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Pirates relent on galciv! in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

I dont want to post any linkage, but a lot of the popular torrent sites that still host galciv2 are being flooded on the forums and comments by pleas from other pirates to NOT d/l this game, this is pretty much unprecedented afaik. Looks like starforce just opened a big ugly can of worms. Who would think that people would not take something for free just to annoy a company! Well done brad and stardock, if only others were so approachable, respon

Reply to Nothing but trouble since release in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

i had the exact same issues, i used the uninstall provided by SDC tech ppl and reinstalled, all peachy now.

Reply to A "Words to live by" thread.........again. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Everything dies, so dont grieve the dead, celebrate the lvivng. Paraphrasing krsna to arjuna in the bhagavad gita.

Reply to When was the last time you updated your virus protection? in Living in Cyberspace JoeUser Forums

its the damndest thing, all that "make sure you update regularly" advice. You would think they just made it all up to get money from you...

Eulogy for Bk in Misc JoeUser Forums

My grandfather died. My family attended the funeral, my partner and i attended. And the whole time nary a word was said betwix us. Every time I see other family groups together there is talk, laughter etc, with mine, just depressed silence. 8 people related but estranged. A huge dark family secret that we, the third gen after the old man are never privvy to.

Reply to Lance Armstrong Win May be Stripped? in Humor JoeUser Forums

Why everyone beating on the french, i mean, after all, they conquered England, Insinuated themselves into Scottish and English Kingships, invented the organised killing of rich dudes so that other rich dudes could do their thang.... so, my point, America kills rich dudes so they can do their thang(oh, no wiat, they kill the rich dudes' servants, but party and dine with the rich dudes...), and get modern kingships by weedling in. So french hi

Reply to Friday Night in Nerd town in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Brad-desktop X suffers only because of a lack of cool widgets, maybe if there was something akain to skinstudio more stuff would appera, and (thankfully) a bit of darwinian selection would push teh quality up? Konfabulator, is MUCH more limited than Desktop X, but within an hour of d/l i had created my own simple widget, i tried this woth DX and , well, lets just say i gave up in frustration. Oh, and Telescopes on a friday are fine, whats really sad is Starry Night Pro, with no accompanying T

Piracy keep the industry alive in Software Development JoeUser Forums

Piracy is killing the internet and is destroying our family values, and makes terrorists come and kill your friends. Apparently, according to FACT in the Uk. I kid you not, in the cinema at the moment the antipiracy advert actually says "piracy is destroying the very fabric of our society". O....K..... What about Students? Im currently learning all about

Reply to An Experiment in Online Fraud Schemes in Websites JoeUser Forums

Fraid i dont have aspam a/c, but afaik, these things are basically harvesters that ppl opt into without knowing what they are doing. I believe they are called matrix schemes (as opposed to pyramid), and i never ever heard of anyone getting the iPod (or Xbox, or Sony Vaio). The best profit to be made is on ebay selling the link to the site, which you see so many poor ppl doing its not even funny.

Finally, something is changing in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Ok, short and sweet, im sitting with my eyes slightly moist, and all for watching a flash movie. Creative Commons Licensing is taking off in a big way. The reason for the wet eyes?? Before i grew up and got old etc (as if....) i was quite radical in my beliefs, i believed that society needed a big paradigm shift, and that property was theft, governments were lies

Reply to WEEK 1 RESULTS! in GUI Championships News WinCustomize Forums

Go Skinplant! Nice work indeed, and as Paul Blisset sez, us noobs need something to set the bar for us, so we can aim that bit higher. -p

Why do failed people blame us for not failing? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

First things first, the drug problems here in scotland are VERY different from the drug problems in the US, so the causes and effects may be very different also. I live in Glasgow, Scotlands largest city, population of around 1 million all in, (note that i am including the attached towns such as motherwell, east kilbride etc etc in this figure). For those not fam

So where does one begin? in Beginners JoeUser Forums

Ok, so here we are, my first blog, my first attempt at creating a WB skin, a whole slew of new. I always derided blogging, but i guess the catharsis can be very healthy for you. I dunno, between blogging, skinning, college, the beand etc. i guess its all ways to try and do something that can live on, or affect or influence ppl. In very small innocuos ways of cour

Why in the hell not!?!? in Welcome JoeUser Forums

I love the philosophy of linux, i love the useability of windows, i play fast, loud and short songs in a fast loud and fat band, i also go very fast on my bike. One day i will combine these things to have a short, fast, fat and loud mountain punk. Youll see......