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Anyone know how to set the turret direction in an empty tank or M119 static gun? If not, info on how to reset it so it faces the vehicle direction would be appreciated - thanks in advance. I know how to get the direction - several different methods but how do you move it without someone in there?

Yeah amazing isn't it - since this charade started almost no one in China has grasped the fact that there is a huge political vacuum because the next leader Xi Jinping disappeared from public view with health problems and the succession process was halted with events cancelled. There is great uncertainty over the future and the political elite are nervous. Those looking for a gift wrapped, cast iron conspiracy with a gift tag that says "To whom it may concern, this is a giant conspiracy!" might find it here. Who knows, since he seems to be getting back to good health and has appeared once in public it may start to calm down now? Or, if it is some demonstration of power by China, as some suggest, it will continue until they get their way. They seem to have a fetish for land and resources at the moment. I half suspect the Chinese have something to do with the trouble in South Africa with the mines. Mugabe is their chief ally in the area and it's his friends that are doing much of the organising. Someone has decided the time is right to unseat the ANC which would benefit those looking for mining access with a new Gov't.

Not missing anything at all and realised that from the beginning, we have had PM's in the past, it was where I warned you that your behaviour would cause a mutiny on the forums which happened about 3 weeks later, in return I got some psycopathic rant, was called a troll and I had to complain through official channels. I am glad to see you act in a slightly more mature fashion these days and try observe the rules you enforce, it's always good to see a wayward soul return to the path of righteousness. I think that established once and for all that the problems are yours alone, good day and best wishes to you sir, keep up the good work.

If anything I say is wrong please prove it......otherwise I can only conclude your memory is not working the way it should.

Good grief the genius comments once again, no Kuwait was recently never part of Persia and neither was Iraq (back in 550BC it was), they were part of the Ottoman Empire. Kuwait was established as a semi independant area in 1899 and it's borders were marked long before those of Iraq in 1920, it wasn't colonial at all and was a legal process under the League of Nations. According to your logic Saddam would therfore have claim to Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Bulgaria and Greece because they were once governed under the same empire. Utter nonsense. The slant drilling accusations were never proven. The actual reason for the argument was that Iraq owed Kuwait $65 Billion in loans and Saddam couldn't pay up. So he started this debacle as a way to get out of repaying the loans. He wanted higher oil prices and simply decided to annex Kuwait as a way of making the debt dissapear and increasing Iraq's resources. Yep it's OT but bollocks and this will be my last word on it. That's all based on 1 sentence uttered by a diplomat that is often interpreted incorrectly, she by no means meant the US would tollerate an invasion, she simply meant they were not interested in getting involved in the diplomatic argument between Iraq and Kuwait. The tin foil hat mob have based an entire conspiracy theory on that 1 sentence and it's often quoted out of context. Is it reasonable to assume that Saddam Hussein would base the security of an invasion on 1 sentence? He was warned in the same conversation that the dispute should be settled peacefully and stated he would do so. Even Tariq Aziz agreed with that version of events and other Iraqis present at the meeting say no green or yellow light was given by the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Glaspie It's certainly possible that Saddam could have misinterpreted other events at the time and given himself the illusion that he could do as he pleased. After the invasion Saddam had 6 months to realise his mistake as the international forces in Saudi Arabia were assembled. He refused to leave Kuwait and had to be pushed out. The military action was quick but the whole saga from begining to end took around 9 months, it was a big deal and was on the news every night. I watched the whole thing from beginning to end and took a great interest in it.

WTF! Where do you get this stuff? In Gulf War 1 1990 the coalition had nearly 1 million troops on the ground to liberate Kuwait, the 2003 Invasion only had 265,000. That was Rumsfelds mistake, because the 1st was so quick he thought he could get away with a smaller force for the 2nd war. Gulf War 1 on false pretences? So Iraq didn't invade Kuwait?

Nothing fake about that video, it's just reporters fooling around off camera as they always do. Perhaps you are too young to remember the 1st Gulf War but for a time Scuds were falling daily on Saudi Arabia and Israel. I watched it live. 28 soldiers were killed and other 110 injured when a scud fell on their barracks. 18 scuds were launched against Riyadh where that reporter is standing and people were killed there. LlOi6Gl25Lg This scud was intercepted by a patriot missile but the warhead hit a school in Riyadh killing the Janitor. The video shows the sort of thing going on at the time which is carfully edited out in the so called fake video. Wiki page on the Al hussien missile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hussein_%28missile%29

Appologies, you didn't mention anything about the Raptor or Typhoon/Eurofighter recently in this thread, the above is simply being imagined by all who read it. :cool:

It's a standard WESTPAC deployment, been happening every 6 months(ish) for decades, they even produce commemorative patches and books etc: http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/cpr3/Pages/PeleliuARGand15thMeuDepartForWESTPACDeployment.aspx#.UFfSeVHnmHs Whats new is the tinfoil hat mob have started highlighting every regular deployment or unit replacement as something suspicious. I began to notice it around the Falklands anniversary when Argentina whinged about routine things claiming they were an 'escalation' blah blah, now all the crazies have started doing it routinely. Why people are suprised to hear about Marines going sailing I just dont know, I expect most people think they sit around the US in bases doing nothing and waiting for a war to start. That is not the case, MEUs have always sailed routinely so they are close to the trouble when it starts and can be deployed quickly.

Yep shutdown should have updated that by now. Read the bottom of the certificate tho, as I said - it's voluntary which means Rossi self certified it, hence: "This certificate does not constitute a "product certification" and cannot, in any way, be used for commercial purposes and / or advertising", he can't get a CE mark with that or use it for any commercial purposes anywhere in the world, I hope the investors understand that. Any machinery that produces gamma radiation would have to be licenced somehow no matter where it is produced or sold, especially if it is to be used in houses. Rossi signing off his own testing isn't good enough. In the UK there would have to be a program of inspection to test the shielding periodically. I don't see any evidence that this is occuring so what business the lincence holders are building is beyond my understanding? As for those I've quoted, you mean Sterling D. Allan, a previous supporter?: Regarding investors and money, you said this yesterday????

;) You just fell into the same trap Rossi did when giving his response to this. Gary Wright filed 2 complaints, one directly with the Florida Bureau of Radiation Control for nuclear materials, and another with the Florida agency that regulates and controls X-ray machines and other devices that generate low level radiation. The US Gov't inspector couldn't find any evidence that gamma radiation was produced either externally or internally during operation. That contradicts how the E-Cat is supposed to work (Rossi's own explanation includes gamma radiation emissions, the E-Cat requires lead shielding) and is contrary to other LENR researchers findings. You can't transmute nickel to copper without gamma radiation production. Just what WTF do you think decay heat is? Regarding the September 9th disclosure by Rossi that he has SGS safety certification (You called it "Swiss certification team") , that has also been revealed as a lie. SGS states that they have no record of Rossi or the E-Cat or any of his multiple front companies. Rossi responded on 13/09/12 that he will produce a "voluntary safety certificate, within hours", nothing has appeared yet. That is a self certification and you can't get a CE mark for the product with it as there is no independent testing so that was also another lie. His response is rather bizarre, anyone else would simply produce the reference numbers on the certificate, instead it looks like he is beginning the process for a voluntary certificate?: SGS emails here: http://shutdownrossi.com/?page_id=1774 I see you don't dispute the fact that he is taking money from people yet there is no sign of a factory or any progress. Do you think an apartment in Miami Beach, Florida is a rather odd place to be setting up a factory? Florida is probably the most expensive place in the US you could conceive to do this. But I guess it's a nice place for a long holiday if you have suddenly acquired the funds to do so? Prof. Ugo Bardi Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Università di Firenze http://cassandralegacy.blogspot.it/2012/03/sinking-of-e-cat.html

That isn't true is it? He has many investors and his company is now owned by them - his own words....... He is also selling licenses to people for manufacture and distribution. His representative asked an entrepreneur for $200,000 for the rights in Australia. LEONARDO CORPORATION NOW PROPERTY OF A TRUST OF INVESTORS http://ecatnews.com/?p=2038 If I were you I would be careful of including Rossi in your LENR debates. LENR is worth investigating and that is why the work is being done, I would wait for the reputable scientists to give their verdict rather than put your faith in a mysterious 'kettle' which no one is allowed to examine, doesn't produce the quantities of steam it's supposed to and could be nothing more than a carefully constructed hoax. Rossi's device is always covered in insulation, his own calculations suggest it would work well without it and it's not necessary for the demonstration. One other thing you should be aware of is that Rossi left Italy to set up an E-cat factory in Florida. He is sitting in an apartment which is the registered address of Leonardo Corporation not doing very much. The US regulatory authorities recently visited the apartment to ascertain if anything illegal was going on. If it worked as Rossi claimed he would have been arrested or fined due to the gamma radiation produced during operation. The production facility and the machine would also need to be licensed. There is no license/certification/registration, factory or employees. http://pesn.com/2012/03/11/9602054_Rossi_Tells_Florida_Bureau_He_Has_No_Factory_No_Nuclear_Reactions/

No it's not that, will keep an eye on it and let you know if there are further developments.

Don't you think it's bad enough as it is? lol

Wasn't interested in discussing your 1st point, didn't miss it at all, what I said is simply factual, can't help if it isn't understood. You asked something about the F-22 and I responded to your other musings. If someone wants to imagine a scenario with an F-22 flying stright and level at high altitude in combat for an extended period leading to an easy shoot down by an aircraft approaching from the rear well that's just fine and dandy with me ;). The imagination is an excellent tool, used properly of course. If you want to leave GCS, intelligence resources, defensive sensors, AWACs, Missile Launch Detectors etc out of it for fun, well hell, whatever floats yer boat.

Partially answered above, if you use the Raptor correctly it will easily defeat IRST. AESA Radar + stealth is a very good combination as you can't detect the aircraft or it's emissions. Typhoon would be able to detect a non stealthy aircraft with an AESA in the usual way. Limitation of all these things is you have to have them pointing in the right direction, the new Radar for the Typhoon is described here, acronym is CAESAR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euroradar_CAPTOR I read somewhere that the CAESAR will include manual steering along with AESA to give a greater scanning area than the 120 degs of the F-22's fixed antenna. Gives the Typhoon another edge as it lacks stealth.

Raptor has a significant advantage with BVR and everyone who can understand the data knows it. The lack of an AESA radar on the Typhoon is hurting the sales, Singapore publicly listed the delay in radar upgrades as a factor in the decision not to buy a few years back, the Typhoon is the winner WVR as previously stated, with stealth and better avionics the F22 is king of BVR at the moment. Regarding the AN/APG-77 and RWR the phrase you will want to search for is 'Low Probability of Intercept', you will notice the F-22 ticks all the boxes and will defeat RWR's: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_probability_of_intercept_radar http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/systems/an-apg-77.htm Your vision of the 1v1 WVR scenario would require the F-22 pilot to fly in a rather retarded manner. Why would he dumbly amble along at high alititude when facing Typhoon leaving a heat signature against the coldness of space? As the F-22 can detect the Typhoon from +125km why would it not engage with the frontal RCS properly orientated and attack from below? The F-22 needs to be at altitude to use supercruise but that doesn't mean it is required to fly that way for the entire mission. Best to think in 3 dimensions when visualising this.

Before writing this did you look up the capabilities of the AN/APG-77 and precisely what it does? The US doesn't seem particularly interested in an IRST for the F-22 and mentions it only as a possible future upgrade and it will be a defensive system as on the F-35. Ever consider the possibility that it doesn't need it? The whole point of an AESA is the stealth qualities and the speed with which the radar beam can be shaped and directed. The radar changes frequency 1000's of times a second (it can be changed during a single pulse making it very difficult to detect) and is difficult to detect against the background RF noise. If the AN/APG-77 can detect with a single sweep at +125 miles, it's likely the opposing aircraft will either not detect the emission or not be able to determine a position from it. The F-22 doesn't actually need to keep the Typhoon 'locked on', it can update the missile (AIM-120D) via data link with 2-3 single radar pulses during the missile's flight until the AMRAAM switches to autonomous self-guidance. (Usual BVR engagement, not boresight mode) The Typhoon still has a mechanically steered radar and will not get an AESA till 2015 possibly later. Estimates for detecting an F-22 RCS with the current radar are: CAPTOR（EF-2000 Tranch 1 and 2）： For RCS 0.0001 m2 class target: 12 km+ For RCS 0.001 m2 class target: 22 km+ The meteor is more capable than the AMRAAM, having greater range and more intelligent attack profiles. The Typhoon with it's current radar does not have the long detection and engagement range of the F-22-AN/APG-77. The F-22 would be able to shoot 1st every time. It's possible the IRST could pick up the F-22 at long ranges but that would be down to luck and the F-22 being at high altitude and showing a rear aspect. Clouds and weather obscure IR. Ranging with IRST is a problem and it would be unlikely that accurate range data could be supplied to the missile reducing significantly the chances of a kill. The missile needs range data to know when to turn on the radar, it's battery operated so can't be used for the entire period of a long range flight. Discussion is very hypothertical as this 1v1 situation, excluding all 3rd party radar guidance and data links would probably never occur. Air combat is conducted using a large team, I don't think any simulation game has captured what it's really like.

Destroys your brain cells and increases the risk of oesophageal cancer several fold, cheers, bottoms up, skol lol. Friends father used to boast about drinking Poitin and had a liking for neat whisky and vodka most of his life, now has oesophageal cancer, spread to liver and guess he will not be with us much longer, 55 is not really old is it? @Slatts - fully aware it was a joke but still think the point needs to be made about that stuff, too many people still drink it.

Did you read all that and follow the links to the so called evidence? If you did you would realise there is nothing new here and wired is hardly mainstream media. Isn't that where you got the story about that flying dutchman / human powered flight thing? Rossi has nothing but a tube with a CE stamp on it (conforms to the Machinery Safety Directive, 'it's safe to use') and another long winded report stating that his latest 'element' gets hot when he puts current through it. If it was a serious investigation I would have expected some direct thermal measurement. Pointing a thermal camera at the outer casing is wildly inaccurate. InstaGoat is correct, this requires peer review and reliable reproduction of the results. That has not happened yet. Measuring energy input / output is very difficult and cannot be done with a thermal camera, the LENR effect was not demonstrated at all. Also where is the 'Hydrogen tablet' and nickel charge device? It's stated that they are part of the device but are not photographed and it states that their weight is unknown. Were they even included or was it just a test of the heating element? It's very fishy. I would love to get a look at this hydrogen tablet he proposes using - if it's the type that uses hydrogen stored as ammonia in a solid tablet .........!!! This kettle has a CE certification and gets hot when you run current through it, next time you use yours I expect you to be suitably amazed.

Condolences to the families of the deceased, it's always a shame when someone dies simply trying to make a better world. I think the worst part of all of this is that the four victims probably perished not knowing why they had been attacked and probably had never heard of the film. Possibly there was more to this, I think the film may have been used as some sort of excuse for the usual 9/11 anniversary trouble by the religious crazies but that may emerge in time. I watched a report last night on Al-Jazeera which included interviews with protestors that explained much of it. The protestors generally come from countries where the media is either state controlled or has a long history of dictatorship and information control by the state. They don't seem to realise that alternative systems exist and seem to be rather gullible. They are also poorly educated and ralther poorly informed about the rest of the world (see above post :)). They assumed that since this film originated in the US it must have the support of the US Gov't which as we know isn't the case at all. They also wanted the US Gov't to punish those involved in the production, which of course isn't possible. It's the usual clash of ideologies, freedom Vs religious/political repression. Amazing that in this century there are still backward people burning witches and heretics. I was in a university library 2 weeks ago and had a conversation with a student from central Africa. He was struggling with a problem and during the conversation I realised he had no idea of the scientific explanations of the creation of the universe. He was amazed and wanted to learn more about physics. I was stunned that a degree level chemistry student had a view of the world no different from a 5 year old in a sunday school class. What exactly the view of the wider world and the universe is from those throwing rocks and petrol bombs would be interesting to know. I suggest we start posting more educational stuff on YouTube, the key to this is saving ourselves from an ever increasing population of stupid people and those that wish to keep them that way.

The contamination of alcohol in this manner is a very serious issue and can result in permanent damage to the central nervous system. There seems to be much involvement from gangs of organised criminals producing fake drinks with alcohol distilled in backstreet warehouses. I hope all those affected including vilas recover soon.

WARNING: Massive cd-key theft going on [ 29.08.2012 • 17:00 ] As already mentioned in the previous news post, there is currently a massive ongoing effort by certain entities to steal people's cd-keys to then sell them for a profit. Private hack forums are full of posts of these fraudsters trying to sell heaps of cd-keys for a cheap price. We are talking about hundreds of cd-keys here, so this is not a small issue at all. The game developers confirmed that this is a huge problem right now. Their process of stealing cd-keys is quite simple: They advertise a supposedly undetected hack on sites like YouTube and the moment you download and run it (it will probably report that the hack failed to load) your cd-key is already stolen. In many cases your actual cd-key in registry is overwritten with a banned one, so you will automatically receive a global ban message on join (see below). This is done to prevent you from using your cd-key again, so the fraudsters can sell them claiming that they are valid and not in use. Note that this can be fixed (temporarily) by deleting the cd-key from the registry and reinstalling your game. While your original cd-key is not banned due to this, it might very well end up being soon when your cd-key is being used by a cheater that purchased it. This causes many players to think they were innocently banned when in fact their cd-key was stolen and used for cheating. At the very least you will often receive a "CD key in use" message when trying to connect to servers. If you think this is false propaganda to cover up supposed false global bans I advise you to do some research on this yourself. You can easily verify this by searching for "free DayZ hack" on YouTube. You will see lots of results and almost all of them are scams. Most of them are actually quite popular and have thousands of views. When downloading them and opening the .exe file in e.g. Notepad (warning: do not actually run the .exe!), you can find cd-key related strings such as "SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2 OA" (the registry location of the cd-key) inside. In short, heed the following: DO NOT EVER RUN ANY HACKS OR OTHER SUSPICIOUS SOFTWARE! If you end up being banned due to your cd-key being stolen there is nothing we can do for you. http://www.battleye.com/ Posted for reference in case people have not seen the warnings and are tempted to download this rubbish.

Regarding the comments by Tod Akin and "legitimate rape" and erroneous assertions about female reproduction mentioned earlier in the thread, I have wondered from time to time where that nonsense started and how it persists without any evidence: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-h-word/2012/aug/20/legitimate-rape-medieval-medical-concept It's also not the 1st time a politician said something like this: Stephen F. Freind (born 1945) is a Republican politician who was elected as a Representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly representing Delaware County from 1976 until 1993. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Freind In 1988, Freind provoked controversy by claiming that it is 'almost impossible' for a woman to become pregnant through rape, as it causes her to 'secrete a certain secretion, which has a tendency to kill sperm'. Doctors responded at the time calling it baseless nonsense and suggested that if he could tell them what the secretion was they could make billions with a new type of birth control. Freind, of course, never backed up his claims. The resulting mocking comedy is inspired, here is a spoof advert for a new contraceptive method lol http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/056ffa6b76/legitimate-rape-pharmaceutical-ad

Wasn't responding just to you there NodUnit, that 800+ bases urban myth gets mentioned often so just wanted to clarify things. There are 14 large bases and 20 medium bases listed overseas, add 2-3 including Afghanistan and related operations. In the US there are 97 large bases and 107 medium bases. It's quite obvious where the fat is - many of those bases are forced to remain open by state legislatures that refuse to allow them to close for local political reasons. The 'closing foreign bases' thing is daft when you look at the figures and the number of US domestic facilities that would be closed immediately if central government had it's way. There is a similar issue with NASA mission controls being split between Florida and Houston, financially it's daft but politically LB Johnson needed it that way, it's a mistake that remians unchalled due to local politics.