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NLOS Cannon Challenge ("No line of sight" cannon firing game! Fun!)
dsc.discovery.com ^ | Jan., 2008 | Discovery Channel

Posted on 01/30/2008 4:15:41 PM PST by dynachrome

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To: archy

LOL......... Oklahoma Credit Cards !!


81 posted on 01/31/2008 11:17:06 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: archy

Yep just sulfur no arsine oil......too many experimental items to come out of the old heavy rubber Huntsville lingerie ......

We used basics of det cord and fuel after venting with a Mk 2 shape. Even got too experiment with solvated electron technology a wee bit........not real good stuff for the CW crap. Made uxo a non hazardous waste though. Real good for restoration efforts !


82 posted on 01/31/2008 11:23:34 AM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: Viking2002

Last night I got through all 15 rounds (on a couple of them I had to take out a final target with one shot on my final artillery round), and finished with a score of 92,500 or something like that.


83 posted on 01/31/2008 11:43:03 AM PST by VRWCmember (Romney 2008 - The most palatable RINO left in the race)
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To: dynachrome

46300


84 posted on 01/31/2008 11:43:28 AM PST by sit-rep
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To: Cannoneer No. 4; Stonewall Jackson

Have fun


85 posted on 01/31/2008 7:14:27 PM PST by SLB (Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
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To: dynachrome; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...

Thanks dynachrome.


86 posted on 02/01/2008 9:36:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__________________Profile updated Wednesday, January 16, 2008)
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To: dynachrome
4th attempt. Round 11 score 103,000 & I nailed the hovering chopper. This durn game is addictive. Best part about it is that I can play it on a break and the school filters think I'm hanging out at the Discovery Channel! What a dedicated teacher of Social Studies I am!
87 posted on 02/01/2008 1:08:21 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: ExSoldier; archy; Darksheare; Squantos

I sent the “game” as an email attachment to several folks at Ft Knox this morning. So far the best results is level 14 and a score of 141,000 achieved by a SFC signal corps type. It only took him about two hours to get to that point. He sent me a screen shot of the score if anyone is doubting I will send it to you.


88 posted on 02/01/2008 7:40:45 PM PST by SLB (Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
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To: SLB; sit-rep

LOL.......I spent a few on it as well and got the hang of it with poor boy bracket, kentucky windage stuff.

I think sit rep used to have such a game ........

Stay safe !


89 posted on 02/01/2008 9:34:11 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
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To: dynachrome
I finally think I'm stymied at round 14. I got the choppers on a regular basis, but the disappearing ICBM has got me stumped, I have to admit!
90 posted on 02/02/2008 9:00:06 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: dynachrome

I just won level 15...that’s 160,000 points! Kiss the Ring!


91 posted on 02/02/2008 9:28:49 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: Mr. Silverback
I'll be really impressed when you can show that you get the disappearing ICBM every time or close thereto. Until then it was a lucky shot. STILL, CONGRATS! Lucky shot or not. I SALUTE you, sir! But I kneel to only ONE.
92 posted on 02/03/2008 7:49:43 AM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: ExSoldier

Disappearing ICBM? Didn’t see one...but I was surprised how easily I killed that chopper.


93 posted on 02/03/2008 11:36:24 AM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Yeah, the chopper's look intimidating, but the ICBM rises up from a silo and then sinks back into the silo and the lid closes. Time on target is almost impossible to figure since it is the furthest target and behind a couple of ridges, necessitating a high angle of fire.
94 posted on 02/03/2008 12:12:28 PM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: dynachrome

I am actually pretty good!


95 posted on 02/03/2008 12:45:31 PM PST by KC_Conspirator
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To: ExSoldier

Weird, I never saw it...I guess that’s why I was able to win, and why the 13th level seemed to be the hardest.

Guess nobody should be kissing the ring!


96 posted on 02/03/2008 1:55:11 PM PST by Mr. Silverback (Support Scouting: Raising boys to be strong men and politically incorrect at the same time.)
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To: Mr. Silverback; ExSoldier; archy; Squantos; Travis McGee
Level 15 and 184,900. The ICBMs were not that hard. Just let them rise up and go down a few times to get the rhythm.
97 posted on 02/17/2008 5:43:45 AM PST by SLB (Wyoming's Alan Simpson on the Washington press - "all you get is controversy, crap and confusion")
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To: SLB
I finally cleared the game, too. Around 150,000 points total. Yup, the ICBMs have a regular "timing" to them. You just have to figure the time to open the lid and fire right before that happens so you can catch the thing as it hangs at full extension. This info is for the folks still hung up. lol
98 posted on 02/17/2008 7:07:25 AM PST by ExSoldier (Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
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To: dynachrome
Thru 5 rounds score 29300 ...
99 posted on 02/17/2008 7:51:51 AM PST by BluH2o
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To: dynachrome
AWESOME game. I made it to round 10, and missed advancing by ONE target...86,600 final score.
100 posted on 02/17/2008 8:31:25 AM PST by The Drowning Witch (Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:)
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