Author Topic: Dear Santa #2  (Read 1372 times)

Offline MachFly

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Re: Dear Santa #2
« Reply #30 on: May 14, 2011, 10:19:48 PM »

i've read tons of books, and everyday i'm surprised i'm still alive

Now think what would have happened if you would have done everything by trail and error.
"Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others...it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire."
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Offline IrishOne

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Re: Dear Santa #2
« Reply #31 on: May 14, 2011, 10:21:21 PM »
Now think what would have happened if you would have done everything by trail and error.

i still do!
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Re: Dear Santa #2
« Reply #32 on: May 14, 2011, 11:09:38 PM »
"Now, if I had to make the choice of one fighter aircraft above all the others...it would be, without any doubt, the world's greatest propeller driven flying machine - the magnificent and immortal Spitfire."
Lt. Col. William R. Dunn
flew Spitfires, Hurricanes, P-51s, P-47s, and F-4s

Offline Dragon Tamer

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Re: Dear Santa #2
« Reply #33 on: May 15, 2011, 12:42:05 PM »
Gyrene, I'm sorry I wen't ballistic on you yesterday.  Insulting my inteligence is something that I take very personaly and have actually been kicked from other forums for it.  It's a miricle that HTC didn't kick me from this one.

I am not a very skilled programer like you implied (but using GW-Basic means I am very hard core).  I am much better at the hardware aspect of electronics rather than the software.  Luckily for me I have plenty of frends who are much better programers and they are actually the ones who have been teaching me how to program code.

If everyone knew what my end game was they would support this idea 100%.  I am not going to reveal what my end game is just yet but I will say the people will want one for them selves and I will happily provide.

I only started this thread because of a custom joystick with the parts on order (called MJoy16) and it has 8 analog inputs.  That leaves the elevators, ailerons, rudder, and 4 throttles with one left over.  I plan to connect the last analog input to the RPM control in the game (even though I'm not sure what the RPM is modifying).  And before anyone jumps to conclusions, no this is not my end game.

As for everyone else, I said "books are for dumb people, that's why I play AH" as a joke and you all seem to missing the punch line.  Not that people that read books are dumb, but that smart people play AH.

so far ive finished a whole book on a long climb out lol,you could alt tab out and get on youtube or browse the forums like im doing right now.

I would love to, but my computer does not have the memory to run AH and another program at the same time.  It barely has enough memory to run AH with the current video settings.  I have tried before and the computer froze so I just don't do it any more.  I am getting some more RAM, and a new graphics card soon we'll see if that helps.  Besides I am a boring person and most books bore me.  The only books that I find stimulating (lol, stimlating  :lol) are text books, and a good Kurt Vonnegut book.

Offline gyrene81

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Re: Dear Santa #2
« Reply #34 on: May 15, 2011, 05:20:32 PM »
Gyrene, I'm sorry I wen't ballistic on you yesterday.  Insulting my inteligence is something that I take very personaly and have actually been kicked from other forums for it.  It's a miricle that HTC didn't kick me from this one.

I am not a very skilled programer like you implied (but using GW-Basic means I am very hard core).  I am much better at the hardware aspect of electronics rather than the software.  Luckily for me I have plenty of frends who are much better programers and they are actually the ones who have been teaching me how to program code.
dood...i didn't see anything ballistic from you...reading through again just now i still don't, but that's just me. it was the reading comment that got my flame thrower stoked up...  :lol  wanton ignorance is just one of my pet peeves...and there just seems to be way too much of it in our society. by the time i realized your comment was a mere jest, i was on a roll.  :D

if you're doing any programming at all, you're miles ahead of a lot of people...it all looks like hieroglyphics to anyone who has never understood it. i'm just a noob shell scripter, although i was informed friday i am going to be required to learn python programming.  :cry
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