VarekRaith

Cheer up guys, there's always Elite IV to look foward to............................................ [e digicons]*_*[/e] /can't believe I said that with a straight face.

[quote]while with socialism, you dont have to worry about it all, free education, free high education free health care, free appt's, very cheap cars.[/quote] And with that statement, your argument fails. Like another poster said, nothing is truly free. What are the tax rates in such countries? What is their average income? What is their average income lost to taxes? What is said countries GDP? At what income levels do said countries consider yo

[quote who="XSive_Death" reply="10" id="2187400"]The vast majority of movies made are utter shit. The vast majority of games made are utter shit and polluted with invasive DRM. The only method you have to avoid this raging torrent of shit is through the raging torrents of piracy. It also gives you the consumer a method of telling the companies who make this tripe and shovel it down your throat that you are not amused. Make a good movie, a good game...and you w

[quote who="Tamren" reply="5" id="2186931"]Its silly because most DRM has long since ceased to be anything that fits the technical definition of "malware". DRM has a horrible reputation that WAS well deserved. Nowadays things have changed somewhat.[/quote] Sorry, but any DRM scheme that adversely interferes with anything on my system constitutes as malware to me. Thus such games will never be installed. The newest versions of SecuROM and Starforce (Starforce was never allo

Lol, I was completely mislead by this threads title.... Anyway, do what the above posts recommends and see if that helps. If not, post more info and we'll see if we can help.

[quote]How about not giving them money to break games? Why is it that some companies who feel slighted by their customers feel it is acceptable to punish them in whatever way they please? The shit flows both ways, and many companies have shown extremely bad faith towards their customers. It should be no surprise that the customers respond in kind. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying piracy isn't wrong, or hurtful. But when a busness model starts shifting towards getting money from y

[quote]Lol and PC gamings been 'dying' since about 1993, or perhaps it just isn't and markets don't understand the resillience of us geeks.[/quote] PC Gaming will die when Hell freezes over or Duke Nukem Whenever comes out. Whichever comes first. Either of them is a sure sign of the Apocalypse. [e digicons];)[/e]

[quote who="HaunterV" reply="4" id="2167628"]Yeah but too bad that windows 7 is hyper glitched and your system can be hyjacked by a 3kb program that bypasses the HDD http://gear.ign.com/articles/976/976242p1.html[/quote] Intersting that they ommited it can't be done remotely. The hacker has to be physically at your computer! Besides, you can do this in any OS on the market.... [e digicons]:rolleyes:[/e]

No worries Frogboy. Though, if I'm not mistaken, this is the first I've heard of any kind of release time frame. [quote who="Annatar11" reply="4" id="2177410"]It doesn't even have an actual name (unless Deplomacy is it? ) and already delayed! *grin* But yeah, didn't really expect it soon anyway since IC's been vewy vewy quiet about it.[/quote] Because they're huntin' wabbits, silly.

[quote]I think there needs to be a study to compare how much DRM costs a company to implement compared to the number of people that would have bought the game but didn't due to the DRM. The problem would be traking down people who only have the DRM as the reason they didn't buy, regardless of if they decided to pirate the game as a result of the DRM, and would really have bought the game if it wasn't for DRM. I suspect that the results would force companies to open their eyes. Mostly becau

[quote who="psychoak" reply="17" id="2175920"]Be nice, it's MSNBC, that's top grade material for those jokers...[/quote] Biggest. Understatement. Ever. Though, I was surprised to see this on the news. Usually, it's how games are responsible for a whole manner of social ills or somesuch bull. As for the pirates. Well dammit, do any of them have any idea the harm they are doing to gamers who don't pirate? I susp

[quote who="cleflar" reply="6" id="2175321"]The answer would be a cultural change where people no longer generally believe that stealing and cheating is acceptable behavior. It is unlikely to happen and it would probably take generations. Still, it is the only 'solution' I see.[/quote] Bingo! Sadly, many people who pirate software don't believe they are stealing to begin with. Though it is amusing to watch them bend over backwards justyifing their pirating

[quote who="ravok2789" reply="22" id="2163345"] Quoting VarekRaith, reply 21 /goes to put on my +5 Protection From Fanboy(girl) Armor. lol dont fear the fanboys and fangirls they all live in korea remember. and tyr222 fear him +5 armor wont save u from his rush[/quote] [e digicons]:w00t:[/e] Though my +5 armor is just my base armor. I've got several GOD-LIKE versions. As to fanboys/girls, I will always have a special place in my he

Dancing Stalin FTW! /wow, what are these devs on?

[quote who="Night Train" reply="2" id="2174923"]IE 8 is not ready. Avoid it in my opinion.[/quote] If it was just a browser like Firefox, then I would agree. Howerver, IE is so integrated into core Windows that it would be a mistake not to keep IE up-to-date.

[quote who="Sanic_7" reply="9" id="2171144"] Quoting VarekRaith, reply 1This has been discussed before. The reason is simple. The devs wanted it to be a judgement call on your part. Do you really need the extra supply, or could you live without it. It's like this on purpose. You shouldn't upgrade unless you intend to fill those slots. dumb. That is asking for turtling and movable SB spam.[/quote] Amazingly insightful! Tha

[quote who="Sanic_7" reply="3" id="2171126"] Quoting Hack78, reply 2You pay the money (and take the assocaited tax penalty) for the ability to aquire more fleet points. It is that simple. If you don't want the econ hit, don't build such big fleets. It is one of the things you need to measure off against the other!!! You poor poor simple minded fool.[/quote] Sanic, if you going to call someone a fool, I suggest you back it up with a valid reason. Thoug

This has been discussed before. The reason is simple. The devs wanted it to be a judgement call on your part. Do you really need the extra supply, or could you live without it. It's like this on purpose. You shouldn't upgrade unless you intend to fill those slots.

[quote who="DarthCaedusMorgan" reply="19" id="2161677"]Specificly look at the nano-vent skin in the article link below, it could be applied anywhere, producing energy from wind and solar and this "skin" is cheap reliable version to solar panals and other things. http://weburbanist.com/2008/06/09/modern-wonders-of-green-technology/[/quote] That's neat. However, I'm skeptical. Until these are proven and economically feasible, then I'll bite. Too many times h

Amusingly enough, I predict the OP's 3,4, and 5 will happen. Fanboys(girls) are an interesting breed. They should be studied, not shunned. [e digicons]^_^[/e] /goes to put on my +5 Protection From Fanboy(girl) Armor.

[quote who="Zyxpsilon" reply="15" id="2161496"] hydro, wind, solar, nuclear Hydro=Clean, perpetually available from water natural flows. Wind=costly and too dependant on weather. Netherlands tackled it efficiently, though. Solar=costly and must be "converted". Ever heard of tectonics? Continental drifting causes Earthquakes that contains sooooooo much energy, it puts thunder or tornado velocity to shame. Call it Core & Magma dyn

[quote]The only way I can see people paying for software is: Prices dropping to levels that are realistic and reflect the games quality. Much too often Ive played games that are an absolute disgrace, take Sim City Societies as an example, buggiest piece of crap I have ever layed my eyes on.[/quote] This is what amuses me about this line of thinking. You feel you got ripped off by a product that did not meet your expectations. So what response do some on

It would help greatly if you posted your system specs...

[quote who="Carbon016" reply="19" id="2152021"]Nothing like calling the bearers of legitimate complaints - your customers - "trolls" and "cranks" in a public forum. Jesus christ.[/quote] The two aren't mutally exclusive.

[quote who="Windexglow" reply="24" id="2148714"]While piracy isn't theft, it denies the devoloper a good source of income. If you don't think a game is worth buying, but is worth playing than you are a thief in my books. If it isn't worth your money than don't play it.[/quote] Except that PIRACY IS THEFT! But, you know, tell yourself otherwise if it makes you feel better. How come your 'logic' only applies to stuff on the interne