RE: Nothing ryhmes with Purple !

Now if you two knew my French Canadian Friend Phillipe, well…..

http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=587459&size=lg

RE: National Anthems

Hey, they could do a popstars thing on TV and everyone could vote for the new anthem that way! Guaranteed radioplay and number 1 status!

That would suit the current mess this place is in.

Come back Winston, we need you.

RE: Go On….Ask Me Anything!

Go on then. What was the name of Odin’s pig in Norse mythology? Surely that troubles all ex-Sven-Hassel-inspired kids.

RE: CFS3 – A crock of poo

And what is more – you can teach monkeys to fly better than that…

RE: CFS3 – A crock of poo

You know, it wouldn’t install on my PC. 5 hours I wasted. Then tried through the CDRW drive, and it went straight in…curious. At http://www.simviation.com they are all going nuts over it, it seems that M$ has upset loads of people. But hey – if you want the best software, it ain’t going to work on ‘old’ technology.

Now, I have twin 866 PIII’s, 800mb RAM, 32mb graphics card, and updated all my drivers. Occasionally the screen will freeze and I have to reboot, but generally not. I turned many display settings down (why the hell do I want to look at the ground?) after a while, and got a better game through doing so. I have the no-cd patch, which may or may not have a bearing on things to some degree (not having to access the CD). And I defragment my hard-drives every few days.

But is it just me, or is it not as much fun as CFS and CFS 2?

RE: Nothing ryhmes with Purple !

Nor does anything rhyme with orange.

Of course, green, red, blue and white all have rhymes. Not silver though. Nope. Is it only restricted to colours do you think? What about in other languages? Orange, in French for example, is Orange. Hmmm.

RE: National Anthems

Well, I have nothing against God Save The Queen. It stands for something which I respect and swore allegiance to. I Vow To Thee My Country I also think would be a good anthem for us. Rule Brittania or land of Hope and Glory I wouldn’t.

Agreed, the French one is a bit aggressive, but then you must bear in mind the historical aspects of anthems – they are historical things. Take God Save The Queen for example, there is a verse that is always ignored about the English giving the Scots a bloody good kicking. The German Anthem had the first verse banned.

Of course, the Sex Pistols God Save The Queen is superb too.

RE: A question on filmscanners

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-12-02 AT 07:33 PM (GMT)]Hi Roger – The Canon can be had for around £650 Sterling, and is more than capable of pulling the max detail out of film. A friend at RIT in the States (THE place) has access to all types of stuff, up to the top-whack drum scanners, and he bought the Canon as it was, in his view, top-dog. Stuff scanned on that is acceptable with http://www.alamy.com, and is going to be fine for all printing applications. Read 113mb files at top quality. I shrink them down after scanning, but use the Polaroid dust removal tool instead of the dust removal software built in.

Regarding prints, I put 12″x18″ prints from 35mm through a Konica QD21 digital minilab (I run it for my day job, leaving the photography to the other times!), and others I know go through Fuji Frontiers. We are talking exceptionally good prints at this size.

I would certainly reccomend the Canon without hesitation – but get a scsi card first!

And the Turbinlite Havoc is from 1459 flight at Hibaldstow I am told, but I know not when! Damn good try though, personally I had never seen anything like it!

9 Group, 1459 Flight, Hibaldstow, Lincolnshire, Arrived 20/09/41 Havoc I. Havoc II (Turbinlite). Boston III (Turbinlite). Became No. 538 Squadron, 02/09/42. Just got this on a google search.

And this:

On 2 September 1942, the various Turbinlite flights around the country were raised to squadron status, No 1459 Flight at Hibaldstow becoming No 538 Squadron.

These squadrons were equipped with Havocs and Boston, modified to carry a powerful searchlight in the nose and AI radar. The turbinlite aircraft used their radar to locate enemy aircraft and then illuminated them with the searchlight, enabling accompanying fighters to attack the hostile aircraft. On being raised to squadron status, the Hurricanes became an integral part of the unit, whereas the turbinlite aircraft had previously operated with fighters from other squadrons. Improvements in AI radar in aircraft such as the Mosquito soon lead to the concept becoming unwieldy and ineffective, resulting in the squadron’s disbandment on 25 January 1943.

No Squadron badge approved or codes issued.

http://www.rit.edu/~cgs2794/comparison.htm what my friend Carl wrote. Very good with scanning info.