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I can play guitar and trombone, but no concertina. I would recommend going to your local music store and checking if they have any beginner literature (usually plenty). I heard concertinas are rather difficult to play but rather fun when you get used to it.

ohh-dear-ugly.

Very clever.

where did you get that?, thats cheaper than the parts are worth!

Didn't BG go on a golfing trip a couple of weeks ago Just sayin'

The other day when flying with the dogs, we came onto the subject of track ir. It seems that some do not have this magnificent piece of sim-goodness Personally, I do not affort to spend the 150+£ for the track Ir system, so I came across a software called Freetrack. It is very similar to track ir, utilising the tracking of LEDs with a webcam. With the LEDs you can have 6DOF, which works perfectly in Il2. All you need is A cheap webcam 3 IR LEDs (can be bought from any electronics store) A soldering iron A ballcap (or you can fashion a clip to attach to your headset) Some small cables A battery (I use a 1.5 v AA battery) http://www.free-track.net/english/ If you want any help, I am more that happy to help you. It is rather easy to create (took me about 1-2 hours) and it is considerably cheaper (build my setup for about 20£, and that includes all material)

Welcome to the Dogz Farrett!

Watching to many youtube videos lately? Well You might aswell do it in better resolution! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=27mb_AyzGyQ&NR=1

I've heard the the swedish pilots were overjoyed with the viggen, as it was a significant improvement over the Draken. Both are very very pretty planes. Amazing sound when the Viggen reverses. BTW Viggen mean either a thundebolt or type of bird (the Turfed Duck) Draken can mean both Dragon or a kite.

Catchy tune. I love the original but this is incredible. I saw a standup by Billy Connolly the other day. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BoMdC2i0OXY Enjoy

Utterly hilarious http://www.thewebsiteisdown.com/

very clever GK.

Baileys (or other somesuch liqueur) with either scotch or bourbon. Nice and sweet, but with a fiery finish. 20 seconds is a quite a good name for it. Jim Beam would be rather good for the whisky part. Johnnie walker black label (red is nice aswell) for a somewhat mellower taste. It is sweet in the beginning, as the sweeter tones of the irish cream (baileys) touches the sweeter parts of the palate, then followed by the fiery taste of whisky. Somewhat similar to death by fellow a danger dog during 20 seconds.

Buy a BTR-80, now with a free ukranian tart signing bonus.

Proof that sleeping is a waste of time. Some other time perhaps.

There is the Ubi coop nights tonight around 1930 GMT. If you want we can jump over on Hyperlobby and bomb the carp outta something, I'll be available until midnight GMT. Got a real flight to catch tomorrow.

When is the next such bomber event?. I just love them. Too bad they are usually quite late as they are on US servers.

I've seen this guy before. He did one while the original singer was performing. Brilliant pantomine.

Even my abysmal laptop(It's starting to grow on my though) ran the game at a steady 25-35 FPS, with all things on full except perfect landscape.

On a side note I discovered that naturalpoint sells a headset clip with active IR leds (same setup as I built myself for a grand total of 5£) This might help if the reflected light is not stong enough. My cheap IR leds x3 powered by a 1.2 volt AA battery easily penetrates two layers of floppy disc.

My Freetrack setup works in brightsunshine in a rather large rooms (my family bought an old schoolhouse, my room is an old classroom). I used to have problems with light interference with my old setup, but since I swithched the lightsource from green to IR leds my problems was solved, and I can play anytime of day whatever the ambient lighting. The track ir emits an IR lightbeam, which is reflected onto the camera, some freetrack users use the same setup, but with a webcam with IR leds attached to it and reflective dots. The problem is that a camera cannot distinguish between the reflected light and ambient Infrarred light. This is where the magnetic disc (the storage part) of a floppy disc (3.4 inch I believe, I've got about 200 ones I do not/ cannot use) The goal is to prevent ambient IR light to interfere with the reflected IR light. The magnetic disc of a floppy disc attached infront of the lens of motion capture device (the track IR unit) will negate visable, and to a great extent ambient IR light. To salvage the magnetic disc is rather easy. 1. find a suitable floppy disc to be sacrificed (sounded a bit more ritualistic in my head...) 2. Pry off the metal sliding cover at the bottom of the disc. The black thing inside is the disc you want (the 1.44meg storage area) 3. pry off the plastic sides that contain the inside disc (the outer square cover). There might also be a loose small spring, that forces back the metal cover when the computer is not reading the disc (very painful to walk on with bare feet) 4. use a pair of scissors to cut out an appropriate size to cover the lens. 5. attach with tape to hold it to the camera (track IR device). Be sure to not to cover the lens with tape as that will destort the picture (a few pieces around the edges should be enough) 6. Test the tracking capability in the software, you may have to change your threshold for how much light is detected by the device. Additional layers may be needed if you have large amounts of ambient light. As the reflected IR light will be stronger than the ambient light, the reflected light will pass through the improvised filter(floppy disc centre) but the ambient will not, hence making the device fully functional, regardless of ambient lighting. I hope this proves to be useful. I do apologise for any lack of clarity in the above post, I am writing this while I am quite tired and have a pretty severe headache. I wish you the best of luck and if you need any help, you know where to find me (on BGs six waiting for twenty seconds, wait a minute I should not have written that) Ps I do realise I use a lot a parentheses (almost as many as C.S Lewis)

A bit nerdy, but I quite enjoyed it, a proof that science can be fun.

I have a 500gb Western Digital Mybook, and I love it. got it for about 70£, and it words flawlessly. not only is it pretty quick, but also looks good, black shiny finish with a blue lights on the front to indicate use and power. It is also shaped like a book, so it can be hidden on a bookshelf if you want.

There is a seastart on the Malta dogfight (Op Husky) I got with the 352nd mod pack, the eastern most one I think for the allies on Malta. How to enable it I do

I've seen that video before. Didn't that pilot plow another one into the ground?, or maybe that was the test pilot earlier. The old news on TV4 certainly raises some memories.