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  1. ISS FLEET LOG FILES

    in ISS Fleet

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    Commander Name: Melcar DeVaal

    Asset: GCV-Scorpius

    ISS FLEET, Pegasus Wing

    TIME: 12/11/3014

    Ship Status: Docked

    Shields: 100%

    Hull: 100%

    Condition: AWP(Awaiting Parts)

    Report from ISSHQ supply section: New Main Computer on route. Expected Arrival 12/14/3014.

    Specs:

    Athlon XP 1900

    512mb pc2100 DDR-RAM

    30gb HDD

    Leadtek GEFORCE-3 TI500 64MB DDR

    Creative Lab SB Audigy X-Gamer

  3. Question for someone experienced (2)

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    quote:
    Originally posted by Epsilon 5:

    And ISS didn't knew about it? sheesh!

    Well lets think about this for a second ok? Wraith is part of GALCOM, ISS is part of GALCOM. Access to classified is determined in part by Security Clearance, the rest is determined by Need to know. Even if I did not know this, it does NOT mean that somebody in the ISS does not. I didn't partly because my computer is Not up to handling BCM Yet.

    What I stated "if it was, it isn't now" applies because it was broadcast on an Open forum. Once it is in place anybody can read it, it becomes DECLASSIFIED for the simple expedient of if it is already in the open, what is the sense in Hiding it.

  13. Missile Fire Control

    in Battlecruiser Series

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    quote:
    FCs operate under the AI of the pilot. So, you can't tell them when to fire and when not to

    Afterall If I were the Fighter Pilot I'm not going to be worrying about the big fight that MAY come later. I would use any and ALL means of insuring I come out of the one I'm in. You can be just as dead in the little fight as you can be in the big one.

  15. ISS FLEET LOG FILES

    in ISS Fleet

    Posted

    [rp]

    Commander DeVaal personal log

    Ship Status:

    Shields: 0%

    Hull: 100%

    Condition: Docked(AGAIN).

    The Scorpius was finally completed, her Commissioning ceremony was something I shall remember for the rest of my life. Unfortunatly the shake down cruise was something I shall remember for the rest of my life as well. While docked all systems checked out. So we launched from HQ. First problem: The shields would not raise. Ok, some thing to look at, hmmm what's this, weapons systems are offline also. Then the Engines died. 2 minutes later, the Main computer crashed. The reactor suddenly shut-down. WE HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO BASE ON OUR MAIDEN VOYAGE! Talk about embarrassing. I just hope none of my Classmates from the Academy find out about this one. My CE tells me the Main computer is Unrecoverable. New parts should be on Order soon.

    END LOG

    quote:
    You know we're sitting on 4 million Pounds of fuel, 1 nuclear weapon, and a thing that has 270 thousand moving parts, built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good doesn't it?

  19. THE GAME!

    in ISS Fleet

    Posted

    Well, I have it now also. Installed no problem, Horrid frame rates though. (slow computer: AMD k6-3 450 128meg ram, dimond Viper V770 Ultra) That was in Roam. Will go back in and try the TA and IA scenarios, it might handle them better.]

    I've been planning a new computer for a while now, so this is just a Temporary Setback.

    I just need to finalize all my decisions and actually Order the parts to put it together. Now I have even MORE incentive to do that.

  20. Questions about Artifacts

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    I'm just guessing at this point as I have not gotten my copy yet. Chances are ALL artifacts will work for the StormCarrier. More than Likely the Craft being refered to would be the Cruisers(Specifically the cloak upgrade artifact), Also the IOD Upgrade artifact for ships that do not have one(Transports). I could be mistaken about this but that seems to be the most Likely conclusion.

    [ 11-26-2001: Message edited by: Melcar ]

  21. Some Board Difficulties

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    Yeah, I'm having this problem too with my Home comp. 56k Modem, Refreshing the page SOMETIMES works. I Occasionally have it at work on the T-1. Hitting refresh there usually does the trick though.

    Even tried turning off images to see if that would help, No luck.

    I also tried downloading the pages to my HDD and reading them from there, same thing, only got a Partial download.

    [ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Melcar ]

  22. Microsoft

    in General Chatter

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    quote:
    That's what I disagree with. On newer computers, I can have *NO* Windows presence and still be able to boot from CD ROM, because the controllers are on BIOS.

    As I said, this is for the Win95/Win98 Kernel, Linux, Unix, and the NT Kernel handle things slightly differently.

    The BIOS Has instructions for the Start up operation of the computer. The Fact remains though that the BIOS does NOT enable the OS to speak to the cd-drive, that is the function of the Driver, whether it is incorperated into the Kernel or not.

    Now the statements that brought this up:

    quote:
    A recent example is the volume of trouble that developers encountered when they tried to write DVD drivers for Linux by reverse engineering the Windows drivers. The other half of the story is that DVD manufacturers only develop device drivers for Windows, which doesn't leave Linux programmers much of a choice.

    quote:
    Now I know you don't know what you're talking about. A DVD drive doesn't USE drivers, just like a floppy drive, a normal CD drive, etc.

    You were saying this was Irrelevant, well it is, but not because a DVD drive doesn't use a driver. It is irrelevant because it is up to the Manufacturer to either Provide their hardware specs for the development of a driver, or to develop their own driver. If they choose not to provide drivers for a specific platform, that is the choice of the manufacturer.

    If Menchise really wants to get DVD support for Linux, then what he really needs to do is Contact his friends, and the Linux community, and have them start pointing out to the DVD manufacturers how much they would like to be able to do this with linux. If enough people start complaining about Wanting the Linux support the manufacturers will either have their Dev teams develop the software, or they will release their specs to the Linux community and tell them to develop their own. The great thing about Capitalism, companies are not forced to develop for any and every platform out there. They use their resources to where they feel it would return the most profit. Hence, Windows, it has a larger install base. The only time this would be a problem would be if Microsoft Had PRESSURED them to develop strictly for Windows. Even exclusive deals are not a problem, unless one company or another are pressured into it.

    As far as the Reverse Engineering. Well, if the materials are copyrighted, or patented...

  23. Microsoft

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    My last post was not in depth enough.

    So this one shall go into greater detail, the BIOS is the code required for the basic operations of the computer. To start it in other words, once the OS starts to load IT takes over. Refering back to my earlier example (the 486 and win95), now do the same with a p4 2gig machine, you will get the EXACT same results. Even if win95 is to old of Technology for you Aramike, we can move it up to 98, boot off the CD(Win98 is bootable CD, 95 is not), what the computer does is to create a RAM drive(a: ) , it then pushes your Normal floppy to b:, copies several files to this RAM drive(including cd-driver, and MSCDEX.exe). At this point it starts to boot off the RAM drive, loading CD-driver and mscdex.exe as it boots. As you can see by this example even with the BIOS support the OS STILL Needs a driver.

    Now the NT Kernel is a different animal entirely. The reason win98 creates a RAM drive like that is due to a dos Limitation with boot devices. The NT kernel CAN boot off the CD. All that this means However is that the OS KNOWS how to talk to that Hardware. I don't care if you want to call it a driver or not, but that is what it is, a driver.

    quote:
    A program that controls a device. Every device, whether it be a printer, disk drive, or keyboard, must have a driver program. Many drivers, such as the keyboard driver, come with the operating system. For other devices, you may need to load a new driver when you connect the device to your computer. In DOS systems, drivers are files with a.SYS extension. In Windows environments, drivers often have a.DRV extension.

    A driver acts like a translator between the device and programs that use the device. Each device has its own set of specialized commands that only its driver knows. In contrast, most programs access devices by using generic commands. The driver, therefore, accepts generic commands from a program and then translates them into specialized commands for the device. Source

    Just so that we have a Standardized definition of a Driver. Now granted this is a somewhat simplified definition, but it gets the point across. Even with the BIOS support the OS Needs to know the "Language" that the device uses. In other words, a DRIVER. Now, just because you do not SEE a driver, or have to LOAD a driver, it IS still there. Even when it is Part of the Kernel.

    Now does this clear things up?

    [ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Melcar ]

    [ 11-19-2001: Message edited by: Melcar ]

  24. For all the political activists - our community discussion

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    quote:
    I am close in that regard, love Lazarus, although he can be a bit cloe minded at times. but then again, so am I!! LOL

    An old friend of mine used to have a saying:

    quote:
    I'm very open Minded in my narrow point of view.

    Yes many of his Characters were Rational Anarchists, the one in particular I was thinking of is Professor Bernardo de la Paz from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. If you havn't read that one do so, it is an excellent book. (well... that would Imply that his others were not, and I feel ALL of his were so, hell just read em all!)

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