You all have permission to kick me!

[flakmonkey]

Sometimes i despair of myself, ive been mooching around the forums and generally searching the net for decent reference/blueprints for the VIIc, i even created a thread asking for reference material...

Its only just occured to me that just to my left on my bookshelf is a very good book called "Anatomy of a ship: type VII u-boat", sometimes you just overlook the obvious

[reaper7]

At least you found what you needed

[Missing Name]

[Wolfstriked]

Flakmonkey,we can kick you but then we lose your modsSo with that said I will just say.....happens to everyone.

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by flakmonkey

Its only just occured to me that just to my left on my bookshelf is a very good book called "Anatomy of a ship: type VII u-boat", sometimes you just overlook the obvious

I put this down to 'internet syndrome'. It seems the more we become dependent on the web, the less we consider 'old media' as viable sources.

I recognize the pattern in my own thinking as I tend to search the web first, (often for something I never find), even though I have an excellent library on the subject right under my nose.

I suspect this is all too common and will probably only increase as time goes by. Even research, (that once proud bastion of isolated inquiry), has become social.

Yes there are undeniable benefits to shared knowledge, but there is also the down side of excessive time spent in exhaustive searches for material that's probably never been posted.

Still I suppose the 'thrill of the hunt' and/or 'discovering what's out there' is the thing that tips the scales against the dusty stuffiness of the old book. All in all, it seems remarkable that the digital age has come so far so fast as to relegate the book to the backburner of our minds in such a short period of time.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by Fish In The Water

I put this down to 'internet syndrome'. It seems the more we become dependent on the web, the less we consider 'old media' as viable sources.

I recognize the pattern in my own thinking as I tend to search the web first, (often for something I never find), even though I have an excellent library on the subject right under my nose.

I suspect this is all too common and will probably only increase as time goes by. Even research, (that once proud bastion of isolated inquiry), has become social.

Yes there are undeniable benefits to shared knowledge, but there is also the down side of excessive time spent in exhaustive searches for material that's probably never been posted.

Still I suppose the 'thrill of the hunt' and/or 'discovering what's out there' is the thing that tips the scales against the dusty stuffiness of the old book. All in all, it seems remarkable that the digital age has come so far so fast as to relegate the book to the backburner of our minds in such a short period of time.

Excellent post Fish and, I mean it. It says alot if, not all what we"re thinking but, not posting. .

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btw flakmonkey. . Don't mind if me DO. Just bend over ye old sawhorse Just Jokeing flackmonkey. Just to get everyones evil minds off of what I've opened up. Sorry


Hows the Engine Room comeing along ?

[Fish In The Water]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Excellent post Fish and, I mean it.

Thanks a lot mate, the check's in the mail...

[urfisch]

lol, i know that. when creating graphics, i often search the net for matching pics, instead of taking them with my camera. we´re just to much focussed on the inet and it became the first of all sources.

happy new times.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by flakmonkey

Sometimes i despair of myself, ive been mooching around the forums and generally searching the net for decent reference/blueprints for the VIIc, i even created a thread asking for reference material...

Its only just occured to me that just to my left on my bookshelf is a very good book called "Anatomy of a ship: type VII u-boat", sometimes you just overlook the obvious

Well if you check your original request thread you'll find I'd offered you a comprehensive set of blueprints covering just about every U-boat at the time.

Consider yourself 'kicked'.