On Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:59:46 +0200, Erik wrote in message <4ab32fe2.4040...@ehofman.com>:
> I would have responded in this thread but decided not to since it > probably would only add fuel to it. Let stick to that it's tasteless > and realize that FlightGear has no support for weapons of mass > murder. So this mission will end up being merely a sightseeing > mission. > > Erik ..guns and bombs etc probably qualify as weapons of mass murder since they historically has been used for that particular that purpose, and some of our planes do support these items. ..what FG _could_ have, is a "point score" engine supporting the full 4 Geneva Conventions, if you wanna "play war", you should learn to do it right and legally, rather than use FG to learn how to become a war criminal, and without even knowing it, because FG is right now, no different from all the blood 'n gore games that teaches the finer points of genocide, despite all the lofty ideals of the tender FG developers. ;o) ..I dunno how to code it, but I can help out with the Conventions and their application in military situations, it's been part of my field of expertise since I served. I also tried to build a translation service reusing the texts of the over 130 different language versions. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
