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That being said I don't see why not put two people in the cockpit at all times, it's not really any kind of "sacrifice" as far as freedom goes.
You say that 'till you have to take a leak real bad! I in general agree as well. (of course my reasonable consessions to the balance of freedom to reality includes strapping a pistol to my hip every morning).
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Lol, FT. Don't insult poor Gec like that! I however am a US citizen and I am quite familiar with the concept of freedom, but I have not seen it practiced sucessfully in my lifetime save for a eight short years in the eighties (and that only in part). Alas I think we may be walking a bit close to the brink here.........That said, true freedom sort of borders on anarchy a little bit, in that it relies on the majority of a given populace to be law abiding and reasonable citizens willingly. Unfortunately when you raise up several generations of narcisistic, entitled, whining shits, the whole idea kind of falls apart. (Especially when said shits are running the country).
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You get to be free when your dead FT, in the meantime just shut up and do what your told!!!!!
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Holy shit are these people stupid. I can't even watch mainstream media anymore.
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I don't think any of the JSGME options should make any difference in CUP. Even so, it would be a limited number of players anyway as I doubt CUP would be mainstream for us. I'd love to try an online trial on some off night, I don't see any reason it wouldn't work, given everyone has machines that can run it efficiently.
BTW Tiger sounds are built in, so Cup wouldn't be you cup 'o tea, Arjen.
BTW, for those that just have to add something, it should be fairly easy to package it into JSGME so that it would be easy to roll it back for online use
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That's really amazing, and one hulluva feat of pilotage. Cudos to Han Solo!
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It has an Electra. Close enough?
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Moving.
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Sorry to hear about your B. I Law. It's tough to find a man that's good enough for your sister! Tougher still to loose him.
As for the 970, thanks for the heads up. Please keep us updated on the 980. -
Not many of these men left.
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I look forward to exploring that one day.
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, they are however not entitled to my giving a crap about it. Just another self important know it all spouting ill informed opinion as if it comes down from Sinai. Prefering to use the "authorised version" is fine by me, but insulting people who give thier valuable time to the community for free is just piss ant. Piss ants are to be ignored.
Besides, people that think they know everything really grate on those of us that actually do............
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The Progression of the Luftwhiners never ceases! They've expanded all the way to WWI.
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Helluva story.
True badass.
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Oooo, that's a coold one eh?
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All in a days work. FOR A LUNATIC!
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Welcome to USB Hell, my friend. I've been having problems with USB and the various devices installed on it since my first Saitek x36. To be fair it has been more often than not crappy Saitek drivers rather than USB itself. Surfing the interwebs is fairly simple, but once you start running advanced software (like flightsims) and plugging in a dozen peripherals it can go sideways fast.
Methinks the Captain has earned his "Power User" merit badge!
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I looked into this lock a bit further, but didn't find much. I did find a few photo's of the deadbolt that the above cylinder came out of and it looked like a real piece of crap, so there's your method of selling this thing at a marketable price. It looks much like a Chinese lock that you can get for five bucks at Wallmart. I'm surprised that I don't remember seeing this thing at trade shows or something. Unlike Bill, I'd love to take that bad boy apart.
The other question would be, what is the market in the US for pick proof locks? Not much. For the most part criminals around here wouldn't learn such a skill, I mean if they wanted to work they'd get a job. I haven't seen credible evidence of a criminal picking a lock in thirty years. I sell two different high security locks, and two different restricted keyway locks and the latter far outstrip the (three times) more expensive High security locks in sales. 80% of High security lock buyers are looking for key control and the restricted keyways do the job nicely without wasting money on pick and drill resistance that is just not needed.
I do believe that I've figured out the manufacturing process though! It looks on closer inspection like it's injection molded pot metal with a couple of (possibly steel) rails inserted from the sides to guide the key smoothly around the curves. The steps that are visible from the outside are I believe molded in to provide even more resistance to inserting a pick.
It's quite a clever design, but I'm still quite sure it wouldn't last long under typical American use (abuse).
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Nope, never have. I can tell you why it failed though. It's waaaaaay too expensive to manufacture and waaaaay to not idiot proof. I'm sure that if the manufacturer ever sold any they got them back within two weeks, the lock is simply too complicated and requires too much user skill to operate. The benefit is just not worth the cost and inconvenience. I also doubt that the thing is very reliable. I've seen a hundred of these solutions in search of a problem pop up and disappear over the last thirty years.
It also looks like the thing would be nearly impossible to service. I also have a manufacturing background, and I doubt they were able to make that plug in one piece (though they may have been able to bond the "slices" somehow). I can typically re-pin a standard lock in one to two minutes each without even trying to work fast. A typical high security lock bumps that up to at least ten minutes or so. I'd hate to even imagine the work required to get all of those pieces in and out. The guy in the video was well justified in being afraid to take that thing apart.
The key is yet another level of Dante's hell for locksmiths. Brass would simply not be strong enough, even nickel silver would be too soft and the stuff is tougher to cut and puts a lot of wear and tear on your key machine. That leaves mild steel and that will destroy your machine slicker 'n shit and also chew up the lock in no time. And it still won't hold up over time.
Another cool idea relegated to history's scrap pile.
Damn cool lock though, thanks for sharing.
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Damn, son! That be a big ole fish.
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I wish I were able to cut loose and join the party, but it's quite busy right now and what with bailing hay and sun shine and all that.
Unfortunately I don't have DT's number or E-mail. Not sure if Glenn's wife will have anymore of Dogz visiting after Kelly and I wrecked the place though! (well to be fair, mostly me) -
A Salute to your father and all of the unsung heroes that kept the supply lines open, both the merchant marine and the brave Navy sailors that shed their blood to get them through. WWII would have turned out much differently without them.
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I am sporting a woodie!
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That's the true magic of model building! How it makes large portions of your life disappear.
A320 Crash
in Jim's Place
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From what I gather from what I've heard (and I place little faith in the news media), this particular fellow got a psychological examination that declared him unfit to fly, but he ripped it up and no one was the wiser. My doctor and I had a conversation about this this morning and we were in kind of a stalemate, because if a guy knows that he may be declared incompetent to do his job he may never report his condition or do everything in his power to hide it. It's such a massive grey area, it seems to defy reasonable resolution.