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Vague Attempt at a Storyline - with tanks
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:00
by friznit
I just got back of exercise. Here's a couple of photos from my mobile phone.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40048231@N ... 145632662/
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:05
by Dr. kitteny berk
woo!
i must say, you look totally fucking crackers.
i wholly approve.

Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:07
by Dr. kitteny berk
also. how often do said challenger 2 tanks break down?
are we talking 80s volvo, or 60s ferrari?
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:15
by friznit
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:woo!
i must say, you look totally fucking crackers.
i wholly approve.

Of course I am. You would be too if you were in control of that much fire power.
Like any very complex vehicle that isn't used enough, they break down quite a lot until they've been run in properly. But we don't get to use them enough. Thankfully we have a very dedicated and professional team of vehicle machanics and electricians (the REME) who fix us up nice and quick.
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:18
by Dr. kitteny berk
friznit wrote:
Of course I am. You would be too if you were in control of that much fire power.
I am anyway, with that much fire power. well, paris.
Like any very complex vehicle that isn't used enough, they break down quite a lot until they've been run in properly. But we don't get to use them enough. Thankfully we have a very dedicated and professional team of vehicle machanics and electricians (the REME) who fix us up nice and quick.
hmmn, ferrari then, but a sinful one (i wonder if anyone has ever had a green ferrari, and if so, were they shot)
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:23
by amblin
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Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:23
by fabyak
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:woo!
i must say, you look totally fucking crackers.
i wholly approve.

^this
^this
and thrice ^this!
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:25
by fabyak
amblin wrote:
Also, why were you not on eve? If it can run solitaire, it can run eve...

I was thinking the exact same thing...
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:26
by Dr. kitteny berk
i expect to see a pringle-can wireless setup on that tank asap

Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:31
by FatherJack
I like the last bit. ZOmg! where has it gone!? It has vanished without a trace. Well apart from those massive tracks in the grass leading into the wood.
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:34
by friznit
amblin wrote:Also, why were you not on eve? If it can run solitaire, it can run eve...

Erm, 1024 bit crypto. It covers up to Top Secret and has a secure handshake. Oh, and the bandwidth is crap - firstly due to range limitations forcing the use of VHF for data carriage but with voice priority and secondly because the High Capacity Data Radio (UHF data only network) doesn't work yet. And it's peer to peer to allow for redundancy. And the netcode is shite.
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:37
by Dr. kitteny berk
friznit wrote:
Erm, 1024 bit crypto. It covers up to Top Secret and has a secure handshake. Oh, and the bandwidth is crap - firstly due to range limitations forcing the use of VHF for data carriage but with voice priority and secondly because the High Capacity Data Radio (UHF data only network) doesn't work yet. And it's peer to peer to allow for redundancy. And the netcode is shite.
that's no excuse

Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:41
by Chickenz
please say you used all the lovely 1bit tracer ammo? was it salisbury plain per chance. i want to do that can you perform raf to army tanks exchanges with much hassle?
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:47
by friznit
M4niachicken wrote:please say you used all the lovely 1bit tracer ammo? was it salisbury plain per chance. i want to do that can you perform raf to army tanks exchanges with much hassle?
Yes. Yes I did. And a whole lot more. Sadly though, exchanges are a thing of the past. Health and safety regulations, compensation claiming scumbags, whining barrackroom lawyers, lack of government funding, The Bomb, and spineless cunts in the MOD have long since put a stop to any of us having
fun.
OMG morale!? Call the fucking Fun Police!
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:49
by amblin
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Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:51
by Dr. kitteny berk
amblin wrote:friznit wrote:techno babble...
So plug in your mobile phone using 3g or gprs connection, it'll give just enough of a line to connect provided the signal is good enough!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 13:52
by friznit
amblin wrote:friznit wrote:techno babble...
So plug in your mobile phone using 3g or gprs connection, it'll give just enough of a line to connect provided the signal is good enough!
Last time I did that they cut off my phone. I claimed I was in Iraq and never paid the bill

Posted: May 26th, 2006, 14:18
by amblin
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Posted: May 26th, 2006, 14:26
by cashy
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:amblin wrote:friznit wrote:techno babble...
So plug in your mobile phone using 3g or gprs connection, it'll give just enough of a line to connect provided the signal is good enough!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
erm, not quite sure how a model for proving potential differences in voltage relates to radio signals and such, but yes. whacking great big metal thing.
Posted: May 26th, 2006, 14:56
by deject
most excellent! The world is much safer with Solitaire-equipped tanks.
