Posts made by Linkon

Cell phones have been used by the terrorists in iraq as trigger devices for road side bombs.

I know they already scan for bombs at the airports, but the extra measure of safety could prevent another terrorist disaster.

They will probably make a commercial-free, 5-DVD set of all the Jennings games with commentary.

High school quiz bowl teams all over the the US and Canada will get it for a competitive edge.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=104043

Looks like justice might finally be served someday.

The case is for $ 9 mil.

I think an interesting system has developed for bidding to put extra $$ on the board to balance A&A.

Here is another idea:
Simply put, for all Axis attacks (not defense) in the 1st round, the 1st round of battle rolls by units rolling greater than 1 get an extra roll.

I think this type of balance may actually be more historically accurate. World leaders were concerned about the military build-up by the Germans and Japanese in the 30’s. They did take comfort in knowing that the allied forces were numerically superior at the time. It was quite a surprize that the armies of the French and British Expiditionary force were so quickly overrun. Again in Op Barbarosa, the it took over a million casualties before the Russians solidified their defences. The story is repeated by the Japanese, who often won against 2-1 or greater odds.

Pearl harbor would have been like 4 ftrs vs 3 BB’s with all 4 ftrs surviving. Jpn starting w/ only 1 CV probably reflects unreplaced CV losses at both Midway and the Coral Sea.

Examples:

WCan SZ:
Ftr vs trn
Ger gets an extra roll of 3 in the 1st roll of combat. It becomes a normal combat afterwards.

AES:
Inf, arm vs inf. arm
The Ger arm, but not the inf gets an extra roll of 3 on the initial combat. Normal combat resumes on the following rolls.

The 1st round SBR attacks by the axis get to roll twice for the if they survive AA.

I have not tested this. I did not do the exact math, but I think it keeps Ger aggressive early in the game and gives a major kick to the Jpn offensive before Allied forces gel to take that initiative away. The main Allied counter is to be aggressive themselves before the Axis powers can get the extra rolls.

Just in case this over favors the Axis:
This can be limited by bids to the number of initial round 1 attack units that get the bonus roll. In this case, they will need to be tracked. The extra attacks expire after J1. No carryover to the 2nd round. The extra rolls must be declared prior to rolling for the battle.
I think bids around 15 might be fair.

Example:
Ger SBR’s GBR, declaring an extra roll. The AA hits. SBR=0.

There were so many reasons to go after Saddam. My personal thoughts are that WMD was a lame reason. Kinda like getting Capone on taxes.

Such was my analysis way before the war declaration. However, it (WMD) did get some UN support.

The disarm documents provided by Saddam are based on his account.

Would any enemy of Saddam accept documents that he provides as flat truth? His 2 sons in law believed Saddam would grant clemency when they returned w/their wives to Iraq. Saddam had them killed. His intel minister was on TV speaking of many phony victories when our soldiers were systematically wiping the resistance off the map. This same ministry hushed up the gas attacks against the Kurdish minorities. The schools in Iraq have taught 2 decades worth of hatred and lies to the citizenry.

It should not surprize anyone that bad and evil people will present untruths, even in document form, if it provides an advantage.

Jennifer,

As GBR, given the GBR SZ BB, I would still buy the AC.

The extra BB moves to WUS SZ to cover the US trn purchases.

Tanks moved into dice-roll combat are not allowed to move in non-combat. After you win a dice-roll battle with them, they are required to stay in the newly claimed land.

Attacking the Tr, S in the Baltic w/o ftrs gives you unfavorable odds.

Most players I know would rather bulk up a defensive position rather than attack w/disfavor. It risks opening up favorable counter-attacks by your opponent.

Some favorites of mine of the era were:

U2 (voted)
Thomson Twins
Miami Sound Machine
Banarama
Go-Go’s
Berlin
INXS
Men at Work
Heart
Til Tuesday
Fine Young Cannibals
Chicago

@tiger_tank2:

You will see in time…college is VERY demanding time wise(eg. 3 1/2 hr. classes). You may have more freedom, unlike highschool. I am a freshman in college, but I only go to school two days during the week. But I’m in school from 8:30 AM - 5:30PM, and not to mention the loads of assignments that tag along. And the weeks fly by at an astronomical rate!!! Before you know it, a whole semester is over!
So, here’s a tip: as soon as you get your assignments, do them and don’t put them off. And from here I will say farewell, no more posts for me 'till Christmas vacation! Tschuss(ooo, that was way too informal for here! :lol: )! ~~Dru

FYI for TT2 and all other Freshmen at all levels:

http://todai.com/coupon/backtoschool.htm

This is a good place for seafood. They have locations mostly in the west.

The deal thru 9-30-04 is that you eat free when 2 paying adults join you there.

Many of my non-AnA friends like it there.

The Russians become vulnerable if they move inf towards the East from Rus and ENO while keeping the SFE arm out of reach from KAR on R2.

This would be cause to take the Lib arm onto the mainland. Buy 6 arm to take Kar on G2.

If Kar is stacked to the max and the middle and eastern Rus forces go west, then stick w/defense. Add the tran for taking Afr so you can afford the heavier defense while reducing GBR capacity for offence. 8 inf + trn.

It takes a certain genius to find your niche target, develop a product, market it, and then make millions off of it.

And yet, I find it quite idiotic to throw political support for someone who will take all of those hard-won earnings away in higher taxes to the millionares.

The ancient Supreme court once pointed out in a ruling that “the power to tax is the power to destroy.” Taxing weighs the initiative of the working against the hungers of the political beauracracy. While a certain amount of government is needed, cases abound about how waste and corruption destroy the wealth of our nation. Taxing should be structured to encourage the best workers, and work motivators from around the world to live amongst us and contribute here, in the land of the free.

Each of the major party candidates have major weaknesses, yet their stated policies differ mainly in tax policy. Their running mates both exhibit greater personal ambition than ability for the nation as well. Highly reminiscent of another recent administration.

You can balance the 3-hits by allowing attacking, not defending subs hits against the Dreadnaughts to count double.

As always, the defender should pick where to allocate hits.

Realistically, the range of their guns scared away the Allied surface ships.

Superior US intel often prevented these Japanese monsters from finding their prey, so it would be safe to say that they were not effectively used in attack. Superior USN air power allowed us to pick the battles where we finally sunk them.

The Japs developed pellet spraying shot for their big guns, but I think the regular hull-mounted AA’s were better against air. I think they also had other specialized shore bombardment shells, but by then, they were defending rather than conducting beach landings.

It is a key move for Russia Restricted.

To clarify #2,

lets say you have 10 tanks, so 5 of them attack at 4 on the initial round of combat rolls.

When you take losses, can you lose the 5 rolling at 3 and keep the 5 rolling at 4?

or

Do you rehalve the tanks for the next round of combat to keep the 50/50 ratio of 3 and 4 rolling tanks?

How 'bout making them 3-hit BB’s? With amphibious ground bombardment of 5?

The fish are disappearing from the oceans.

Chilean Sea Bass, Beluga Sturgeon Caviar, Shark fins, Seahorses, even the once-common Bluefin tuna are getting more expensive to get due to all of the overfishing.

The fishing fleets of today have sonar and satellite imaging to lead them get the last of the schooling fish in the ocean.

What’s worse, mafia elements have gotten into the business, catching as much as possible, as prices rise, skirting the rarely enforced catch quotas

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/05/0522_020522_seabass.html

http://dailyherald.com/news_story.asp?intid=3819375

Assuming viable fish stem cells can yet be found, could it become feasible to create fish meat out of them to satisfy the demand? Could technology finally relieve the strain we place into the natural environment? Would you consider eating food so created?

I first heard of it from a friend as we discussed how dried shark fins were selling at $250/lb.