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BIG HEADLINE posted:Yeah, only ~5000 AIM-54s (encompassing A and C models) were ever produced. Tomcats usually only carried two, and during the Tomcat's heyday carriers had to pack munitions for *way* more airframes on board. It'd surprise me if no more than 50 Phoenixes made it on board each carrier for every cruise with an option for more delivered by VERTREP if needed. Now I wonder how many missiles I fired in all the Ace Combat games back on the PS2
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Apr 30, 2021 18:27
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I had enough kills with the f14 to get ghost and pacman kill indicators on the f14 in aczero so...yeah
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Apr 30, 2021 18:35
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I played a shitload of the F-14 in Project Wingman mostly because “go stupid fast, disengage, reengage and fire from far away” was a viable tactic. Project Wingman kinda owns, mostly due to letting you have more than one type of special weapon. Or if you commit to one (like lots of phoenix rather than phoenix/sparrow mix), more multi launch available between cooldowns.
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Apr 30, 2021 18:42
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How does it play with gamepads? I would ask in the ac7 thread but apparently im a stick in the mud there because of how they made ac7 even more anime and way easier than even 6 was and amped up the performance on everything so that everything turns on a dime
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Apr 30, 2021 18:44
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Midjack posted:That few? Now I really feel guilty for flinging missiles all over the sky in After Burner. Yeah, then realize they had to be split between coasts as well as (probably) distributed to forward supply depots like Yokohama, Diego Garcia, Sigonella, and Rota as well. Seems like it might've been a bit more than 5000, but that includes the ones that found their way to Iran before we nixed that: https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-54.html BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Apr 30, 2021 18:47
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Stravag posted:How does it play with gamepads? I would ask in the ac7 thread but apparently im a stick in the mud there because of how they made ac7 even more anime and way easier than even 6 was and amped up the performance on everything so that everything turns on a dime AC4 was fantastic. AC7 looked good but got boring. It shouldn't be so easy to win dogfights against F22s with an A10.
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Apr 30, 2021 18:59
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Stravag posted:How does it play with gamepads? I would ask in the ac7 thread but apparently im a stick in the mud there because of how they made ac7 even more anime and way easier than even 6 was and amped up the performance on everything so that everything turns on a dime I played it all on a USB Xbox gamepad and thought it worked great. It is not a hard game, but the planes do fly much more differently from one another than in AC. Slow planes are legit slow. Some planes don’t turn worth a poo poo. You will not catch or run away from certain enemies. The beefy guns are loving wild. Like you’re firing auto-howitzers wild. That said, the AI will still let you clown them in a SU-25 while they’re in F-15s. I thought maybe the whole game was just sluggish until I got the F-18 and promptly flew up my own rear end and into the dirt. Project wingman tip: the anti-ship missiles work against airships.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:00
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Oh cool that sounds like a return to acz era. I really liked how playing in a mig29 or f22 ot fishbed felt vastly different
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Apr 30, 2021 19:07
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https://twitter.com/jimswiftdc/status/1388193725076185095?s=21
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Apr 30, 2021 19:23
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Got my second Fauci Ouchie and now my tv makes those static sounds like when your cellphone rings whenever I walk near it.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:25
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boop the snoot posted:Got my second Fauci Ouchie and now my tv makes those static sounds like when your cellphone rings whenever I walk near it. My second Moderna shot got me to 100 degrees (Wednesday night), so I took tylenol for about a day. Most of yesterday I just felt incorrect, like my poo poo was on backwards. It's very difficult to "listen to your body, it will tell you what it needs" when it's like I'M COLD nope lol hot TIRED NOW lol you went to the couch when you're wide awake gently caress you. Also when your body is sending you those 5G signals which are kind of hard to translate. ... then I woke up completely fine. 12 hour time-delay to about 18 hours of ick and that's that.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:37
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boop the snoot posted:Got my second Fauci Ouchie and now my tv makes those static sounds like when your cellphone rings whenever I walk near it. I’d be more worried if we were all in Silent Hill.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:37
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Stravag posted:How does it play with gamepads? I would ask in the ac7 thread but apparently im a stick in the mud there because of how they made ac7 even more anime and way easier than even 6 was and amped up the performance on everything so that everything turns on a dime It controls fine on a gamepad but the setup was weirdly hard. The button binding menu made zero sense to me but I got it working eventually. I was doing it in VR so maybe the menu looks/acts weird in that.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:38
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Ah, yeah. I cannot remember what I changed, but the default settings were dumb as poo poo. Something like throttle was all on one side and rudder all on the other rather than triggers for gas/brake and bumpers for rudder.
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Apr 30, 2021 19:40
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https://twitter.com/LethalityJane/status/1388202401291673605?s=20
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Apr 30, 2021 19:45
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Tomorrow's the TX-06 jungle runoff (top 2 of any party advance), for the seat of the Republican dude that died of COVID. His wife/widow is running on the Republican side and uh: https://twitter.com/MattlangstonTX/status/1388196977175891968 
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Apr 30, 2021 20:00
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Wow, those bastards hired one of the adults from the Peanuts to read their wicked lies. Despicable.
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Apr 30, 2021 20:17
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Godholio posted:^That's a good point. I'll start looking into things now. I feel you, but you'd be surprised what's possible (even just with visual). https://photos.app.goo.gl/4AGAXEVd4zWiHtEw7 is most of my astrophotography, almost all done here in MD except for some Milky Way stuff shot out in Colorado (where it was just amazing). Platystemon's advice about starting with binocs is good too. That is the usual recommendation for a starting point so you don't go blow hundreds of dollars on a scope. Or, you can step up into a 8" Dobsonian, they're easy to use and fairly cheap. It's really only when you get into the high-fidelity tracking and photography aspects that things get stupid expensive. Crab Dad posted:Ever make it to one of the open nights for the telescope at the USNO?
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Apr 30, 2021 20:26
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arcadey combat flight sims peaked in 1989. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-FxDc-mxU4
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Apr 30, 2021 20:36
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Apr 30, 2021 20:40
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hannibal posted:I feel you, but you'd be surprised what's possible (even just with visual). Uh yeah if you are mil you can just go in and ask for a tour of the mini museum and see the historical library. The rare book collection is small but stunning. Monday through Friday there’s usually a sailor raising the flag and he can point you to the library and displays. Library may not open right away but the schedule will be posted on the door. The historian there will most likely know the dates for the future open house nights. For you Pensacola weenies don’t forget that Corry Station has a small but nice crypto musuem including a Japanese to German enigma machine. It’s behind the OIC office you gotta ask for the key from the front desk.
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Apr 30, 2021 20:54
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facialimpediment posted:Tomorrow's the TX-06 jungle runoff (top 2 of any party advance), for the seat of the Republican dude that died of COVID. His wife/widow is running on the Republican side and uh: wtfffffffffffffffffff
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Apr 30, 2021 21:03
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To be clear, I don't give a single gently caress about her or the race, as Democrats are highly likely to gently caress it up and lock themselves out. It's a R+4 seat, top 2 advance, and Democrats are running three candidates - one strong and two siphoning off enough votes to probably make the top two Republicans. But I always wonder what the robocall reader thinks when they're handed a script basically saying SUSAN WRIGHT MURDERED HER HUSBAND TO TAKE HIS CONGRESSIONAL SEAT. Also, Gaetz did an interview. https://twitter.com/mathewi/status/1388183633035513860 quote:CJR: You obviously have your own role in this story now. There have been headlines about you being confused with Matt Gaetz.
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Apr 30, 2021 21:16
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shame on an IGA posted:arcadey combat flight sims peaked in 1989. You clearly never played Strike Commander. I know it's fun to poo poo on Chris Roberts now, but (the CD release version of) Strike Commander was fun. BIG HEADLINE fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Apr 30, 2021 21:16
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Two important notices: 1. We have a game thread, it’s pretty cool, talk about games there. 2. The only 90’s aviation games worth talking about are CYAC and A-10 Attack! Thank you.
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Apr 30, 2021 21:27
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Gonna start my own VFW, with blackjack and hookers and weed. Veterans For Weed I’m sure someone has already taken that name. Well at least it’s less gross than UPS thanking the cops for shooting their innocent driver dead.
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Apr 30, 2021 23:13
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The first of the lawsuit against 3M over defective earplugs have reached a jury verdict. https://www.wsj.com/articles/3m-loses-first-trial-over-military-earplugs-11619809398 quote:3M Co. lost the first lawsuit to go to trial over the safety of earplugs it sold for years to the military, with a federal jury Friday awarding $7.1 million to three veterans and finding the company failed to warn about defects in the product. Fingers crossed that those of us who are also suing 3M get nice settlements.
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Apr 30, 2021 23:17
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Is that ALL 3m earplugs or just a specific type?
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Apr 30, 2021 23:37
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Is that ALL 3m earplugs or just a specific type? A specific type they sold to the military. Yellow on one side to block impulse sounds but allow conversation, green side for blocking everything.
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Apr 30, 2021 23:38
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So 5 years ago in rural southern Ohio, 8 members of the an extended family living in 4 different homes were all executed while they slept in the middle of the night. Several small children were left alive. I remember reading all kinds of insane rumors online, people were thinking was a Mexican cartel hit squad because the family might have had a marijuana grow on their property (????). The tldr is police say that Jake Wagner, the father of one of the children, his parents and brother orchestrated the killings so Jake could get custody of the child (!!!). The family moved to Alaska for a time then moved back and were arrested in 2018. They've all plead not guilty. A couple of days ago Jake Wagner plead guilty (and will testify against his parents and brother) in order to get life without parole in order to avoid the death penalty. He said he personally carried out 5 of the 8 murders. The whole thing is insane. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2021/04/22/jake-wagner-rhoden-family-homicides-pike-county-ohio-pleads-guilty/7333052002/ Basticle fucked around with this message at 23:49 on Apr 30, 2021 |
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Apr 30, 2021 23:46
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McNally posted:A specific type they sold to the military. Yellow on one side to block impulse sounds but allow conversation, green side for blocking everything. Yellow/green or yellow/black. I had a bag full of those drat things, but still used squeezies. I still have tinnitus.
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Apr 30, 2021 23:49
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Crab Dad posted:Uh yeah if you are mil you can just go in and ask for a tour of the mini museum and see the historical library. The rare book collection is small but stunning. Monday through Friday there’s usually a sailor raising the flag and he can point you to the library and displays. Library may not open right away but the schedule will be posted on the door. The historian there will most likely know the dates for the future open house nights. If you live in the DC area and are into cryptography, the NSA has the National Cryptography Museum beside its HQ in Linthicum, MD. Looks like the museum is closed for renovations, but it's cool to visit, hopefully it'll reopen soon. https://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic-heritage/museum/
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May 1, 2021 00:01
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Is that ALL 3m earplugs or just a specific type? How bad is your hearing? I've been avoiding dates at noisy bars/restaurants even in normal times to avoid saying what too much.
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May 1, 2021 00:05
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I'm pretty sure that Greenberg was already planning on selling Roger Stone to the feds when things went south and is now publicly loving him with these text messages. That's definitely Conspiracy to Commit Obstruction of Justice when you're offering and accepting a bribe to facilitate a pardon for underage sex traffickers. Maybe the feds have had Greenberg in their pocket for awhile and Gaetz knew, and the feds really want Roger Stone back in prison because he's got the goods on Trump.
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May 1, 2021 02:16
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:If you live in the DC area and are into cryptography, the NSA has the National Cryptography Museum beside its HQ in Linthicum, MD. Looks like the museum is closed for renovations, but it's cool to visit, hopefully it'll reopen soon. The National Electronics Museum isn't far away from the Crypto museum but unfortunately it's closed as well.
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May 1, 2021 02:29
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FrozenVent posted:Two important notices: This derail is okay, it's not getting in the way of anything. Also your lack of Red Baron, Aces of the Pacific, or Aces Over Europe is noted and will be reflected in your next performance review.
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May 1, 2021 03:09
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It would be hilarious if Greenberg has been working with the feds since he got caught, just a complete remorseless sociopath walking up to other important people in that social circle going "Hello I am a huge criminal, would you like to help crime with me?"
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May 1, 2021 03:18
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Sergg posted:It would be hilarious if Greenberg has been working with the feds since he got caught, just a complete remorseless sociopath walking up to other important people in that social circle going "Hello I am a huge criminal, would you like to help crime with me?" If this is what goes down, I owe 2021 a fist bump and beer.
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May 1, 2021 03:22
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Please get tucker, please get tucker, please get tucker
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McNally posted:This derail is okay, it's not getting in the way of anything. where does rogue squadron fit in
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