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> That’s more what I was asking about. I like x-plane myself (runs on
> Linux for one thing), but I can see that if you’ve flown the real thing,
> a simulator program would never come close to the actual experience…

and, i’ve had that discussion (argument?) with some otherwise
intelligent folks: Is X-Plane/MS Flight Simulator/etc a ‘Game’ or a
‘Simulator’?

most who have never been in a simulator are willing to fight to have
it their way, until the cows come home…

i remember loading x-plane (or some flying plane thingy) on some
previous system, and played with it maybe a half hours…it is not for
me…but, i absolutely love BZFLAG (a first person shooter, 3D tank
game)…

but, that makes sense since i’ve never been in tank…and yet can
still recognize it as a game, and not a sim…

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natural^^-^^pilot

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Pfffft! I can be smooth as silk when I’m properly motivated to do so :wink:

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All your mini skirts are belong to me :stuck_out_tongue:

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That sounds like a drag. lol!

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@Chrysantine
Heidi: you are going to begin to wish you never mentioned your mini skirts, perhaps even less so now you have added silk into the mix. But if it gets you where you need to go in life - I have no objection.
And it adds some amusement to our typically mundane Male lives.:wink:

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I look good in them, though :stuck_out_tongue: hahahaha

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They say that too much posting in the forum can also lead to blindness… :cool:

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Crumbs. Is that what it is! Here I was blaming it on the misspent youth, reading a certain kind of magazine by torch light under the bed covers. (Correction - not reading, u know what I mean!)

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Not to mention the “smooth as silk” bed covers, then…

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That too. But we really must stop all this, apart from going way off topic, we’ll just confirm our certification as: “Dirty Old Men”.

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It would never do to go off-topic here, so as posted by Captain Blackadder (and acknowledged by Akoellh somewhere in forum):

I, on the other hand, have a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the **** Kicked Out of Me.

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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:36:02 +0000, Chrysantine wrote:

> hendersj;2004716 Wrote:
>> That makes sense. I somehow couldn’t see you as a marketing person. <g>
> Pfffft! I can be smooth as silk when I’m properly motivated to do so :wink:

LOL! Thanks, I needed the laugh - been a rough week here. :wink:

Jim

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On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:51:08 +0000, natural_pilot wrote:

>> That’s more what I was asking about. I like x-plane myself (runs on
>> Linux for one thing), but I can see that if you’ve flown the real
>> thing, a simulator program would never come close to the actual
>> experience…
>
> and, i’ve had that discussion (argument?) with some otherwise
> intelligent folks: Is X-Plane/MS Flight Simulator/etc a ‘Game’ or a
> ‘Simulator’?

I think it qualifies as both, to be honest. It’s a game because it’s a
form of entertainment for many users, but it’s a simulator as well
because it is a simulation of something in the real world.

When I was in college, I worked on a software simulation project (not for
flight, but for ATC), and that’s the distinguishing factor for a software
simulator - that it models something in the real world with a high degree
of mathematical accuracy.

X-Plane itself is actually FAA certified for flight training as well -
and can be connected up to hydraulic simulator hardware.

MS Flight Simulator uses a different mathematical approach to the
simulation of flight dynamics than X-Plane does. From what I’ve read,
the tools in X-Plane can (and have) been used to fine-tune the
performance characteristics of aircraft that have actually been designed
and built. That’s not something you would do with a game, but it is
something you’d do with a simulator (fine-tuning an airfoil to optimize
the airflow over the surface, for example).

> most who have never been in a simulator are willing to fight to have it
> their way, until the cows come home…
>
> i remember loading x-plane (or some flying plane thingy) on some
> previous system, and played with it maybe a half hours…it is not for
> me…but, i absolutely love BZFLAG (a first person shooter, 3D tank
> game)…
>
> but, that makes sense since i’ve never been in tank…and yet can still
> recognize it as a game, and not a sim…

Well, very likely BZFLAG doesn’t simulate all the characteristics of an
actual tank with a high degree of accuracy. The ballistics simulation is
probably somewhat realistic, but I’d wager there’s not a way to connect
up realistic tank controls to the system either. :slight_smile:

Jim