Very useful Arma 3 code for mods and missions.

A code sample that creates a weapon box with some ammo. Just change the class names to add a weapon of your choice to this box. class cfgVehicles { class Thing; class ThingX; class ReammoBox; class Strategic; class EAST_Box_Base; class NATO_Box_Base; class Railgun_Transport_Box: EAST_Box_Base { scope = 2; vehicleClass = "Ammo"; displayName = "Railgun Box"; … Read more

How to get Ubuntu 17.10 to boot to a text prompt instead of the login manager.

To boot Linux with the text scrolling past, and no bootsplash, edit the /etc/default/grub file and change the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT value to “text”. # If you change this file, run ‘update-grub’ afterwards to update # /boot/grub/grub.cfg. # For full documentation of the options in this file, see: # info -f grub -n ‘Simple configuration’   GRUB_DEFAULT=0 … Read more

Useful Arma 3 code samples to improve your missions.

This code will make your Arma 3 missions run much more smoothly. And provide some nice tricks to make the mission more enjoyable. Put this into the initPlayerLocal.sqf file. This will remove stamina and make weapon sway much more realistic, i.e no Micheal J Fox mode after running. player setCustomAimCoef 0.34; player setUnitRecoilCoefficient 0.50; player … Read more

Iron Man 3 computer portrayal and the use of IP addresses in the movie.

The Iron man 3 movie shows Tony Stark using a computer with IP addresses that have numbers greater than 255. This is not possible; the largest number you can have is 255.255.255.0 There is another scene where he is using Speedtest.net. This is a strange thing for a defense login screen to have. The main … Read more

Gnome 3 sucks? The new Gnome 3 desktop is quite different to the previous desktop.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/V-3—You-Cant-Go-GNOME-Again-72266.html This is the Gnome 3 desktop I have been talking about, I have downloaded the OpenSuse based Live CD and I have actually tried it myself and I have to say it sucks royally. Look at this screenshot of the start menu, this is very hard to use at 1920×1440 pixels resolution, I can … Read more