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    Ultradave reacted to Mord in The state of CMSF2   
    My brother lives up in Ellsworth. I had to look up Castine, that's a sweet spot. I've seen Deer Isle and Stonington. I like the Blue Hill area.
    There's just no place like Maine.
     
    Mord.
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    Ultradave got a reaction from Mord in The state of CMSF2   
    Former Maniac> I lived in Castine and went to Bucksport High School (way back when). Best part about it was living so close to Acadia National Park.
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    Ultradave reacted to A Canadian Cat in during you're migration   
    Interesting, you should also know that the reason our accounts were not fully migrated over is likely because the old site did not store our passwords. That has been the state of the art in security for a long time now. Password test values are stored has salted hashes. That way if the database is compromised an attacker's cannot get plain text or even hashed password values. It is also why password reset features either send you a new random pw or takes you to a UI to set a new one - the site cannot tell you what your pw was.
    So, if someone sent you your password in plain text you have bigger problems than one site. I would check for malware and key loggers on your end and then reset all your pws.
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    Ultradave got a reaction from Muzzleflash1990 in Combat Mission Italy Strangeness   
    Teleporting vehicle reported as a bug. Getting some opinions first on the spotting.
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    Ultradave reacted to Bil Hardenberger in CMSF 2 – US-SYRIA BETA AAR   
    You misspelled armor Bud.   
    Yes, the round was APFSDS... though the hit decals are too large for the penetrator rod.. I need to make a report about that. 
    Remember also that I purposefully took the M1A1 instead of the M1A2, and though I;m not sure of the armor difference between them, the M1A2 should be more survivable against the other western tanks.
    Did anyone notice that in the last few turn reports there were no black floating icons?  Progress!
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    Ultradave reacted to Mord in Interested... But...   
    Yes we are, by about 8 years. EVERY single thing going into SF since BN 1.0 is brand new to SF. And SF will also benefit from future growth like every title has since CMBN debuted.
     
    They wouldn't need to though, BN has grown along with the series and didn't stagnate, like CMA and SF (up until now) have.
     
    Mord.
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    Ultradave got a reaction from The_MonkeyKing in Interested... But...   
    Also, many of the scenarios have been reworked with new AI plans, adjustments in forces, better (and yes, much more visually appealing) maps. They don't even feel like the same scenarios from SF1 in some cases. The Quick Battle system will work like all the other titles. And if you have all the modules of SF1/SF2, the QB possibilities become almost endless.
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    Ultradave got a reaction from Lethaface in A long delayed update   
    You are right about aerospace being the exception. When I was teaching nuclear engineering at NC State, our research reactor, besides doing lots of esoteric research,  also did a side business in NDT by "x-raying" (Not really x-rays but close enough for the layman's purpose)  EVERY turbine blade that was eventually going into GE jet engines. EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
    As we've so recently seen, the effects of a mechanical failure inside a jet engine can be deadly to catastrophic. And a sheared off, high velocity turbine blade getting loose from the confines of the engine cowling is about as bad as it gets.
    One of the few cases where statistics to determine a representative sample are not used. The risks of even one faulty blade are much too high.
    I"m sure Rolls-Royce does something similar. When I was working in England, we had to make occasional trips for meetings at Rolls-Royce in Derby. We were there for reactor design, but right next door in the same factory complex was jet engine manufacture and testing. They do a destructive test on the occasional engine where they explosively sheer off 3 turbine blades simultaneously on an engine in a test stand that's running at full throttle. It's absolutely amazing to watch. The goal is that no part of that engine can escape from the engine cowling when that happens. I have to say, seeing that test, and knowing the work our reactor group did at NCSU gave me a feeling of confidence that everything possible is being done to ensure the quality and integrity of jet engines. And yes, that drives up the cost tremendously. Worth every penny, in my opinion.
    [edit]  Cool, found one. Here's the destruction test of an A380 engine. 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j973645y5AA
    Apologies for straying a mite off topic
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    Ultradave reacted to c3k in A long delayed update   
    I created a document for the purpose of keeping track of keys. Now, when I reinstall, I just go to my document, find the game and copy and paste the key.
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    Ultradave got a reaction from zinzan in A long delayed update   
    You are right about aerospace being the exception. When I was teaching nuclear engineering at NC State, our research reactor, besides doing lots of esoteric research,  also did a side business in NDT by "x-raying" (Not really x-rays but close enough for the layman's purpose)  EVERY turbine blade that was eventually going into GE jet engines. EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
    As we've so recently seen, the effects of a mechanical failure inside a jet engine can be deadly to catastrophic. And a sheared off, high velocity turbine blade getting loose from the confines of the engine cowling is about as bad as it gets.
    One of the few cases where statistics to determine a representative sample are not used. The risks of even one faulty blade are much too high.
    I"m sure Rolls-Royce does something similar. When I was working in England, we had to make occasional trips for meetings at Rolls-Royce in Derby. We were there for reactor design, but right next door in the same factory complex was jet engine manufacture and testing. They do a destructive test on the occasional engine where they explosively sheer off 3 turbine blades simultaneously on an engine in a test stand that's running at full throttle. It's absolutely amazing to watch. The goal is that no part of that engine can escape from the engine cowling when that happens. I have to say, seeing that test, and knowing the work our reactor group did at NCSU gave me a feeling of confidence that everything possible is being done to ensure the quality and integrity of jet engines. And yes, that drives up the cost tremendously. Worth every penny, in my opinion.
    [edit]  Cool, found one. Here's the destruction test of an A380 engine. 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j973645y5AA
    Apologies for straying a mite off topic
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    Ultradave got a reaction from HerrTom in A long delayed update   
    You are right about aerospace being the exception. When I was teaching nuclear engineering at NC State, our research reactor, besides doing lots of esoteric research,  also did a side business in NDT by "x-raying" (Not really x-rays but close enough for the layman's purpose)  EVERY turbine blade that was eventually going into GE jet engines. EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
    As we've so recently seen, the effects of a mechanical failure inside a jet engine can be deadly to catastrophic. And a sheared off, high velocity turbine blade getting loose from the confines of the engine cowling is about as bad as it gets.
    One of the few cases where statistics to determine a representative sample are not used. The risks of even one faulty blade are much too high.
    I"m sure Rolls-Royce does something similar. When I was working in England, we had to make occasional trips for meetings at Rolls-Royce in Derby. We were there for reactor design, but right next door in the same factory complex was jet engine manufacture and testing. They do a destructive test on the occasional engine where they explosively sheer off 3 turbine blades simultaneously on an engine in a test stand that's running at full throttle. It's absolutely amazing to watch. The goal is that no part of that engine can escape from the engine cowling when that happens. I have to say, seeing that test, and knowing the work our reactor group did at NCSU gave me a feeling of confidence that everything possible is being done to ensure the quality and integrity of jet engines. And yes, that drives up the cost tremendously. Worth every penny, in my opinion.
    [edit]  Cool, found one. Here's the destruction test of an A380 engine. 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j973645y5AA
    Apologies for straying a mite off topic
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    Ultradave reacted to sburke in A long delayed update   
    Hey we want to test something, can you give us a 46 million dollar engine we can destroy?
    Actually in the scheme of things I guess that is kind of cheap. 
    Maybe off topic but that was very cool @Ultradave
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    Ultradave got a reaction from DerKommissar in A long delayed update   
    You are right about aerospace being the exception. When I was teaching nuclear engineering at NC State, our research reactor, besides doing lots of esoteric research,  also did a side business in NDT by "x-raying" (Not really x-rays but close enough for the layman's purpose)  EVERY turbine blade that was eventually going into GE jet engines. EVERY SINGLE ONE. 
    As we've so recently seen, the effects of a mechanical failure inside a jet engine can be deadly to catastrophic. And a sheared off, high velocity turbine blade getting loose from the confines of the engine cowling is about as bad as it gets.
    One of the few cases where statistics to determine a representative sample are not used. The risks of even one faulty blade are much too high.
    I"m sure Rolls-Royce does something similar. When I was working in England, we had to make occasional trips for meetings at Rolls-Royce in Derby. We were there for reactor design, but right next door in the same factory complex was jet engine manufacture and testing. They do a destructive test on the occasional engine where they explosively sheer off 3 turbine blades simultaneously on an engine in a test stand that's running at full throttle. It's absolutely amazing to watch. The goal is that no part of that engine can escape from the engine cowling when that happens. I have to say, seeing that test, and knowing the work our reactor group did at NCSU gave me a feeling of confidence that everything possible is being done to ensure the quality and integrity of jet engines. And yes, that drives up the cost tremendously. Worth every penny, in my opinion.
    [edit]  Cool, found one. Here's the destruction test of an A380 engine. 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j973645y5AA
    Apologies for straying a mite off topic
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    Ultradave got a reaction from banned in The state of CMSF2   
    I was playing the as delivered SF1 campaign missions using the SF2 executables.
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    Ultradave got a reaction from GhostRider3/3 in Hint request   
    They are all more or less the same. A wide variety. Have you tried sorting the scenarios by increasing size and picking some of the smaller ones. No matter which game/module the smallest are very manageable.
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