THE THREAD!!!

[USSAmerica]

Good Friday morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[jeffk3510]

Good morning. Can't wait for the Royals tomorrow! Wohoo!!

[Schanilec]

How `bout those Vikings.

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: JWE

You guys will probably laugh at it, but it is a work machine after all.

HP 6000 Pro, 3 GHz Core 2 Duo, 4GB SDRAM, 500GB WD hard drive, 2 16x DVDs, Bluetooth/802.11G

Typical number cruncher kinda machine.[;)]

No......laughing is an old "friend" of mine who has a disturbing compulsion to always have to "one up" you whether it's in the pity dept or computers. He was telling me the other day about having been given a $12,000 4 x CPU Xenon Server that had storm damage that he was going to repair and use as a gaming machine.

Ok......whatever works for ya. [:D]

Yours will work for basic mathin.......most of the putors here at work are still Core2 duo's though some of the luckier braniacs are getting i5 laptops with SSD drives.......ooooooooooo Now they have SERIOUS power in which to listen to Pandora internet radio while crunching spreadsheets. [:D]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Found an e-book of Clay Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War, volume 1. All of $15; om-nom-nom-nom-iPad-nom-nom-nom...

That was my first Kindle purchase.........interestingly, while one can easily nab Volume 1.....getting Volume 2 is trickier. You'd think it'd be the other way around since Vol 2 is the lesser of the two. In addition to being saddled with a clear US bias, 3/4 of the book is pure mundaneness as the Uboat menance is passed and it's just down to the "going out with a blaze of glory" stage.....and the late Mr. Blair was determined to document....in detail EVERY single doomed patrol from mid 43 to the end of the war. I failed twice to get through the 2nd volume before giving up. My eyes were crossing.


And it IS love Martian dude......so convenient.....was sitting with an ex-Submariner last night who's part of our "Pint Club" and he asked if i'd read "The Silent War" yet. (about Cold War sub ops) Looked it up on Kindle.....saw a cheap 13$ price.....bang. bought it. "I am reading it now" [:D]

On a side note....nice to have a conversation with someone who bursts the post ColdWar bubble about Soviet equipment and training being all CRAP. He said the USN SS had a lotta respect for the Soviets.....it was quite the "game" out at sea. Told him he needed to talk to Sid....our alleged ASW expert. [:D]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Found an e-book of Clay Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War, volume 1. All of $15; om-nom-nom-nom-iPad-nom-nom-nom...

That was my first Kindle purchase.........interestingly, while one can easily nab Volume 1.....getting Volume 2 is trickier. You'd think it'd be the other way around since Vol 2 is the lesser of the two. In addition to being saddled with a clear US bias, 3/4 of the book is pure mundaneness as the Uboat menance is passed and it's just down to the "going out with a blaze of glory" stage.....and the late Mr. Blair was determined to document....in detail EVERY single doomed patrol from mid 43 to the end of the war. I failed twice to get through the 2nd volume before giving up. My eyes were crossing.


And it IS love Martian dude......so convenient.....was sitting with an ex-Submariner last night who's part of our "Pint Club" and he asked if i'd read "The Silent War" yet. (about Cold War sub ops) Looked it up on Kindle.....saw a cheap 13$ price.....bang. bought it. "I am reading it now" [:D]

On a side note....nice to have a conversation with someone who bursts the post ColdWar bubble about Soviet equipment and training being all CRAP. He said the USN SS had a lotta respect for the Soviets.....it was quite the "game" out at sea. Told him he needed to talk to Sid....our alleged ASW expert. [:D]

I'd recommend he speak with Steve. Steve has a wealth of knowledge on this subject as well-ain't no alleged about it. [8D]

[DuckofTindalos]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Terminus

Found an e-book of Clay Blair's Hitler's U-Boat War, volume 1. All of $15; om-nom-nom-nom-iPad-nom-nom-nom...

That was my first Kindle purchase.........interestingly, while one can easily nab Volume 1.....getting Volume 2 is trickier. You'd think it'd be the other way around since Vol 2 is the lesser of the two. In addition to being saddled with a clear US bias, 3/4 of the book is pure mundaneness as the Uboat menance is passed and it's just down to the "going out with a blaze of glory" stage.....and the late Mr. Blair was determined to document....in detail EVERY single doomed patrol from mid 43 to the end of the war. I failed twice to get through the 2nd volume before giving up. My eyes were crossing.


And it IS love Martian dude......so convenient.....was sitting with an ex-Submariner last night who's part of our "Pint Club" and he asked if i'd read "The Silent War" yet. (about Cold War sub ops) Looked it up on Kindle.....saw a cheap 13$ price.....bang. bought it. "I am reading it now" [:D]

On a side note....nice to have a conversation with someone who bursts the post ColdWar bubble about Soviet equipment and training being all CRAP. He said the USN SS had a lotta respect for the Soviets.....it was quite the "game" out at sea. Told him he needed to talk to Sid....our alleged ASW expert. [:D]

I have drawn a complete blank on volume 2 in ebook format. Any tips?

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Terminus
I have drawn a complete blank on volume 2 in ebook format. Any tips?

None at present. First thing i did after eBooking Volume 1 was look for Vol 2 but it is not Kindle avail or Nook/Android/Ipad/Sony as far as i could search. Only results so far that come up are used copies and being rare....the asking price for some is steep. Ironic. Blair's books were supposed to be the definitive revisionist account of the Uboat war.....laden with more Stats than John can shake a stick at and quantify.

But I havn't seen a new copy of his books in the bookstores in years. I think Mr. Blair is spinning in his grave. Regardless of what one thinks of his conclusions and alleged bias's......he put in a BOATLOAD of work into those two Volumes......his Magnum Opus of his literary career. Ah what fools we Mortals be seeking our own slices of immortality.

Sorry...pre-Holiday blues.

[USSAmerica]

Getting a brain cramp today at work while trying to wrap it around a bunch of inter-related tables in MSSQL.  

[USSAmerica]

Time to do my civic duty......

[USSAmerica]

New page.  [8D]

[USSAmerica]

3 day weekend, here I come!  [8D]

[Schanilec]

Two hour to go and counting.

[Grollub]

Back from London.

Home Sweet Home tithe.

[Kwik E Mart]

if you're american and part of the 91%, count your blessings and have a great weekend...if you're one of the 9%, keep the faith and enjoy the weekend as much as possible...things will turn around...

rum punch for everyone!!! heading out for tri-tip bbq and beer infused golf weekend in the sierra foothills!

[Mike Solli]

Hi guys. Mike, I see you out there. How's it going?

[USSAmerica]

Wow, it's great to see you, Mike!  [8D]

Welcome back! 

[Mike Solli]

Thanks Mike. Been quite a while. Lots has happened. I'm back though and leaving the Guard full time. I'll stay in part time for awhile but it's definitely winding down. I'll probably stay till I hit 24 years and then retire. That'll be next June. Maybe earlier. We'll see.

I've missed you guys. I didn't have much internet access and when I did, I didn't have access to this site. No gaming sites allowed. Go figure.

[USSAmerica]

BTW, Dixie's web hosting site is no more, so you'll need to host your sig banner somewhere else, like imageshack.

[Mike Solli]

Ahh, thanks. I'll need to find it. Our computer died and we just got a new one today. Everything's backed up though. Just gotta dig it out.