Mano Faber

More like shocked. Didn't think it would happen here , politicians getting shot that is. Even though i would never vote for him, no one deserves to be killed like this. This is bad for our democracy.

Happy Birthday Derek !!!!

Pretty fun making some skins, I'm looking for good logo's though. If someone knows a couple of links, please send me an email. Don't like the panther that much. Lfighter Panther1 Lfighter Panther2 Lfighter Fire1 Lfighter Fire2 Lfighter Fire3 [ 03-03-2002, 17:07: Message edited by: Mano Faber ]

Cool shots! Reminds me of a game called deuteros (or something) which had shapes (2D though)like that back in de Amiga 500 time.

quote: Originally posted by Epsilon 5: Whoa, SC that's WAYY too powerful... i asked to put them a little tougher.. but now I'm not even out of hyperdrive and I'm dead! This doesn't make any sense, I'm sure even a fleet won't be able to go throught it! Even if I get fleet C&C ans end in 20 ship they will all be dead within seconds! I knew putting the beams 10x stronger AND increasing the range would make them impossible to beat. That ain't fair.... I plotted a track towards the pixan station from galcom. Got killed a couple of times but i captured it so if i can do it, you can too Just don't attack it with a cargoship or a single fighter cos it won't work

YEAH!!!!!!!!! i got it. Excellent surprise i wasn't expecting it today. I received no confirmation at all. Gonna install it right away quote: Originally posted by G E C K O: Do you accept Euros? It's for a friend, but where doeyou live? You'll need to pay even more for shipping. You can't order it directly? [ 11-27-2001: Message edited by: Mano Faber ]

Ok , it's not that new. Just says they may tour again. Thought i should mentally prepare you for it http://news.excite.com/news/ap/011122/18/people-spice quote: That's cos it's old news now. Who resurrected this thread? I'm quilty. I had good intentions though, i'm just trying to warn you it might not be over just yet.

heh, thought you should know http://www.sundaytimes.news.com.au/common/...5E10431,00.html

quote: Originally posted by Blades: It's HEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE! That gives me hope. Someone outside the US received a copy . Ordered an additional (boxed) unit for a friend. The first one that arrives is mine.

The games i've been playing the last couple of weeks. Sub Command Operation Flashpoint The only free game i play is GNU chess. http://www.tim-mann.org/gnuchess.html

Happy Birthday! 18 years young

quote: Originally posted by Fendi: Now that I'm almost 24 there is basically NOOO chance for me to be a professional pilot. He Fendi, 23 is quite young. There are lots of oppertunities out there. There is so much to learn. Just browse the internet it's mindboggling. Like Rico i was an aircraft technician. I also worked as a trainee at KLM. But like him i found that it is not my calling. I figured i was going to learn some more , but my mother was on welfare (luckily for her, she has found work now) so i couldn't expect any financial support there. So i figured how can we both benefit and i can also learn something new? Back then the IT business was short on people (still is though). Working there for 4-5 years. Initially wanted to learn some more about aviation but decided against it because when i was a trainee at KLM there were lay-offs there ,and around the same time the Netherlands lost Fokkker to DASA. quote: "Look it's Fendi, the former child prodigy....how the mighty has fallen" That's a compliment right? What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's time to stand up and move on quote: Look at me now. I'm basically a nobody who had to start his education from scratch while my contemperaries have their own succesful businesses and carreers... constantly rubbing it in my face. I know a bunch of people having a degree (or not) being successful at the expense of others. I don't consider that successful. quote: I believe what you have done in past, whatever it might be, is a conscious decision made on your part, and I believe that once you have made a decision and done it, there's no point in regret. Put it aside and move on. We're human and we make mistakes. He's right, listen to the guru [ 09-29-2001: Message edited by: Mano Faber ] [ 09-29-2001: Message edited by: Mano Faber ]

The reason i added the second link is just because i wonder how far US law would go. Read this if you're interested. http://www.securityfocus.com/cgi-bin/archi...d=12&mid=202359

http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170588.html I think his intentions where good though. Don't hope (for him) they'll apply their new proposed legislation. http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257

A couple more Universal Strategy Gaming(/Simulation) Galactic Strategy Gaming(/Simulation) Galactic Supremacy Gaming(/Simulation)

quote: Originally posted by $iLk: Try the Apache, a kick arse helicopter.I have created several process intensive missions such as an assault on a heavily defended town with A10's, Apaches, Tanks, and Infantry. i'm talking maybe 300 soldiers in the mission, 20 planes, 25 Tanks, and 10 Heli's. Yeah, pretty cool! The choppers respond nicely. I'm not gonna use the A-10 anymore. I'll think i will only use it as an AI unit. My PC bemcomes very unhappy when i activate that many units quote: Think Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising battles. Yeah, cool one. Got most of his older books, some of op-center series. Most of his nonfiction books as well but i didn't buy any books for a while. Don't have (make) time to read them. Did you read Larry Bond's Red Phoenix?

Oops, got myself the latest update #2 for Operation Flashpoint. Now my joystick works correctly. The AH-1 responds good after all gonna try the A-10. Impressive.

Got the game two weeks ago. Great game and a lot of depth. Don't know why i didn't buy it earlier. Changed my mind somehow and i'm glad i did. So far the air units don't play great but that's not the aim anyway (BCM does it better ) Overall an excellent game.

quote: hey haven't seen you in a while. he, never respond that much. I'm somehow reluctant ot place a message on a messageboard. Usually because i don't have facts to support my opinion. I have to read articles or a couple books first. quote: No, the people are responsible for thier governments, no if's and's or but's. That does not mean that they should be targeted in a military way, but sanctions are another matter all together. If the people of Iraq, got together and actually atempted a Coup, I assure you the US and other countries would somehow get aid to those that were doing it. Discretely of course. Ilk and aramike said something like this as well. I think this counts for Afghanistan and Iraq (and others)that these people are just battle-weary.The Iran-Iraq war was not that long ago. Then the Gulfwar and not feeling safe because you're continuously being watched by the Mukhabarat (Iraqi secret service). When you might be able to set up a rebelgroup but the next person you try to rally might be a snitch. I watched tv and there was someone from holland helping people in Aghanistan for some time now. But she said the same about the taliban. There is always someone from the taliban among a group people. You don't know who you can trust. I think most of us cannot comprehend what it is like in those circumstances. So i don't think one can say they don's fight or don't fight hard enough. It's kinda harsh in my opinion. Just an hour ago a refugee who lives in holland for two decades or so, told that he was 17 when he fled from Iran. He showed the camera a picture of 10 graves or so. He told us that about 15 years ago (i think it's more liberal now though) thousands of people of the oposition were killed for the following reasons (examples). 1 ) are you a moslim? One answered "not really but..." Killed 2 ) do you pray 5 times a day ? One answered "well no that often but.." Killed Sadly forgot the 3rd. He also used the phrase "Political Islam" and that this should be eradicated. If course this is not realistic but at least be minimized. Note that "Polcitical Islam" , he stated, means that Islam is abused to justify political reasons. So i'm not talking about Islam which is a religion like Christianity or like any other religion. [ 09-24-2001: Message edited by: Mano Faber ]

quote: The war on terrorism is a war that will never end as long as terrorists have a cause to fight for. You may be successful in the operation you plan to implement, but you will never win by military force. Nobody will win, unless you believe in the existence of a devil. I agree, i don't think you can win this. I don't think the US should say we're gonna win this war. Take a look at Israel, Ireland (IRA), Spain (ETA), France (GIA) etc... I agree with aramike and jaguar, however it should be a limited military action. Something with Special Forces but nothing like Desert Storm. Just something that will only hit Bin Laden and not any civilians. I just have concerns where bombs drop on house and it kills the mom of a kid. He will dedicate his life to fly/drive into the next building in Europe or the US. He may be misinformed he is living in poverty has just lost his mom and has nothing to loose. In country wiht war and oppression for decades. Ten years of war against the Sovjets then years of domestic problems. A military action should be taken however even if it is just symbolic, flying a few tomahawks up a mountain. You can't just sit back, it would be a bad example. It means something like "we terrorists can attack the US and they won't even defend themselves". Nobody demanded anything they just hit civilian targets and we have to speculate why. I don't think the anwser lies in the military (maybe some SFs to pick up/take out some terrorists). The long term should be diplomacy, sanctions and somehow a way to cut-off the finance of terrorism. Kill the funding somehow. Maybe the US and the EU should put more effort in the Israel-Palestian problem, it would create a more stabile world. Many people in MiddleEast countries (and bordering countries) identify themselves with the palestinians. quote: I don't want anything like that. But 'politics through murder' is exactly what the military strike will be. The terrorist attack was one way of saying "Leave us alone". The military response is the same way of saying "No way hosay", among other things. Both ways escalate violence, and I disagree with both ways. I do believe using excessive force wil destabilize the Middle East. There are several countries (Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Pakasitan) where people support the taliban. (i don't mean the goverments). Jaguar mentioned iraq might be tied, read this myself in the paper, and that the US might possibly attack Iraq. I hope they won't since they'll definitly try to drag Israel into this shit. Saddam has done it before and he'll do it again. Since the UN inspectors don't have access to Iraq anymore who knows what he has now. [ 09-23-2001: Message edited by: Mano Faber ]

quote: Originally posted by Kush: They knew, there was nothing they could do.Forget about any Star Wars defense system. The real threat in this new century is going to come from terrorist organizations. My sympathies go out to anyone affected by this tragedy, and here's hoping the casualties were fewer than they could have been. Of course you're right, it's just.. i know in holland coupla years ago an israeli boeing crashed into an apartment. I just recall the last moments of the ATC which they let us hear in a documentary on TV.

Words can not possibly describe this tragedy. My heart goes out the Americans who just lost relatives, friends. This is truely shocking... just seeing the Americans crying and waving for help at the top of the tower when you know in a few moments that the tower will colapse. Truely horrific. I was just thinking of the people on the hijacked plane waiting hours in agony and crashing into the tower. I read serveral Tom Clancy books where terrorists blew up a football stadium with a bomb. Reality is even worse. Truely horrifying. Air Traffic Control must have known how kan they fly that close to the towers?

Read an article in the scientific american about a russian torpedo called "Shkval" (squall) which is capable of ultrahigh speeds around 230 mph! It seems the Russians have the edge on the supercavitation technology. Seems like a good technology voor 3000AD voor the new subs in GCO

Something like Operation Flashpoint but the in WW2. Looks good. No AI could be a drawback though. I mean what is the minimum players needed to have a fun game?

quote: There was a 3 day differential between the dropping of each bomb. The Japanese had PLENTY of time to unconditionally surrender before the second bomb was dropped. The fact is, they wanted to fight. That was their culture. Further, the US had little idea about the actual effects of the first bomb, so a second was dropped to ensure effectiveness. Also, the second bomb was made of different materials. Just wanted to share this. Kinda hard expressing youself in a foreign language in debates like this, so i'll type a part about history regarding the A-bomb from a book. In a previous message i did not express myself correctly or was misunderstood. This is somewhat safer. Reference: The WestPoint Military History Series- The second world war. 1984 Page 200-201. "..They would use the bomb if the Japanese did not respond to a demand for uncondidional surrender. This ultimatum was issued from Potsdam, the site of the Big Three Conference (i.e. Churchill, Stalin, Roosevelt*), on July 26. Although the Emperor and some Japanese officials were willing to accept, the military were not; and the Japanese Premier's statement to the the press that the Potsdam Declaration would be ignored was taken by the Americans as a rejection. On August 6, the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. On August 9, just as the Japanese discerned the nature of the explosion , a second bomb hit Nagasaki. Russia declared war on Japan the same day. On August 10, japan asked for peace. In retrospect, some Americans have viewed Hiroshima and Nagasaki with misgivings. why didn't the ultimatum mention the bomb and the intent to allow the Japanese to keep their Emperor? Why Nagasaki so soon after Hiroshima? why the bomb at all? All the anwsers are not known, and some that are known are less satisfying. What is known by all us that the Second Great War ended with awesome portent." Just wanted to add some nuances. It just isn't back or white. You mentioned that Russia was an ally, this is true on paper: "But the Americans at this point had an ambivalent attitude toward Russia. They would not oppose her entry, but neither would they seek it, so they did not even consider waiting for the effect of Russia's eventual declaration of war" * i added that. [ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: Mano Faber ]