Uh, oh! Trouble's back...

... but don't blame me, it's Mark's fault! After all, he's the one that approved my membership. I'll bet he had a long, sleepless night, thinking about that decision.

In regard to the highly unlikely idea that someone may have actually missed me, I shall offer the following explanation:

I have been a "one eyed wonder" since I was 16 years old, and over the course of the last six years, I have been gradually loosing the sight in my "good" eye, due to a slowly developing cataract.

Cataracts are nothing new to me, as that was the primary reason for the loss of sight in my "bad" eye. That cataract was surgically removed at a time long before lens implants were available, and, with the use of an aphakic contact lens, the vision in that eye was correctable to between 20/60 and 20/40. Unfortunately, due to other damage caused by the severe injury that I received to that eye, I was never able to use it in conjunction with my "good" eye. At that time, my eye surgeon, USAF Col. Ulrich, told me that if something ever happened to my "good" eye, I might have a suitable spare.

Approx. two months ago I was called about doing some work on a front end loader, but I was very hesitant about excepting it because of my concerns about driving. Hell, I couldn't read the "STOP" on stop signs, or even, if I was lucky enough to see them, tell what color traffic lights were.

Knowing there was no way, in hell, that I could afford the surgery on my "good" eye, I thought about what Col. Ulrich had told me those many years ago, and decided that if I took the chance on driving, I would be able to make a last ditch effort at restoring, at least, some vision.

After a week and half worth of VERY INTENSE driving, I made enough money to afford the necessary eye exams., a six pack of disposable aphakic contact lenses, and a pair of bifocal glasses (for fine tuning) to, after 42 years of non use, turn my "bad" eye into my "good" eye. Thanks to the exceptional work of Col. Ulrich many years ago, and the expertise of Dr. Holland recently, I CAN NOW SEE BETTER THAN I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SEE IN APPROX. TEN YEARS!!!

It's taking a bit of work to get used to using my left eye after so my years of looking from the other side of my nose, but damn it, I'm happier than hell.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it! LOL

I've already talked to (in order of my initial contact) Rick Ulbrich, Rodger Rea, Vic Bond, and Ken McKinstry, about a Reunion Multi-Player Flight in about a month or two, and they are all ready, and willing.

As with all of the flights that I host, all members are welcome to join. I will post details when all of those, that may want to join, can come to a consensus on the time. Bond... Vic Bond, has already been tasked with setting up a tour of Australia. Let me know who wants to join by responding to this post. Please include your time zone, and preferred time, in your response.

In addition to the four "pile its" that I mentioned previously, I hereby deem that participation of the following is mandatory:

Tim Davis

Manfred Luderitz

Kenneth Brockway

Timothy Woodward

Garret Horwitz

Randy Hemm

John Anderson

Sean Sponseller

Spooner Sponseller (I'm sorry Spooner, I couldn't remember your first name!)

Yep! I'm a pushy old fart!

Damn! I'm glad to be back! And... those that may have complaints about that, can take it up with Mark. As I said at the beginning: "It's Mark's fault!"

SEE ya,

Milt

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Comment by Milt Jowers on December 28, 2012 at 13:16

Hi Tim,

That's definitely a good sign, but, depending on driver version, and the way it was installed, "Network Access Manager" might be hidden in your LAN driver installation. If you decide that you might want to pursue that further, let me know. It would sure be nice to get TeamSpeak to work for you.

Does a 5:00 PM, Pacific, sound reasonable? If members from the UK, or Europe, would like to join, we could start earlier, and you could join us in the air.

See ya buddy,

Milt

Comment by Tim Davis on December 28, 2012 at 3:09

Nope, No Nvidia Network Access Manager listed, just the drivers and some test program.  My normal Friday usually involves getting home around 3-4 pm Pacific.  

Comment by Milt Jowers on December 28, 2012 at 2:54

Hi Tim,

"nForce" chipsets are quite popular on leading motherboards, so, yes, Nvidia's "Network Access Manager" might be installed on your laptop too. I don't doubt that your satellite connection can be problematic. However, what I do know, is that Nvidia's "Network Access Manager", if installed, WILL make your internet connection much worse. That said, if you're not willing to look into that, I'm not going to push you into it, so I reckon I'm done with that.

What's the earliest time you can fly on a Friday? I'm sure we could work that time in.

See ya buddy,

Milt

Comment by Tim Davis on December 27, 2012 at 23:35

Spooner is no computer guru, that's for sure!  He likes to tell me he knows where the on button is and that's about it.  

I have the same issue with my laptop, not just the flight sim computer.  But my laptop is also a Dell so maybe it's got nForce guts too.  I think it's the satellite connection, it's just not suited for high demand real time applications like Skype, Teamspeak or multi-player/gaming.  I can't even see YouTube video's without waiting through all the pauses while it downloads as it plays.  

Comment by Milt Jowers on December 27, 2012 at 19:47

Yep! After my epiphany last night, I knew that you had an "nForce" based motherboard. I'll also bet that you have an onboard LAN controller, and, that you have Nvidia's "Network Access Manager" installed. Though that program appears to have some good features to boost your LAN's performance, it also installs a "hidden firewall" that makes it very troublesome. If I remember correctly, that firewall reroutes all of your internet traffic though Apache servers. That would explain all of your "ghosts" in GameSpy.

My system is also based on an "nForce" chipset, and, shortly after I built it, I noticed that my "internet speed" wasn't anywhere near what it should be. The only fix is to uninstall it, but that can be tricky. Look in your "Add and Remove Programs" and see if you have "Network Access Manager" listed under your Nvidia drivers. If it's there, DON'T TRY TO UNINSTALL IT YET, just let me know.

What is the earliest you can fly on a Friday?

If I remember correctly, Spooner is a bit of a computer guru, how far does he live from you?

Can you still chat in Skype? If you can't use voice, we should still be able to use Skype's text option.

See ya buddy,

Milt

Comment by Tim Davis on December 27, 2012 at 7:10

I'm about 110 nm out of Nashville, as soon as I get on the ground I'll give send you an email with snippets of the data sheets. 

Comment by Tim Davis on December 27, 2012 at 7:09

Which one?  I clicked the download tab and then noticed an update 1.62 version.  I don't think I need to run 1.52 first, just dump in the 1.62 exe file....   ?  

Comment by Milt Jowers on December 27, 2012 at 6:06

Hey Tim,

I'll bet I know what's wrong with your recurring internet problems... you likely have an nForce chipset! If you don't already have it installed, download and install CPU-Z. When you have it up and running, click on the "Mainboard" tab, and let me know what kind of "Southbridge" it says you have.

See ya buddy,

Milt

Comment by Tim Davis on December 27, 2012 at 5:47

No joy for me on Saturday, the only day of the week I get to share with my co-pilot Sharon.  Also I'm up early Sunday for work (5:00 am Pacific).  I'll give the speedtest thing a try tomorrow, currently in the middle of a quick flight down from Chicago to Nashville.  

Comment by Milt Jowers on December 27, 2012 at 5:45

Hey Tim, Morristown, Tn. is about 50 miles from the Eastern end of Tennessee. That should help you find it.

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