jamotto

quote:The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Carlos J. Gil, 30, of Orlando, Fla., died Feb. 18, in Humaniyuh, Iraq from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device detonation. Gil was assigned to the 377th Transportation Company, 181st Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, GermanyLink May you rest in peace...

well you can give this a try then. 1.)Adjust the altitude of the polar axis so that its angle to the horizontal is equal to your latitude. A plumb-line (or level) and protractor is useful for this if there are no suitable markings on the mount. 2.)Obtain the difference between magnetic north and true north for your location. 3.)Use a compass to set your polar axis to true north. Be careful not to let any iron in the mount affect your compass. 4.)You can also find true north by marking the shadow of a plumb line at true local noon (i.e. sundial noon, or Equation of Time applied to Local Mean Time). This should get the scope lined up without needing to see Polaris.

quote:Originally posted by Tac: or light pollution covers it. try a Light Pollution Suppression (LPS) filter it can help.

Link quote: The Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. - A 9-year-old boy who nicknamed his brain tumor ÔÇ£FrankÔÇØ and whose mother launched an online auction to help pay for his medical bills is now cancer-free, his mother said Tuesday. ÔÇ£Frank is dead!ÔÇØ an elated Tiffini Dingman-Grover said by telephone from her Sterling home as the family prepared to head to a press conference in Washington, D.C. David Dingman-Grover had most of his tumor removed Feb. 2 at the Skull Base Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The family learned the results of a biopsy on the tumor at midnight Monday. The family was crowded around the phone on ÔÇ£pins and needlesÔÇØ waiting for the call from DavidÔÇÖs surgeon, his mother said. ÔÇ£(David) is so mellow ÔÇö heÔÇÖs so easygoing. He was just like, 'Really? Great! Cool!'" Dingman-Grover said of her sonÔÇÖs reaction to the good news. ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs like, 'Honey, is that all?' He says, 'Did you ever think it wouldnÔÇÖt be gone?ÔÇØÔÇÖ Auctioned bumper stickers David was diagnosed in May 2003 with a grapefruit-sized malignant brain tumor called a rhabdomyosarcoma, which was causing blindness and headaches. He nicknamed it ÔÇ£FrankÔÇØ after Frankenstein, who scared him until he dressed up as the monster for Halloween. The size and location of the tumor initially made it impossible for doctors to remove, his mother said. Chemotherapy shrank it to the size of an apricot, but David needed a specialized biopsy to determine whether the tumor was still cancerous. To help pay for the pricey procedure, DavidÔÇÖs mother auctioned off a bumper sticker on eBay that read ÔÇ£Frank Must Die.ÔÇØ Donations poured in from across the world and, after hearing about the familyÔÇÖs financial struggle, the surgeon offered to perform the biopsy for free. Dr. Hrayr Shahinian, who performed the surgery, had said it went very well, but the family was waiting to see if another round of chemotherapy was needed. The family used the thousands of dollars in private donations to help pay for other medical fees. DavidÔÇÖs mother said she took away something positive from the ordeal. ÔÇ£I used to be very pessimistic about people in general,ÔÇØ Dingman-Grover said. ÔÇ£It wasnÔÇÖt until this that I realized there are people out there that really do care that I donÔÇÖt even know.ÔÇØ The boy could be heard giggling Tuesday morning as his mother tickled him. ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs been such a tremendous experience,ÔÇØ Tiffini Dingman-Grover said. ÔÇ£And believe it or not, IÔÇÖm glad I experienced it, because I have been given a wonderful gift ÔÇö and thatÔÇÖs to realize how precious being a mother is.ÔÇØ

quote:The Department of Defense announced today the death of two soldiers who were supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. They died Feb.16 in Forward Operating Base Iskandariyah, Iraq, when a roadway collapsed, causing their vehicle to roll over. The Soldiers were assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment (Mechanized), McComb, Miss. The soldiers are Sgt. Timothy R. Osbey, 34, and Spc. Joseph A.Rahaim, 22, both of Magnolia, Miss. The incident is under investigation.Link May you rest in peace...

quote: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Christopher M. Pusateri, 21, of Corning, N.Y., died Feb.16 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries sustained from enemy forces using small arms fire. Pusateri was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.Link May you rest in peace...

quote: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. Frank B. Hernandez, 21, of Phoenix, Ariz., died Feb. 17 in Tal Afar, Iraq, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle. Hernandez was assigned to 2nd Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Lewis, Wash.Link May you rest in peace...

quote:The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Katrina L. Bell-Johnson, 32, of Orangeburg, S.C., died Feb. 16 in Ba'qubah, Iraq, when she was involved in a vehicle accident. Bell-Johnson was assigned to the Army's 418th Transportation Company, 180th Transportation Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under investigation.Link May you rest in peace...

quote:The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Staff Sgt. Jason R. Hendrix, 28, of Claremore, Okla., died Feb.16 in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, when an explosion occurred while he was conducting combat operations. Hendrix was assigned to 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Hovey, Korea.Link May you rest in peace...

quote:The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pfc. Michael A. Arciola, 20, of Elmsford, N.Y., died Feb. 15 in Al Ramadi, Iraq, from injuries sustained from enemy small arms fire. Arciola was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 503d Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Casey, Korea.Link May you rest in peace...

quote: The Department of Defense announced today the death of a soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Spc. Justin B. Carter, 21, of Mansfield, Mo., died Feb. 16 in Forward Operating Base McKenzie, Iraq, from non-combat related injuries. Carter was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3d Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Benning, Ga. The incident is under investigation.Link May you rest in peace...

quote:Originally posted by Cmdr. WeeGee: Its got linux binaries only. You can take the source code and compile it on any x86 machine (and possibly powerPC too).ah, thanks I stand corrected. Whenever, I see a "tar.gz" extension Linux is the first thing I think of. A bad habit for me

XPilot NG quote:XPilot NG is a multi-player 2D spacewar game. It is an extended version of XPilot, a true Internet classic. Like in XPilot, the aim of the game is to have fun and to beat your fellow pilots. In a team game, you can humiliate your enemies, blow up your their ships and steal their treasure. There are also other game modes: individual game and a race mode. XPilot NG is compatible with XPilot and shares a lot of features, but also has a lot of new features and bug fixes...Windows and Linux versions available.

venus... was yesterday! quote:"venus... was yesterday" is going to be a turn based strategy game taking place in space. We're all fans of games like "Master of Orion II" or "Heroes of Might and Magic", so "venus" will have some similarities.Not finished yet.

Stroids quote:Stroids3d started out as a 2d clone of the original asteroids. Since I have no life and just a horrible amount of time on my hands, it eventually became a full 3d space shooter. anyways this is a better description. quote:"It started out just like the original (2D), but then he made your ship and all the asteroids 3D (but still stuck in a plane like before). Then he changed it to a first person perspective and made it so you can look and fly in any direction. Now, it's really nothing like asteroids, but it's still really cool." --John Bethencourt

Star Voyager quote:Star Voyager is a space combat and exploration game set in the Star Trek universe.Linux source code only.

SpaceJumper yet another arcade shoot everything that moves game. Win32 Binaries, Source Code (.zip), Source Code (.tar.gz) spaceracer quote:Space Racer is a 3D car racing game. The circuit is a road in a galactic environment. It aims to be a clone of the well known Stunt Car Racer developped by Geff Crammond, author of Grand Prix I and II.Ok, way out in right field, but I thought it looked cool. Linux and Windows versions available.

ships quote:Space shooting game for one or two players. You can take weapons from enemy ships.Distributed as source code only. Intended for the Linux platform. The program is near the bottom of the page.

quote:Originally posted by Kung-Fu Massa: I hereby declare Jamotto to be 0wn3r of this thread Just wanted to make sure the thread is well stocked IGE - Outer Space quote:IGE - Outer Space is an on-line strategy game which takes place in the dangerous universe. You will become powerful commander of many stars, planets, and great fleets and will struggle for survival with other commanders.

Kajaani Kombat 0.6.6.6 quote:Multiplayer Rampart clone set in space, internet playableSource tarball, Debian, Windows and OS X packages available.

glElite quote:modular space-combat, trading and roleplaying game.

Gamma Patrol quote:an old-style vertical scrolling space shootersource code available. Linux, Windows and BeOS versions for download. Looks like it is not being developed anymore.

Free Space Colonization quote:FSC is a game of colonization, research, diplomacy and trade. A 4X approach.It is played on randomly generated maps, the aim is to build an empire and rule most of the galaxyIf it is ever finished it might not be to bad.

DUEL v0.98 quote:Windows Duel - 11MB with source and MSVS projects. If you download the linux version too and copy across the source files, you'll get the up to date version. Note, I don't use the standard windows opengl headers, I use the ones from Mesa. A simple, easy to understand game. From an overhead perspective, pilot your little ship around with the arrow keys, shooting your way (with the space bar) through about twenty levels of action and gorgeous (_cough_) 3d graphics. In theory, all you windows folks need to do is extract the archive, and double click the exe. In theory. Sorry, I never got round to adding sound - but look on the bright side, at least you can use it at work without anyone noticing.

Chromium B.S.U. quote:Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced, arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter.also seems the Void War link above is down here is an alternative link for it. Void War