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It was always fuse in Australia. When I first saw the word fuze used in the context of artillery I thought it was some highly technical artillery-specific term that I didn't know. Then I figured out it was another case of confuzed Americans. But wait, I'm looking up the American Heritage Dictionary, Third Edition, on my Bloomberg machine, and under "fuse" it gives the full primary definition, while under "fuze" it just gives the definition as "fuse". Does this mean that even in America "fuse" is the primary spelling, or just that "fuse" comes before "fuze" lexicographically? Anyway, it's interesting that both "fuse" and "fuze" appear in an American dictionary, where I cannot find "recognise" or "realise". So fuse does appear to be a special case. After all, it doesn't end in -ise like the others.

Definitely on-board mortars in fog or night, or in all-forest map, where it is physically impossible for them to fire anything at anytime anywhere. Of course this limitation doesn't apply to the British 2" mortars, which are useless in all conditions.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Franko: Okay, I read this guys profile and I'm actually starting to get convinced that he really IS the PM of Australia. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah he's trying to perfect MMG tactics to give the SAS a chance against those terrifying refugees.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mace: Given your role as Prime Minister of Australia and with a federal election coming up, do you really think you have the time to discuss MMG theory? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Political power comes out of the barrel of an MMG. Especially when you have no hope of actually winning the election.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by markshot: I was wondering if this forum can be searched? If so, what do I need to do. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I think we all know the correct answer to this question is: do a search.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by BloodyBucket: If there is sycophancy in the board, it is a fruitless activity, as I am unaware of any advantage that can be gained by fawning over BTS. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I agree totally. Sycophany is completely unnecessary for a company as perfect, infallible, divine, and worthy of worship as the great BTS.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by olandt: I guess the battle was called Black Wednesday because of the catostrophic casualties on both sides. [ 07-23-2001: Message edited by: olandt ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Let me lift the level of obviousness by adding my own guess: I guess the battle was called Black Wednesday because it happened on a Wednesday.

"What should we do if we do hit mine?" "Well, Lieutenant, standard procedure is to jump 10 feet into the air, then scatter yourself over a wide area."

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Stixx: Australia <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I dunno, New Guinea is to the east isn't it? So they fought in the Really Eastern Front.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Priest: Amen to that!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Yeah we should have listened to Adams about the dat; then we would have had a long weekend.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by easy-v: Typically, I like to play CM in series of best out of 3, with all 3 games having the same parameters, switching sides at the conclusion of each game. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Ehhh, since there were only two and not three sides in the battle, how is this possible? One of you would have to play the same side twice, and then it wouldn't really be a "fair" contest.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by thor: This is a great work on WW2: Total War: Causes and Courses of the Second World War, Revised 2nd Ed., Peter Calvocoressi,Guy Wint,R.John. Pritchard / Paperback / Pantheon Books / September 1990 <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I remember reading a previous edition of this when it was in one volume and had only 2 authors. It was great for getting the big picture, not so much on military detail. It really put the war in the larger context, containing things you don't usually see in military history, like a discussion of Chinese society. What I'd like to know is, is this new edition much different from the last one? Is it worth reading it all over again?

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Rex_Bellator: On the German side there was a guy who fought a forgotten war and ran the allies ragged in East Africa for years unsupported and with almost no resources, sucessfully tying down many times his own numbers. Hopefully someone can recall his name before I can, he certainly deserves a mention.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Wasn't this in the First World War? Germany lost all her African colonies after that one.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Mord: It will be BTS's penultimate triumph, work of art, game to end all games (add any cliches and or adjectives you feel would fit). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And the ultimate triumph would be? Retiring on the beach?

I have been playing CM on software mode on my Dell Inspiron 7500 Laptop ever since I got tired of the freezes. I tried some of the fixes but nothing worked. It's addictive enough in software mode, so I'm not complaining. Well ... OK I'm complaining a little. Some 3-D programs work fine with my system and some don't, and I can't help wondering what is the difference between the two sets of software that accounts for this, and whether there is something that BTS can do to move CM from one to the other.