins has been to only supply the images and let the users supply their own sky settings. In this set you can still do that. But this time I am supplying an environmentsystem.ini file that I use in all my installs. This was primarily created by ASRAAM. He combined the features of Widesky, CloudScape, and the sky settings of NF4+. So I believe, but have not confirmed, this file will work in SF2 as well as SF1. Most of the work is ASRAAM's and he deserves a lot of credit for it. In turn, I have changed some of the cloud settings to suit my tastes. I have tested this out in WoV,WoE, and WoI. To use it, simply copy the environmentsystem.ini file into your Flight folder. SPECIAL BONUS FILE I have added a folder named "CloudBurst." This contains a different environmentsystem.ini file with a trick I learned from Stick. It overloads the cloud counts and produces a striking cloudscape full of many cloud layers. I used this file to create the screenshot for CloudSkins Too. It uses a lot of framerates so it's preferred for more powerful systems. To use it, just copy the environmentsystem.ini file only (NOT the whole CloudBurst folder) and place it into your Flight folder. CREDITS Much thanks go out to Stick and ASRAAM for technical support, and Piecemeal, suhsjake, NeverEnough, Haukka81, Dogzero1, Icarus999, and Dude27 for their enthusiasm and encouragement. Greatest thanks to TK for an awesome sim. -
Hahaha! My god, I've almost seen it that bad for real.
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I've noticed a lot of stickman animation out there. So I decided to give it a try. Here's the latest. Comment if you like. Cheers!
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Thanks much for the comments, gents. I appreciate the detailed critique, razorback. I'll look into getting a better microphone.
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What the hell is wrong with the UK?!
ShrikeHawk replied to SayethWhaaaa's topic in Military and General Aviation
I recall that when the USAAF broke away from the Army and became the USAF it worked out pretty well for everyone. The Army wasn't left high and dry at all. An airforce needs to stand on its own as a separate branch in order to be most efficient. -
Well that explains a lot. We've still got some lookers, even if they aren't as "lookerer" at that. Even though some of the Japanese girls are...*sigh*...I'll still pull for our Ugly Americans. Go US Women!
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Nice pics, xclusiv! Not only do they have guts, they got looks too. Go US women!
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Congratulations! Thanks for all the years.
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The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) which produced a study, touted by conservative pundits as proof that electric cars are not a solution, is saying they are being misrepresented. The LowCVP did not say conventional cars are more green the electric cars. Here's a quote from Prof. Neville Jackson, Chairman, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership: Here's a link to the actual response to the press (.pdf form); a letter from the LowCVP itself: http://lowcvp-islein...O2%20Report.pdf Once again, we find out later that science is being misused by those with a political agenda. The conservative press are taking a tiny snippet from the LowCVP study and taking out the only the bits they want to, not report and illuminate, but deceive the public to further their own agenda. You can't believe everything you read from the press, whether conservative or liberal. While the study does not say Electric Vehicles (EV) are the end-all-be-all of altrnative energy solutions ( I would prefer hydrogen fuel-cells ), it NEVER says EVs are less green than convention cars. In fact, the opposite is true. Here's a quote from the LowCVP site (bold by me): The same page goes on to say this (bold by me): Here's the URL where I got the quotes: http://www.lowcvp.or.../searchresults/ I find it disturbing that conservatives are so vehemently against alternative energy solutions. It's as though they want to destroy it simply because the idea itself is championed by liberals. As though without really understanding the idea, they still hate it only because it's supported by their enemies. I don't understand why alternative energies is considered a "liberal" concept. It's actually geo-politically and economically VERY conservative. I consider giving Billions of dollars per year to nations who support Muslim extremists pure insanity. In my view, anyone who supports continued petroleum use (beyond the need to develop plastics) is someone who supports - though indirectly - Muslim extremism.