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    Here SHE is, the USS New York, made from the World Trade Center !

     

     

     

     

    USS New York

     

    It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center ..

     

    It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.

     

    Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite , LA to cast the ship's bow section. When it was poured into the molds on Sept 9, 2003, 'those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,' recalled Navy Capt. K evin Wensing, who was there. 'It was a spiritual moment for everybody there.'

     

    Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the 'hair on my neck stood up.' 'It had a big meaning to it for all of us,' he said. 'They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back.'

     

    The ship's motto? 'Never Forget'

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    Long distances are not fun - dont think they are in real life either tbh from what ive read - the biggest killer though is time available for sorties.

     

    If you have a fast PC you can bump the time accel up to x16 etc which is what I often use.

     

    if using alt+n move the IP waypoint on the map to a low ground area before the mission.

     

     

    you can move the waypoints? :blink:

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    While I miss hanging out in hyperlobby and playing WoV online...

    I am having lots of fun with my boy and when my wife, kid, family, friends, and work aren't hogging my time, I just want to relax.

     

    To really enjoy online multiplayer, I have to have lots of time free:

     

    1) I have to waste a lot of time waiting for someone else to show up. If I try to do something else while waiting, I either miss someone showing up or get so involved in what I am doing that I no longer care about playing online.

     

    2) When someone does show up, a lot of time may be wasted solving install issues. Is everyone using stock/patched installs? Are there any inexplicable conflicts? Is someone running Vista? Is voice chat software being used? I hate having to troubleshoot install conflicts, so I try to go online only with stock/patched installs... but sometimes when I am testing stuff, I accidently disturb my online installs. I also like to fly MiG-21s, so I typically like to have my "stock" install modded to have the MiG-21 cockpits, but I have to do so in a way that doesn't conflict with the stock install. I finally solved that problem by making my own versions of the MiG-21 pits that don't change any stock files except adding the lines that point to the cockpit files... someday I will finish this mod and publish it for others interested in playing online with stock installs AND MiG-21 pits.

     

    3) Even if everything is installed correctly, even more time can be wasted on connectivity issues: routers, firewalls, connection type (DSL, phone modem, cable, etc.), internet service providers, bugs in the game network interface, and some inexplicable problems. Hamachi solves a lot of those problems, but then that becomes another installion issue followed by brief training on how to use hamachi.

     

    4) When I finally do get into an online session, I may be flying with veterans, casual players, newbies, or some kind of mix. I don't get to fly like I used to, so veterans spank my butt... so I may waste a lot of time waiting to respawn in a dogfight session or waiting for a co-op mission to complete if I was flying opposition. Despite my lack of practice, I usually spank anyone else, so I end up wasting some time waiting for them to respawn. Newbies require tons of training to fly in a useful manner on Hard settings, which can really kill some time.

     

    When I was working away from home, I could stay up all night playing online. But now that I have a job that lets me come home every day and spend time with my family, it is a struggle to come up with 1 or 2 hours each night, and 2 hours is the bare minimum time for online play given the above factors... and I can't use voice chat since the baby is usually in asleep in the next room by the time I have free time.

     

    As the baby gets older, maybe things will change, but for now, the only time I expect to get for online multiplayer is when I am either out of town or my wife takes the baby home to Colombia while I stay in the US (maybe once every 2 years?).

     

    my secret decoder ring says that translates to,,"dont waste my time",,,hmmmm

     

     

    nah, I understand, family comes first.

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    I sure wish all you guys would play this (W.o.*) online every now and then, some human interaction sure would be a nice change. I will be in hyperlobby for a while if anyone reading this thread is interested.

    The time is now just after midnight (-8 GMT) pacific standard time on august 8th.

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    Has anyone seen any programs that would simulate the outcome of regional conflicts, kinda like the game "risk", but not actually a game? I sort of recall a program like this, but no luck finding anything like it.

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