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OK I confess too, I am not really a Beer. Nice Job Snapple! Your quickly earning taking your 1.0 to a 3.0 for policial correctness and people skills. Cheers Jimmy T

Top Gun I think I still have my kneeboard parking locations for NAS Brunswick, we used them for aligning Inerial Navigation systems have you done NAS Brunswick already? CHeers Beer

hehe well it must be my ABIT luck then... I sent my machine to Preventer (he is the ships SubSea Engineer :)) and it worked great for him, he OC'ed it, then he sent it back to me, well my gaming envirionment is as you know is a loft in a garage, the temps from "greenhouse effect" easily get 80° F- 100°F, when in the loft I run a window unit A/C but the temps only come down to 85-90. I was experiencing lock ups and unannounced reboots. Naturally the only difference since it the same machine and software is the room temps... So I run ASUS now and they seem to tolerate these room temps fine (currently have in the garage a A7N8X Pro, A7V8X, and a A7V8X-X). I swapped preventer my ABIT NF-7 rev 1.2 board for a Linksys 4 Port router :), he is happy (and its running fine for him) and so am I. LOL of course this time of year I bet that ABIT would be purring away in my 20 °F garage. Say Buff have ya thought about joining the Biohaz folding team :). Cheers Beer

So was my ASUS advice spot on???? :) Brew and I will never buy another ABIT. Cheers Beer

I concur with your assessment... Fact 1. I was commissioned in 1987 and went through the NFO pipeline just as Fast Eagle claims (if I stayed in I would have 16 years in service), and my year group is now just in zone for O-5. FE could not make O-5 in the time frame he claims (12-13 years) His year group would be 1990. 2. There is no 13 year retirement in the U.S. Armed Services. 3. The post from the boat he made, when added as Staff here at Bio I was curious if those post were legit, I checked the IP's for FE and they are all from the same IP. Odd so I queried him publically, He still claimed the post from the boat, was from the boat (and provided a detailed explaination of how he did it). Odd they are the same IP he's posted from before he was deployed (boy those Comm O's sure are good! ;)). I don't buy unhithered internet access from the carrier while engaged in combat ops, email yes (scanned), board surfing no. 4. I tried to piece the career path timeline as he explained...first tour NFO, that would be 4-5 years with flight school to LT (O-3), then he says he switched to pilot...ok (possible), so no AI again, but start up Pilot Training as a LT in Primary (then Beeville, Kingsville or Meridan for jet/carrier quals) a year back in school, then the RAG (again) call it a year so that puts him at 5-6 years in service, then back to the squad as a Pilot, likely 3 year tour as a senior LT, theres 8-9 years in the service with 6 years flying...here he is looking at O-4. Where's the shore tour/disassociated tour? At this point he is looking at being a Shooter, an flight instructor, or a disassociated tour, and that would put him at the 12-13 year mark where he claims he retired. Perhaps this tour was between the NFO and Pilot training, that would put him at the 12-13 year mark. But that does not explain the claim of O-5, the claim of retirement at 13 years, or why the IP for the carrier matches his regular posting IP. 5. This whole thing can be settled with a phone call to the VF-143 Public Affairs Officer, being an O-5 and flying with them two tours once as NFO and once as Pilot, surely they will know of him. Do a search for NAS OCEANA, go to their website, under tenant commands VF-143 should be listed, call the VF-143 duty office, ask for the Public Affairs Officer; and explain what FE is claiming on these message boards, ask (for those that know Fast Eagle's Name) if he ever served there, or get the email address of the PAO and send him the links to FE Post, it would be great to hear from someone actually in VF-143 to tell us he is legit or a fake. 6. One of the pics he posted showed a guy with the XO, and said he hated riding in the back (being Fast Eagle) the other guy pictured (supposed be be his XO) had NFO wings...so if Fast Eagle was in the back, and the XO was in the back...who's flying the 14? Of course if this was his pilot days why would he be in the back (if that was FE he was wearing the pilot wings)???OH and one of the pics had a logo from what site it was from if I remember right... I think he knew the gig was up, the early retrirement was a way to not have to answer the questions he had no answers to... Most of the guys I chat with suspected he is a fake just based on his behavior. I doubt he is legit; if I had to guess FE is either a Navy Brat 14-18 years old, or he is a Prior Enlisted Navy with less than 4 years in (who got booted). The reason is he talked a good game so he has had some exposure somewhere to the Naval Aviation Community. Of course if he is legit he could prove it, but his evasiveness shows he is hiding something. He has refused to answer questions like commissioning source and general questions any Naval Officer would know and proudly answer. My 2 cents. Cheers Beer

I am sold, I am getting one for Xmas :), and I think Fates is too! LOMAC and FS2004 should be great fun with this device, I am going to use it for some movies with FS 2004 and the FD3 addon (and a review perhaps of FD3). This is actually similiar to how a Supply Boat Dynamically Positions itself from us, their system is called Fan Beam, but it works with a reflector on our ship and Laser from the boat senses relative motion of the Supply boat process the boats thrusters to keep the boat in a certain position relative to our ship. Cool stuff. Thanks for the review! Cheers Beer

I knew a guy from the Janes USAF lobby that lived there before it got as bad as it now, he was a diver at one of the Resorts and had a pod of dolphins that he grew attached to, saw some great pictures he took of them, he moved and I think is in Wales now, I think his callsign was Zebra_AFS (damn been so long I forgot his Callsign??). Cheers Beer

Here is a neat lil thing I found at the local computer show... If your interested PM me and I will forward the vendor info (Addy/phone number) I get them from. I am picking some more up on the 20th :) Each 5 1/4" unit holds 8 CD's $9.99 at the show, probably $15 or so with shipping. Cheers Beer

Funny you should ask... Krivak render no mapping Cheers Beer

I buy all my mail order computer stuff from NewEgg.com This includes RAM, MoBoards, Video Cards, and CPU's I buy stuff like New Cases and power supplies at local Computer shows. HDrives I get at the local Best Buy. Been very happy with NewEgg prices and shipping/tracking shipping :) Cheers Beer

Count me in after 18 December :) Although will be running the FD3 stuff. CHeers Beer

Kid Rock singing "Cocky" :) Perhaps Vid 3 when Cowboy is finished... Cheers Beer

OK redownloaded for ya try this one, it seems to unzip Bad news for FS2004, does not seem to be compatible with 2004 :( aries.zip

I got it for ya Chief from www.flightsim.com Just of note, one of the flight engineers (Senior Chief Mellows) on that flight that landed in China was a FE at VP-10 when I was flying. He was a Senior Chief then 1993-1994, no doubt he is a Master Chief now. Will post as an attachment when I finish getting it. Edit first DL did not work see next post for new attachment. Cheers Beer

Well we are shifting from our S-76's and our new well location off of Texas has us flying in Bell 214's. Anyone work on these puppy's? I was partial to the S-76's, and was hoping for the S-61. Here's a pic of one of Chevrons S-76's on deck The HLO in the pic is our Bosn, his name is Love Carter (no kidding!) Cheers Beer

Finally got a Pic of one on deck Good to see ya Vacreeper! No have not finished the drillship yet for any game, but I am getting better at making them :) Cheers Beer

Not Likely, I may have to do the bootleg shirts, as long as I leave the Company Logos off I should be safe from getting fired (LOL I hope?). Cheers Beer

Hear hear! Right back at all the pro active SFP-1 Fans and Modders. Cheers Beer

Personally I think it was a brilliant move, and is a demonstration of positive leadership characteristics that we all can learn from. Yes it may have a political part for the upcoming election, but it shows a genuine resolve and intent on his part and our Country. He provided the troops with a big morale boost when it is needed most, this makes him a Leader, and not just the Commander in Chief calling the shots from Washington. Cheers Beer

Well (no pun intended...) we did it :D Transocean Inc. and ChevronTexaco Announce New World Water-Depth Drilling Record in 10,011 Feet of Water -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD PARTY RELEASE This is news concerning ChevronTexaco but issued by someone other than ChevronTexaco and archived here for record purposes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOUSTON, Nov. 17, 2003 -- Transocean Inc. and ChevronTexaco today announced that the Transocean drillship Discoverer Deep Seas has set a new world water-depth drilling record by spudding a well in 10,011 feet of water in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The record -- set while constructing ChevronTexaco's Toledo well in Alaminos Canyon block 951 -- marks the first time in the offshore drilling industry's history that a drilling rig has explored for oil and natural gas in more than 10,000 feet of water. The previous world water-depth drilling record was 9,727 feet of water in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico by another Transocean drillship, the Discoverer Spirit, in October 2001 working for Unocal. The Discoverer Deep Seas and its sister drillships, Discoverer Spirit and Discoverer Enterprise, incorporate and use Transocean's patented dual-activity technology, which saves time by allowing drilling tasks to be performed in parallel, rather than sequentially as with conventional offshore drilling rigs. Transocean Inc. is the world's largest offshore drilling contractor with more than 160 full or partially owned and managed mobile offshore drilling units, inland drilling barges and other assets utilized in the support of offshore drilling activities worldwide. The company's mobile offshore drilling fleet is considered one of the most modern and versatile in the world with 13 fifth-generation semisubmersibles and drillships, 15 other deepwater semisubmersibles and drillships, 31 mid-water semisubmersibles and drillships and 50 jackup drilling rigs. Transocean Inc. specializes in technically demanding segments of the offshore drilling business, including industry-leading positions in deepwater and harsh environment drilling services. With a current equity market capitalization in excess of $6 billion, the company's ordinary shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RIG." Reference http://www.chevrontexaco.com/news/press/20...003-11-17_1.asp Cheers Beer

Cheers and welcome T Bone! Beer

Navy Chief, the install of Flight Deck should automatically set that stuff up for you. Try reinstall of FD 3, then lite off the arr Cab program; it puts a shortcut on the desktop for you, before you start FS 2002. Cheers Beer

That sea texture is a mod http://www.flightsim.no/file/FS2002_-_Scenery/Texturer/ there are couple of them out and I have tried a few to be honest I am not sure which one is currently installed. The Virtual Pits are not that grand This is a better one its the F-18 Of course this is the Cockpit view (not Virtual)...Pretty messed up eh? I have not had time to try the Freeware addons, IMHO some of the Freeware are better than these payware models. All in all for $ 29.99 I will get my moneys worth though. Cheers Beer

Here's some screenies for Seawolf :) Cheers Beer

Interesting benchmark, anyone try stock then overclocking to see if there was any difference? EDIT I see Mudd has and it does see a difference :) 2.7 AMD Asus A7N8X deluxe 1 Gig 3500 OCZ matched Ram Radeon 9800 Pro 60 Gig WD EIDE HD 888% Cheers Beer