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[quote who="Unknown924" reply="22" id="2148688"]This is what concerned me the most: “This will cause a flood of court cases. Against all the ISPs. Because if these guys assisted in copyright infringements, then the ISPs also did. This will have huge consequences. The entire development of broadband may be stalled.” Can anyone with knowledge of law say if that statement is true? Also, did the court take intent into account in their decision? As all I can

[quote who="Cougarshamn" reply="6" id="2145478"] The Law of Coservation of matter was mentioned earlier in this thread (not by name, but still..) This is an example of such a flawed misconception. For ages, it was TRUTH, undeniable, and anyone who would say so was a radical or crackpot. Until... Einstien and his famous equation changed everything... he proposed that Matter CAN be destroyed, releasing massive amounts of energy, or that Massive amounts of energy could

Donaldson: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever: Book 1: Lord Foul's Bane Book 2: The Illearth War Book 3: The Power that Preserves The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant: Book 1: The Wounded Land Book 2: The One Tree Book 3: White Gold Wielder He's also working on the final chronicles, but there are only 2 of four planned books out so far. He has a two book series that I

[quote who="unkn0wnx" reply="21" id="2143997"]I read somewhere that data collected over last 23 years show no sign of global warming trend. Lol. So in other words, your evidence is limited to wikipedia???? I am sure wikipedia is credible. Hahaha. [/quote] Not that I agree or disagree (I'm not giong to get into the Global Warming argument), but do you not see the irony in laughing at his use of Wikipedia when you counter

Unfortunately, no. It's hugely popular in Canada and some of the northern US states, but overall, it's not even on the radar in the US. If memory serves, it ranks below championship bowling in the US (no, I'm not kidding). Sad for a rabid hockey fan like myself to admit. Anyway, that aside, if no one else jumps in, I'll take Philadelphia as my second pick.

[quote who="rendari" reply="15" id="2138153"] DRM is a funny thing. In the 90's when CD protections were easily cracked and warezed games readily available people were fine with it. But now that protections are harder to crack and pirates getting more headaches from pirated copies, people start whining about DRM. Make of that what you will.[/quote] Interesting observation, but you fail to note that the 'DRM' in the 90s didn't give the legitimate users nearly

[quote who="DalzK" reply="10" id="2136173"] And to the people who dont believe in God, you worked this out by logic? I think logic is very unreliable in itself. Example on how to prove God's existence with logic: Definition of God: That than which nothing greater can be concieved". Step 1: Imagine God Step 2: God exists in the mind Step 3: Something that exists in the mind AND reality, is greater then something that exists ONLY in the mind. Step 4: T

[quote who="Tal_Shiar_5" reply="5" id="2136124"]When did several of these different cells decide to work together, and make a macroscopic organism? It's impossible to explain.[/quote] It's not impossible to explain at all. It's quite well explained in evolutionary theory.

[quote who="unkn0wnx" reply="23" id="2136002"]If you can accept that the universe always existed why can there not be a creator who always existed? [/quote] Because, if the universe always existed, it's unnecessary for there to be a creator and because there's no evidence that a creator exists.

ANything can happen in the playoffs. I'm going to go with my Canucks, just because.

[quote who="Solam" reply="10" id="2130319"] Both first books of each series is a very very good read. Even if you decide to stop there after wards you will have enjoyed yourself I am almost sure. [/quote] I'll agree with that. Both first books in the series were decent reads. Jordan just seemed to lose his focus shortly after that, and Goodkind... the less about him, the better. I agree pretty much 100% with everything in Charvel1's post. A

Wow, big update. Thanks for the details on the new stuff, Goo, and all the rest. Looking good.

Check out Glen Cook's Black Company books. Good stuff. Fritz Leiber is a must if you're a fantasy fan at all (the Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser series).

I read the Sword of Shannara when it first came out (many, many years ago now) and liked it well enough, although it was by no means a favorite. His other Shannara books don't do it for me though. Interestingly, I thought the Magic Kingdom books were a fun read. I don't read as much fantasy now as I used to, but I like George R.R. Martin, some of Robin Hobb's stuff, Lois McMaster Bujold, and a few others.

[quote who="Peace Phoenix" reply="19" id="2127378"] But in those cases, you get directly the good. With digital distribution, you need to be able the game whose serial id you have got. And as digital distribution is involved, somebody has to pay for support (in case of problem to install or start the game) and bandwith for download. When the serial id can't be transfered, you have only one customer that have problems. Or if he reinstalls the game on a new computer, he may

[quote who="polarstar_111" reply="5" id="2126260"] And who is that little girl?[/quote] Looks like Shirley Temple to me. On a side note, I think I know that dog in the front middle...

[quote who="blob1" reply="6" id="2126002"] Be that as it may the whole concept of Impulse (as i understand) is to allow only users that buy the game to update and it is made useless by pirated patches. It sure is faster and easier but that is only an added bonus while the main task of the application has failed.[/quote] I don't believe that's the way they're looking it at it. It's not so much that they're saying only legitimate customers can update. It's that only legitimate cust

Ahhhh, I remember Pong. A buddy got it when we were kids and we played that a lot. Thought it was the be-all end-all of games. First PC game? Can't recall. I vaguely remember some text-based games way, way back, but the first ones I remember clearly are Tetris, The Bard's Tale, and King's Quest.

An alarming development. Here's hoping it fails miserably, because if it doesn't I'm betting you'll start to see more and more providers jump on the bandwagon.

For me... probably Dragon Age:Origins, Divinity 2:Ego Draconis, and I'm not sure about the third. Maybe D3 or Alan Wake.

[quote who="takashi_k" reply="6" id="2115149"] Seriously. I am so. Frickin. Tired. Of you damn anti-DRM whiners. [/quote] Well if it weren't for the 'anti-DRM whiners' we probably wouldn't be seeing something like GOO or the Gamer's Bill of Rights. Or do you think Stardock would have come up with these things if people hadn't been whining/complaining about DRM? [quote]You want the company to provide everything for you, for free, without

This looks good at first glance, Brad. A few questions, if you'd be so kind (feel free to direct me to a link if there's more info elsewhere): - do you have to activate the game on-line? - if yes for question 1, does it mean you have to activate it for each new machine on which it's installed? - it appears by one of your statements that you could install the game and activate it on one of your rigs, then go ahead and install it on any of your other rigs

With your budget you could build a killer rig. I know you said you want to get something off the shelf, but I highly recommend building your own. It's not as tough as it may seem and you will save money over buying the same thing pre-built. You can easily build yourself a great rig and have money left over - and I'm betting your wife would love that.

Yes! That series by Julian May is fantastic.

[quote who="NilAthelion" reply="14" id="2106556"] By buying Sins I didn't give anyone a reason to slap more DRMs on things. [/quote] Not making a judgment call here, but by pirating it in the first place, you've already given them a reason to slap more DRMs on things. From what I've seen, publishers tend to look at the number of DLs on torrent sites to see how bad piracy actually is. By DLing the game, you already added to that number.