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http://www.geocities.com/Augusta/8172/panzerfaust2.htm#use "Caution was to be paid to the backblast of the weapon, it created an explosion blast of two to three meters ( 6.5 - 10 ft.) behind the tube. Therefore on many Panzerfausts, especially the early Panzerfaust 30 m, a warning in large red letters printed on the upper rear part of the tube advised to stay clear: Achtung! Feuerstrahl! ("Beware ! Fire Jet !"; see pic. below of four Panzerfaust 30 in delivery crate). Sometimes other variations of this warning were stenciled on the upper rear. But the backblast wasn't only dangerous to bystanders: the rear of the firing soldier had to be free of obstacles for at least 3 m (10 ft.), otherwise heavy burns on the back of the firing soldier would result. Officially the rear of the gunner had to be free for 10m for safety reasons and the backblast was reported as lethal to a range of 3m behind the tube. Mostly the fiery backblast, but also the atmospheric pressure and the relative hazardousness of the blast's smoke put heavy restrictions on indoor use; this holds true even more for the Panzerschreck. Despite the seemingly easy usage and the fact that simple usage instructions were printed onto each weapon, many accidents happened because of wrong handling of often ill-trained personnel, sometimes also because of material defects of the weapons themselves." ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

pershing tank? good protection, 90mm gun my fave is not quite a tank: the priest ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Disaster@work: Which college? Where? I want to hear Ang Lee! Keith <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> cornell university/big red/cornhell/the really cold overcast place. the tix are for sale on 6th and movie is 18th...have to be careful to stop telling people since i dont want the place to be sold out ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

they got scripts for those too! http://ter.air0day.com/wingcommander.html http://ter.air0day.com/battlefield.html http://ter.air0day.com/archives.html even if a movie is bad, at least we can read the abridged scripts and realize we're not alone in hating them... ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Disaster@work: The second one is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It'll be a movie you'll be hearing about this Christmas as a genre breakout film that is both romance, historical drama AND a fighting film as well. Like Drunken Master, it has drop jaw amazing fighting scenes (though less of them than Drunken Master). In addition, however, it is a solid tragic romance that had more than a few men and women in the audience weeping - including myself. This film is being touted in American Beauty terms as a breakout hit. I recommend it highly. After seeing the previews (link below) I wanted to see this like I wanted to see The Phantom Menace. Unlike the Phantom Menace, after seeing Crouching Tiger.. once, I definitely will want to see it again and bring a date too. I have a longer review here: http://www.radiodestiny.com/private/crouch.shtml <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> crouching tiger sneak preview tiks go on sale at my college on monday. special lecture by ang lee, the director!!! yeehaa, can't wait. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Smeltz: Anyway I'm glad to see that the love intrest between Anakin and Amidala came up earlier in the post. I was suprised to see that some parent group wasn't screaming about pedophilia. She's like how old? Hell Anakin isn't even old enough to get those feelings yet. Sorry George, I can take alot to go along with the story, but I think you wrote yourself into a corner on this one. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> well, the ages have were a bit big since anakin is played by a 20 something in ep 2 while natalie portman is still the queen. anakin could judt have a crush, those do happen. and again, lucas could be called sick. as i mentioned before, empire strikes back: leia and luke share a wet one---ewwwww! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

hehe i think the two POV's were different for the abridged scripts and the dumb-ss chick, er, i mean, mistaken girl. probably the girl mixed up wwii and vietnam(i wouldn't be surprised) but how she knew the french were involved in wwii astounds me given her obvious state of intelligence. the abridged movie script guy i think just thought thought vietnam was a bad idea. (plus he makes fun of republicans, always a plus in my book!) the making fun of american jingoism is not cause of anti-americanism but making fun of the bit heavy handed patriotic parts of SPR. meanwhile the thin red line parody made fun of malick's nature imagery and "trans existential" thoughts in the movie's soldiers. starship troopers...well, i spilled enough bile in their direction. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kump: russel, Well shoot me in the head. I still couldn't see it and then I... saw it! My oversight. Doh-Doh-Doh. Okay, I fixed it and reposted it. Thanks a million. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> no problem! hehe i knew the extra time in bolding the text would pay off ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by kump: Thanks for visiting and the comments. russellmz, Thanks for getting back with any issues. I couldn't find what you were talking about. Then I stumbled on the "Back to Top" link, which was back to top of misc page. Is this what you were referring to? Fixed. Thanks for the heads up. Doh-Doh! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> er, a few more errors: basically the text is about terrain but the page & urls are about/goto skyscapes. the text should be describing the skyscapes. the following is the incorrect text. otherwise, a perfect site. Overcast Sky Example - A look at the snow road. err, you mean "A look at the overcast sky" right? Night Sky Example - The modified Gunslinger hedge/bocage. um, should be just about the night sky right? Day Sky Example - The modified Gunslinger hedge/bocage. etc Simple Sky Mod v1 - Snow road, hedge, marsh, wheat, and wall, size 744 K etc g'nite ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

very sweet site. i liked it all, design, ease of navigation, and actual use of spell check. there was one slight nit: http://www.gkump.com/cm/kumpsky.htm the text sez it's for misc terrain but the url (correctly) goes to the skyscapes. definietly going to my bookmark list. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

http://www.geocities.com/russellmz/images/combatmission/alienssounds.zip just right-click and "save as..." these are lines that may be appropriate to cm. non-numbered sounds: "10 seconds people, look sharp!" -apone "affirmative." -hudson "check theose corners...check those corners." -apone "forget him he's gone!" -hicks "f-ckin' a. man" -hudson "game over man, game over" -hudson "it's game time." -hicks "ok, i'm on it." -hudson "let's rock!" -vasquez "look i'm telling you, there's something moving and it ain't us!" -hudson ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-31-2000).]

well, don't i feel silly shelling out $45 plus shipping...

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by GriffinCheng+: The movie, as a movie in general, is not too bad. The relations between Qui-Gon/Obi-wan and Anakin/Queen link the whole movie together. The concept of the whole story is not bad -- a power trade power blockade a small peace system over trade disprute in a corner of the disintegrating old Republic. The "person who will bring balance to the Force" is delivered by a virgin mother and comes into conflict against a hidden evil, long plotted to overtake the Galaxy... I think the failure mainly links to how the elements are presented and the course of execution. ----------- This triology of noves introduce Mara Jade, she is my, and still my most favorite female characters in the series, Mon Mothma comes far in second. Griffin. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> what, neither leia nor amidilia on yr top 2? notice palpatine's bodyguards/escort? just like the emperors red guards in jedi. shows why parliamentary govs not so hot: the little trade dispute caused the council leader's downfall after amidalia called for a vote of no-confidence. plus the cool spin on that scene in ep iv. remember obi won is asked if he knew the r2-d2? response: "i don't recall ever owning a droid before." ie, not that he didn't know the droid, but he never owned the droid, which was true but misleading.(yes, i know im digging and my friend thinks im insane for thinking lucas meant that all along) ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by CaSCa: et TU, CaSCa? ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by jshandorf: Okay.. Just one point to make but I think it is pretty relevant. Did ANYBODY know that Lucas only has directed Episode IV and I???? Episode V and VI were directed by other guys. Lucas still had a hand in the writing but he did not direct. I think it really shows if you ask me. I say lets get George out of the directing chair and keep him behind the pencil err ahhh word processor. Then I think the movies will get better. Jeff P.S. Just looked it up... Irvin Kershner directed episode V and episode VI was directed by Richard Marquand. In all honesty... It is one thing to dream up a universe but it is totally another to put it in front of a lens. George just can't hack it behind the camera. [This message has been edited by jshandorf (edited 10-31-2000).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> and american graffiti ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

from Brassed Off Phil: [as Mr. Chuckles] So God was creating man. And his little assistant came up to him and he said: "Hey, we've got all these bodies left, but we're right out of brains, we're right out of hearts and we're right out of vocal chords." And God said: "F-ck it! Sew 'em up anyway. Smack smiles on the faces and make them talk out of their arses." And lo, God created the Tory Party. --------------- change the party to republican and it still works pretty well... is the tory party related to the conservative party? i don't remember the nicknames of labour. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-31-2000).]

im surprised i forgot this link: http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/features/pc/postgame_wrapup/page6.html "We couldn't rely much on the above techniques of limiting to interiors, using low-definition ground terrain or reduced numbers of characters. This meant that I had to make great efforts to optimize the 3D engine as much as possible to squeeze out every last ounce of performance, since I knew that Combat Mission would place a pretty heavy load on the graphics chips by virtue of the environment it tries to show. I won't bore you with the details, but we spent a lot of time devising tricks that made our 3D models simpler, and therefore faster for the computer to draw - but without looking that way. In the end, I think the effort was well worth it. Combat Mission runs at excellent frame rates on good hardware and reasonably well even on low-end machines." http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/features/pc/postgame_wrapup/page10.html "Changing 3D hardware: Only an ingrate whose computer game is behind schedule would actually complain about improvements in 3D hardware. Well, that's me. Not that I don't love the new chips, because I do. They're wonderful. The trouble is that a design meant for 4MB video cards (the state of the art at the time we started Combat Mission) doesn't make full use of the power afforded by faster 32MB cards, which were developed during the time it took to code the game.(emphasis mine) It's my fault for not planning sufficiently ahead and for allowing the game to miss deadlines, but it did mean that we had to redo a significant portion of the original artwork at a higher resolution to make maximum visual impact on the latest hardware." so: should we go like monks over ancient religious texts and try and argue that bts will design for a 32mb vid card or that they will try to satisfy lower end systems? ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

hehe this has been discussed a lot: basically, unless it was a medeval church with three ft thick walls, it is reasonable to have buildings collapse. [3 ft thick walled buildings not modeled in cm]. light buildings were probably wooden, heavy buildings are not likely designed to withstand high explosives. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

Aliens: Colonial Marines Portraits use them to replace whatever portraits you like, i didn't number them since didn't know which bmp you'd like replaced. (1100-1126.bmp) http://www.geocities.com/russellmz/images/combatmission/aliensportraits.zip Right-click and choose 'save as...' Portraits available: Ground Troup Commander Sergeant A. Apone Science Officer L. Bishop Private T. Crowe Medical Officer Corporal C. Dietrich Smart Gunner Private M. Drake Private R. Frost Squadron Commander Lieutenant S. Gorman Corporal Dwayne Hicks Communications Technician Private W. Hudson Smart Gunner Private J. Vasquez Private T. Wierzbowski unfortunately, flyboys spunkmeyer and ferro, civvies ripley, burke, and newt are not available(i don't know why i have bishop either). Please send comments and complaints! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-31-2000).]

as usual everypne's feelings about a movie can be summed up with an abridged script: especially funny is samuel l. jackson's, er, 'dialogue'. http://ter.air0day.com/phantommenace.html and weird al yankovic's american jedi, who includes a line about the 'romance': http://www.sagabegins.com/lyrics.html but don't forget lucas has some twisted relationship issues: admit it, everytime you watch leia kiss luke in empire strikes back don't you just go 'ewwwwww!' aaaa, last bit of star wars humor i promise: http://www.mediatrip.com/film/movies_on_demand/308.html the last two scenes in this funny little short film DOES explain a lot. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show [This message has been edited by russellmz (edited 10-30-2000).]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Sarge: BTW russellmz...your warning was too late but appriciate the heads up<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> sorry to hear dude. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

move those troops out NOW! The building's on the verge of collapse if hit with a few arty or tank rounds. heavily damaged, run, run, run! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

this is the best sound...ever. =) really, now no more annoying crackling when im near a burning anything. thanks madmatt! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

im glad BTS keeps the graphics basic so more gamers can play while allowing mods to be applied to improve the look it u so chose.(this from a man who has a 600Mhz 'puter) don't forget the game was started way back when 4mb vid cards were the most bad-ssed on the market. next time, the graphics will get a major uplift while still allowing a large number of gamers to play. that way my puter wont be totally useless for CM 3-4 hopefully. ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show

cripes, starship troopers was so bad it became entertaining watching the fools die... i have ranted for pages on this subject i other posts so i'll spare u the rant and summarize my findings: denise richards: bad starry eyed stare acting only character i liked gets killed casper van dien went to harvard, even with crappy grades the mobile infantry gets around on foot. no tanks to squash bugs. no air support. no orbital bombardment to destroy anti ship bug butt guns. at the end people are happy despite their horrid wounds and the fact that some of their friends died about three minutes earlier. at least it bombed...no sequel! ------------------ "They had their chance- they have not lead!" - GW Bush "They had mechanical pencils- they have not...lead?" - Jon Stewart on The Daily Show