David Aitken

Here's a refresher course for veterans and an education for newbies... ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Elvis wrote: > A real man knowing is opponant is without arty would not use his. Dear Mr Elvis, It is with heartfelt sorrow that I write to inform you that your close friend, Chivalry, was killed during the Normandy invasion. He went ashore with the first wave and was immediately shot down by the enemy. Or it may have been the guys behind him in the Higgins boat, we're not sure. We understand that on his injury, a ceasefire was called to allow all participants of battle from both sides to blugeon and mutilate his body. I know this will be a difficult time for you, and as such I would like to enhance your misery by offering that we all hated Chivalry and were glad to see his guts trampled into the soil of a foreign country (France of all places – a particularly hateful location to abandon his unrecogniseable remains). If you are in need of any moral support, please feel free to bugger the hell off. Yours sincerely, Brigadier Sir Davro Ackermann ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Mark IV wrote: > Sorry, "IV™" is MINE. Have you never had any letters from Aitken Galactic Corporation (Earth)? You don't know about the... umm... how should I put this... Your mother never told you about our 'arrangement'? Well, I'm sorry that you should find out in these circumstances, but basically, we own you. You may have patented half the dictionary, but the premise that you can actually possess anything is but an illusion. Your purpose in life is that of a surveillance drone, and we allow you other pursuits purely so that you will fit in better. Dr. Davro Ackermann Managing Director Aitken Galactic Corporation They're not stars, they're our advertising billboards ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Hiram Sedai wrote: > go back to yer whining about being useless cogs in society. I am to society what Microsoft Excel is to a fish. Alternatively: I am not a cog, I am an unreformed spanner! Can't you see that? Altogether now: You wouldn't recognise a spanner if it hit you between the eyes! Or unscrewed your nads. And may I offer, from the bottom of my heart, no apology at all to the delicate Weegies who have been offended by my pseudo-English pomposity. I am an unreformed inhabitant of West Lothian. I read The Scotsman. I do not think fondly of Rab C Nesbitt. I talk to myself with an English accent. My natural accent is about as Scottish as the Duke of Cumberland. Hmmm, the Duke of Cumberland... I wonder if he'd be available the next time I'm conducting mopping-up operations in CM. Darvied Atkin-Smythe-Blenkinsop IV ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

MrPeng wrote: This is my thread. [...] THIS IS MY THREAD, and what it is too. Does that constitute a full-blown Penging, or do I have to cling on longer for the day when I can release my grasp on this mortal coil? ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

YK2 wrote: > I am proud to be Glaswegian I knew it! > as anyone will tell you we are mostly friendly and down to earth with no Granduers of wishing to be one of the freakin *vast majority* of Scots who speak English. Yes, but they DO speak English. That's what I'm saying – regardless of their accent, Weegies speak English, not Scots. David ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Croda wrote: > Yesterday, in a really goofy thread about taunting people in French (not the French taunter) YK2 asked if she could adopt me and told me I was a sweetie and that she would teach me how to Scottish kiss when old PawBroon wasn't looking. Now now kiddies, if my memory serves me well (and it does), the specifics were that Emma called you a sweetie and offered to let you French kiss Marçel. The latter got a bit excited, so the former had to withdraw her offer for fear of losing her man to your studliness. > Does anyone actually read OhGoshI'mAScottishFreak's crazy-ass Scottish ramblings? YK2 wrote: > Actually, being Scottish myself I LMFAO every time I read his posts Being Scottish myself, I get a headache trying to read that nonsense. It should be noted that a Glasgow accent does not constitute the Scottish language – the vast majority of Scots speak English – real Scots is a far more elegant dialect. Now, let's play "Guess why Dave has a stupid big grin on his mug"! Give up? Well, he's just spent half the day at an Edinburgh girls' school of course! * David * and the other half at a boys' school... now let's play "Guess which half of Dave's day was more fun"! ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Kingfish wrote: > Remember, the greater the number of squads you can cram inside the building, the greater the chance you will find it. Okay, I've got a building with a big prize (**) in it, but try as I might I can't find anything. I've got a battalion of infantry, two platoons of engineers, a fleet of Humber scout cars and a Churchill VII turning the place upside down, but no luck. Maybe the heavy shelling is cramping their style, but I shall persevere! ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

MrHappy wrote: > somewhere in a grim garret [...] that mommy wont touch anymore. Someone tell MrPeng he can't just wander in here and spew like that – he's got to acknowledge the presence of others, and deride them accordingly. And take away his keyboard, or confiscate one of his daughters. David (resident non-resident non-artistic artist) ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Madmatt wrote: > You've Been Waiting Haven't You? You Need This Soooo Badly Don't You? Steady Matt, I think you should be saving that kind of talk for someone special... this is a computer game about tanks and guns... it's not biologically correct to get physically excited about big metal contraptions. Of course, if you're married to your work, that's great, we won't argue. We'll just keep our distance and shoot you funny looks. ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Marlow wrote: > Keep him from spawning. We can't do that until we work out HOW he spawns. The latest theory is that baby Crodas sprout when his dandruff falls on fertile ground. ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

jshandorf wrote: > Your odd. We know THAT, but we were hoping for some deeper insights. I vote for surgical dissection. ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Croda wrote: > My Tiger keeps putting *s on buildings... He's decorating it for Christmas. ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

YK2 wrote: > totally orgasmic stuff is Marcels French kiss, mine on the other hand is just boring Scottish, will that suffice? I think he'll go for Marçel. You won't get jealous, will you? ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Croda wrote: > *melts* Me? A sweetie? I'm flabergasterized. I think the Cesspool now constitutes around 68% drool. It's all sexual tension (okay, nothing so dignified – more like a bunch of wankers) since Kitty and YK2 showed up. This is why they used not to let women into the infantry – because the men would just sit around ogling them instead of fighting the war. ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

PawBroon wrote: > As a FRench I have a standing RoE stating that I must have sex with all women if the Pool. Marçel is getting a bit randy these days – I think it's time we had him neutered. ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

No no no, the asterisks indicate simple disclaimers, as you would expect. Refer to the manual, and you will find the following in the small print: * Not actual building ** Digital representation only David ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

Jeff Heidman wrote: > It takes quite a bit more than just using a multi-processor capable OS or programming language. As far as I know, any Carbon (optimised for Mac OS X) or Cocoa (coded from scratch) compliant program will benefit from multiple processors. Apple has done a lot to ensure that programs will fit seamlessly into the OS X environment. > Not to mention the fact that only a very small fraction of people have dual processor systems to begin with. Currently the three basic flavours of G4 (read: professional Mac) are single-processor 400MHz, dual-processor 450MHz and dual-processor 500MHz. They'll probably go back to single processors once Motorola have bumped the clock speed up a bit (more of a PR than a technical issue). David ------------------ War is about killing people. You give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. – D.A.

tero wrote: > The Germans held the corridor open long enough for most (some ?) of the troops in peril to escape. > That meant that somebody propably gave the order for the troops to die if necessary saving the rest. From Stalingrad onwards, the German war effort was basically a bunch of 'fight to the last man' orders from Hitler. Sacrifice was the Nazis' order of the day for the whole latter part of the war. More unusual is to hear of the Western Allies sacrificing troops – Allied soldiers were certainly willing to fight to the death (at Arnhem, for example), but would not normally be under orders. I quote a notable exception, also from the Arnhem battle, from Cornelius Ryan's book: "Shortly after 6.00 p.m. Brigadier Ben Walton sent for Tilly. At Walton's headquarters in a house south of Driel, Tilly expected the brigade commander to review once more the details of the night's operation. Instead, Walton told him there had been a change in plan. Word had been received, Walton said, that 'the whole operation – the large-scale crossing – was off.' Tilly's battalion would still cross but for a different purpose. Tilly listened with increasing dismay. His men were to hold the base of the perimeter while Urquhart's First Airborne Division was withdrawn! He was to take as few men as possible – 'only enough to do the job': approximately 400 infantry and 20 officers. Tilly did not need to go: he could detail his second-in-command, Major James Grafton, to take his place. Although Tilly replied he would 'think about it,' he had already decided to lead his men over. As he left Walton's headquarters, Tilly felt that his men were being sacrificed. Walton had said nothing about getting them back. Yet he knew that Walton, too, was helpless to alter the situation." It says more here than I remembered – in short, in the face of heavy German opposition, only 239 made it across the river, and very few linked up with Urquhart's forces. Of course, we're talking theoretically here – in practice, many people are killed in war for no reason. There are numerous examples from any major conflict, of men being sent on a mission and ending up being wiped out for little gain (Arnhem again). In that respect, if you knowingly give a sacrificial order for a good reason, it's not a foolish thing to do. Not something you want to make a habit of, but war is about killing people – you give orders which will help to end the war, not orders which will save your men, because your men will only stop dying when the war is over. David

Jeff Heidman wrote: > Damn, there goes 7 sales for BTS... Now now Jeff, that's no kind of attitude to bring into a Mac-centric thread like this. How could you possibly forget Mrs Miggins's pet dog Floyd? The total is a very definite 8+.

Juardis wrote: > 4) YOU CANNOT SEE THROUGH BOCAGE If you're close up to bocage you can see through it, and if you're far away you can see things immediately behind it, especially if they're moving. Of course, the visual permeability of bocage was changed in a patch, so it's currently different from what it was in the original release. David

These cannot be modified, as they are models rather than bitmaps. David

If you want your men to hide behind a hedge or wall, make sure they're not right up against it. The graphical representation is not always exactly where the underlying code assumes the barrier to be, so if your men are up against it they might end up technically IN it, and if they're IN the hedge/wall the TacAI will not distinguish between front or back. Provided they are within a few yards of the barrier, they will benefit from the cover it offers (being IN a wall offers no cover). Bocage in CM is generally not good cover. The enemy can see your men for maybe 10 or 20 yards behind it, and it does not offer much protection. The exception is if you are defending and your men are dug in behind – benefiting from the cover of their foxhole and the concealment of the bocage. David

Apple discontinued Quickdraw 3D a year ago. RAVE should work on OS X, but probably only under the Classic environment (OS 9). I didn't expect an OpenGL patch for CMBO, but I was under the (possibly misguided) impression that CM2 would support it – out of necessity if nothing else.

I am using a combination of Mac OS 9's ATI drivers, and those that came with my Nexus 128. When I upgraded the drivers, either to those that came with Apple's Multimedia Update 1.0, or ATI's latest Radeon drivers, I got the black text problem. Also, Adobe Illustrator 7 crashes when I bring up the Save dialogue. So on both occasions I downgraded and everything works fine. David PS: Moral of the story – if it ain't broke, don't fix it (all too sensible where computers are involved). [This message has been edited by David Aitken (edited 11-15-2000).]