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- Sat Sep 23, 2017 3:46 pm
- Forum: Former Admins
- Topic: [No Longer Admin] Armhulenn
- Replies: 154
- Views: 63106
Re: Armhulennnn
Reminded me that there's a person on the other side of the glass. Goodmin.
- Wed Sep 07, 2016 5:24 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Games I wish I'd never bought
- Replies: 92
- Views: 23895
Re: Games I wish I'd never bought
Heroes and Generals I thought it would be a fun (or at least decent) WWII shooter, but although the ground mechanics are ok, the progression is absolutely trash and air units feel stupid. BFP4F (many years ago) I didn't 'buy' it, because it was free, but oh god, this game. The ground vehicles and (s...
- Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:52 am
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Minor Suggestions
- Replies: 3767
- Views: 953171
Re: Minor Suggestions
Currently, it isn't possible to photocopy the station blueprints, but it should be possible to make copies. If an area is bombed, and by some wild chance the shuttle isn't called, the blueprints, while not vital, are still very important for making repairs to the station. The one caveat I would impo...
- Mon May 09, 2016 12:26 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
- Replies: 5185
- Views: 1273033
Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
If SS13 was a ship, it would probably be the USS William D. Porter. http://www.historynet.com/uss-william-d-porter-the-us-navy-destroyers-service-in-world-war-ii.htm Sometimes the things that almost happened are as interesting as the things that did. Nearly every photo history book of World War II s...
- Tue Apr 26, 2016 5:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Explosion changes
- Replies: 67
- Views: 18940
Re: Explosion changes
Detonation Velocity - For TNT, it's 6,900 m/s. For Ammonium Nitrate (fertilizer) it's 5,270 m/s. Deflagration - What happens typically when gasses burn. The reaction spreads by heat being conducted through the medium. Detonation Velocities usually far below 100 m/s. Detonation - Shock wave compress...
- Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:00 am
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Gun Sports
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1887
Re: Gun Sports
A few things. You never explained what #4 Buckshot is. I'm pretty sure 46 separate projectiles spawning in at once would cause severe lag. What is this supposed to mean? https://i.gyazo.com/89c41e507abdaa7ab95ccfd5abdc3d08.png Are you trying to say that shotgun spread is like this http://i1298.shit ...
- Sat Feb 06, 2016 8:01 am
- Forum: Roleplaying
- Topic: Ask Nanotrasen
- Replies: 108
- Views: 36557
Re: Ask Nanotrasen
Dear Nanotrasen,
When a syndicate base is found, can we get the nuke out of the vault and hold the syndicate base hostage for... one-hundred, BILLION, dollars.
When a syndicate base is found, can we get the nuke out of the vault and hold the syndicate base hostage for... one-hundred, BILLION, dollars.
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 2:07 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: War Thunder General
- Replies: 43
- Views: 16021
- Wed Feb 03, 2016 2:27 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Pulsar: Multi-crew Spaceship Exploration Game
- Replies: 164
- Views: 43012
Re: Pulsar: Multi-crew Spaceship Exploration Game
Played this with a few friends two days ago and it was pretty sweet. I actually saw the /tg/ ship on the list, but it needed a password.
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:49 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
- Replies: 5185
- Views: 1273033
Re: Watercooler/Slowchat 2: Son of Watercooler
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- Mon Dec 21, 2015 6:50 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Undertale
- Replies: 706
- Views: 188240
Re: Undertale
[youtube]GIuBpl7k_eU[/youtube] I should have posted that, dammit! (I've been subscribed to his channel for about a year but I did not think to post it here. Blast!) Anyway, I had a friend who continuously nagged me to play Undertale since the 3nd week of November. He asked me if I'd bought it almos...
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 5:55 am
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Minor Suggestions
- Replies: 3767
- Views: 953171
Re: Minor Suggestions
If an area/air tank is filled with Nitrogen, it should not give an oxyloss warning. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inert_gas_asphyxiation Physiologically inert gases (those that have no toxic effect, but merely dilute oxygen) are generally free of odor and taste. As such, the human subject detects ...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 3:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Simple Questions Thread
- Replies: 2095
- Views: 539104
Re: Simple Questions Thread
Is there any way to negate low pressure damage (ie, from spaaaaaace) other than using a spacesuit/hardsuit or getting a few styptic powder patches before venturing out? I know that genetics has cold resistance, and virology has self respiration, but how does one get rid of the low pressure damage? ...
- Tue Dec 15, 2015 1:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Simple Questions Thread
- Replies: 2095
- Views: 539104
Re: Simple Questions Thread
Is there any way to negate low pressure damage (ie, from space) other than using a spacesuit/hardsuit or getting a few styptic powder patches before venturing out?
I know that genetics has cold resistance, and virology has self respiration, but how does one get rid of the low pressure damage?
I know that genetics has cold resistance, and virology has self respiration, but how does one get rid of the low pressure damage?
- Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:53 pm
- Forum: Coding Feedback
- Topic: Fusion!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 10896
Fusion!
Despite the fact that this is being removed temporary due to bugs it has caused (burning through burn chamber floor, causing negative % gasses), what do y'all think of the new fusion thing?
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:33 am
- Forum: Ideas
- Topic: Super T-Ray Scanner
- Replies: 2
- Views: 899
Super T-Ray Scanner
Is it possible that we could get a 'Super T-Ray Scanner' that comes with CE, or is able to be bought from cargo, or from R&D, or whatever? The idea is that rather than only the immediate 3x3 area around you being scanned, all tiles visible to you are scanned. This would be useful in replumbing/r...
- Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:20 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: active shooter in california
- Replies: 149
- Views: 34375
Re: active shooter in california
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~2.5 years old, but I think his point is still valid.
~2.5 years old, but I think his point is still valid.
- Fri Nov 27, 2015 5:08 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Simple Questions Thread
- Replies: 2095
- Views: 539104
Re: Simple Questions Thread
What is the largest possible size explosion possible from sodium + water? Is it limited by the bomb cap?
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:36 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: IL-2:1946
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4322
Re: IL-2:1946
I should probably get this again. I used to be a Boss in any of the YAKKs, and I even successfully dogfought in the titular plane.(though it was an earlier variant without the gunner). This shit was my Jam back in high school. I should finishing uploading the game onto my google drive in about an h...
- Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:47 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: IL-2:1946
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4322
Re: IL-2:1946
Alright, tomorrow I'll just put up the 4.12.2 file.
But at least get hyperlobby, that's practically an essential.
But at least get hyperlobby, that's practically an essential.
- Thu Jul 23, 2015 12:23 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: IL-2:1946
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4322
Re: IL-2:1946
Co op missions are also a blast. Nothing like level bombing with a pilot + gunners as friends defending from AI while in formation
http://www.twitch.tv/vmf214_blacksheep/b/679727197
Just flew this mission, wasn't the one recording though
http://www.twitch.tv/vmf214_blacksheep/b/679727197
Just flew this mission, wasn't the one recording though
- Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:54 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: IL-2:1946
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4322
Re: IL-2:1946
Here's what I sent to tedward Firstly, you need to get the game updated to 4.12.2 or 4.13, as that is what almost all servers use. I'd make one unmodded version of each. 4.12.2 Megapatch - http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=38443.0 4.13 update from 4.12.2 - http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/show...
- Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:27 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
I would if my DCS world would-
- Let me log in to online mode.
- Not crash every 10 minutes
- Thu Jul 02, 2015 3:26 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Not exacly the F-35, but close enough. A-10 pilot's coloring book. http://imgur.com/a/SD8Ew http://i.imgur.com/GZPhhQH.gif http://i.imgur.com/mmrEzRM.gif http://i.imgur.com/BXYLxlk.gif http://i.imgur.com/qwScs2B.gif http://i.imgur.com/0iojEL6.gif http://i.imgur.com/M3FQPt4.gif http://i.imgur.com/Ir6...
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:10 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: World of Warships
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6481
World of Warships
It went into open beta today, anyone else play it?
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:45 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
EDIT: Our only hope for a real lasting solution to this is political and social reform that ostracizes radical Islam and tries to promote a return to the Middle East of the 70's and 80's. I remember reading an article about the need for an Islamic reformation. http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-reformat...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:32 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
The point I failed to state correctly was that to win a guerrilla campaign, you need the support of the civilian population. If the guerrillas have civilian support, the guerrillas have established implicit connections or bonds with people and countryside. In other words, guerrillas must be able to ...
- Fri Jun 26, 2015 10:14 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
snip I think this post sums up the problem with our drone mentality. http://i1298.shit image host.com/albums/ag47/Silavite/Drone%20Problem_zpsgrwbwwvr.png From the comment section of this article https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2015/01/15/notes-on-war/ About the F-35, I was having a discussion ...
- Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:54 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
One of the more interesting ideas I've heard for maintaining sky awareness is by using tethered high-altitude balloon stations. There would be a shitton of teething problems, but the concept sounds cool at least. Pluses S-400's kinetic ceiling is 100,000 feet, so they should be safe from most SAM's....
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 11:17 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: Orbiter
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1394
Orbiter
Orbiter is a pretty realistic (and free) space simulator, and I was wondering if any of y'all played it. Get it here: http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/ Important Addons: http://orbiter.dansteph.com/forum/index.php?page=download Other Addons: http://www.orbithangar.com/ XR Spaceplanes: http://www.altea...
- Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
>said to cost $3000 per hour to operate Nope. Not possible. They must be fudging some numbers to come up with a figure so low. A predator drone costs supposedly $1500 per hour and that doesn't even have a pilot in it. There's no fucking way something of this size (with two crew members) is going to...
- Sun Jun 21, 2015 10:24 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Moving (not very swiftly) onward, I've just discovered the marvel that is the Textron AirLand Scorpion. It is said to cost $3,000 per hour to operate and is also claimed to cost less than $20 million per unit. http://www.scorpionjet.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/TAL-HERO-Media3.jpg The website clai...
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:03 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tom Lehrer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1968
Re: Tom Lehrer
Not yet I think, but I just discovered the guy.
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:41 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: Tom Lehrer
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1968
Tom Lehrer
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- Mon Jun 15, 2015 4:21 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: The Joy Of Flight
- Replies: 176
- Views: 43823
Re: The Joy Of Flight
to be fair even the eagle became a bomb truck after awhile just because america never had to deal with the cold war air war over germany that it was building all these fighters for, anyway. though the >muh eagle was strongly against boyd i'm sure anyway falcon still very acceptable as a dogfighter,...
- Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:37 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: The Joy Of Flight
- Replies: 176
- Views: 43823
Re: The Joy Of Flight
>I post rant about F-16 becoming a bomb truck
>Anon posts picture as F-16 posing as a bomb truck
Y u do dis to me?
>Anon posts picture as F-16 posing as a bomb truck
Y u do dis to me?
- Fri Jun 12, 2015 12:30 am
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: The Joy Of Flight
- Replies: 176
- Views: 43823
- Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:15 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: are you literally richard nixon
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8564
Re: are you literally richard nixon
William Henry Harrison.
Welp, time to stand in the rain and die.
Welp, time to stand in the rain and die.
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 6:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Single engine planes aren't as much of a liability as people fear them to be. While it's true they do fail and we do lose birds because of them not having redundancy, the overall savings on each individual craft should be enough to absorb having to replace the odd one that does experience a failure...
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 5:39 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
186 million a pop? Well, I guess that solves the whole "terrorists buying old millitary gear" problem. Even fifty years depreciation, they'll have to sell their kalashkinovs, RPGs and bombmaking equipment to buy half a wing. And it still won't work. Even then, Planes are a different level...
- Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:40 pm
- Forum: Video Games
- Topic: The Joy Of Flight
- Replies: 176
- Views: 43823
Re: The Joy Of Flight
So was flyin' an interdiction mission, just took off, and looked off of my right side for my wingman and see this http://i1298.shit image host.com/albums/ag47/Silavite/2015-06-04_182040_zpsiljsh0q0.jpg It's on my left wing as well, so I go to chase view and see this http://i1298.shit image host.com/...
- Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:19 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Okay yeah that really took me by surprise. 200m of crying bald eagle bucks is a waste. Yup, and if history is anything to go by, the price is only going to increase from these. Lockheed claims that the F-35A will cost $75m by 2019 http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/20/us-unitedtechnologies-prat...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:25 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Wait seriously only $200k? Even if the plane is a total piece of dogshit at that price who gives a fuck. No wonder the bomb bays are internal, those bombs are worth more than the fucking airframe you better hold on to them shits. 200m (181m~), not 200k because I'm an idiot. (I thought the doc said ...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 12:55 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
The claim that the F-35 is cheap seems not to be holding up so well when you scrutinize it. Lockheed likes to claim that the planes will cost <$100,000,000 ( https://www.f35.com/about/fast-facts/cost not to mention that they are conveniently leaving out unimportant things, like, you know, the engine...
- Sat May 30, 2015 4:00 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
That sounds like a much better idea really. Unmanned planes don't black out. The problem is that without the pilot in the plane, you're going to have ping delays. Even a quarter of a second in air combat is vital, not to mention the risk of jamming the pilot-plane control datalink. Unless you are p...
- Fri May 29, 2015 12:48 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
From Picard “FLX can get a targeting solution off of its RWR? ” It is about precision. Old RWRs couldn’t target anything because they were not accurate enough – 10* accuracy of classical radar warners was not enough for anything but a “look there, missile’s gonna come from there” warning. FLX uses i...
- Fri May 29, 2015 2:39 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
FLX can get a targeting solution off of its RWR? What? I think he is talking about the use of an air to air anti radiation missile, like the R-27P or EP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-27_(air-to-air_missile)#Variants Also, I suspect the reason he chose IRST as the singular sensor is three-fold. F...
- Thu May 28, 2015 8:34 pm
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Anon, Picard578 (the guy who proposed FLX) made this in reply after I posted your comments about radar on the page. (The page here: https://defenseissues.wordpress.com/2014/08/02/air-superiority-fighter-proposal-6/ ) Here is a full reply, I’d like you to post it there and say it’s from me since I co...
- Thu May 28, 2015 4:41 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
Those statistics still suck. Can track incoming at 90km and outgoing at 145km? Identify at 40km? Cool. Radar equipped fighters can track and identify both at ~300km with altitude, bearing, and speed. IRST can use the doppler effect to estimate closure speed. Neat. You could prrrrrobably get a headi...
- Thu May 28, 2015 2:25 am
- Forum: Off Topic
- Topic: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
- Replies: 124
- Views: 37047
Re: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
MUH-REEEEEEEENS HOO AHH http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/29/article-2009603-0CC9B05500000578-197_634x474.jpg Well, there is a certain saying... ("The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle.") :x Also, I screwed up with the FLX thing. That was v2, it is at v6 right n...