Mystikmind

[quote who="BoobzTwo" reply="14" id="2930069"]Mystikmind: Thanks for the comment, you were spot on. I have just ordered Amistad and should have it in a couple of days, I am sure I will discover much of which you have because it only takes a person who cares for their neighbors and countrymen and human life in general ... I care. I find it difficult today to talk about things like right and wrong, truth and falsehood, good or bad and righteous or not. We have succumbed to self-serving redefini

I have some more interesting developments to add to this situation.... I have an expensive USB digital mouse which i have been using for some time before all this started. It started going dead intermittently, then i have to unplug it and plug it in again for it to work again. It only goes dead at times if i have moved the cord of the mouse, it never goes dead if i am careful not to move the cord too much, it will stay on and work perfectly, no freezing. Also i tested the mouse on 2 o

Those who liked blood diamond would likely also enjoy the movie Amistad. For me, Amistad is one of those movies that is so profound it is burned into my soul and i will never forget! What makes people tick is of particular interest too me... If you look at children it becomes clear that people start off as inherently good ranging to slightly bad just as a product of genetics. Those same genetics will play a role in how the person reacts to life experience, environment and rand

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="5" id="2929637"]1. HDD is Hard drive.[/quote] Hahahaha, i meant i don't remember the brand of the HDD, but i presume it is Seagate - Because i did not prioritize HDD brand when i purchased the system and what else would cheap system builders use other than Seagate if the buyer does not specify?? Thanks for other advice.

[quote who="Lantec" reply="2" id="2929607"]Just guessing.....sounds like either the usb hub or the OS installation is borked[/quote] possibly, Well, i think i would definitely prefer to buy a new computer or motherboard rather than re installing the OS or going thru the struggle of understanding and carrying out a bios update. Temporarily, i will try unplugging the upper USB and get a new mouse pad. I don't think i really want to risk

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="1" id="2929598"]1. Please give some detail: What type of HDD is in your computer? 2. Have you ever run a "Chkdsk [your drive letter] /f /r ? 3. do any other USB devices malfunction on the same ports? 4. What happens when you do Control+Esc? 5. Does Explorer.exe freeze, or not respond to left click? 6. Does the problem exist if you boot in Safe Mode? Does it exist if you do a "Clean boot"?

Hi, i have been having ongoing trouble with various mouses with my computer lately and i am running out of ideas on what to do about it? Ok what happens is the mouse pointer freezes for a few seconds on a regular basis. It is exceedingly annoying! It all started about 2 months ago when my fairly new expensive gaming mouse started playing switch off - every so often the red light goes out as if it is not plugged in, then i have to unplug and replug

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="699" id="2881735"]Fair enough, but perhaps you'll be so kind as to highlight where in the past centuries civilizations held a policy of non intervention.[/QUOTE] Who knows? but I'm sure there is bound to be? human history is just too large and diverse for their not to be! [quote]So you say, but what evidence do you have to support your contention? Again, my quibble isn't over what traits are or are not evolutionary

[quote who="Uvah" reply="81" id="2881670"]Hollywood liberties. Happens all the time.[/quote] There are two kinds of bloopers that show up in movies - 1) ones that are passive, most people wouldn't even notice them and if the did, it would be of momentary interest and then forgotten. 2) Ones that are aggressive, they leap out of the movie and give you a massive slap on the face and it just destroys the whole movie. Th

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="696" id="2881642"]Eh? Doubtful, the idea of not interfering with indigenous cultures is most definitely a 20th century thing.[/quote] Your braver than i am then... because going by all the discoveries historians are making these days I would be scared to take any concept for granted as just being of our own century. [quote] You're going to have to clarify what emotion has to do with anything, though I may just not understan

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="79" id="2881596"]Read the scenario again. Part of it was that the botnet thing was known as well.[/quote] I was speaking in general, not specific to the scinario. But another good scinario is the cyber attack in Terminator 3! Not withstanding the cardinal insult that a computer in a vehicle can control the vehicles with no servo devices connected to the primary controls!! Ouch!!! And the producer decided that fact would

[quote who="Cikulisu" reply="29" id="2881090"] Quoting Mystikmind, reply 28 Quoting Cikulisu, reply 27crack it, problem solved Yes we all know how much of an incentive DRM is to inspire, motivate and even force otherwise law abiding citizens in that direction but sadly After the cracking cometh the locking! (know your forum rules) afaik, at least so far in 'murika it's perfectly legal to crack a game you bought?[/quote] &nb

[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="687" id="2881401"] The point is, it is our natural human nature to be cautious about making contact with these people because of the effects it will have on their society and way of life. Herein lies the most likely reasons i believe Aliens will in turn avoid making contact with Humans in general. It is? It certainly wasn't always.[/quote] Well not withstanding the vast cultural variations throughout histo

The most deadly cyber attacks will have built in dormancy periods to give time for it to spread everywhere before anyone even knows it exists. So that makes your on off switch look pretty useless! Personally i think the most successful attack will result when someone succeeds (should i say succeeds 'again'?) in using the secret back door spy programs Microsoft already has built into everyone's Operating systems.... and you just know Microsoft cannot resist having it, just like the oce

Just read a news article which reminded me of another possible reason Aliens refuse to make contact with Humans. Have you ever noticed how parents have this tendency to loose all perspective in reality when you put them on the defensive regarding their children? One minute you have a perfectly reasonable intelligent human being, the next minute they turn into a totally irrational beast - akin to a grizzly bear with a red hot poker up its ass! There is just no talking any sense to them

[quote who="starkers" reply="679" id="2880942"] not wanting to end up being harnessed with copyright from all the movies and stuff they get from us!! Yup, they'd want to avoid being tied up in court for decades because some movie mogul has decided that copyright has been infringed since they look just like the one(s) in the sci-fi *insert name here* thriller. [/quote] It would only apply to issues occurring after official copyright treaties we

[quote who="Cikulisu" reply="27" id="2880890"]crack it, problem solved[/quote] Yes we all know how much of an incentive DRM is to inspire, motivate and even force otherwise law abiding citizens in that direction but sadly After the cracking cometh the locking! (know your forum rules)

I wonder if there happened to be an issue with FBI systems corresponding with each time period there were PM's disappearing??,,, (Hold on a minute while i straighten my tin foil hat) [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

In Australia we also have politicians determined to control the internet, and it has been dragging on for so long now but they just cannot let go. Now the federal government are rolling out a new national broadband plan which everyone thinks they are doing for the benefit of all Australians, but i will bet money on it that in the end this will 'just happen' to touch down in some way that will give the government more control over the internet. This is the new ev

There is a tribe of protected wild natives living on an Island in India. The Indian government tries to protect them from interference by the modern world so it is forbidden for anyone to make contact. However some people do make contact in secret in order to trade goods or whatever. Now i hear there is a newly discovered tribe in the Amazon as well! http://www.news.com.au/travel/world/hidden-amazon-tribe-caught-on-camera/story-e6frfqai-1225998632281 The point is, it i

Elemental Characters don't read newspapers or use Toilet paper!!

[quote who="Femmefatal48" reply="23" id="2878318"]Exactly +1 quoted for truth and quality of report. BTW SC2 sucks. It is nowhere near like playing speed chess. Speed chess is turn based and requires much tactics and strategy. Clickfest RTS games are nothing but romper room TEMPLATES that are played over and over and over again in tournament play and outside. Once a specific template has been mastered and posted on the internet everyone is using it and then it just boils down

[quote who="Thormodr" reply="51" id="2877645"]It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.Sir Winston Churchill British politician (1874 - 1965) Was this quote in the game as well? At least you have the freedom to complain about your government. It's imperfect certainly but it's a lot better than quite a few alternatives in this world.[/quote] I think the best take on modern democracy was done by

Probably the OOM? Next time you crash, hit the windows key and you should see it reported as follows... X "out of memory" [Option button] - [Click to save game and exit] ((dream on! hehehe))

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="48" id="2877231"]That's right, my avatar is that of an ancient Chinese hero, clearly Western society embraces people of all types.[/quote] So you think you can out sarcasm me eh? Well of course you can, because it is just so easy, anyone can do it! [e digicons];P[/e] As for the game quote that impressed me "Those who are willing to give up a little freedom for a little security, wind up with neither freedom, nor security" It is the