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20-01-2011, 08:23 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kingston, Tasmania
Posts: 65
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Hobbies: Astronomy, Computers and techie gadgets, bushwalking, photography and listening to Sissel sing 'O Mio Babbino Caro' :-)
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQKQdwowbok )
Favourite Food: Thai the way it's done in some Sydney restaurants.
Favourite Movie and Why: Monty Python's Holy Grail & Life of Brian.
Also, it's not a movie but I love Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (the radio play not the TV show).
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?:
I'm retired now but there wasn't much.
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?:
Albert Einstein & Steven Weinberg. Perhaps together they could come up with the ultimate answer to life, the universe and everything. The third guest would be Victor Borge who could provide the after dinner entertainment if the other two couldn't come up with the goods.
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20-01-2011, 08:58 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Paralowie, South Australia
Posts: 4,367
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Hobbies: Astronomy, Storm Chasing, Amateur Radio (VK5NAJ), Geocaching (Storm Chasers), Bush walking, Photography, Videography, Radio Control Aeromodelling. Playing around on the Computer.
Favourite Food: Anything, but really like Spag Bog, and Apricot Chicken.
Favourite Movie and Why: So many I like, no real favourites, but keep going back to them over and over again. Increasingly enjoying the new special effects coming out in movies.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?:
Not many secrets with me, but I guess being a Ham Radio operator would be one.
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?:
No three individuals, but I would bring all my family together on my Parents side, I don't see enough of them, especially my two Sisters who live too far away for me to visit more often.
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20-01-2011, 09:03 PM
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Astro-Addict
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 633
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Hobbies?
Obviously, Astronomy  But also Family History, Skepticism and Reading.
Favourite Food?
Pizza, Nachos, Tacos, Pasta.......anything not too healthy. 
Favourite Movie and Why?
Inception! Really made me think........ I eventually figured it all out and have my own theories on what happened at the ending. I watched ' Moon' last nigh was one of the best astronomy/sci-fi films I have ever seen.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
Replace "co-workers" with "class-mates". A lot of them dont know about my family history reasearch or my skeptical mind.
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why? Probably my three favourite scientists, the astronomers Phil Plait, Stephan Hawking and biologist Richard Dawkins.
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20-01-2011, 09:16 PM
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Worse or better?
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Brisbane
Posts: 319
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Hobbies?
Astronomy/Science/Skeptics, PC building/gaming, Photography and Mother Nature and herExtremes
Favourite Food?
Love a good Chicken Tika Masala or a good pie 
Favourite Movie and Why?
I have a 400+ dvd collection so i can't really choose one favorite lol
Top few in no order - Thirteen Days / The Matrix / In Bruges / Kick-Ass / Lord of War / Thank you for Smoking
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
Most things, I'm not over loud at work...
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?
Carl Sagan, Nikola Tesla and Sun Tzu
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20-01-2011, 09:56 PM
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Mostly harmless...
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 5,735
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Quote:
Originally Posted by pgc hunter
Hey Octane, I've been into them since a friend gave us a copy of Flight Unlimited II back in the windows 95 days. I'm hoping to put together a new dedicated PC for FSX, (my current one performs like a dead dog) and load it up with the addons from this site http://fullterrain.com/ check it out, the realism and visuals are incredible. |
I've been hooked since the C64 - Project Stealth Fighter and Sublogic Flight Sim II (before Microsoft bought out Bruce Artwick). These days I can cruise the skies around brissy using FSX, Tileproxy and the Triplehead2go
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20-01-2011, 10:07 PM
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I just point it at stuff
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 303
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WOW  I haven't played around with FSX for a while. That PeopleFlow addon looks incredible! Can't wait till that comes out!
Great now I'm going to have to install FSX again! Thanks guys..... 
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20-01-2011, 10:08 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Hobart
Posts: 151
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Hobbies?
Apart form astronomy, sci-fi movies and tv show and my computer. Interest in Miltary history.
Favourite Food?
Whatever is in front at tea time.
Favourite Movie and Why?
Law Abiding Citizen, the best thriller ever.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
Nothing
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?
I know it is more than 3 but, the whole Monty Python crew.
Imagine how much fun that would be.
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20-01-2011, 10:30 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Sydney, Australia
Posts: 1,648
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Hobbies?
Sailing (racing Melges 24s), photography, scuba diving and mtb if I can get back in to them.
Favourite Food?
Japanese, real Japanese, not that westernised Teppanyaki food throwing rubbish.
Favourite Movie and Why?
It used to be 'The Right Stuff', then it was 'The Big Blue', now..... I don't really have a favourite, though I loved the Bourne trilogy, and Dark Knight.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
I suffered the worst case of the bends (decompression sickness) ever survived. I can still walk, and can control most of my bodily functions!
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?
My wife, because she's the most amazing person ever.
My best friend.
My Grandfather, because there's so much we've missed talking about in the past 17 years.
Cheers,
Jason.
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20-01-2011, 10:41 PM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
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You flight sim guys, you have to check out X-Plane. The most realistic flight simulator ever.
www.x-plane.com
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20-01-2011, 10:49 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Warrnambool
Posts: 12,811
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Hobbies, Astronomy and photography, watching the sun rise and set.
Favorite Food, Golden Syrup Dumplings, there just the best.
Favorite Movie, Titanic, I have worn out the tape through watching so many times but now have it on DVD.
My Co/Workers would not know that I just love the cold frosty nights, I would stand out in it a watch/image the heavens, also that I will try my hand at anything.
Abby out of that CSI show, She is pretty cute, Also my Grandparents that I don't really know, as I left them behind in Holland when I was three, and never met them again, and for one more it would have to be His Holiness the POPE, but I cant see that happening real soon.
Leon 
Last edited by leon; 21-01-2011 at 04:01 PM.
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20-01-2011, 10:55 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Renmark, SA
Posts: 2,993
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jules76
WOW I haven't played around with FSX for a while. That PeopleFlow addon looks incredible! Can't wait till that comes out!
Great now I'm going to have to install FSX again! Thanks guys..... |
That whole thing is incredible. It basically transforms Australia in FSX to what you see in real life. And those airports, it may aswell be real life!! You can also get free downloads which add hundreds of small airstrips, in photorealistic detail to the Australian landscape. I'm now in the process of selecting components for my FSX-dedicated machine, hopefully will get it built this year. My existing comp is a train wreck, it can barely run FS2004!
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20-01-2011, 11:28 PM
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Bright the hawk's flight
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Mt Duneed Vic
Posts: 3,982
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Hobbies?
Astronomy, Photography, Rock'n'Roll and Swing dancing, computers, reading just about anything, reading Lord of the Rings (currently in its 91st re read since 1977!) military history, formerly did bushwalking and archery, injuries have put paid to both of those.
Favourite Food?
Just about anything except cheese, cannot see the attraction in off milk! And of course the males essential nutrients, beer, red wine and coffee!
Favourite Movie and Why?
Not really a question that needs to be answered as it will be obvious to anyone with a shred of culture or appreciation of the finer things.... "The Blues Brothers" greatest film ever made.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
I was National Field Archery Champion in 1987, set 2 National and 4 Victorian records that day.
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?
John Belushi, Dan Ackroyd and (because we need a female) Carrie Fisher all from abovementioned Blues Brothers movie.
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20-01-2011, 11:43 PM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
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Jen, Frank got me hooked on to True Blood.
We spent one night (when it was cloudy) and fangbanged our way through most of season 2. I've just started watching season 1, up to episode 4.
Most HBO shows are quality. Between all the rampant romping, there seems to be a semblance of a story line. : P
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20-01-2011, 11:46 PM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: maryland newcastle AUSTRALIA
Posts: 1,851
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OK
HOBBIES
Astronomy,collecting books "biggles",over 500 to date
Favourite Food
hmmm food,pastries mainly
Favourite Movie
Biggles the Movie
Three people to Dinner
Biggles,Algey,Ginger
Why that would be differnt
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20-01-2011, 11:53 PM
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Moving to Pandora
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Swan Hill
Posts: 7,102
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21-01-2011, 12:04 AM
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IIS Member #671
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Canberra
Posts: 11,159
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My sister got some of those bottles, too. How weird.
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21-01-2011, 12:34 AM
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Registered User
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mackay, QLD
Posts: 456
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Hobbies?
The obvious one, writing music (mostly heavy metal \m/ ), reading, computers, getting out into nature and having a look around (so bushwalking and camping).
Favourite Food?
Garfield and I have one thing in common...LASAGNA !!!
Favourite Movie and Why?
Star Wars Trilogy (original), Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended), Contact and The Dish.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
That I'm a complete and utter nerd behind closed doors...Shhh..don't let secrets like that out.
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?
Dick Dawkins, Chuck Darwin and Eddy Hubble - all at the local for some counter meals and pints of the finest beers around...maybe some pool and good old chinwag about the state of things...
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21-01-2011, 08:38 AM
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Black Sky Zone
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Western Victoria
Posts: 776
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Way out West
Wow! some way cool people here
Hobbies?
Astronomy, car restoration, native revegetation, shooting feral cats!
Favourite Food?
Genuine Italian THIN PIZZA
Favourite Movie and Why?
Moon as it shows us the possibility of how to explore Mars with clones.
What is something that your co-workers might not know about you?
I'm a fair hand at playing blues on guitar
Which 3 people would you invite to your perfect dinner party and why?
Eric Clapton-to show me some new electric blues guitar licks
My daughter- I love her and don't see her enough (she plays music and loves PIZZA)
Nigella Lawson- She can cook us all a fab party feast
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21-01-2011, 08:40 AM
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Sir Post a Lot!
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Gosford, NSW, Australia
Posts: 36,799
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I'm enjoying this thread immensely! Keep it up!
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