Re: Attn:Andre Warringa

Morgan Boof wrote:

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> To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > Now where do i start...? > > Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years and > never really tried much else. > > BUT..!! > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform > you.... > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but unless > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk. > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! > > > Morgan > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 tanks > have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i > hate you WARRINGA..!! > > LOL :) > > > > >

LOL :)

To the evil Mr Warringa..... Now where do i start...? Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years and never really tried much else. BUT..!! Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform you.... I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but unless you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk. So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! Morgan p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 tanks have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i hate you WARRINGA..!! LOL :)

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 14:51:41 -0000, "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will >screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they >come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to >corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 tanks >have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i >hate you WARRINGA..!! > >LOL :)

So.. you like it eh? :))) I just ordered myself the Saitek x45, a flightsim joystick with around 576384 programmable buttons, 28 switchhatch buttons and 1 rocketlauncher button, and a separate throttle control. Together with my ch pro pedals I should be all set :) So in this way IL2 also resembles GPL: taking away all my savings just in order to enjoy the sim to the fullest :-/ Andre

Andre, I use to do a little flight simming and have a Saitek X35/X36 HOTAS system. Although I haven't done any flight simming since MS CFS2 first came out. I've been looking at IL-2 since its been getting pretty good reviews. I wouldn't mind doing some flight combat again... even if I would be mostly target practice! LOL How is the online component and your general opinion? Especially since I have a similar system as you described. P3-900, GeForce Pro "Golden Sample" 450 64mb video card, 512mb of SDRAM, etc. Thanks, Scott PA-Scott "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 14:51:41 -0000, "Morgan Boof" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > >screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled andthey > >come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to > >corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40tanks

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> >have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i > >hate you WARRINGA..!! > > > >LOL :) > > So.. you like it eh? :))) > > I just ordered myself the Saitek x45, a flightsim joystick with around > 576384 programmable buttons, 28 switchhatch buttons and 1 > rocketlauncher button, and a separate throttle control. > Together with my ch pro pedals I should be all set :) > > So in this way IL2 also resembles GPL: taking away all my savings just > in order to enjoy the sim to the fullest :-/ > > Andre

I take it you're a little rusty too, Ace? ;-) Jan./can't even taxi the damn thing (demo). =--- "Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn. "Morgan Boof" wrote... > To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > Now where do i start...? > > <snip>

"Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote: > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40tanks > have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh Fly it like you own it. Ice D

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>Andre, > >I use to do a little flight simming and have a Saitek X35/X36 HOTAS system. >Although I haven't done any flight simming since MS CFS2 first came out. >I've been looking at IL-2 since its been getting pretty good reviews. I >wouldn't mind doing some flight combat again... even if I would be mostly >target practice! LOL > >How is the online component and your general opinion? Especially since I >have a similar system as you described.

I haven't tested multiplayer that much yet, but I did an online session with 32 players and that was really great, very good connection and hardly any warping. I want to do some more offline practice though before I go online again, because the online experience was quite.. humiliating for me to say the least.. just like my first GPL online sessions ;) My general opinion is that IL2 is a new benchmark, and not only for flightsims. The attention to detail is amazing, graphics, sound, how smooth it runs, how real the handling of the planes feel, it excells in all those areas. Like GPL it was made by people with a true love and passion. I suggest you read the reviews at www.gamespot.com and www.simhq.com for some more info and screenshots. And buy it. Now :) >P3-900, GeForce Pro "Golden Sample" 450 64mb video card, 512mb of SDRAM, >etc. P3 866 GF2 here, running IL2 with everything set to maximum detail at 1024, smooth as butter.. Andre >Thanks, > >Scott >PA-Scott

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 19:35:10 +0100, "Jan Verschueren" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I take it you're a little rusty too, Ace? ;-) > >Jan./can't even taxi the damn thing (demo). Use the rudders.. yup, even taking off is hard.. try taking off with a fully bomb-loaded plane during a thunderstorm.. good luck :) I haven't even managed a landing yet.. not without completely trashing my plane that is :-/ Andre

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>=--- >"Pay attention when I'm talking to you boy!" -Foghorn Leghorn. > >"Morgan Boof" wrote... >> To the evil Mr Warringa..... >> >> Now where do i start...? >> >> <snip> >

Watch it. Your going to get flamed to hell for writing such a SERIOUS and nasty post. Just like Mr. Pabst. David G Fisher "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9uo0bj$e3u$[email hidden]...

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> To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > Now where do i start...? > > Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years and > never really tried much else. > > BUT..!! > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform > you.... > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but

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> you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk. > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! > > > Morgan > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40

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> have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i > hate you WARRINGA..!! > > LOL :) > > > >

"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:XNQP7.288422$[email hidden]... > Watch it. Your going to get flamed to hell for writing such a SERIOUS and > nasty post. Just like Mr. Pabst. >(big snip) > > > > LOL :) > >See this, DGF? That's all Tom would have to have done to indicate he wasn't being serious. Not hard, is it?

Good old Ubi Soft. David G Fisher "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 18:14:02 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" > <[email hidden]> wrote: >> >How is the online component and your general opinion? Especially sinceI

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> >have a similar system as you described. > > I haven't tested multiplayer that much yet, but I did an online > session with 32 players and that was really great, very good > connection and hardly any warping. I want to do some more offline > practice though before I go online again, because the online > experience was quite.. humiliating for me to say the least.. just like > my first GPL online sessions ;) > > My general opinion is that IL2 is a new benchmark, and not only for > flightsims. The attention to detail is amazing, graphics, sound, how > smooth it runs, how real the handling of the planes feel, it excells > in all those areas. Like GPL it was made by people with a true love > and passion. > > I suggest you read the reviews at www.gamespot.com and www.simhq.com > for some more info and screenshots. > And buy it. Now :) > > >P3-900, GeForce Pro "Golden Sample" 450 64mb video card, 512mb of

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> >etc. > > P3 866 GF2 here, running IL2 with everything set to maximum detail at > 1024, smooth as butter.. > > Andre > > > >Thanks, > > > >Scott > >PA-Scott >

>"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote > Watch it. Your going to get flamed to hell for writing such a SERIOUS and > nasty post. Just like Mr. Pabst. Not really. Only you would think his post was serious, us all knowing about the talk around IL-2 these days here in r.a.s. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

It's by Ubi Soft. I'm sure you have nothing to do with it then. David G Fisher "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:wpRP7.66539$[email hidden]... > >"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote > > Watch it. Your going to get flamed to hell for writing such a SERIOUSand > > nasty post. Just like Mr. Pabst. > > > Not really. Only you would think his post was serious, us all knowingabout

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> the talk around IL-2 these days here in r.a.s. > > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.ymenard.com/ > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World... > > >

>"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote > It's by Ubi Soft. I'm sure you have nothing to do with it then. Like I said, they are only the producers. That's like praising Warner Bros. for the work of Stanley Kubrick. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 21:10:31 GMT, "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Good old Ubi Soft. > >David G Fisher And your point is Ubi Soft also releases excellent sims like IL2 besides releasing unfinished beta sims like F1RC, while bullshitting about a patch which the really stupid people among us actually believed in? In that case we agree :) Andre

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> > So.. you like it eh? :))) > > I just ordered myself the Saitek x45, a flightsim joystick with around > 576384 programmable buttons, 28 switchhatch buttons and 1 > rocketlauncher button, and a separate throttle control. > Together with my ch pro pedals I should be all set :)

As the X45 is probably quite similar to my X36 (internally), there might be a problem to use analog pedals with it, too. For X36 there is a modified driver on http://home.att.net/~stickworks/swdownld.html (X36DRV04.ZIP). I still didn't try it, the needed steps to use it are sounding a little nasty. Please, let me know, if the X45 works w/ the pedals. Maybe Saitek fixed their drivers... ;) -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

How's that patch coming along? -- Scott B. Husted ICQ# 4395450 http://www.Husted.cc "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b9RP7.288505$[email hidden]... > Good old Ubi Soft. > > David G Fisher > > > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 18:14:02 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> >How is the online component and your general opinion? Especially since > I > > >have a similar system as you described. > > > > I haven't tested multiplayer that much yet, but I did an online > > session with 32 players and that was really great, very good > > connection and hardly any warping. I want to do some more offline > > practice though before I go online again, because the online > > experience was quite.. humiliating for me to say the least.. just like > > my first GPL online sessions ;) > > > > My general opinion is that IL2 is a new benchmark, and not only for > > flightsims. The attention to detail is amazing, graphics, sound, how > > smooth it runs, how real the handling of the planes feel, it excells > > in all those areas. Like GPL it was made by people with a true love > > and passion. > > > > I suggest you read the reviews at www.gamespot.com and www.simhq.com > > for some more info and screenshots. > > And buy it. Now :) > > > > >P3-900, GeForce Pro "Golden Sample" 450 64mb video card, 512mb of > SDRAM, > > >etc. > > > > P3 866 GF2 here, running IL2 with everything set to maximum detail at > > 1024, smooth as butter.. > > > > Andre > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Scott > > >PA-Scott > > > >

--Good Old Warner Brothers ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:30SP7.66663$[email hidden]... > >"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote > > It's by Ubi Soft. I'm sure you have nothing to do with it then. > > > Like I said, they are only the producers. That's like praising WarnerBros.

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> for > the work of Stanley Kubrick. > > > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.ymenard.com/ > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World... > > >

In article <9uo0bj$e3u$[email hidden]>, "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> writes: >p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will >screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they >come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to >corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 tanks >have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i >hate you WARRINGA..!! I was trying to figure out WTF you were talking about...until this. I take it the IL 2 demo is that good? :-) Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"Ronald Stoehr" <[email hidden]> wrote > > For X36 there is a modified driver onhttp://home.att.net/~stickworks/swdownld.html > (X36DRV04.ZIP). I still didn't try it, the needed steps to use it aresounding > a little nasty. Please, let me know, if the X45 works w/ the pedals. MaybeSaitek > fixed their drivers... ;) > I'm using the Stickworks driver so that I can use my CH Pedals with an X-36. The process is very simple and very effective. It really makes a difference when you're strafing an armoured column in IL-2 and can flick left and right with the pedals. Give it a try, you may like it. Also it is really easy to fix if it doesn't work. Cheers Phil Lee -- Legends Central Webmaster http://www.legendscentral.com

Careful, don't Francois going on Stanley<G> And fwiw, IL-2 is quite possibly the best flight sim of all time IMO, including Falcon 4.0. -John ymenard <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:30SP7.66663$[email hidden]... > >"David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote > > It's by Ubi Soft. I'm sure you have nothing to do with it then. > > > Like I said, they are only the producers. That's like praising WarnerBros.

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> for > the work of Stanley Kubrick. > > > > > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.ymenard.com/ > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World... > > >

>"John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote > Careful, don't Francois going on Stanley<G> And fwiw, IL-2 is quite > possibly the best flight sim of all time IMO, including Falcon 4.0. The allusion had a purpose, considering that IL-2/Ghost Recon looks to be masterpieces (like Kubrick's work) and that Warner Bros. (like Ubisoft) is now a shitty-arse producing companies hated by many ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

> The allusion had a purpose, considering that IL-2/Ghost Recon looks to be > masterpieces (like Kubrick's work) and that Warner Bros. (like Ubisoft) is > now a shitty-arse producing companies hated by many ;) > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > Forget Kubrick...what's he done lately...his career has died....but the real movie to watch is... Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings. Be a Hobbit dave henrie

> Forget Kubrick...what's he done lately...his career has died Cold.........................very cold, but LOL :-) Ryan

Oh no, here we go........I told you Dave<G> Mr. Menard, you have the comm........<G> -John Dave Henre <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:nGXP7.7664$ER5.261124@rwcrnsc52... > > The allusion had a purpose, considering that IL-2/Ghost Recon looks tobe > > masterpieces (like Kubrick's work) and that Warner Bros. (like Ubisoft)is

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> > now a shitty-arse producing companies hated by many ;) > > -- > > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > > > Forget Kubrick...what's he done lately...his career has died....but the > real movie to watch is... > Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings. > Be a Hobbit > > dave henrie > >

>"Dave Henre" <[email hidden]> wrote > Forget Kubrick...what's he done lately...his career has died....but the > real movie to watch is... Warner was able to mess up his work after his death, it's a shame (it's like not patching F1RC when they released the DVD of Eyes Wide Shut still censored). Oh hehehe more connections, more Ubi bashing. You know, I haven't done much bashing on them for a while :) ps: the "real" movie to watch of course is Episode II ;-D Be a Jedi -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"John Pancoast" <[email hidden]> wrote > Oh no, here we go........I told you Dave<G> Mr. Menard, you have the > comm........<G> LOL! It's all DGF's fault, he started it all! :) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

CART sim!!

"ymenard" > > ps: the "real" movie to watch of course is Episode II ;-D > Be a Jedi >> -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World... A Balrog could KICK your puny little Jedi's beehind....no question. ! LOTR!!!!! :) dave henrie

"ymenard" > A Balrog could KICK your puny little Jedi's beehind....no question. ! LOTR!!!!! :) dave henrie

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 01:01:43 -0500, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >ps: the "real" movie to watch of course is Episode II ;-D >Be a Jedi > HAL could lick any Jedi with two hands tied behind his back.

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 01:01:43 -0500, "ymenard" >ps: the "real" movie to watch of course is Episode II ;-D >Be a Jedi HAL could*** any Jedi with two hands tied behind his back.

You mean "good old 1C:Maddox Games". Stephen "David G Fisher" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:b9RP7.288505$[email hidden]...

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> Good old Ubi Soft. > > David G Fisher > > > "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Thu, 06 Dec 2001 18:14:02 GMT, "Scott B. Husted" > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> >How is the online component and your general opinion? Especially

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> I > > >have a similar system as you described. > > > > I haven't tested multiplayer that much yet, but I did an online > > session with 32 players and that was really great, very good > > connection and hardly any warping. I want to do some more offline > > practice though before I go online again, because the online > > experience was quite.. humiliating for me to say the least.. just like > > my first GPL online sessions ;) > > > > My general opinion is that IL2 is a new benchmark, and not only for > > flightsims. The attention to detail is amazing, graphics, sound, how > > smooth it runs, how real the handling of the planes feel, it excells > > in all those areas. Like GPL it was made by people with a true love > > and passion. > > > > I suggest you read the reviews at www.gamespot.com and www.simhq.com > > for some more info and screenshots. > > And buy it. Now :) > > > > >P3-900, GeForce Pro "Golden Sample" 450 64mb video card, 512mb of > SDRAM, > > >etc. > > > > P3 866 GF2 here, running IL2 with everything set to maximum detail at > > 1024, smooth as butter.. > > > > Andre > > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >Scott > > >PA-Scott > > > >

thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. 0.02 cents to anyone who knows that reference :) about episode 2 ymenard, i hope its better than 1. I'm assuming that the irritating little boy is gone and that jar jar's role is reduced ten fold. i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young anakin did. that reminds me of my favourite episode 1 joke. why do all the star wars fans keep watching episode 1 over and over again? to convince themselves that they loved the movie. just my opinion of course. oh, one last thing, and just as off-topic. some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a virgin birth and yadda yadda yadda (yawn). what next? Regards all, istoff

istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit

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> 0.02 cents to anyone who knows that reference :) > > about episode 2 ymenard, i hope its better than 1. I'm assuming that > the irritating little boy is gone and that jar jar's role is reduced > ten fold. > > i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much > better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young > anakin did. > > that reminds me of my favourite episode 1 joke. > > why do all the star wars fans keep watching episode 1 over and over > again? > > to convince themselves that they loved the movie. > > just my opinion of course. > > oh, one last thing, and just as off-topic. > > some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode > one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack > of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a virgin birth and > yadda yadda yadda (yawn). > > what next? > Regards all, > istoff

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[email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes: > istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. > > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit My guess is the game based on the book. -- -asbjxrn

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> [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes: > > > istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. > > > > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit > > My guess is the game based on the book.

Damn! I think you are right. I had it in mind too, because it sounds very gamish, but I couldn't remember that line. But it dawns on me now. The good old days... When each picture was drawn with one background colour and black as foreground, and it took a minute to draw on my Oric Atmos :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 01:01:43 -0500, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Warner was able to mess up his work after his death, it's a shame (it's like >not patching F1RC when they released the DVD of Eyes Wide Shut still >censored). Oh hehehe more connections, more Ubi bashing. You know, I >haven't done much bashing on them for a while :) They only censored one scene right? I downloaded that scene from the internet, and imho it doesn't add anything to EWS. Also doesn't change anything to the fact that I think EWS is one of his best movies.. and not only because you see Kidman naked in it :) But I think I'm the only one in the world with this opinion :) >ps: the "real" movie to watch of course is Episode II ;-D >Be a Jedi Not if Episode II becomed just as crappy as Episode I.. Andre

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>-- >-- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> >-- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez >Corporation - helping America into the New World... > > >

On 07 Dec 2001 09:27:26 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) wrote: >istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > >> thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. > >J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit I think he refers to the C64 adventure 'The Hobbit'.. right? Andre

On 07 Dec 2001 09:34:45 +0100, [email hidden] (Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad) wrote:

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>[email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes: > >> istoff <[email hidden]> writes: >> >> > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. >> >> J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit > >My guess is the game based on the book. >-- > -asbjxrn

I swear I read this post -after- I posted my solution.. I want those 0.02 cents! Andre

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 01:13:43 -0000, "Phil Lee" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'm using the Stickworks driver so that I can use my CH Pedals with an X-36. >The process is very simple and very effective. It really makes a difference >when you're strafing an armoured column in IL-2 and can flick left and right >with the pedals. Give it a try, you may like it. Also it is really easy to >fix if it doesn't work. Thanks for the tips guys.. I didn't expect a problem at all (saitek on usb, ch on analogue, how could possibly not work?) But good to hear good old Stickworks brings a solution - again :) Andre

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>Cheers > >Phil Lee >-- >Legends Central Webmaster >http://www.legendscentral.com > >

On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:15:10 +0100, Ronald Stoehr <[email hidden]> wrote: >As the X45 is probably quite similar to my X36 (internally), there might >be a problem to use analog pedals with it, too. I don't think much has changed.. to be honest the x45 is quite ugly, it's blue now, but I heard and read the springs in the x45 have improven a lot.. Oh well, a can of black paint should do wonders. >For X36 there is a modified driver on http://home.att.net/~stickworks/swdownld.html >(X36DRV04.ZIP). I still didn't try it, the needed steps to use it are sounding >a little nasty. Please, let me know, if the X45 works w/ the pedals. Maybe Saitek >fixed their drivers... ;) I know what you mean.. that NukeUSB step sounds nasty indeed :) Andre

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> >-- >l8er >ronny > >Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change >to take effect. Reboot now? > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

On 07 Dec 2001 00:49:53 GMT, [email hidden] (EldredP) wrote: >I was trying to figure out WTF you were talking about...until this. >I take it the IL 2 demo is that good? :-) It is.. the final version is even better :) Andre

What next? "Jedi Knight" is an official religious affiliation on the British polls... Yawn... Stephen "istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> > some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode > one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack > of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a virgin birth and > yadda yadda yadda (yawn). > > what next? > Regards all, > istoff

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> [email hidden] (Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad) writes: > > > [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes: > > > > > istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. > > > > > > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit > > > > My guess is the game based on the book. > > Damn! I think you are right. I had it in mind too, because it sounds > very gamish, but I couldn't remember that line. But it dawns on me > now. The good old days... When each picture was drawn with one > background colour and black as foreground, and it took a minute to > draw on my Oric Atmos :) >

My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days" were the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the gameplay was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-) Stephen p.s. don't even get me started on Harry Potter Lego....

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> "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > [email hidden] (Asbj�rn Bj�rnstad) writes: > > > > > [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes: > > > > > > > istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > > > > > > > > > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. > > > > > > > > J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit > > > > > > My guess is the game based on the book. > > > > Damn! I think you are right. I had it in mind too, because it sounds > > very gamish, but I couldn't remember that line. But it dawns on me > > now. The good old days... When each picture was drawn with one > > background colour and black as foreground, and it took a minute to > > draw on my Oric Atmos :) > > > > My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days" were > the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to > type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but > strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the gameplay > was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-)

Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer until 1982, when I was about 8 :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:45:01 +0100, "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days" were >the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to >type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but >strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and the gameplay >was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-) You're telling me.. I finished ALL Infocom adventures.. mostly on my own ;) Quite some people are still making new adventures for the Infocom parser, which is all being released as public domain. Some of them are truly on the same level as the Infocom classics.. If you're interested I'll mail you the urls when I get home. >Stephen >p.s. don't even get me started on Harry Potter Lego.... That bit is worrying me about the Lord of the Rings movie.. will we see Hobbit Lego, Hobbit candy and Hobbit T-shirts at every store? I hope not :( Andre

On 07 Dec 2001 10:51:53 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) wrote: >Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to >type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer >until 1982, when I was about 8 :) Infocom adventures were without graphics, pure text.. The Hobbit had revolutionary graphics when it was released :) Andre >-- >Olav K. Malmin >remove .spam when replying

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> On 07 Dec 2001 10:51:53 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K. > Malmin) wrote: > > >Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to > >type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer > >until 1982, when I was about 8 :) > > Infocom adventures were without graphics, pure text.. > The Hobbit had revolutionary graphics when it was released :) > > Andre

Out of curiosity, I checked into this Hobbit game. There is a description and screenshot at: http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/adventures.html Andre's right. "Lush" is the word which comes to mind when I see the graphical magnificence! Of course, I got excited about ASCII art on my PET. :-) Stephen

"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:45:01 +0100, "Stephen Ferguson" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >My friend, those are not "the good old days". The true "good old days"were > >the days of Infocom text adventures. You had words to read, and word to > >type. That was it. No fancy 3D cards, no gigahertz processors, but > >strangely, the images conveyed were some of the most vivid, and thegameplay

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> >was some of the best. Funny thing, that imagination thing. :-) > > You're telling me.. I finished ALL Infocom adventures.. mostly on my > own ;) > Quite some people are still making new adventures for the Infocom > parser, which is all being released as public domain. Some of them are > truly on the same level as the Infocom classics.. > If you're interested I'll mail you the urls when I get home. >

Thanks, but I barely have time to throw in a few laps with GPL or auger into the ground with IL-2 in my leisure hours. I did tap tap my way through a few Infocom games on my Palm Pilot while riding the train. Stephen

Do i get an award for the longest non auto thread in this group ever..? Hehe.. Also..Mr WARRINGA made me buy the full game..lol Morgan

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> "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On 07 Dec 2001 10:51:53 +0100, [email hidden] (Olav K. > > Malmin) wrote: > > > > >Erm, the Hobbit computer game was a text adventure, where you had to > > >type in sentences. But hey, what do I know, I didn't get a computer > > >until 1982, when I was about 8 :) > > > > Infocom adventures were without graphics, pure text.. > > The Hobbit had revolutionary graphics when it was released :) > > > > Andre > > Out of curiosity, I checked into this Hobbit game. There is a description > and screenshot at: > > http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/adventures.html

Aw this brings back a lot of good memories. I was alway able to get to the mines, kill the dragon and get the treasure, but on my way back through the wood i got killed by those spiders, never found out how to pass that one. My brother solved it by putting a goblin in the elve's dungeon, and put a elve on the eastern part of the wood. He was then captured by the elve, then captured by the goblin, and in the goblin's cave, elrond was waiting to free him. :) -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like) in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each end. There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here, which to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year. If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off corner of the world. Alanb "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9uo0bj$e3u$[email hidden]...

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> To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > Now where do i start...? > > Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years and > never really tried much else. > > BUT..!! > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform > you.... > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but

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> you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk. > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! > > > Morgan > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40

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> Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as > this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and > forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or > multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like) > in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each > end. > > There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here, which > to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year. > > If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you > elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off corner > of the world.

um, and the relevance to simulators of this post is ? Wan't off-topic newsgroup, try rec.autos.sport.f1 during offseason.

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> Alanb > "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9uo0bj$e3u$[email hidden]... > > To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > > > Now where do i start...? > > > > Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years and > > never really tried much else. > > > > BUT..!! > > > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform > > you.... > > > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! > > > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. > > > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but > unless > > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk. > > > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a > > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! > > > > > > Morgan > > > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and they > > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected to > > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 > tanks > > have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh i > > hate you WARRINGA..!! > > > > LOL :) > > > > > > > > > >

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> "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> writes: >> If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you >> elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off corner >> of the world. > um, and the relevance to simulators of this post is ?

mr bernardo did mention 'far-off corner' he could be talking about karussell, or maybe peralta, now that really is far off (for me anyway). dr martin.

Shall we do a quick signal-to-noise ratio on this group? I'll bet it's still 80% plus sim-related. Perhaps you haven't realized that you can arrange your newsgroup by threads and ignore the off-topic stuff. The interesting thing is that usually people read right to the end of an off-topic news thread before complaining. The newsgroup is not only a dry, sterile questions in, facts out service. It's a community, and people like to occasionally diverge and chat about a different topic with people who they know. People who stick around here a few years figure that out. It's like going to a conference. The conference might be about neurosurgery, and you spend 80% of the time discussing neurosurgery, but occasionally you talk about something else. Do you pick up your drink and go to a different room just because you have changed the topic? Nothing elitist about it, and the people who are currently enjoying these OT rambles are the very ones who keep this group going with useful, sim-related information. cheers Stephen "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z22Q7.38529$[email hidden]...

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> Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as > this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and > forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or > multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like) > in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each > end. > > There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here,

which > to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year. >

Filters work very well. "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z22Q7.38529$[email hidden]...

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> Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as > this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and > forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or > multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like) > in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each > end. > > There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here,

which > to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year. > > If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you > elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-offcorner

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> of the world. > > Alanb > "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9uo0bj$e3u$[email hidden]... > > To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > > > Now where do i start...? > > > > Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years and > > never really tried much else. > > > > BUT..!! > > > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to inform > > you.... > > > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! > > > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. > > > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but > unless > > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different ilk. > > > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with a > > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! > > > > > > Morgan > > > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and

they > > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expectedto > > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 > tanks > > have me in their sights and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhi

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On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 11:50:55 GMT, "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as >this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and >forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or >multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread (optic-like) >in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each >end. You're right, enough of this off-topic crap! Now about these Bobby Labonte Real-Dolls.. Andre

Hey, there was an email going around before the Aussie census, asking everyone to put down "Jedi Knight" as their religion. Apparently if 10,000 people nominate it, it becomes an "official" religion. Problem was that the census office started emailing a warning about it, threatening $10,000 fines for falsifying census statements. No fun and no sense of humour. Rafe Mc On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 10:42:38 +0100, "Stephen Ferguson" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>What next? "Jedi Knight" is an official religious affiliation on the >British polls... > >Yawn... > >Stephen > > >"istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> >> some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode >> one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack >> of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a virgin birth and >> yadda yadda yadda (yawn). >> >> what next? >> Regards all, >> istoff >

Sure. But these guys sometimes have some interesting and helpful things to say. If only they'd stop this okay-let's-all-start-some-irrelevant-thread-so-all-us-buddies-who-should-be- using-a-different-forum-can-chime-in-a-thousand-fold stuff. Alanb "Mike Grandy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:tm3Q7.23994$[email hidden]... > Filters work very well. > > "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:z22Q7.38529$[email hidden]... > > Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsenseas > > this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and > > forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or > > multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread(optic-like)

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"Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:z22Q7.38529$[email hidden]: > Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense > as this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back > and forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. > Or multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread > (optic-like) in a telephone-like network, with every one of your > mundane ears at each end. Thus spoke the whinging troll who complained about too much simulator related discussion! *plonk* cheers John

>"Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote > Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense as > this? Hahahah netcop Alan still trying to convince us he is the solution to our newsgroups problems (who of course don't exist) > If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, you > elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-offcorner > of the world. YAY I hope someday! You don't do much Usenet browsing, or you would know that it's now basically just a bunch of elite cliques, semi-related between each other. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"Dave Henre" <[email hidden]> wrote > A Balrog could KICK your puny little Jedi's beehind....no question. ! > LOTR!!!!! > :) yayayayay! Pointy ears : Yoda vs. Elves vs. Spock. Everybody knows that Yoda is the winner ;-D -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote... > about episode 2 ymenard, i hope its better than 1. I'm assuming that > the irritating little boy is gone and that jar jar's role is reduced > ten fold. The irritating boy is now a young adult, and Jar Jar is on screen for about 10 minutes. > i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much > better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young > anakin did. It's on purpose, you know... He's not annoying because of an error. > some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode > one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack > of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a virgin birth and > yadda yadda yadda (yawn). SW is just modern mythology. -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

>"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote > They only censored one scene right? I downloaded that scene from the > internet, and imho it doesn't add anything to EWS. That's where we basically differ opinions, It's one of the profound and intense scene Kubrick has ever shot, the whole scene is incredibly tight and disturbing. The fact is, the DVD Region 1 should had been uncensored, because heck it's a DVD for the hardcore fans. Heck, it's still censorship, and should never be done anyway. > Also doesn't change anything to the fact that I think EWS is one of > his best movies.. and not only because you see Kidman naked in it :) > But I think I'm the only one in the world with this opinion :) Well for me they are all his "best" movies. Except Fear and Desire. > Not if Episode II becomed just as crappy as Episode I.. Of course it's not. You can take my words for it :) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

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> > On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 00:15:10 +0100, Ronald Stoehr > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >As the X45 is probably quite similar to my X36 (internally), there might > >be a problem to use analog pedals with it, too. > > I don't think much has changed.. to be honest the x45 is quite ugly, > it's blue now, but I heard and read the springs in the x45 have > improven a lot.. Oh well, a can of black paint should do wonders.

I was going to write that in my first post... ;) That blue color is really, really ugly on a HOTAS. -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

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> > "Ronald Stoehr" <[email hidden]> wrote > > > > For X36 there is a modified driver on > http://home.att.net/~stickworks/swdownld.html > > (X36DRV04.ZIP). I still didn't try it, the needed steps to use it are > sounding > > a little nasty. Please, let me know, if the X45 works w/ the pedals. Maybe > Saitek > > fixed their drivers... ;) > > > > I'm using the Stickworks driver so that I can use my CH Pedals with an X-36. > The process is very simple and very effective. It really makes a difference > when you're strafing an armoured column in IL-2 and can flick left and right > with the pedals. Give it a try, you may like it. Also it is really easy to > fix if it doesn't work.

Thanks for the info. I'm just testing a Radeon 7500 and... (I'm just amazed by the diff to my trusty V5, the amazing performance just made me drive N4 for 2 hours, although I just wanted to test ALL my sims, dammit!). ...will install that driver before I get back to Il-2 again. Ok, I'm amazed by the Radeon 7500, now I'm thinking: what diff would a GF3 Ti 200 make? It's only about 60 Dollars more... -- l8er ronny Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

Considering an overclocked Ti 200 runs at stock GF3 speeds, I think it's worth the $60. ;0) -- Joe Marques "Ronald Stoehr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Phil Lee wrote: > > > > "Ronald Stoehr" <[email hidden]> wrote > > > > > > For X36 there is a modified driver on > > http://home.att.net/~stickworks/swdownld.html > > > (X36DRV04.ZIP). I still didn't try it, the needed steps to use it are > > sounding > > > a little nasty. Please, let me know, if the X45 works w/ the pedals. Maybe > > Saitek > > > fixed their drivers... ;) > > > > > > > I'm using the Stickworks driver so that I can use my CH Pedals with an X-36. > > The process is very simple and very effective. It really makes a difference > > when you're strafing an armoured column in IL-2 and can flick left and right > > with the pedals. Give it a try, you may like it. Also it is really easy to > > fix if it doesn't work. > > Thanks for the info. I'm just testing a Radeon 7500 and... > (I'm just amazed by the diff to my trusty V5, the amazing performance just > made me drive N4 for 2 hours, although I just wanted to test ALL my sims, dammit!). > ...will install that driver before I get back to Il-2 again. > > Ok, I'm amazed by the Radeon 7500, now I'm thinking: what diff would a GF3 Ti 200 make? > It's only about 60 Dollars more... > > -- > l8er > ronny > > Your mouse has moved. Windows must be restarted for the change > to take effect. Reboot now? > |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, > ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. > |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, > '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

On Fri, 7 Dec 2001 15:24:24 -0500, "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote: >> i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much >> better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young >> anakin did. > >It's on purpose, you know... He's not annoying because of an error. >what do you mean? i don't mean annoyed by the role in the movie. i meant the actor portraying the role just annoyed me. the kid in the mummy2 who played an annoying (to the bad guys) brat was actually quite funny i thought. mind you, watching Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams and especially Carrie Fisher act in the original movies hardly looks like good acting at all. still the movies are still great despite that. i sort of fondly overlook them (the performance, i mean) as I still enjoy the first 3 movies so much. here's hoping for episode 2. the whole clone wars title makes it sound very 'B' movie-ish. I'm sure that could have had a more dramatic title. i know the clone wars are referred to in the other movies, but sheesh. not a good beginning imo. whats next? episode 3 - jedi mania? ****WARNING**** This post has exceeded its offtopic quota. Cease immediately with your inane ramblings. ******************** oh okay. er. erm. Episode 2, its no GPL.. And, erm, CART SIM!! Regards all, istoff

Exactly, mini-Darth should not be cute, cuddly and all around loveable. He should be an annoying kid that you might want to smack if his parents weren't looking. ;0) -- Joe Marques "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7v9Q7.71988$[email hidden]... > > i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much > > better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young > > anakin did. > > It's on purpose, you know... He's not annoying because of an error.

Yeah, but he becomes a LOT more irritating in episode 4 :) -Larry "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7v9Q7.71988$[email hidden]... > >"istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote... > > about episode 2 ymenard, i hope its better than 1. I'm assuming that > > the irritating little boy is gone and that jar jar's role is reduced > > ten fold. > > The irritating boy is now a young adult, and Jar Jar is on screen forabout

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Off Topic.. "Warringa"... Isn't that the guy the little funny stick-creatures in MIB were always talking about? Never mind.... :) -Larry "ymenard" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:7v9Q7.71988$[email hidden]... > >"istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote... > > about episode 2 ymenard, i hope its better than 1. I'm assuming that > > the irritating little boy is gone and that jar jar's role is reduced > > ten fold. > > The irritating boy is now a young adult, and Jar Jar is on screen forabout

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> 10 minutes. > > > > i watched the mummy returns last night and was struck by how much > > better the kid was in the movie. didn't annoy me as much as the young > > anakin did. > > It's on purpose, you know... He's not annoying because of an error. > > > > some guy phoned into a local radio station complaining that in episode > > one, Darth Vader is made out to be Jesus Christ. Apparently the lack > > of a father for Anakin means that his mother had a virgin birth and > > yadda yadda yadda (yawn). > > SW is just modern mythology. > > > -- > -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > -- http://www.ymenard.com/ > -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez > Corporation - helping America into the New World... > > >

>"istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote > what do you mean? i don't mean annoyed by the role in the movie. i > meant the actor portraying the role just annoyed me. the kid in the > mummy2 who played an annoying (to the bad guys) brat was actually > quite funny i thought. The actor acts the way the director wants him to act, remember. It's the way he is scripted. Anakin was not meant to be funny, nor the type of emotions of the little kid in the Mummy Returns (which was an awful waste of celluloid I say). > mind you, watching Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Billy Dee Williams and > especially Carrie Fisher act in the original movies hardly looks like > good acting at all. still the movies are still great despite that. i > sort of fondly overlook them (the performance, i mean) as I still > enjoy the first 3 movies so much. Well exactly ;) > here's hoping for episode 2. the whole clone wars title makes it > sound very 'B' movie-ish. I'm sure that could have had a more > dramatic title. i know the clone wars are referred to in the other > movies, but sheesh. not a good beginning imo. whats next? > episode 3 - jedi mania? Yeah, especially the great title that is "The Empire Strikes Back". > oh okay. er. erm. Episode 2, its no GPL.. And, erm, CART SIM!! SW : Pod Racing is pretty good ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

"Olav K. Malmin" wrote: > > Wan't off-topic newsgroup, try rec.autos.sport.f1 during offseason. It's even worse DURING the season, IMHO...

"Andre Warringa" wrote... > <snip> > Use the rudders.. yup, even taking off is hard.. try taking off > with a fully bomb-loaded plane during a thunderstorm.. good > luck :) I know Andre, I know (don't tell me how to fly a prop, bud). Reduced to keyboard here though as I gave my TM FCSII, WCS throttle and rudder pedals to someone who still has time left to invest in flight sims. Strange that, haven't seen him around since IL2 release. Even more so as he's usually a bit of a jet jockey.<g> Anyhow, I gave up flight simming after I got kicked and temporarily banned from a Warbirds server after breaking away from a reserve position in a bomber escort squadron to help another player I knew (who was under attack). I don't know how the online scene has evolved... are there still saddos lurking in the practise areas hoping for an easy kill?? I met some like that, although some of them changed their mind instantly after I showed them the business end of a Typhoon. ;-)) > I haven't even managed a landing yet.. not without completely > trashing my plane that is :-/ GPL in 3D... highly confusing. And to think I used to be quite good at this sort of thing. Flight simming is not like riding a bike. Jan. =---

Jan; Things haven't changed much in the online arenas you mention<G> -John Jan Verschueren <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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attack). > I don't know how the online scene has evolved... are there still saddos > lurking in the practise areas hoping for an easy kill?? I met some like > that, although some of them changed their mind instantly after I showedthem > the business end of a Typhoon. ;-)) > > > I haven't even managed a landing yet.. not without completely > > trashing my plane that is :-/ > > GPL in 3D... highly confusing. And to think I used to be quite good atthis > sort of thing. Flight simming is not like riding a bike. > > Jan. > =--- > >

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>>"Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote >> They only censored one scene right? I downloaded that scene from the >> internet, and imho it doesn't add anything to EWS. > > >That's where we basically differ opinions, It's one of the profound and >intense scene Kubrick has ever shot, the whole scene is incredibly tight and >disturbing. The fact is, the DVD Region 1 should had been uncensored, >because heck it's a DVD for the hardcore fans. Heck, it's still censorship, >and should never be done anyway.

It's disturbing, but is it really more disturbing just because you see some more details? But ofcourse I fully agree that it should not have been censored at all, that was simply ridiculous. >> Also doesn't change anything to the fact that I think EWS is one of >> his best movies.. and not only because you see Kidman naked in it :) >> But I think I'm the only one in the world with this opinion :) > >Well for me they are all his "best" movies. Except Fear and Desire. I never heard of that one.. time to check IMDB.. One of his average early works I assume? >> Not if Episode II becomed just as crappy as Episode I.. > >Of course it's not. You can take my words for it :) K.. maybe I didn't like Episode I also because of the MAJOR hype, at least here in Holland. Same thing going on now with that Harry Potter movie.. I hate that. Andre

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Am I mistaken or is the region 2 dvd uncensored in this respect? Which scene has been removed from the zone 1? I personally think that the film could be a few minutes shorter and still be as powerful, but for a few minutes, i don't mind if a scene is heightened by a more lingering shot or two. i'm no movie expert or anything, but although i think it is a very good film, i've enjoyed movies like 2001 more. Its all a question of taste, imo, and as others have repeatedly told me, i have none. Hell, 'Top Secret' is in my all time top 10 fave movies, so draw your own conclusions. :) Regards all, istoff

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> >"Dave Henre" <[email hidden]> wrote > > A Balrog could KICK your puny little Jedi's beehind....no question. ! > > LOTR!!!!! > > :) > > yayayayay! > > Pointy ears : Yoda vs. Elves vs. Spock. > Everybody knows that Yoda is the winner ;-D

Yeah but Star Wars had to steal the whole Luke/Leia bit from Tolkein. Aragorn, son of Arathorn, the Future ....(well, I don't want to spoil movie #3) is the Human decendant of a pair of brothers....Elrond the Elf, who's daughter is ARwen(main Squeeze of Aragorn) is the other half of that brotherly pair....So they are like Kissin Cousins.. And look at the secondary bad guys....everybody knows Peter Cushing (Grand Moff Tarkin) always played second fiddle to Christopher Lee(Saruman) in all those Dracula movies. Case closed.... dave henrie One nurburgRING to rule them

"Dave Henre" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:mspQ7.16373$L51.36799@rwcrnsc54... > One nurburgRING to rule them > One nurburgRing to find them. One nurburgRing to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. I'm not looking forward to the films either:) Phil Lee -- Legends Central Webmaster http://www.legendscentral.com

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>Hey, there was an email going around before the Aussie census, asking >everyone to put down "Jedi Knight" as their religion. Apparently if >10,000 people nominate it, it becomes an "official" religion. > >Problem was that the census office started emailing a warning about >it, threatening $10,000 fines for falsifying census statements. No fun >and no sense of humour. >

So what if there WERE a following of a new religion? Meaning, the census people didn't know about it? Would they fine the new 'scientology' followers? Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

I knew you were going to say that! :) "TRUSRS85" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > CART sim!!

>"Dave Henre" <[email hidden]> wrote > Yeah but Star Wars had to steal the whole Luke/Leia bit from Tolkein. > Aragorn, son of Arathorn, the Future ....(well, I don't want to spoilmovie > #3) is the Human decendant of a pair of brothers....Elrond the Elf, who's > daughter is ARwen(main Squeeze of Aragorn) is the other half of that > brotherly pair....So they are like Kissin Cousins.. Bah, and like Tolkien didn't steal that from old mythology ;-) > And look at the secondary bad guys....everybody knows Peter Cushing(Grand > Moff Tarkin) always played second fiddle to Christopher Lee(Saruman) inall > those Dracula movies. Case closed.... Yep, and Christopher Lee in Episode 2 is pretty much that also. Case closed... ;) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... -- http://www.ymenard.com/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimato Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 22:11:15 GMT, "rik zeppelin" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I knew you were going to say that! >:) Duh, the whole world knew that :) Andre >"TRUSRS85" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> CART sim!! >

"ymenard" > Yep, and Christopher Lee in Episode 2 is pretty much that also. Case > closed... ;) > > Frank now you are JUST getting ridiculous..saying that Christopher Leeoutshines Christopher Lee when ANY ninnie knows Christopher Lee is clearly superior... :) Alright...lets look at Magic/Force. Anniekin can move things, feel things and drive real fast. Gandalf...the world's #2 Wizard, when cornered by wolves...chose to light PINE CONES on fire and pitch them at said wolves...(I know that's Hobbit lore not LotR but ....) Clearly a Pinecone Pitcher can deal with a leaping parking attendant with an overgrown flashlight dave henrie Nine Rings for mortal drivers doomed to lose Seven Rings for short Euro-named Drivers doomed to Die and One NurburgRING to rule them all...

er sorry guys. looks like I'm going to be eating canned beans on christmas dinner. your respective 0.02c are on the way. seems like too many of you got the answer right. i hope i have enough for all of you. btw, i *found* my copy of the boggit. it starts the same way as the hobbit, but besides the chest you also have a box of exploding chocolates and a toilet in your hobbit hole. i was killed by the chocolates i think. didn't even get to meet gandalf or thorin yet(whatever their names are). bilbo is now bimbo and lives in Muddle Earth. On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 09:18:06 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote:

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>On 07 Dec 2001 09:34:45 +0100, [email hidden] (Asbj�rn >Bj�rnstad) wrote: > >>[email hidden] (Olav K. Malmin) writes: >> >>> istoff <[email hidden]> writes: >>> >>> > thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. >>> >>> J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit >> >>My guess is the game based on the book. >>-- >> -asbjxrn > >I swear I read this post -after- I posted my solution.. >I want those 0.02 cents! > >Andre

Regards all, istoff

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>istoff <[email hidden]> writes: > >> thorin sits down and starts singing about a pot of gold. > >J.R.R. Tolkien: The Hobbit > >> 0.02 cents to anyone who knows that reference :) >>

kerchink. (sound of cash register). actually I was referring to the C64 / Spectrum, etc adventure game from Melbourne House(who are still around, it seems). Now that I think of it, there was some guy who wrote 2 commercial spoof adventures called the Boggit & Bored of the Rings. They were actually quite good, apparently. Now where is my emulator... Regards all, istoff

I can hear my mother now. What kind of Jedi Knight are you? You call that a light sabre? You don't even take your mitichlorian (spelling?) supplements. and the force? you can't even move your arse from your computer. *sigh* I haven't made an on-topic post for ages. sorry R.A.S. police. On Fri, 07 Dec 2001 15:27:36 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) wrote:

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>Hey, there was an email going around before the Aussie census, asking >everyone to put down "Jedi Knight" as their religion. Apparently if >10,000 people nominate it, it becomes an "official" religion. > >Problem was that the census office started emailing a warning about >it, threatening $10,000 fines for falsifying census statements. No fun >and no sense of humour. > >Rafe Mc

Regards all, istoff

"Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:sz5Q7.38612$[email hidden]... > Sure. But these guys sometimes have some interesting and helpful thingsto > say. If only they'd stop this >okay-let's-all-start-some-irrelevant-thread-so-all-us-buddies-who-should-be- > using-a-different-forum-can-chime-in-a-thousand-fold stuff. > > Alanb > Well, it doesn't seem too difficult to remember "the thread 'Hey Warringa' contains a useless OT discussion which I would rather not follow". You've got several kilos of grey matter in your skull, and I'm sure it would benefit from this sort of pattern-recognition exercise. Why use a black and white filter rule when your brain can do a better job? Stephen

Dave Henre wrote: > Yeah but Star Wars had to steal the whole Luke/Leia bit from Tolkein. Yeah, but Tolkien probably lifted that from Wagner's tetralogy of operas "The Ring of the Nibelungen" in which Siegried and Sieglinda, twin brother and sister, are lovers. And of course Wagner's story is derived from many old Germanic legends, epics, sagas .... Not that there's anything wrong with that (borrowing thematic material from other works, that is - I'm not condoning incest ;-) ). Dave Ewing P.S. So Dave, how come you spell your name Henrie in your e-mail address and when you sign your name, but you have Henre (no i) in your "from" line? Just curious. -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

"David Ewing" > P.S. So Dave, how come you spell your name Henrie in your e-mail addressand > when you sign your name, but you have Henre (no i) in your "from" line?Just > curious. > The damn Huns stole my I. After butchering Chrysler, Daimler-Bennzoilperoxide has gone after simulated Mopar drivers. yeah dat's it... dave henrie (I think I fixed it....Rafe pointed it out to me also)

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wow Dave! i am So impressed... i only knew you were good at golf outside GPL... this is a very staggering revelation of your depth and breadth of literature and education... sir- :D bo bruce On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:00:29 -0700, David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Dave Henre wrote: > >> Yeah but Star Wars had to steal the whole Luke/Leia bit from Tolkein. > >Yeah, but Tolkien probably lifted that from Wagner's tetralogy of operas "The >Ring of the Nibelungen" in which Siegried and Sieglinda, twin brother and >sister, are lovers. And of course Wagner's story is derived from many old >Germanic legends, epics, sagas .... >Dave Ewing

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (bb) writes: >wow Dave! i am So impressed... i only knew you were good at golf >outside GPL... this is a very staggering revelation of your depth and >breadth of literature and education... sir- >:D Sounds like the OSRL maillist...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

writes: Sounds like the OSRL maillist...<g> Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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>I can hear my mother now. > >What kind of Jedi Knight are you? You call that a light sabre? You >don't even take your mitichlorian (spelling?) supplements. > >and the force? you can't even move your arse from your computer. > >*sigh* >I haven't made an on-topic post for ages. > >sorry R.A.S. police.

hehe, you know they'll get you banned or worse. :) Rafe Mc

> >So what if there WERE a following of a new religion? Meaning, the census >people didn't know about it? Would they fine the new 'scientology' followers? > >Eldred I think that any new (legitimate) religion would be accepted if there were enough followers, but the Census people got wind of our little scam early. So they decided to foil it early by sending out press releases, etc. It even made it into the daily paper lol. Rafe Mc

>Its all a question of taste, imo, and as others have repeatedly told >me, i have none. Hell, 'Top Secret' is in my all time top 10 fave >movies, so draw your own conclusions. :) > >Regards all, >istoff Hey, Top Secret is a great movie! Laughed my arse off wathcing that one first time round. Rafe Mc

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 09:48:58 GMT, [email hidden] (Rafe McAuliffe) wrote: >Hey, Top Secret is a great movie! Laughed my arse off wathcing that >one first time round. > >Rafe Mc Ich habe Sauerkraut in meiner Lederhosen! Andre

bb wrote: > wow Dave! i am So impressed... i only knew you were good at golf > outside GPL... this is a very staggering revelation of your depth and > breadth of literature and education... sir- Thanks, Bo, I think ... or were you just saying you previously thought I was a dumbass? ;-) Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:53:39 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote: >Ich habe Sauerkraut in meiner Lederhosen! > >Andrethere is a schnauzer in my wiener schnitzel. *sigh* had a sad day at my Uncle's funeral today. i gave a tribute. took me ages between the tears to get through it. thanks andre. i needed a laugh. Regards all, istoff

In article <[email hidden]>, istoff <[email hidden]> writes: >had a sad day at my Uncle's funeral today. i gave a tribute. took me >ages between the tears to get through it. Damn... Sorry to hear about your loss.... Eldred -- Dale Earnhardt, Sr. R.I.P. 1951-2001 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPLRank - under construction... Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

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>On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:53:39 GMT, [email hidden] >(Andre Warringa) wrote: > >>Ich habe Sauerkraut in meiner Lederhosen! >> >>Andre >there is a schnauzer in my wiener schnitzel. >*sigh* >had a sad day at my Uncle's funeral today. i gave a tribute. took me >ages between the tears to get through it. > >thanks andre. i needed a laugh. > >Regards all, >istoff

Wow.. sorry man :( Andre

You've pulled us from the cockpit for a few moments...our thoughts are with you and your family. dave henrie "istoff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:53:39 GMT, [email hidden] > (Andre Warringa) wrote: > > >Ich habe Sauerkraut in meiner Lederhosen! > > > >Andre > there is a schnauzer in my wiener schnitzel. > *sigh* > had a sad day at my Uncle's funeral today. i gave a tribute. took me > ages between the tears to get through it. > > thanks andre. i needed a laugh. > > > Regards all, > istoff

geez guys. > You've pulled us from the cockpit for a few moments...our thoughts are >with you and your family. >dave henrie i assumed so from the start, but i'm glad for the confimation, all of you. in another window, i am typing up the 'summarised' version of the whole day for my brother & uncles in toronto & vancouver respectively. reliving the day in an email is the only way i can concievably explain it to the 2 of them without going through some tissues :) the funny thing is that my eulogy/tribute was actually pretty funny. i can't believe that all of us was crying. it was sort of like the ultimate bad audience for a lousy comedian. i'm sure my uncle approved though :) Regards all, istoff

Well, since we're here chatting about literature. Why not make a really memorable film and game about those two books. It will begin and end with Ring des Nibelungen and Lord of the Ring somewhere between the parts of Ring des Nibelungen. We could even make it a live roleplaying event on the N�rburgring. And ask John Frankenheimer to make a movie about it. The 1000 Km of the N�rburgring season 1967 would be a good setting. Greetings Olaf "David Ewing" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:[email hidden]...

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> bb wrote: > > > wow Dave! i am So impressed... i only knew you were good at golf > > outside GPL... this is a very staggering revelation of your depth and > > breadth of literature and education... sir- > > Thanks, Bo, I think ... or were you just saying you previously thought I

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> dumbass? ;-) > > Dave Ewing > > > -- > ***************************************************** > David A. Ewing > Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] > ***************************************************** > > >

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:22:14 +0200, istoff <[email hidden]> wrote: >the funny thing is that my eulogy/tribute was actually pretty funny. >i can't believe that all of us was crying. it was sort of like the >ultimate bad audience for a lousy comedian. i'm sure my uncle >approved though :) Have you ever seen the funeral of one of the Monty Python members, where John Cleese makes a speech? One of his funniest moments ever, the whole audience was laughing madly. Superb :) Andre > >Regards all, >istoff

hi, i assume you mean (colin?) chapman. no i haven't. i can imagine its hilarious. i must look out for it. On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:32:59 GMT, [email hidden] (Andre Warringa) wrote: >Have you ever seen the funeral of one of the Monty Python members, >where John Cleese makes a speech? One of his funniest moments ever, >the whole audience was laughing madly. Superb :) > >Andre Regards all, istoff

istoff wrote: > i assume you mean (colin?) chapman. That must have been a Freudian slip ... Colin Chapman was the founder of Lotus The late, great member of Monty Python was Graham Chapman. Dave Ewing -- ***************************************************** David A. Ewing Xilinx Boulder [email hidden] *****************************************************

I dunno if you think you're having a spritual revelation or what, but the signal/noise ratio of this group (and usenet in general) hasn't changed much in the last 10 or so years. I haven't read usenet regularly since 95 or so aside from popping by a few groups every year or two and I'm not entirely sure that this phenomenon you're pointing out is particularly unique, new, or confined to this group. Jason "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<sz5Q7.38612$[email hidden]>...

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> Sure. But these guys sometimes have some interesting and helpful things to > say. If only they'd stop this > okay-let's-all-start-some-irrelevant-thread-so-all-us-buddies-who-should-be- > using-a-different-forum-can-chime-in-a-thousand-fold stuff. > > Alanb > > "Mike Grandy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:tm3Q7.23994$[email hidden]... > > Filters work very well. > > > > "Alan Bernardo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:z22Q7.38529$[email hidden]... > > > Why do you guys continuingly clutter this newsgroup with such nonsense > as > > > this? Try finding a chat applet online and then you all can go back and > > > forth as much as you like. Or try email. Or snail mail. Or UPS. Or > > > multiple god-damned cups all tied together with a thin thread > (optic-like) > > > in a telephone-like network, with every one of your mundane ears at each > > > end. > > > > > > There is a limit to this crap, other places to post, rather than here, > which > > > to some of you is the OT newsgroup of the year. > > > > > > If it wasn't for a few people here who do post some interesting stuff, > you > > > elite few could have this newsgroup to your own, in your own, far-off > corner > > > of the world. > > > > > > Alanb > > > "Morgan Boof" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:9uo0bj$e3u$[email hidden]... > > > > To the evil Mr Warringa..... > > > > > > > > Now where do i start...? > > > > > > > > Let's get going then,i am a hardcore sim racer,have been for 8 years > and > > > > never really tried much else. > > > > > > > > BUT..!! > > > > > > > > Then i see your 'satan' post not long ago and i feel compelled to > inform > > > > you.... > > > > > > > > I HATE YOU WITH A PASSION...!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > Only hated three men in my life and you become number four..BIG STYLE. > > > > > > > > At least the other three were referees in crucial footie matches,but > unless > > > > you have knobbly knees and dress in black,you are from a different > ilk. > > > > > > > > So i leave you with this Mr Warringa,dont ever catch my eye again with > a > > > > post,or we could be talking a life term for me in Shawshank.!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Morgan > > > > > > > > p.s If i crash this CHUFFIN il-2 thing again i will > > > > screeeeeeeeeeeaaammmm,and they blow me up before i've got settled and > they > > > > come from all 18 sides of me with bloody bombs and then i am expected > to > > > > corkscrew to within 3 inches of the ground to survive and even then 40 > tanks > > > > have me in their sights > and.....and....and...aaaaaagggggggghhhhhhhhhhhh > i > > > > hate you WARRINGA..!! > > > > > > > > LOL :) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote: > istoff wrote: >> i assume you mean (colin?) chapman. > That must have been a Freudian slip ... Colin Chapman was the founder of > Lotus The late, great member of Monty Python was Graham Chapman. [ spoiler ahead! ]  it was graham chapman's memorial service. around the end of 1990 i think. bbc filmed it, and showed it on telly a while later. john cleese becomes the first person at a british memorial serivce to say the word f**k, there were lots of related celebs in the congregation, and they all sing 'always look on the bright side of life' at the end. the whole thing starts off solemn and turns hilarious in an instant. and a quick search found this: http://www.pythonet.org/graham-chapman.html (1/2 way down) (is this the right room for OT stuff?) dr martin

Hi, On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 09:04:19 GMT, [email hidden] wrote:

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>David Ewing <[email hidden]> wrote: >> istoff wrote: > >>> i assume you mean (colin?) chapman. > >> That must have been a Freudian slip ... Colin Chapman was the founder of >> Lotus The late, great member of Monty Python was Graham Chapman. >

i must have been thinking for a coupla minutes what the first name was and it eluded me. at least the colin chapman reference made it a little more on-topic for a change.

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> >[ spoiler ahead! ] > >it was graham chapman's memorial service. around the end of 1990 i >think. bbc filmed it, and showed it on telly a while later. john >cleese becomes the first person at a british memorial serivce to say >the word f**k, there were lots of related celebs in the congregation, >and they all sing 'always look on the bright side of life' at the end. >the whole thing starts off solemn and turns hilarious in an instant. > >and a quick search found this: > >http://www.pythonet.org/graham-chapman.html (1/2 way down) > >(is this the right room for OT stuff?) >dr martin

er no. we're on borrowed time here. :) Regards all, istoff