Pro~SPARTA~

You see? We Spartans are loyal friends. Hope to see you on sometimes. Pro P.S. I guess this means your back to killing me all the time?

There used to be a great site at http://www.prosoldier.com, but I heard the owner sold it, got deployed, came home and took over another company. Great customer service, if I do say so myself. Be careful of $15 flight jackets. The Chinese made stuff is really cheap and falls apart fast, but hey, at that price buy two. Pro

What's the difference between a sperm and a lawyer? The sperm has a one-in-a-million chance of becoming human.

Hmmmm. I'm short, Japanese and my English gets better if we have a post apocalyptic future? ...and who's this dweeb following me around? He bows all the time. Yatta! Pro

Well, I see a little facts are in order: 1: The Brits pay far more in taxes than we do. General Sales Tax, Value Added Tax, plus Personal Income Tax add up to far greater than any similar calculation in the US. My attornies and tax accountants do our books in both nations and by far, we pay less in the US. Then consider the tariffs most people have to pay to buy quality products (which have to be imported), but the tariffs are buried in the High Street price. B: The American War for Independence was fought for many reasons, yes economic was most of it. It was however Taxation without Representation that was the rallying cry. As for Mr. Dunn's education in Canada, all I can say is there are three kinds of Americans over here: Those who are good with numbers and those who are not. Cheers, Pro

I have to go over there quite often and the thing about driving on the wrong side is true. When will they get with the rest of the civilized world? Oh, by the way, they spell it 'civilised.' They get their 's' and 'z' confused constantly. They do it with 's' and 'c' as well, for instance they mispell Defense as Defence. My cousin Guido from New York has a problem with De Fence on the west side of his house, but I am in the Defense industry. They are also quite misinformed about the American War for Independence. For instance, they believe they lost our colony to the rebels because they lost interest in America when they found India. I guess I can see that. Here we've only had Oil, Gold and the world's strongest economy, but India has plague, overpopulation and you can't eat the beef. People say they drink their beer warm, that's not true. It's drunk at cellar temperature. That's usually the ambient temperature of the Pub's basement. They don't refrigerate much over there because Lucas (makers of Lotus' and Jaguar's electronics systems) makes the refrigerators and cellar temp is quite an accomplishment. You'll find quite a bit to eat over there, like Indian, Chinese, Italian, Japanese and many other non-UK aboriginal foods. You probably have noticed the marked lack of "English Food" restaurants popping up all over the US. That's because in Hell, they serve British food. If you do try some, be sure to ask for "Spotted Dick." I've never had it, but if you do we'll have fun posting lots of comments about it... and it's really fun to say. Finally, watch your pronunciation. Leicester is only two syllables over there and pronounced "lester". Worcestershire is only three. Just fill your mouth with marbles and they'll think you're from Liverpool. They may have created the language, but we've perfected it. Cheerio old chap and enjoy. Cheers, Pro

Hey bro, First, sorry you're havin' problems with it. NTLDR missing is a serious error. Easiest fix is this: 1) Buy a new hard drive just big enough to hold your critical files (music, photos, documents, etc) plus Windows XP. 2) Change your hard drive assignment on the crashed drive (usually a jumper on the back of the drive) and install your new hard drive as the master. 3) Boot from your XP disk and install to the new partition (allow about 1.25 hours for format and installation). 4) Once installed, you should be able to launch Explorer and view your old hard drive. 5) Copy only your critical data files (photos, music, et al) onto the new drive. 6) Reformat the old drive and either reinstall Windows on it, or use it as a place for your games. Then you have to reinstall GRAW 1 & 2. They should be able to co-exist on the system, however one obviously caused this error. If you try to boot from CD ROM with the Windows install disk to repair your current hard drive, that's another valid way to do it, but I do not know the commands to restore NETLDR.sys. Sorry I can't be more helpful. ...Hey, does this mean that you can't kill me on the BDA server right now? hehehe I think I'll go over there for a while. Good luck, bro. Pro (Wes)

Played again last night. I'll set up a server if we want to try it. Pro

World in Conflict is a new Real Time Strategy game with a simple user interface and very good gameplay that heavily rewards cooperation and communication. I've just started playing it and its quite good. The graphics are not very demanding, so there is not very much to be gained by having an overclocked SLI config (which is great because of how much I'm on the road and using my laptop. I've been playing itevery night this week and I think it's worth a look. Pro P.S. The limited edition version comes in a book-bound box with a commemorative piece of the Berlin Wall inside. Mine has a little bit of grafitti on it. (Of course, I'm sure it's a genuine piece of the Berlin Wall. It came with a certificate. It HAS to be real doesn't it?)

I do like AA for a break, plus it also works on my laptop, which is rare. The annoying thing is that the playing population is sooooo large that quite often in other servers the gameplay is a bit frenetic and inconsistent. There is also the "bunny hopping" feature to dodge bullets which looks funny the first time you see it, but it's really annoying. Finally, I've heard that the US Army has not renewed its agreement with Punkbuster, so the number of cheats will likely go waaaay up when the license expires. Any thoughts on these concerns. It is a good game otherwise. Pro

ROFLMAO!!!! I just busted out laughing in Washington DC Dulles Airport waiting to hitch a ride home and everyone is looking at me like I'm funny - but that title belongs to you Dr. No! Sheesh. You get the best post of the week award. BTW, Tesla was Russian (Nicolai Tesla) and it was Anthony Stubblefield who patented the first wireless transmitter in 1892 using spark gap transmission, which he showed at the World's Fair Columbian Exposition in New York City. What the heck. They were all prima donna's, including Thomas Edison. Marconi wanted the world to know he had devised a method of changing the radio wave's amplitude in order to modulate a voice signal (amplitude modulation or AM) so on Christmas eve 190x (i'll have to look up the actual year) he broadcast Christmas Carols on the Transatlanic Wireless Telegraph frequency in use for the ships going between the UK and New York. Instead of hearing dits and dahs, they heard music on the Edison Phonograph. He was all the rage in the papers. Today it seems so simple. Pro (Extra Class, Amateur Radio License: AB8VB)

I see the Canadian Propaganda Ministry is in full swing. By the way, I work for the company founded by the father of radio: Guigliermo Marconi. He invented the transceiver, AM Radio and made the first transatlantic radio transmission from Canada to the UK, but he was not Canadian. Guess from where Mr. Marconi hailed...? ...that's right, England. Oh sure he was Italian, but the geograhic and marketing hype surrounding anything "Transatlanic" was so huge he could not pass up the opportunity. Remember Charles Lindburgh? Same principal. As for the famous people you mention, where do they live now? And why? Because of your healthcare system that takes over a year to treat serious illness and your 62% marginal effective tax bracket. Your redeeming quality is that you don't have nukes and the Montreal women are the sexiest in the world. Thems the facts folks.

Mutilator, the only thing wrong with those ladies is that they would probably talk like YOU. That just ruins the fantasy for me. :-)

As my wife always tells me, "Size does not matter, don't worry. It happens to everyone."

I game behind a Linksys WRT54G and I've had multiple clients connected for gaming (to the same server). I don't know what their problem would be. Are they using different codes on the game? Or did they share the software?

... and THAT is why Elvis is the King. ROFL!!!! M54 Wedgie Bomb. ROFLMAO!!! Also good ones from Steven A Dunn... LOL.

Re: Top Pic "Oh, I get it. I have to let you 'Infiltrate the Enemy Camp,' to win. Is that what YOUR kind are calling it these days?" Re: Bottom Pic AP Wire Photo. Nevada Desert, USA. DARPA continues working out the bugs on the new TaMoTrUn (Tactical Molecular Transporter Unit). Next bug to fix: getting their heads out of their ....

No worries mate. She left me in London for a bloke with a Cockney accent, so you're probably just her type. LOL Milar, I didn't understand all the stuff you wrote (that part about the little sprocket near the tamping womple of the Keeley trunion lost me), but I think you work in Natural Gas? If so, that explains your motto on the signature.

Sorry bro, I only had room in my luggage for the Swedish Naval Swimmer/Masseuse. Couldn't bring any weapons through customs- only bikini clad blondes.

I'm okay on point number 6.

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=ij2xy1...0&y=-tmo9gu See the pics from my recent trip to the UK. I love my job. Pro.

Congrats SGT Postal, 96D is a squint. I used to work with tons of those guys and it's pretty cool. In fact, color blindness helps in that MOS. The trick is that you have to qualify for a TS/SCI clearance. This requires a Special Background Investigation (SBI) that takes about a year. I won't go into the details, but I was a 96B (Intel Analyst) who put together the reports from all the different sources to make a comprehensive picture. While you're at Ft. Campbell, try to attend Air Assault School. It's pretty great. You need to be in decent shape (not necessarily a TriAthelete, but good shape all the same.). MEPS is where the losers wind up when they cant do the job elsewhere. Just do your best to get through it and remember - they can't ask you certain "lifestyle choice" questions anymore, so you should be good to go. Pro

Yes, Halli's right. It's your graphics card fan. If you play outdoors in the winter, you'll notice you get about 5 minutes of play before the Blue Screen of Death appears. It's a thermal problem. Hardware failure and should be covered under warranty. Go into your local Best Buy, take a 12 guage semi auto or pump with you. Then go straight to the manager and .... ... oh wait, you're in the UK... Get in line. Wait for the other blokes in front of you to be denied service, then you can plead your case to bureaucrat opposite you whose job it is to screen out well-meaning and deserving people like you. He will be your best source of rejection, just in case you don't get enough of that from women (given that you are an avid gamer, and all). Well, I've had enough to drink at my friends' wedding and I think with this post I've probably annoyed and insulted nearly everyone at SPARTA. If anyone feels left out, please feel free to PM me and I'll give you the abuse you so richly deserve. ;-) KDC, bottom line - you need a new vid card. Good luck. All th best, Wes

Hi Merc. You are very gracious to introduce yourself like that. Thank you. I for one would like to scrim with a good opponent and you sound like an honorable chap, so for whatever my opinions worth (and remember my opinion is free and worth every pence) let's get together. Best regards, Pro~SPARTA~

Hi Medic, Bro! Glad to see you found us. Hope to see you on the server. Pro