November 24, 201312 yr this would force the price of P3D to skyrocket to $1000 the first year Premium increases are at a 50 year low, less than 3%. Most people being forced to give up their plan are able to get better plans. Less than 1 percent end up paying more. Tens of thousands of lives will be saved perhaps from covered vaccinations alone. Millions from other preventative care measures. All done with much lower costs because of early treatment. The way it was, we all paid for the emergency rooms in higher premiums, or the Hospitals took the hit, and many many of them closed because of it, and 40,000 a year died because of no health insurance. My aunt was was a victim of the old system, after care-taking as an in home nurse for 10 years for a retired marine with MS. She got cervical cancer and her coverage dumped her, when she "deserved", "earned" treatment more than most. Disclaimer: [email protected] on Asus Maximus X Formula, G.Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB 4266/17 XMP, EVGA 2080 ti Kingpin (8400/2160Mhz), Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD , 28TB HDD total - 4TB+ photoscenery, Romex Software PrimoCache RAM and SSD cache (must have!), 3x1080p 30" monitors, Samsung Odyssey VR HMD, Pimax 4k & BE HMDs, Samsung Gear VR '17, Homdio v1, Cardboard, custom loop 2x 360x64ML Rads, Thermaltake View 71, VRM watercool, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut CPU (naked die), Fujipoly / ModRight Ultra Extreme System Builder Thermal Pad on MB VRM. 8x Corsair ML120 (slight positive pressure). 🙂
November 24, 201312 yr I'd just like to chip in and thank Tom for the initiative and Wes for answering some of our questions. Glad to see you care about the community! Simmerhead - Making the virtual skies unsafe since 1987!
November 24, 201312 yr Awesome correlation.... I love it and the post right below yours. There's always the lie all your current add-ons will work as we move forward with no change needed. If you like your add-ons, you can keep them. Period! :lol: I'm also gonna guess that a few more than just six lucky simmers will get through to download P3D V2 from healthcare.gov www.prepar3d.com tomorrow... Cheers Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
November 24, 201312 yr You go Denali. What non-US people can't understand is how we can have the most expensive heath care in the world, and get such a terrible system in return. - Bill Magann
November 24, 201312 yr I'm actually concerned about how downloadable P3D 2.0 will be tomorrow. I will be in line starting tonight. I just hope I don't trip, because I might get trampled. I hope they maintain order. If you don't hear from me tomorrow look around at the entrance for a smudge mark on the floormats that looks like a middle aged white guy with a big grin on his face. Disclaimer: [email protected] on Asus Maximus X Formula, G.Skill TridentZ RGB 4x8GB 4266/17 XMP, EVGA 2080 ti Kingpin (8400/2160Mhz), Samsung 960 EVO 250GB PCIe M.2 NVMe SSD , 28TB HDD total - 4TB+ photoscenery, Romex Software PrimoCache RAM and SSD cache (must have!), 3x1080p 30" monitors, Samsung Odyssey VR HMD, Pimax 4k & BE HMDs, Samsung Gear VR '17, Homdio v1, Cardboard, custom loop 2x 360x64ML Rads, Thermaltake View 71, VRM watercool, Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut CPU (naked die), Fujipoly / ModRight Ultra Extreme System Builder Thermal Pad on MB VRM. 8x Corsair ML120 (slight positive pressure). 🙂
November 24, 201312 yr I'm actually concerned about how downloadable P3D 2.0 will be tomorrow. I will be in line starting tonight. I just hope I don't trip, because I might get trampled. I hope they maintain order. If you don't hear from me tomorrow look around at the entrance for a smudge mark on the floormats that looks like a middle aged white guy with a big grin on his face. No worries... trampled wounds are covered under Obama air and even if you end up pregnant that is covered also because it is Flight sim related. LOL!! Sam Prepar3D V5.3/[email protected]/EVGA 3080 TI/1000W PSU/Windows 10/40" 4K Samsung@3840x2160/ASP3D/ASCA/ORBX/ ChasePlane/General Aviation/Honeycomb Alpha+Bravo/MFG Rudder Pedals/
November 24, 201312 yr MarkSC, on 24 Nov 2013 - 12:32 PM, said:Oculus Rift is the type of game changer that could bring a lot of new people into flight sim. Developers should jump on board P3D to support that.Doubt it. I had a oculus rift. Tried fsx with it. Sold it.You can't read charts with the or. It was also nauseating. The CastAR however will be game changing. "Oculus Rift" is still at an developer's kit stage, but will be on the market as the consumer version in 2014. They are just e.g. fixing resolution concerns and the lack of positional tracking. (Right now only orientational head tracking is possible, so that the sim only knows your viewing angle but not the position of your head.) BTW: TrackIR incorporates both trackers already for long... As far as I understand "CastAR" is at an earlier stage of development. It is already capable of positional head tracking but has a different idea: projection is done with small HD projectors (shutter technique) from the glasses towards a highly reflective screen (unlimited in size). This way the image can be seen by different people from different perspectives; so that is AugmentedReality, where you can be inside a game with other real users near you, like e.g. in Star Wars chess. So it is meant like a "holodeck" vision. They develop(ed) a set of second glasses that can take the part of the reflective screen (directly in front of your eyes) in order to be more VR than AR. IMO "Oculus Rift" is more suitable for 3D flight simulation (but perhaps I am wrong). So I very much appreciate P3Dv2 will be supporting that true game changer... Always happy landings, Claus Claus KUEPPER
November 24, 201312 yr The biggest advantage of Oculus versus any other systems, so I am told, is that you seem to be really IN the game versus looking at screens with the game projected on it. Even older systems you could put on your head, have the impression you were in a large cinema looking at a gigantic screen in the disctance. Oculus puts you in the game. I can't wait to give it a try!
November 24, 201312 yr Premium increases are at a 50 year low, less than 3%. Most people being forced to give up their plan are able to get better plans. Less than 1 percent end up paying more. Tens of thousands of lives will be saved perhaps from covered vaccinations alone. Millions from other preventative care measures. All done with much lower costs because of early treatment. The way it was, we all paid for the emergency rooms in higher premiums, or the Hospitals took the hit, and many many of them closed because of it, and 40,000 a year died because of no health insurance. My aunt was was a victim of the old system, after care-taking as an in home nurse for 10 years for a retired marine with MS. She got cervical cancer and her coverage dumped her, when she "deserved", "earned" treatment more than most. What has that to do with Prepar3D??? Gerry Howard
November 24, 201312 yr What has that to do with Prepar3D??? Don't quote spambots, simply report them. :Ying Yang:
November 24, 201312 yr He was responding to someone who was attacking the ACA. It's not a spambot - whatever that maybe. Really? Whoops.
November 25, 201312 yr "Oculus Rift" is still at an developer's kit stage, but will be on the market as the consumer version in 2014. They are just e.g. fixing resolution concerns and the lack of positional tracking. (Right now only orientational head tracking is possible, so that the sim only knows your viewing angle but not the position of your head.) BTW: TrackIR incorporates both trackers already for long... As far as I understand "CastAR" is at an earlier stage of development. It is already capable of positional head tracking but has a different idea: projection is done with small HD projectors (shutter technique) from the glasses towards a highly reflective screen (unlimited in size). This way the image can be seen by different people from different perspectives; so that is AugmentedReality, where you can be inside a game with other real users near you, like e.g. in Star Wars chess. So it is meant like a "holodeck" vision. They develop(ed) a set of second glasses that can take the part of the reflective screen (directly in front of your eyes) in order to be more VR than AR. IMO "Oculus Rift" is more suitable for 3D flight simulation (but perhaps I am wrong). So I very much appreciate P3Dv2 will be supporting that true game changer... Always happy landings, Claus Clause, take a look at this video -- CastAR will work wonders for cockpit builders. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FhdqMpTgSk Soarbywire - Avionics Engineering
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