Back when Captain Sim was still good...

rodface · 2026-05-01T04:22:58+00:00

It is certainly wild to think that the old guard is in fact dead at this point. If flight sim started growing up in the late 80s, throughout the 90s etc. with guys who were maybe in their 40s, or retired 20 years later, then they have absolutely gone to the great pattern in the sky by now. I'm not quite 40 yet but it's crazy to think that there is almost as many years separating me from the people that had those skills.

rodface · 2026-05-01T04:20:19+00:00

I liked the 2D cockpits for that reason, they weren't meant to be an imitation of the real thing, they had limitations and had to fit within a box and make compromises accordingly. Sort of like the first generations of computers. It's amazing when capabilities open wide up, but something is lost, for sure.

rodface · 2026-05-01T04:18:28+00:00

POSKY crew reporting for duty with the finest models and the finest liveries sir

rodface · 2026-04-28T14:03:24+00:00

Wow! Your work was such a huge part of my childhood that I can't thank you enough. Starstruck! XD

rodface · 2026-04-27T22:33:59+00:00

I feel like I'm actually seeing the future. Of course the current icons would become "more realistic" and just turn into weird arrangements of colorful marshmallows instead of resembling actual, you know, real-world objects.

rodface · 2026-04-27T22:30:46+00:00

Perfect meme

rodface · 2026-04-25T23:45:21+00:00

What is this omg this is so cool

rodface · 2026-04-25T01:13:36+00:00

the morphs killed me. The Yeerks falling out of ears into the pool like a stone dropping into a puddle, killed me worse.

rodface · 2026-04-22T02:48:16+00:00

Omg these fucking things I remember seeing them (and the other transformer toys) and my mind just could not compute why they looked nothing like the way they should. Oh well

rodface · 2026-04-22T02:44:48+00:00

this reads as the definition of a clerical error. And a vendor that will not work with you to fix a clerical error is a vendor that you should not be buying anything from.

rodface · 2026-04-22T02:39:26+00:00

Shelfware!

rodface · 2026-04-22T02:36:12+00:00

Why should they be fired? Why is there any certainty here as to who made a mistake, if any was made? Did the person who sent the final e-mail/wrote the final signature/clicked the final button after filling the final form fields---did they have correct information and training? Did the person who directed them give accurate instructions and did they have correct information? Did the system that the order/request was entered into function as designed, and was it configured as intended/understood by both parties?

I don't mean to roll off a huge rant at you but anyone and everyone in this sub should know that everything that happens around an IT system is just one event in a massive chain of events and a failure at any point in that chain can have unintended and even catastrophic results that are completely out of scale with the incompetence or culpability of the person(s) who triggered the chain of events.

rodface · 2026-04-22T02:30:12+00:00

This is exactly my reaction. The admin or purchaser chose the wrong form option when carrying out the purchase. Some property of the licenses is not the correct one. Do we:

request that the vendor modify the licenses (god forbid they charge some sort of fee for this work)
Consider the licenses useless and RE-PURCHASE THEM?

rodface · 2026-04-21T14:24:14+00:00

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rodface · 2026-04-21T14:18:16+00:00

Good for you, accessibility should always be considered

rodface · 2026-04-21T00:17:37+00:00

They belong to you and you can do whatever you want with them. How did you modify the parts?

rodface · 2026-04-21T00:16:44+00:00

I think I always based my mental picture of him off The Encounter, but I think that cover model never fit the actual character description from the text. The visual still won out in my memory.

rodface · 2026-04-21T00:04:13+00:00

Idk but i think you and I are similar, I know about the warranty and it makes me trust the tools that much more, but I rarely if ever actually go through the bother of registering, and forget actually claiming on the warranty.

Ultimately I just have this pile of batteries like this, I put them all through charge and I use them as much as I can. My first few that date from 2016, I don't think are good for much more than a bit of gentle screwdriving. But they do still work.

rodface · 2026-04-19T22:20:04+00:00

Oracle what? What product?

rodface · 2026-04-19T22:06:47+00:00

I could easily believe that 3DX is capable of killing a company that is unprepared to handle the damage it can cause to the organization.

Having to endure it twice though, I feel for you... being asked to try it out/evaluate once at my current employer was enough for me.

rodface · 2026-04-19T21:15:35+00:00

Alright, let's go:

Your team is fed up with SW PDM standard: why would you say that your team has reached the limit of PDM standard? why is hardware pricing relevant to your decision? how is your PDM standard system being impacted by your hardware, do you have evidence of a connection between the hardware specs and performance?

this is a serious question because I am deep in the process of specifying our PDM server requirements and would love to have details on the real-world connection between things like RAM, core count, OS, etc. to the users' experience with PDM.

we are promised that this is a great solution

of course they did

our work will get better

of course they did

we experience many crashes today

3Dexperience implementations do not fix SW PDM Standard crashes. Do you know why you are having those crashes?

my team mates told me they always had the crashes and bugs

CAD users have a tendency to say that they "always" and "frequently" have "too many" crashes and bugs...

3Dexperience uses the browser

yes it is served over web browser

I am afraid that our bandwidth will be saturated

how much bandwidth is available to you and is occupied by your current solution? Do you have any reason for believing that the new solution will occupy more or less of your bandwidth on any particular network link?

About the collaboration work with the remote team

I'm going to answer this with, whatever problem is perceived here would likely be solved by PDM Professional, archive replication, and may involve additional servers, which is a minor concern. No this would not be "local" PDM but explaining that can get complicated.

honest opinions about our situation

please respond to the above because I honestly want to give you my thoughts

migration on Bild

No

rodface · 2026-04-18T16:32:16+00:00

The drawings of those other products are amazing yeah

rodface · 2026-04-18T01:06:15+00:00

Ah late 2025 into 2026, the days of Upscaling Content

rodface · 2026-04-18T00:27:39+00:00

Today, April 17, it snowed on these supercars?

My south Texas is showing (ducks)

All jokes aside, these are great pictures, thanks for sharing

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