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Reply to Game Cheats Are Illegal? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

44RS said: [quote]Now i play wow myself, and ive been banned myself once.for 72 hours because i was raping the king of stormwind.I was just standing there, dancing with the kids face in my croch, it was hilarious.but some kid started wining so i started to rape him, and he called in a GM.Now i didn't know what a GM looked like back then nor that they even existed so i started to rape the GM as the n44b that i was.-by the way i was drunk at the time [/quote] And Jafo quite

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]but ad hominem attacks on Bob Heinlein don't make your case I didn't attack 'Bob' Heinlein, with or without the Latin.... "arguments that subordinate your rights to copy software...." ....to what rights do you refer? [/quote] And, actually, for the record, if you've read more than the rather mediocre [I]Starship Troopers[/I]--some of his later and better works like [I]The Past Through Tomorrow[/I], [I]Time Enough for Love[/I], or [I]The Cat Who Walks Throug

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I've actually seen pretzels that are less convoluted than this thread.

Reply to EU to Ban Pirates from the Internet? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I just have one question: if pirates are banned from the internet, what will become of Sir Starkers? :SURPRISED:

Reply to Opportunity for Vista-haters in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Personally, I'm a little confused about what your issue is with the software. It's "too programmable"? In other words, it has many more options for configuration than you would use personally? Isn't the answer to that to configure what you want? Have you used WB6? It's pretty easy to install skins. In fact, try downloading one from the gallery. When the tooltip pops up in the lower righthand side of your screen, click it and WB will install that skin automatically. Regarding OD, if I'm

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion Stardock Forums

[quote who="lulapilgrim" comment="169"]If what you say is true, then there should be millions of fossils of creatures in the in-between stages of transformation... where are they? Produce them and we'll have some real science to discuss. Are you descended from the apes? Could you explain how this happened?[/quote] lula, There are many items in the fossil record that could be called transitional. The issue here is that the term "transitional" is controversial at bes

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion Stardock Forums

[quote who="lulapilgrim" comment="166"] Lula posts: But that hasn't happened and why? Becasue Random mutations in the sense of macroevolution have NEVER, EVER, EVER OCCURRED...so therefore impossible to be easily observed in the lab.WARRENI POSTS: .... Over time, however, directed (by processes like selection) mutations can and do lead to the evolution of new species. You are attempting to state that we are waiting for some kind of mutational event that will create a flying pig i

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]I am trying to convince atheists and secular individuals that religion doesn't make one irrational and that a belief in G-d doesn't mean rejecting scientific research. I am also trying to make the point that to understand biology and religion, one has to read up on both.[/quote] You're right. I did misunderstand, but now I see. I think Richard Dawkins would disagree with your premise that religion and science are fundamentally compatible. He never bought into Gould's co

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]All that we can rightfully point to is change within species. As to change across species, they're dreaming Leauki. Snoresville!Again, they have observed, in the lab, how two breeds of fruitflies became two species of fruitflies.They have also observed, in the lab, how two breeds of bacteria evolved into two different species of bacteria with two different ways of "eating".It takes longer with mammals, but it was the equivalent of "redesigning" the way our whole digestive system works.[/q

Reply to Marvel Ultimate Alliance ultimately somewhat disappointing in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="Piznit" comment="4"] If I remember correctly from playing this on the X360, a character with better agility (like Spider-Man) has more time to push the button on the Simon games. If you haven't tried that yet to get past the Skrulls, give it a shot. [/quote] Piznit, I would try this, but on the Skrull homeworld, the game is scripted such that you have to use Silver Surfer (maybe the X360 version is different?). Thanks for the ti

Reply to Marvel Ultimate Alliance ultimately somewhat disappointing in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

elias, Check eBay. I got my copy of X-Men Legends II on sale at Target a year or so ago. Target is a great place to find PC games on clearance for absurdly low prices. I've picked up a number of items (GUN, Warhammer 40K: Dark Crusade, NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer, to name a few) as cheap as $5 to $10. It's true that Wolverine is a pretty potent tank character, but even he can't help you with the Simon games.

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion JoeUser Forums

[quote]Hopefully, now you better understand the differences between the science of micro-evolution (true science) and the pseudo science of macro-Evolution, Darwinism,There is no such thing as "macro-evolution" according to Darwin and the theory of evolution."Macro-evolution" is a concept made up by lying (!) Creationists.Okay, now with this I see you're still not understanding there is a vast difference between the two.I have a book entitled "Evolution of Life; Understanding Science and Nature"

Marvel Ultimate Alliance ultimately somewhat disappointing in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

On the surface, this game seems like a great idea: cobble together a game extremely similar to X-Men Legends II except instead of restricting the roster of heroes and villains to traditional X-Men/Brotherhood-types, throw in the kitchen sink of Marvel paragons and ne'er-do-wells. And it's actually a terrific idea; the execution, however, falls rather short of its goals. <span style="font-family:

Reply to The Word on Creationism in Religion Stardock Forums

[quote] Good luck to him finding new breakthroughs in neuro science without using embryonic stem cells. We don't need embryonic (destroying life) cells when we can very well use adult stem cells (without destroying life) which have a better track record. But let me see if I can get a quote from him on this and get back to you. And if your son happens to mention in his research that there is no explanation for something he found except that "G-d made it", we'll see whether he will get his Ph.

Reply to Spore Creature Creator tempest in a teapot in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote who="SanChonino" comment="1"] Better make sure that if/when you uninstall, you get the SecuROM off. In the meantime, enjoy having it phone home around your back. Therein lies the rub for me; not the demo/$10 thing, not the fact that EA is publishing it. It's the DRM.Reason enough to keep me far, far away from it. [/quote] Okay, I hadn't read anything about DRM for Spore . Where are you getting this information, SC? Do you have a link? A

Reply to Xtreme Desktops? in OS Customization Stardock Forums

Thanks for the tip, canmandeco. After reading about these a bit, I downloaded a few and was running the Family Guy desktop for a little while, but it seemed to cause a weird skipping issue with the pre-mission cutscene movies in Marvel Ultimate Alliance , so I turned it off. :NOTSURE:

Spore Creature Creator tempest in a teapot in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Go to any major gaming site (ign.com, gamespy.com, gamespot.com, to name a few) or the official Spore website and look at the forums discussing the Creature Creator, a limited version of which became available for download yesterday and the full version of which will be available for retail purchase tomorrow. You will invariably find many comments that say "I can't believe EA/Maxis/Will Wright/Will Wright's evi

Xtreme Desktops? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

. . . does anybody know much about these "xtreme desktops"? Does anyone use them or had any good or bad experiences with them? Are they compatible with Stardock products?

Reply to Is ObjectDock Plus Dead? in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

[quote]I would just like to throw in my 2 cents into the well and say that I don't see much of a point in hyping things up if there are still outstanding problems. Of course we'd all like for OD to prosper in the future, but current issues should always be the priority. That is of course unless Stardock can juggle the 2 simultaneously and, by the looks of things lately, they don't have a good track record of that. Therefore, my suggestion: let's please sort the problems we have NOW and then star

Reply to What do you think about LucasArt terrible excuse for not having The Force Unleashed on PC? in PC Gaming PolMach Forums

I don't think the point of this thread was "my toy is better than your toy, so if you don't have my toy, just go home." I don't care whether you believe that consoles are better gaming platforms than PCs; obviously, we know what Alphonse and SanChonino's opinions are on that point. I reiterate: I think it's lame that LucasArts chose to ignore a large installed base of devices fully capable of running their game because it couldn't be bothered to make a compatible version. If

Reply to 5 applications I'll trade my kidneys for... in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]Also, Zubaz, I'm goin in with ya on 3, 4 and 5!Umm . .I'm flattered . . but . . umm . . well . . . I wasn't actually inviting outsiders. [/quote] Hm. Define "outsiders." :)

Reply to What do you think about LucasArt terrible excuse for not having The Force Unleashed on PC? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Well, I'm sorry, Alphonse and SanChonino, but scaleability has always been a component of the making of PC games. So, yes, it's lame that a company that has as much money as LucasArts couldn't be bothered to produce a PC version. Think about it this way: if a PC version were released simultaneously with console versions and you had both systems, which one would [I]you[/I] buy for? It boils down to either cheap, lazy, or both.

Reply to Dell ups the ante on the Windows experience in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Hm. So is the Dell Dock superior to ObjectDock, or is this a question of whether you want your dock prettier or smaller? If the new code is, in fact, better than what's in OD+ 1.9, will we be seeing the optimizations incorporated into new releases of OD? In any case, congratulations on having the tech pre-loaded on Dells--that must be a nice business boost. :)

Reply to Brad's thoughts on Digital Distribution (a work in progress) in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]- Possible inability to play games/access content in the future when the software or service is considered obsolete or the sponsoring company closes (this was an issue with Triton, an early digital distro channel that died, leaving quite a few early buyers of 3D Realms's shooter, Prey, up the creek until a fix was released that disabled the online authentication check)[/quote] I hate quoting myself, but I wanted to add that this has long been one of the things that bothers me abo

Reply to Brad's thoughts on Digital Distribution (a work in progress) in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I'm not sure whether this is the right thread for this comment, but . . . I found Caesar's Ghost's comments to be insightful, by and large, although I personally have very mixed feelings about digital distribution of gaming content. While I think it's terrific for updates, patches, and non-gaming content (MP3s, MyColors themes), there is something almost ineffable about having a physical disk and an actual manual that you can take in the living room and read or on a road trip, et cetera