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Without you, psychoak, there would be no one left to argue against every scientist that isn't already being paid off by special interests representing heavy industry. A hearty thank you!
Addons I'd add to the list provided by Bebi Bulma include: [link="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722"]NoScript[/link] - sort of does to undesired java, flash, silverlight, et al., what AdBlock Plus does to 3rd party site ads. [link="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4364"]Adblock Plus: Element Hiding Helper [/link] - an addon to the AdBlock Plus addon (same author).. lets you select specific page elements to block, including text-based ads that othe
This is going to be a truly boring read, but it was fun to recall all the different computers I've had... so I'll write it anyway :) The first computer that I owned, a 486 DX-2/50mhz Dell running DOS 5.x and Windows 3.1, was named [B]WOPR [/B](from the movie "War Games"). My main gaming computer at any given year since then has inherited that name. ("Would you like to play a game?") Other computers around the house are Hitchhiker Guide inspired, given the names of the main co
[quote] -Players should never have to worry about being able to host, configuring routers, changing port numbers, or games ending due to failed host migrations. It’s 100% hands-off. ... -Technically proficient users can always choose to disable Alloy and handle the details manually.[/quote] Concerning automated router configuration, can we get more info about how this is being handled (e.g., via UPnP, or web-based via port 80)? While I like automation
As a new player, I dislike pirates. The issue is that they distract me from learning what I need to learn to get through the build-up (early) phase of a single-player game. I might turn pirate attacks back on once I'm comfortable with the game UI, tech tree mechanics, and build-up strategy.
I may have had the same issue. My DVD had many zero-byte long files -- and those were the ones that came up with a message indicating the file was not found. (Click "Ignore" when prompted to Retry/Ignore/Cancel and it'll skip the file, until it finds another zero-byte sized file). I copied the entire folders and files over to a folder on my hard disk, then ran the installation from the hard disk (ran setup.exe). Copying to HD appears to avoid the error messages about those zero-byte
