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  1. Probably an effort to make sure that frontal armor bug is truly quashed. Research on the actual thing
  2. "just wanted to inform some of his friends about what’s going on" I've seen this a couple times and it seems to be put forward as almost an excuse. What a crock. It's been 2 years, but I'd say this is not just on him. There is something in the overall classified info handling of the organization that is not working, and lax. Where I was there were so many controls: a. The entire floor I worked on was a classified repository. No phones, no cameras, no recording devices, no smartwatches, no iPods - nothing with ANY memory of any kind allowed past the combo lock door. There were small lockers outside in the elevator lobby. Everyone had their own assigned to lock up their stuff and there were a bunch for visitors - drop your stuff, take the key. b. Inside that Closed Area (that's what it's called), classified computers are in a separate room you have to have access to. 1. It's physically impossible to write anything to CD/DVD or USB. 2. There is a printer, and you can print out things, and you have to log into the printer and it logs the files that are printed, which is routinely audited. 3. The computer system is routinely (like weekly) audited and if you had tried to access something that you don't have access to, questions will be asked. Most of the time it's innocent. You actually did need to look up something but don't have access to something that you really did need. So you have to put in a request. Your department manager has sign off on it certifying you have a need to know. 4. If you for some reason DO need something written to CD/DVD there is a group of about 5 people in the company who will do that and provide it, again, requested and management approval. No one else can even physically do it, let alone by rules. All of the above is for up to Confidential-Restricted Data (Restricted Data is nuclear information, whether propulsion or weapons). For Secret and Top Secret, there is a separate Closed Area INSIDE the Closed Area. There is a two man rule. Again, NOTHING with any memory allowed inside. Nothing can leave. If you take something out of a file, it either has to be returned and logged back in, or destroyed. You cannot take anything inside to make notes with. There is marked papers inside to make notes and it stays inside. For disposal, there are burn bags for media, and bins for shredding. The shredding is by an outside contractor, but the locked bins (Like curbside trash bins) are brought to the back door and security watches as they are loaded into the truck sized shredder. At the door/gate, you can bring in a lunchbox and on the way home it will be checked (randomly). I'll stop here, but as you can see, there has to be a significant breakdown in the implementation of procedures for someone to create a security breach like this. I thought a little context on how it's SUPPOSED to be done might be useful. Everyone where I worked took security very seriously. I'd wager there is more to come after a thorough review of the organization's security procedures. We may or may not hear much about that, unless it's discovered he had active accomplices. One caveat - this is all where I worked or visited (national labs). The problems at the White House are different. It's obvious from what has happened these last several years that security procedures are "different" there. Rules for thee and not for me. Dave
  3. Sounds just like me and my wife (age 66 and 68 respectively), although no signs. The thoughts are there though. Dave
  4. Is this ONLY with RT? Other CM titles work ok? Not sure I'll have anything better knowing this answer, but it's good to know. Dave
  5. CM titles don't play nice with OSX updates sometimes. A couple things to try if you haven't already: 1. Right click and select "Open" instead of just clicking on the icon. This may work because it bypasses the Apple signed check. It may still ask you are you sure or something similar - read the buttons carefully because the default is to stop/cancel. 2. Along with 1., you may have to do this 2 or 3 times before it takes. 3. When it does work, it can take a LOOOOOONGGGG time for it to start up, so make sure you wait it out. And if you've done anything else on your computer while waiting, it could be minimized and you can wake it up by clicking on dock icon and voila. My advice, click, go get a cup of coffee, (or a stiff drink if you are on the 5th try), and come back to see if it started. For an unknown reason, RT seems more susceptible than the rest to this issue. I think when I upgraded to Ventura it took about 5 times to get it to start and it still took a while. But the good news is once you get past this hump, it will start very quickly like normal (1-2 seconds). I hope this helps and you get it running. Dave
  6. Only if it's somewhere off the CM battlefield. Otherwise, if you detonated a nuclear weapon in the middle of a typical CM battlefield the immediate incapacitating and lethal effects would cover the map. Of course, so would the blast effects, both heat and pressure. Not to mention the fact that the CMCW battlefields in the game aren't big enough for those effects to be confined only to the enemy. It's really pointless to even think about including it. During the CW period, the consensus was that use of tactical/battlefield nuclear weapons would almost immediately lead to a general exchange of strategic nuclear weapons, so the CMCW battle becomes moot, regardless of what happened in that little battlefield. This subject has been pretty much covered to death in various threads. Dave
  7. Well, that's not true. At CMCW scope battlefield size, direct radiation effects would be as much of a factor as blast and heat. Those troops in buildings that weren't flattened would still be subject to direct radiation. That was the whole idea of "neutron bombs", right? If you were in a trench or a decent reverse slope you'd be somewhat protected from that, but everyone else - not so lucky. And non "neutron bomb" weapons might leave tank crews ok, -ish. Remember that "neutron bombs" were properly termed enhance radiation weapons. More direct radiation than "normal" fission weapons, but "normal" ones still pack a large direct radiation punch. I think you are thinking of fallout and contamination. Dave
  8. Yes, it works fine for me. With new installations sometimes there is a very significant lag in opening, and you need to right click and select "Open" in order to bypass the Mac OS malware check, but that doesn't sound like the issue you are having. Dave
  9. None on my tanks that I can see. I must say I missed the shotgun blasts. I know what they look like from Stuart's. Every tank is armed with a mix of HE and AP, with a couple of them having just a few rounds of APCR (APDS or Sabot to us non-Russians). I do have a hefty number of MG teams, and the tanks have been making liberal use of theirs, what with all those ersatz soldiers running around. But the canister animation is pretty distinctive. Dave
  10. This is VERY easy to do accidentally. Not that I've ever done that
  11. FO died. George explained the premise. You have a rifleman remaining. Use him as a scout. PL or CoCdrs will have to CFF from now on. Them's the breaks, but not a bug. Dave
  12. Yes. There are never enough FOs to go around. In WW2 or today. In the 70s and 80s we never, not once, were full up to our TOE. And this was the 82d. You'd think if anyone would be, it would have been us. So the replacement FO would have to come from another unit nearby. In many cases the subsequent mission follows almost directly after the previous one. Yes, you may get some replacements or may not. But it makes it harder to get specialists, as opposed to cross attaching a reinforcing company from next door, for example. Maybe they could be replaced, maybe not. It's pretty annoying to permanently lose a someone like that, no doubt. An FO is not the only guy on the battlefield that can CFF. He does it better, but someone just has to fill in. Dave
  13. Probably assumes his radio did with him. The assistant/RTO in an FO team would normally also be trained to call for fire, but if the FO's radio got shot to pieces, well, .... Protect your FO's. That's where the firepower is. (I may, of course, be biased). Dave
  14. The only positive of this is that while there is a vocal "anti" minority in the House, the Senate seems to be in bi-partisan agreement that aide must continue. Dave
  15. And yet, EVERY SINGLE BILL in Congress, from the moment written, is available to every US Citizen (for that matter, anyone in the world unless some country blocks it), on Congress.gov, free to read, download, print, full text and summary, status, votes in committee and floor. The fact that the general public has no idea is at least in part due to the general public making no effort at being informed. When presented with extreme claims of doom due to the potential passing of this or that bill by either party, or any news or social media post, the general public should go read the bill for themselves and find out. Dave
  16. It shows they have binos and one of the SMG guys (at least) has them, so I'd say it's a scout/sniper team and the two SMG guys are spotters and protection for the guy with the sniper. Keep in mind that Rangers, besides scaling the cliffs at D-Day, or operating as an elite infantry unit, are also well trained and used for small, covert, behind the lines actions, raids and ambushes. That team could come in very useful for say, eliminating a sentry post, while keeping the main body of Rangers back a bit and less prone to early discovery. Just one real-life example. Dave
  17. This isn't unique to game software. I just retired from a 38 year career in radiation shielding design. We use a mix of our own and commercial software. But even using commercial software, the incredibly detailed model of the submarine shielding is the key, and it takes a huge effort to make that model. Likewise, our home grown software has developed and evolved over decades to where it is today. Many times (always, really) shoehorning a new capability into this software ends up being MUCH more involved than we first expected. And we've been the recipients of the "It should be easy to add XYZ. Why is your estimate so high?" comments. Yeah, sure. We'll see. I can sympathize with Steve on this. Dave
  18. I've been retired now for about a year and a half and I'm absolutely loving it. But I can't play CM all day. There are too many other things I'm really interested in. For example (not in order): * I'm 66 and been a competitive runner since I was 18. Lymphoma took a bite out of that but I'm back at it again and feeling good. But at this age I'm much slower and need more rest after pushing myself. * My model railroad * Amateur radio * Reading * Piano * Guitar * Things my wife and I like to do together (she's retired and has her own interests too). This should really be higher up the list * Other games (yes, there are others, haha) You guys wait until you retire. You'll see. I mean, still not having time for everything is a good problem because now "everything" is only stuff you WANT to do. The good news is I won't be bored in retirement! Dave
  19. Oh, please. Russia violated the very agreement they signed to guarantee Ukraine's security. You think that Putin seriously meant that? You used the correct word - "bait" Dave
  20. I think you guys are using Russia and Russians two different ways. One very literal, the other general and encompassing. Might be more of a language/usage issue than an actual disagreement? Dave
  21. Article in The Times this morning speculating about a hard-line overthrow of Putin. But the interesting part after all here speculation about factions is the last paragraph, which maybe they should have expanded on a bit more. There's a paywall (I subscribe), but I think you get a certain number of free views? If not I'll see if I can figure something out. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pro-war-ultra-patriots-may-overthrow-president-putin-djd8j32gw Dave
  22. I am a Mac user and beta testers. There will not be Mac versions on Matrix/Slitherene unfortunately. No tournaments or PBEM++ for Macs. But that is consistent with any other games as well. As for Parallels, YES, it will run. Will you like it? Possibly. I have a 2018 MacBook pro and using that I can run any scenario at Best resolution just fine. I've tried to use Parallels for Cold War during the PBEM++ addition and even with Between Two Farhbahns, performance was extremely poor. Jerky, halting movement, slow graphics redraw, for instance when you move the camera forward and farther scenery renders more detail - very slow and halting. Overall it was an unsatisfying experience. I run many other games and scientific computationally intensive software using Parallels, but CM just has poor performance. One caveat. My MacBook is a few years old. It's possible that on a new M1 or M2 its might do better. Also, mine does not have a separate GPU. That's a problem for CM in Windows, but it's not for a Mac, same processor. If you have a higher end Mac with a GPU, it will most likely work ok. Hope that helps you. Dave
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