Posts by Xander

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My car's working again!!!

by SYN in

it's so cool to be able to drive around again.

after spending ludicrous amounts of money on it, i finally got my little 1979 ford escort running again.

of course, it can't go faster than 60 kilometers/hour without wobbling and losing paint, but then, the car is older than i am!!!.

Xander

nobody would know what the hell you were talking about

Reminds me of a story I heard...well, just recently, actually.

Coworker of the wife was telling us of her time she spent in the UK (she well to school there for, ?7 months? or so with a group of other Americans).

Anyway, her and a group of friends were going out - one of her American buddies asked her "So, what'll you be wearing tonight", she replies "Oh, I dunno, a sweater and black pants probably".

UK fellow in front of her wheels around - "Is that ALL you'll be wearing?!?!". She: "Well, yeah, what's wrong with that?" He: "Try some trousers for god's sake!"

Hmmmmm.....

AH-HA!

UK 'Trousers' = US 'Pants'
UK 'Pants' = US 'Underwear'

Ooops.

(scratches head - hmmm, I guess the khaki 'Nice Pants' commercial series wouldn't do so good over there, huh?)

25

Who's Who Changed

by Stephanus in

jw
friends

it's been converted to a .pdf file for downloading, and will no longer be updated.

it's 4.4 megs, so you've gotta be keen!.

http://jsefton.users1.50megs.com/jwcom.htm

Xander

Yeah - I mean, I'm nearly emperor (well, getting there) and have....hehe...participated in some interesting threads....

Well, harrumph.

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So...anyone play 'America's Army'?

by Xander in

just wondering - new game out, developed by the us army.

it's based on the unreal tournament 2003 engine, so it looks pretty good.

decent gameplay, a lot of innovative features for shooters.. best of all, it's free.. wondering if anyone else has taken a shot at it yet?

Xander

how often can you get on a public server that has guys who want to work as a team

Quite a bit, really. I almost always have to really take an 'in charge' attitude, though. Shouting in-game repeatedly, votekicking teammates who don't listen, etc. After 5 or 10 minutes after joining a server I've usually got the team in shape.

It helps, I think, that I'm playing at 1 to 2 in the morning, so most of the uber-munchkins (pre-teens) are asleep.

You guys do the airbourne stuff yet?....

The training drop I did the very first time. Must be special. The 'live drop', on the other hand....

oh, the white light and leg breakage

Yes, they do make a very satisfying ~C~R~U~N~C~H~ sound when the chute collapses, don't they?

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My car's working again!!!

by SYN in

it's so cool to be able to drive around again.

after spending ludicrous amounts of money on it, i finally got my little 1979 ford escort running again.

of course, it can't go faster than 60 kilometers/hour without wobbling and losing paint, but then, the car is older than i am!!!.

Xander

Of course, it can't go faster than 60 kilometers/hour without wobbling and losing paint

*shakes head sadly*

Tell ya - comes from too much time driving on the wrong side of the road.

fishtail thing on the boot.

Boot?!?! BOOT!?!?

Oh, c'mon, it probably has broken down twice at least from you insisting on calling the trunk a 'boot'.

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Oh, good.

by Xander in

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/us/08/22/satans.no.more/index.html

well, i guess it was a unanimous vote, so....

Xander

I'm just waiting for the companion piece next month some time announcing them changing the name of their town from "Devils Lake"- maps around the US (well, state at least) suddenly need to be amended to satisfy the local population's tender sensibilities.

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So...anyone play 'America's Army'?

by Xander in

just wondering - new game out, developed by the us army.

it's based on the unreal tournament 2003 engine, so it looks pretty good.

decent gameplay, a lot of innovative features for shooters.. best of all, it's free.. wondering if anyone else has taken a shot at it yet?

Xander

Yup. Actually, 'XanderF'. I'll probably be on much over the weekend - the wife works.

Assault on bridge is very hard

It seems that way at first.

Trust me, though. With a 'good' team - it is EASY. You can't rush at first, spread out - have a couple guys (with a SAW if possible) go to the hills to the far right where you can lay down some suppression fire on the defense (almost always 1 or 2 def guys will rush the arch and be prime picking).

After a couple minutes of this, slowly approach the arch. Don't get too close. Basically, lay down suppression fire so that the sniper can take out the guys in the windows (there are ALWAYS guys in the windows). Have a unit or two with the 203 toss a few grenades at the stairs of the opposing bridge.

That will take care of almost ALL the bad guys - in fact, I've seen games won because all the bad guys ended up dead using said attack.

If any are left, they are usually (stupidly) trying to sneak around behind the defense, or are camping in the hills behind the bridge. You do have to watch out for the campers. Have one or two guys suppress the hills with grenades and gunfire while 1 or 2 more run for the exit.

new airborne mission is ridiculous to defend, not even fun to assault bacause of it.

That one WAS designed as a trainer mission. I think they borked it, though. I guess we'll see if some decent defense tactics arise.

defending Insugent Camp is near impossible

Really?

I always thought defense on this map was easy.

Couple tricks:

1) STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS!!! Seriously. And don't leave the building.

2) 2 guys should be on the bottom PC - one deeper into the tunnels facing 'out', the other just inside it (from the base) facing the door to keep anyone from coming in the back way. Make sure you know who the other guy is, so if you see his death message go by, run to his location (or throw a nade that way).

Similarly, 2 guys on the top PC. One in the stairway - real far down so a nade into the upper room won't get him. He just needs to keep poking his head up to make sure no one is on the upper PC. Another guy in the room with a SAW on bipod covering the two doors.

3) Everyone else should just be walking around inside the base STAYING AWAY FROM THE DAMN WINDOWS!!!!

5

Oh, good.

by Xander in

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http://www.cnn.com/2002/us/08/22/satans.no.more/index.html

well, i guess it was a unanimous vote, so....

Xander

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/22/satans.no.more/index.html

Well, I guess it WAS a unanimous vote, so....

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what did you miss in order to attend meetings?

by jack2 in

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friends

for me, it was the nfc championship game three years ago in order to attend the meeting, then, on top of that, the elders had *scheduled* a meeting for that day as well, to discuss the co visit.

then there was a "supplemental" elder's school held a few years back that took me away from the afc title game.

oh, i taped the stuff, but time-shift recording of sports just doesn't cut it.

Xander

Star Trek TOS

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We didn't miss any Trek, though - Next Gen (then DS9 and Voyager) were on Saturdays. Guess we could have missed Enterprise eps, but we were 'out' by then. (Too bad, too, as they aren't really anything to miss...)

Never really keen on any of the shows that were on Thursdays - sitcoms bore me. Oh - there WAS 'Roswell' and it was on Tuesdays! (Damn them!) As was 'Buffy', too. Fortunately, VCRs existed by then, so...

(gods, I am SUCH a geek....)

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Two Jehovahs Witnesses Beheaded!

by deceit in

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friends

muslim rebels in the southern philippines have beheaded two christian hostages, part of a group of jehovah's witnesses seized on tuesday.

the two severed heads were found by the philippines military on the remote southern island of jolo.

the army chief on jolo, brigadier general romeo tolentino, said that a note was attached to one of the heads, saying: "those who do not believe in allah will suffer the same fate.

Xander

they never got out of the minvan.

Really?

They just got in their little cargroup and drove straight to the area they were attacked?

Don't you think it was more likely 'they never got out of their minivan' at the particular point they were attacked - but had actually gotten out several times previously to do their work?

And I agree w/ the poster who complained about the media blaming every violent - sorry 'terrorist' - act on Al-Queda. Just because someone is a Muslim extremist does NOT make them de facto Al-Queda members.

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Two Jehovahs Witnesses Beheaded!

by deceit in

jw
friends

muslim rebels in the southern philippines have beheaded two christian hostages, part of a group of jehovah's witnesses seized on tuesday.

the two severed heads were found by the philippines military on the remote southern island of jolo.

the army chief on jolo, brigadier general romeo tolentino, said that a note was attached to one of the heads, saying: "those who do not believe in allah will suffer the same fate.

Xander

I don't think any of them are so evil to WANT bad things to happen to the JWs just to hold their religion together

!!!

Really?

You don't think they let hundreds, if not thousands, of children go on being molested because admitting to the scope of the problem might cause a fracture in their little religion?

You don't think they let people die who need a blood transfusion when they know full well that the bible's commands on the subject are ambiguous at best - and certainly it never says anywhere "You must never accept a blood transfusion even if your life depends on it".

the GB really believe all the things they say

I find that statement staggeringly odd.

You think the GB is just as duped as all the other members? (Which then begs the question - who IS at fault for all the conspiracies at foot?) I mean, do they all vote unanimously on all issues? No? You don't think THAT, at least, makes them wonder, do you? When members of the GB leave the organisation....were they just exceptions to the rule? All other GB members always see eye to eye and are certain they are god's mouthpiece on earth?

I find it a little hard to believe that THEY don't realize it's all a load of crap. I'm sure that knowledge is faily widespread in the 'upper echelons' of Brooklyn.