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Congrats, Coldie, I tried a bunch of times, and I think the most I downed was 3. While flying it, I figured that the only way to do it was with extreme patience, an attribute I sorely lack. I will give it one more shot and then try it with the P-40, although judging by my ability to B and Z Japanese planes, that may not help much... :oops:

Guitarman, I found someone who had created a BOB campaign, and I converted a couple of the missions already, which we have played. I plan to convert them all, hopefully by next week.

I have a feeling many of you have probably read most of these, but here ya' go: Non-Fiction: Stuka Pilot Very interesting autobiography of fantastic Stuka pilot and fanatical Nazi Hans-Ulrich Rudel who managed to survive flying the Stuka for the duration of the war, even on the eastern front. Of particular note for me was a description of a mission in Russia where Rudel fought off some Russian fighters who seemed reluctant to engage his dive bombers. http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0887402526 Once They Were Eagles: The Men of the Black Sheep Squadron "For 84 days during World War II Marine Fighting Squadron 214 ranged over the South Pacific led by a hard-drinking but gifted pilot and tactician named Gregg "Pappy" Boyington. The "Black Sheep," though well known at the time, have received only scant mention in military history (there was a highly fictional TV series in the 1970s). Walton was the 214's intelligence officer, knew all the principals personally, and recently contacted or interviewed the surviving 34 (out of 5l); vignettes of these make up the second half of the work. The first half, a unit history, is rather sketchy and anecdotal but vividly re-creates conditions under which the South Pacific war was fought; Walton's personal recollections and documents (in appendixes) are welcome." http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081310 ... e&n=283155 Strategy - Lidell Hart I was at a wedding of my wife's co-worker and sat next to a neighbor of theirs who engaged me in conversation, thus saving me from unbelievable boredom. We got onto the subject of books and military history, and he discussed and reccomended Hart's Strategy. Was so glad he did. Found the book enjoyable and enlightening. I subsequently kept Hart's concept of the "indirect approach" in mind while playing different wargames, including sims, and found it quite useful, although requiring patience, which is not my strong suit. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/045201 ... e&n=283155 The Forgotten Soldier Biography of a French/German who joins the Wermacht and discovers war is hell, particularly on the eastern front. Harrowing depictions of the Russian fighting, from the cold vastness of its plains to what its like to be attacked by T-34's without adequete armor to back you up. THe description of the attempt to flee on foot across a river as the Russians advance is chilling. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/157488 ... e&n=283155 War of the Rats While told as a narrative tale in large part, I believe the book keeps very much to the historical record (the movie took some liberties). Good description of the battle of Stalingrad at ground level while it focuses on the battle of snipers taking place amid the larger whirlwind of destruction. The end part depicting the cut off German soldiers as they await their fate almost makes you sorry for the bastards. FICTION Winds of War and War and Rememberance - Herman Wouk They can seem at first to read like melodramas, but hang in there. The novels do a very good job of making the Second World War accessible in all its horror, heroism and tragedy by viewing it through various characters eyes. While focusing on an American Naval family, it encompasses a number of characters, including an Ernie Pyle-style British correspondent. It also interweaves very evocative descriptions of various parts of the war. The description of the battle of Midway alone was worth reading the second book.

Well, I for one resent this. As you may notice, it was filmed entirely in New York City where I work, portraying the Big Apple as some sort of hotbed of violence, which is damn lies. New York City actually has a low crime rate nowadays and quite safe for- Hold on. INCOMING! BRB...

You mean food leftovers, or women leftovers? I have precious little of one, and I wouldn't think of eating any of the other...

EGADS! :shock:

Good enough I passed it along. Thanks, BG.

I want photos of young Portugese women in bikinis posted soon or you are OUT of the squadron mate.

Dave, Interesting you ask, yes, it was Media Center. One, but certainly not the primary goal, was to use it for recording TV and playing it back on my projector, which is why got Media Center. So, XP Pro is better for gaming? I believe you, but why is that? Is it more stable? Perhaps I will get that next time. I can get a TV tuner card anyway, and I don't need all the bells and whistles of MC. BTW, their policy is a full refund, minus the shipping fee, but I am going to agitate for that back as well on the grounds that thing was a dog from the get go, AND they did not give me the right part I had ordered with it. In any event, lesson learned. Its back to hosting on the Dell until I can find me a good substitute. I may go local if the company can guarantee me the s**t will work. Again, thanks for the help again, Gents.

Well M8's, I appreciate your assistance with my new system, but I am afraid it was all for naught. It will be going back to Cyberpower. After the other issues I was having, including DEP warnings and occasional mis-starts of windows, the PC now does not like the USB IR sensor for the Media Center remote. Whenever it is plugged in, the computer literally takes forever to load, and then runs like a snail. Any concept I had of being talked into keeping it and working on it with tech support was slaughtered by their Rep John. This is the same twerp who told me that the hum on the PC was my speakers, and then told me it would go away with my reinstallation of the MB drivers. He is an arrogant, obnoxious prick. When he told me I should reinstall XP to solve the various problems I was having, I was done. I did NOT want to have to be dealing with this jackass for tech support for the next 3 years, and at this point, I might as well have built the 'effer myself. So, not that any of you might have been thinking of it, but I would scratch Cyberpower off your list for PC suppliers. Wasn't worth money, wasn't worth the wait and wasn't worth the hassle. *%&%#@! javascript:emoticon(':blackknight:') blackknight I GOT YOUR RE-INSTALL RIGHT HERE!! Doubletap :blackknight: :blackknight: :blackknight: :blackknight:

This will actually big help. I will put in my DELL so I do not have to play musical CD's...

I will try it all, SWEAT TO GOD!!

I'll check...Thanks.

You know what, you need to freakin' give me a call, buddy, unless I am considered as a bad influence by certain parties and persona non grata...

Aha! As the propaganda officer, I can spot lies and deception in heartbeat! Lies, ALL LIES!!! 20+ minutes indeed!! Please...

That pretty much says it all, doesn't it?

BTW, I picked up the DVD of Battle of Britain the other day. Can't wait to watch it in the home theater. Yee-Haa!!!

Just to follow up, the company sent the Yamaha audio card, and after installing it, the hums, buzzs and machine noises disappeared. YEAHHH!

Fine! Then I am taking a B-25 with unlimited parafrags and I am going to drop them over every, single square inch of that island from around 3000m until it looks like its freakin' snowing. HAH! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Quaz, Thanks for the help. I will try that when I am home, but I am pretty sure when I tried to put the same port number for more than one computer in the router, I got an error message warning me of overlap, and then it rejected the setup. However, I will try it again. As far as the LAN setup, no. All the PC's are hooked to the router itself. I may have to contact the company regarding this, as it seems the setup is generally good. I am wondering if there is some freaky setting on it which is keeping it from working. LOL! I thought I had it when I setup Port Triggering yesterday on a whim. I was able to connect over the internet, or so I thought. It turns out that even though I put the Internet IP in when I joined the game with my DELL, it actually was still connecting over the LAN. I had to turn off the cable modem to confirm this. Also, Roger, thanks again for the assist yesterday. BTW, regarding the sound issue I had earlier, the sound card the company sent me came, and after I installed it, TADAHH!, no hum no buzz, just sweet, sweet engine noise. The card is definitely not top of the line, but the sound is much better and I no longer hear the computer innards churning.

Roger, that, err, roger. let me get set up... QUAZI'S? I'll be there unless its not up...

Okay, here is a breakdown of all the info I can think of: Router is a Netgear. Its IP is 192.168.0.1 The Dell is .2, the Toshiba .3, the new PC .4

Jim, I am home as of 2:08pm EST. Will be for a while. Will check this thread...posting info...

Jim, I am home as of 2:08pm EST. Will be for a while. Will check this thread...for a while...

I believe I did when I tried it, but I will go back over this from the ground up one more time. Ok, this brings up something else, as I ran across something on the PF boards. When you say the right address, do you mean the port number, or an actual address. On the PF boards someone else mentioned being able to select a number from a list rather than default, and I did not see what they were referring to. The only thing shown in my network tab is the "Connection" select box (ISDN, LAN, CABLE, etc.) the skin download check box, and the Port number entry box. One other thing, this computer has 3 network ports, two LAN type, and 1 IE type. Only one is hooked up, and I am sure I have the LAN in the right one, but would the other two still interfere?