David Hingtgen

Our thread is pretty much un-interruptible---that's actually how we maintain it--someone jumps in with a new topic or opinion and we discuss it. Otherwise we'd run out of stuff to say. Anyways---if you really want a JSF--just buy an F-22! It has every feature the JSF has, but is superior in almost every way. About the only thing the JSF has on the F-22 is the ability to carry 2,000lb bombs internally, the F-22 could only do it externally. Since both are expected to "give up stealth" after the first few days and carry their loads externally, the F-22 will carry bigger loads farther and faster. The F-22's a BIG plane with the payload/range to match. The JSF is a good Harrier replacement, but certainly isn't worth getting for F-16C/F-18C replacements. IMHO JSF should all be VTOL versions and go to the USMC and RN only. Think about it---should a plane that's best at being a HARRIER replacement replace front-line fighters? (or strike-fighters if you want to call them that)

??? Agree with whom that the F-22 is a poor replacement for the -15? The F-22 is superior in every way except (presumably) "maximum dash speed on a cold day while in airshow configuration with non-standard engine trim." The JSF is hated because it's inferior in many ways to the F-16, it's VERY compromised in most roles, loses its stealth if carrying more than 1/4 of an F-16's payload, and is ugly. And it has similar parts to nothing in the inventory. MAYBE it can share like the #2 bearing on the turbine shaft with the F-22 since they both have F119 engines, but that's about it. Plus the money used to develop and buy it could have bought more F-22's instead. (Which is what the USAF wanted to do by trying to kill the F-35A)

I find the Tales series vastly inferior to VP. I keep playing them, hoping they'll be somewhat similar battle-wise (or plot or music-wise)---but they're not. I truly hate AI. I can do better with one single button, than the CPU can do with a character's entire abilities list and perfect timing. Kingdom Hearts would have been better (and I swear easier) if it was Sora alone---Goofy and Donald just wasted my items at an insane rate. (I'd give them some for bosses only, otherwise the entire stock was mine and mine alone) VP=best battling ever. No AI-controlled party will come close.

Is it white? (I'm not much of a fan of the 430, I like the 348, 355, and 360 much better)

I've been trying to find out what car(s) will be in it---anyone know anything?

I was amazed at how similar it looked to the first--which is great, because the first one had the most fun RPG battling ever. The only thing I'd want for the new one is for mages to have just a little bit more to do while waiting for their gauge to recharge--they always "sat out" 3/4 of the rounds. Hmmn, will Simeria have Nibelung Valesti, or something totally different? Both sword and bow? Or maybe reverse of Lenneth---spear normally, with a sword for specials.

The question regarding "why buy F-22's instead of ACTIVE was somewhat rhetorical". Congress sees "cheaper plane with most of an F-22's abilities" and there's the problem. We're not the ones making the purchase decisions, they are.

I haven't heard anything about that issue in a year or two. I'd guess no. It seems everything has finally caught up to the slowness that is military design and procurement---a system's parts are obsolete and out of production before the system itself is ready. Gotta wonder if the F-35 has some essential part that uses Pentium 3's...

Yup, best controller. If you like 2D fighters, the Saturn was THE system to have----so many Capcom and SNK fighters. (Of which about 1/2 came to the US). For both the Saturn and Dreamcast, I have more imports than US games. And the all-important 4-in-1 and 5-in-1 carts. Still waiting for a new Dark Stalkers game. Morrigan's been in more "Vs" games now then her actual series...

Nope, ACTIVE nozzles are cheap and easy to install. The real reason is because it would eat into F-22 sales. If you could cheaply make F-15's, F-14B/D's, and F-16's super-manueverable, why buy F-22's? Or any advanced fighter?

Give it the ACTIVE nozzles and it'd beat most anything... Even without the canards, 3D vectoring is already superior the F-22's. (See, already typing it without the A)

White Saturns have no relation to NiGHTS AFAIK. There's both original and redesign white JP Saturns. Grey JP Saturns are basically just the first batch built. All later ones are white, regardless of style. The coolest Saturn is Blue Skeleton. Those rock--I really should have picked one up as a "spare" Saturn, they were very cheap when I saw them.

Trilogy? Hmmmn. There's 7 books, but 2 and 3 go together and could be a single movie if highly condensed, 5 is unlikely (despite it being my favorite). 4 also unlikely. (though it's a direct sequel to 3) My best guess would be to do books 6 and 7. (Note, I use "old school" numbering). They are the beginning and end of Narnia, chronologically.

Eh, they all look like they're basically filming the PSP at close range and are sending that to the TV. I want direct video feed from the PSP's own signal. (Which I expect will never happen). Any chance the PS3 will get a PSP player, like the GC has GBA player? And not needing a screen should make a PSP player quite a bit cheaper than a PSP. And if the PS3 could accept UMD discs, it wouldn't even need a separate disc holder... A PSP player for the PS3 could be little more than a microchip and a plug.

Singapore F-15 order confirmed, will be designated F-15SG: http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2005/q4/051212c_nr.html Anyone have any stats? What exactly is it? "Based on the E" is all they say--but every F-15 since about 1990 has been "based on the E".

There's a TV adapter for PSP? Do tell me more----I've pretty much been holding off on all next-gen portables due to screen size. (RPGs NEED a bigger screen to see the menus, and VP is especially bad--it's up there with FF8 for "tiny fonts") My GBA hasn't been used in years, I play them all on my GC. There's many GBA games I own that have never even been IN a GBA. Frankly, the GB Color was about the limit IMHO for resolution/screen size.

Word of Brady Bunch Kung-Fu MUST be spread: http://wireless.ign.com/articles/674/674574p1.html

I love the battle system. I *really* wish other games would copy it, ESPECIALLY those that are "you control the hero, the other 2 are AI". You'd only need 2 buttons to control the other 2 characters, and I swear my one-button control would be superior to the AI. I am surprised other Tri-Ace games haven't used it---they still make other party members AI-controlled like every other developer.

That can't be changed. 99.9% of it is water vapor. Warm, moist air introduced into a dry, cold atmosphere will freeze. It's EXACTLY why you can see your breath on a cold day. Or a car's exhaust is much more visible on a cold morning. Even if planes burned absolutely utterly clean, they'd still produced the exact same amount of contrails. And it's not a jet thing either, high-flying props do it too. And even hydrogen-fueled planes would do it too. Also, modern airliner engines are amazingly clean-running, they're basically all on "California emissions standards". Only it's pretty much worldwide. Of course, there's MASSIVE numbers of people/websites that believe it's a giant government conspiracy, with airplanes full of secret chemical tanks that pump it into the engines to create "chemtrails" in the sky to spread it over the land, "seeding" us. Google "chemtrails" and have fun at the nutty conspiracy sites. PS---A little known fact is that the Concorde fleet actually helped the ozone layer.

I'm guessing around 2 months.

Thanks. 4765's FS number is 36495, as I thought. 4233 is a wartime color in the Marine line, also what I thought (since there is no current Navy grey). It's an inter-war color, just prior to WW2. The only place by me that carried the Marine colors stopped carrying them. I bought out all the USS Iowa camo colors when they started clearancing them out. There's apparently just not enough wartime ship builders to justify the Marine line, nowadays most shops don't carry it, just the standard MM acrylic line. You won't find better camoflage colors than that line, WW2 was the absolute height of "experimenting with different shades of grey and blue for visual concealment or deception" If you want some really bluish greys, check out the Norwegian versions of the Kriegsmarine greys in that line, especially Hellblaugrau(Norway) it's nearly baby blue, but still a battleship grey. (The Tirpitz, specifically) Dunkelblaugrau is a dark green-gray for forest camo for ships. Yes, there was a great need for forest camo for ships. Also, the later US greys tend to be more of a purple-grey than blue-grey. Modern Light and Dark Ghost grey were derived from the later WW2 ship colors, with Dark Ghost Grey being notably purple, as it came from the final 1943 purple-tint versions. (They literally ran out of blue pigment, so everything from 1943 on was painted with grey paint tinted with purple pigment instead of blue, requiring camo modifications)

IIRC that only occurs if playing the good ending version of the plot.

Now I need a PSP... Well, that's good news for all who missed the original--presuming the PSP version comes here. Now, where's VP: Hrist? She's cooler than Silmeria. Black armor is automatically cool.

That would be the exact program I provided a link to. In other news, my Gripen book from SAAB came today. Totally didn't expect a package from Sweden in the mail. It's about 5in by 9in, hardcover, full color, and 130 pages. All about the Gripen, and totally free. Get one here: http://www.saab.se/node4466.asp Seriously, you'd pay at least 20 bucks for this if it was in stores. Be sure to check the English version box (unless you read Swedish). It'll take a few weeks, or months, but it'll come.

I'll wait a few days---what will be seen as a "kid's movie" combined with one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year means it'll be insanely crowded and loud to go to theaters at the mall. (ALL the theaters here are in malls) Need to wait until Mon or Tues, so all the kiddies are back in school. (And gotta go before they get out for "Winter Break")