Re: [Flightgear-devel] Newsletter

2004-06-04 Thread Mally
How about Open Cockpit? Mally - Original Message - From: Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flightgear-Devel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 12:40 PM Subject: [Flightgear-devel] Newsletter What's the status on the FlightGear newsletter? Did a name ever get chosen

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Trademark violations could be a problem

2004-03-26 Thread Mally
discussion) by searching Google for tishma american airlines. The upshot is that aircraft bearing American Airlines logos and liveries continue to be available on the main freeware download sites to this day, and it can hardly be argued now that American Airlines are unaware of the issues. Mally

Re: Patents [OT] (Was: RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting)

2004-02-16 Thread Mally
Richard Thanks for that. (Puts a new twist on the phrase patently obvious) :-( Mally - Original Message - From: Richard Bytheway [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: Patents [OT] (Was: RE: [Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Can someone file a formal complain to this Microsoft patent: This may be a good starter page for anyone wanting to file a protest: http://www.uspto.gov/main/faq/p340030.htm Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Presumably it can be traced back via CVS? Mally - Original Message - From: Jon Berndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 12:34 PM Subject: RE: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting Holy ... ! JSBSim has been doing

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
on the patent and trademark office if a bad/wrong decision is made? (Nothing about this in their FAQs!) Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.581 / Virus Database: 368 - Release Date: 10/02/04

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
Richard You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation of the legal position. Thanks. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.581 / Virus Database: 368 - Release Date: 10/02/04

Re: [Flightgear-devel] XML SCripting

2004-02-13 Thread Mally
You may not be a patent lawyer, but that's a convincing sounding explanation of the legal position. PS. I'm just wondering if you have any thoughts on my earlier question, i.e. whether what's being patented has to be something non-obvious? Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery

2004-01-30 Thread Mally
with MSFS. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.572 / Virus Database: 362 - Release Date: 27/01/04 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery

2004-01-30 Thread Mally
with these. It's important to remember that copyright remains with the copyright owner even if it is not specifically stated, and you cannot assume any rights over the data that you have not been specifically assigned. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery - CORRECTION!

2004-01-30 Thread Mally
In any case, I think that generating textures for FlightGear from the MSFS textures would be the ideal solution. I've not been following the Oops, I meant to say that it would NOT be the ideal solution! Sorry about that. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery

2004-01-30 Thread Mally
continuing on a false premise. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.572 / Virus Database: 362 - Release Date: 27/01/04 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Scenery

2004-01-29 Thread Mally
As I understand it it's a commercial CD containing satellite images of the UK, but processed with TerraGear to match FlightGear's own scenery format. Maybe the simscreens postings should credit the source and acknowledge the copyright? Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery

2004-01-29 Thread Mally
I once been a Terraserver subscriber. I was allowed to download everything i want at full resolution for a short period of time. I have now the bay area at 1m resolution in color. You are not allowed to redistribute images but derived work is yours. -Fred

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery

2004-01-29 Thread Mally
this on the terraserver web site. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.572 / Virus Database: 362 - Release Date: 27/01/04 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: Scenery

2004-01-29 Thread Mally
Russ I'm not planning on redistributing the work. The work would be for a client of mine who is trying to upgrade their simulator's visual database... Are you sure that doesn't count as redistributing? Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system

[Flightgear-devel] Broken menu on links page

2003-12-21 Thread Mally
Just a quick note to say that the Downloads menu links (Source, Binary, Scenery) on the left hand side of the FGFS Related Links page at http://www.flightgear.org/links.html are broken. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Playing with textures

2003-12-02 Thread Mally
today will soon become the norm, so maybe it's best to have an eye a little into the future with all these calculations. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 27/11/03

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Latest stupid helicopter trick

2003-11-24 Thread Mally
of these) much more difficult in a sim than real life. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 22/11/03 ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] re: [Terragear-devel] SRTM 90 for Europe and Asia

2003-11-05 Thread Mally
has been available for some time now. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.534 / Virus Database: 329 - Release Date: 31/10/03 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS:

2003-10-18 Thread Mally
practice these scenarios as realistically as possible in a sim, it can only help in the unlikely event that they are faced with this situation for real. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.525 / Virus Database

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Re: [Flightgear-cvslogs] CVS:

2003-10-18 Thread Mally
-used in this way when perhaps they've seen it as part of an overall creation. Maybe the courteous thing to do is to always seek permission. If the author is happy to give it, then there's no problem. If not, then at least no toes have been trodden on. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT latex2html??

2003-09-24 Thread Mally
accessibility tools for PDF include an HTML converter (or renderer)? Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.520 / Virus Database: 318 - Release Date: 18/09/03 ___ Flightgear

Re: [Flightgear-devel] OT latex2html??

2003-09-24 Thread Mally
To answer my own question: Don't Adobe's accessibility tools for PDF include an HTML converter (or renderer)? http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html This seems to be an online service only. I don't know if that's any use to you. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified

Re: [Flightgear-devel] scenery update

2003-09-08 Thread Mally
. Given that the message was almost doubling in size each time round, it's just as well the mailing list software was only running once and hour or so. People with slow modems (most of us at the time) were not well pleased. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-28 Thread Mally
and multiplatform development demonstrates respect for whichever platform potential developers may choose, including the safe use of the tools associated with that platform assisted by the application of common sense (as with any platform). Mally PS. I'm getting bogged down with the amount of effort

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Outlook comments

2003-08-28 Thread Mally
I see - you get one final ill-conceived dig in, and _then_ agree the subject should be dropped? Can anyone else agreeing the subject should be dropped please do so silently. thanks Mally - Original Message - From: Alex Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread Mally
more warmly. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 19/08/03 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-27 Thread Mally
alleviate issues only a few will actually read that.Hence Microsoft will probably eventually do stealthy patches onto peoples computers (ack). If that isn't a swipe at end users, I don't know what is. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-26 Thread Mally
to be widely publicised. The alternative, for everyone to change their browser, is simply not going to happen, at least not in the short term, though Microsoft themselves could well precipitate a move in this direction if and when they stop developing Outlook Express. Mally --- Outgoing mail

Re: blue paint bucket toss,was: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end ofdavid@megginson.com

2003-08-26 Thread Mally
Very helpful. Let's move on. Mally - Original Message - From: Arnt Karlsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 5:53 PM Subject: ..OT: blue paint bucket toss,was: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end [EMAIL

Re: [Flightgear-devel] SRTM-30 scenery

2003-08-25 Thread Mally
wasn't available for Europe other than for military use. Mally PS. You can find Nanucq Faitmain's mesh by searching for Nanucq in the avsim.com File Library. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-25 Thread Mally
Oh lord. And they are going to ditch Outlook Express in favor of Outlook. Will they ever learn? I wasn't aware of that. Is there an announcement somewhere? Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-25 Thread Mally
to an alternative email client, but how realistic is that? Far better to work with what's out there, particularly as OE6 already has the capabilities to switch off the ridiculous behaviour you've described. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of david@megginson.com

2003-08-25 Thread Mally
of you will reckon is no bad thing! Mally - Original Message - From: Erik Hofman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear developers discussions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] Angry rant: the end of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mally wrote: Oh

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New buildings models

2003-06-18 Thread Mally
/kairys.mpe If you haven't seen the video of this yet, do so now - it's probably more breathtaking than you imagine. (NB. The two sequences above are the same apart from the format). Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Question about METAR updates

2003-02-09 Thread Mally
might not work. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.449 / Virus Database: 251 - Release Date: 27/01/03 ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: [Flightgear-devel] DAFIFT progress

2003-02-03 Thread Mally
, but I'd like to know what I'm looking at before I do that. The UK ones appear to be TACANs at Odiham and St Athan: http://www.nightstop.freeola.com/beacon%20decodes/beacon%20decodes.htm Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Performance analysis

2003-01-23 Thread Mally
of the mesh, which I personally find more disturbing. Mally --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.445 / Virus Database: 250 - Release Date: 21/01/03 ___ Flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] [OT] We are the champions

2002-06-30 Thread Mally
Brazilians now a few days ago. I'm not sure why, but I don't think people here really mind so much when Brazil win... or is it just that we've got used to it? Mally ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org

Re: [Flightgear-devel] My First Flight

2002-04-06 Thread Mally
inclination to do it for real. Thanks for that (literally) gripping report. Mally - Original Message - From: David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FlightGear Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 11:57 AM Subject: [Flightgear-devel] My First Flight Although I've said

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Peeking into the commercial scene

2001-12-10 Thread Mally
or in fightgear-model - check the archives). Mally ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] New Wind Sound

2001-11-21 Thread Mally
the past few weeks. Mally ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

[Flightgear-devel] Patent applied for!

2001-11-21 Thread Mally
remotely similar already exists (once you're read the application), email [EMAIL PROTECTED] , quoting Publication Number GB2359388, and the name of the Proprietor - Peter Tishma. You can look up the patent application details here: http://gb.espacenet.com/gb/en/posearch.htm?PN=GB2359388 Mally

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Patent applied for!

2001-11-21 Thread Mally
of the five claims, but some strange things have been allowed to pass in recent years. Mally ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Patent applied for!

2001-11-21 Thread Mally
David writes: Mally writes: You may be interested to know that Peter Tishma (aka Papa Tango) has applied to patent the concept of a flight simulator. At least that's how the patent application reads to me, and apparently also to the avsim.com newsdesk, who've put the story

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Patent applied for!

2001-11-21 Thread Mally
email you them privately. Let me know. (It's hard to give the actual URLs because of the way they've put the pages together). Mally ___ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Patent applied for!

2001-11-21 Thread Mally
do any harm for people who are aware of examples of prior art that closely match the claims to make that evidence known to the Patent Office. It would be a ridiculous situation if this application went through on a technicality just because no-one really thought it would. Mally

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Location of SimGear

2001-11-15 Thread Mally
Dave Luff writes: Mally writes: Anyway, I definately think that m/M and s should be used for magnetos and starter - at the moment there is no way to start the engine with a 2 button mouse! It's probably too late to comment on this by now, but from a user point of view, it's