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[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="170" id="2892707"] If the government wants to keep it's networks safe from cyber attacks then let the Government Networks have THEIR OWN "off switch" to cut themselves off from the rest of the internet. But when you can't use the internet because it has been attacked successfully, it'll be: "Why didn't the Government protect me like they're supposed to? Fire them all!". If you ask me the only reason the government would want to

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="5" id="2892604"]CAUTION: I distinctly remember the Empire:TW demo being of a higher degree of quality than the actual release. [/quote] lol TP...don't ask me why that was kinda funny, it was though. I'd have to say you're right as well, but, we have to keep in mind (IIRC) the first demo for Empire was just one land battle wasn't it? I don't remember if there was a sea battle too, but I remember playing that land battle with

Hell NO I don't favor an internet "off switch". If the government wants to keep it's networks safe from cyber attacks then let the Government Networks have THEIR OWN "off switch" to cut themselves off from the rest of the internet. If you ask me the only reason the government would want to have an internet off switch would be to keep the people of any given country from reporting what's really going on in that country to the rest of the world. If you control the flow of information/news then

Anything under the Maximum size is for wimps, sorry :P I'd LOVE to see 64bit support so we can get some of those hugely epic map sizes we talked about during development. :)

[quote who="LightofAbraxas" reply="1" id="2892532"]This game looks pretty fantastic. I'm skeptical that the AI is as great as they say, but hey!, the sys specs are low enough to run on my laptop! Edit: Granted, with a few mods, the M2TW AI (well, the tactical one, anyway- definitely NOT the strategic) was good enough to wipe the fields with me, so maybe that wouldn't be as much of a plus as I'd imagined. [/quote] Agreed. I'm hoping the battle AI will be a little more u

[quote who="Uvah" reply="708" id="2891772"]Cosmic census finds crowd of planets in our galaxy http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_sci_cosmic_census 500 billion chances of life in our galaxy alone. Wow! [/quote] Good find Uvah :)

I just found out some Awesome news. There is a Demo of "Shogun 2: Total War" coming out TOMORROW (Feb 22) on Steam. This should be Awesome!! :) "SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON (February 15, 2011) – SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA Europe Ltd. today announced that the eagerly awaited demo of the next title in the critically acclaimed Total War™ series, Total War: Shogun 2 ™, will be available on Steam on February 22, 2011." Source:

[quote quoting="post"]... they'd probably look like this. Haha. Couldn't help it... [/quote] LoL...funny stuff there, Don. We shouldn't be laughing though, because the sad fact of the matter is it's too true. Almost all games today are "dumbed down" when compared to the golden gems we played in yesteryear. Most devs these days use words like "stream-lining" or "intuitive" to trick the dumb kids who don't know any better into thinking this is a good thing, when th

[quote who="myfist0" reply="32" id="2889725"] Canada hit by cyber-attack from China computers: Trump speaks about china. Finally someone does [/quote] Holy sh!t.... I just gained a TON of respect for the Donald. I hope he DOES run for Pres in 2012. With that kind of attitude going for him he'd have my vote in a heart beat.

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="29" id="2888821"] Major ethnic groups in China are: Zhuang Uigur Hui Yi Tibetan Miao Manchu Mongol Buyi Korean [/quote] If I'm not mistaken, Doc, isn't a growing part of China religiously Christian? I know I read an article somewhere a while back about the rapidly growing number of Christians in China.

[quote who="GregII" reply="1" id="2890253"]Grow up. [/quote] lol, wow, man...seriously? Great reply... I do Not condone piracy if that's what you were thinking. I don't even own a PS3 nor do I care to. What I'm concerned with here is what kind of message it's sending to the manufacturers and makers of other types of devices and what types of "laws" for the consumer it could lead to in the future. [quote who="FutileEmotion" reply="2" id="2890254"]If banning actuall

WOW!!! That was f'king AWESOME!!! Little girl bit by zombie, saved by daddy, turned into zombie and then killed by daddy. SWEET!!!! I'm buying this game just because of that trailer. Now those are some game devs with BALLS!!!! About damn time :)

I was checking GameSpot today and I saw an interesting story. Here's the link for those who want to check it out: PS3 hacker bans begin ( http://www.gamespot.com/news/6299760.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=topstory&tag=topstory%3Bti

[quote who="jeffalford" reply="58" id="2860196"]" I got a rock" Charlie Brown No it wasn't that bad, I got Fallout New Vegas and a a lot of bad news. Family member is not doing well. Also anyone heard from RavenX? I am hoping he is well through the Holidays, I have not seen a recent post from him in a while! [/quote] Thank you brother. I'm still kicking...for now at least anyway. My docs got me on some mighty strong pain killers and meds to help m

[quote who="Pophopekins" reply="63" id="2879839"]I got an I-robot as chirstmas gift. I-robot [/quote] Nice!! For that kind of money though you could have hired a small army of Topless Maids...hehe. (for those that don't know topless maids are chicks that come clean your house while being half naked...and you get to watch!!!)

Ghah...I can't believe I missed this thread! See, that's what you get when you're stuck in bed for long periods of time. On a good note though, I had a pretty kick-ass Christmas :). Here's what I got... XBox 360 games: Fable 3 Dragonball Z Raging Blast 2 Vanquish Tekken 6 Wii Games: Super Mario Galaxy 2 Donkey Kong Country Returns I also got some clothes and a few other small things. The

[quote who="Jafo" reply="51" id="2886451"]RavenX ....no, that 280 will come screaming to a crawl when faced with FSX wound up to the max res/detail. It really seems the spec requirements for FSX are simply open-ended....ie... there's maybe a 'minimum requirement' but no 'ideal/max'.... [/quote] Ok, I feel like I should already know the answer to this, but, I'm gonna ask anyway. What is "FSX"? Is that "Flight Simulator X"? I know the 280 hasn't had a problem running any

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="4" id="2886195"]What reason did they give for doing that, if I'm not prying? [/quote] For doing which, the biopsy's or for suspending my account? For the biopsy's they wanted to check the deterioration of my intestines from the crohn's which can't really be seen with a CAT scan or MRI. It was an out-patient procedure and I wasn't even there the whole day. The incision was only an inch or so long and they did it with a camera with a pair of small scissor

Very true and well said, chief. I think the fault here lays in the fact that most app and game makers aren't taking advantage of what the newer machines and hardware can do. Only the newest of programs and apps are even taking advantage of multi-threading and using all the cores available to them. For most casual users the true power of the newest hardware is going to waste, both in terms of normal CPU's and Gfx Processors. That was part of my reasoning for getting the 560 Ti recently and not

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="1" id="2886178"]Nice. [/quote] Thanks chief [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e] [quote who="DrJBHL" reply="2" id="2886181"]Good to see you back! Hope you're feeling better, mate! [/quote] Unfortunately I'm not feeling that much better. They did a biopsy of my large and small intestine last week and I'm still mostly bed ridden. Two days after the biopsy I got a call from the health department and my health card/insurance has

Man I love income tax returns :). I picked up the new GeForce 560 Ti yesterday for my system and a new 2 TB HD for my wifes system. I brought the card home and installed it and I gotta say the upgrade was money Well Spent. I went from DX9.c to DX11 and the visible difference in gaming is outstanding as well as a drastic increase in frame-rate across the board on just about everything I've tried so far. My GeForce GTX 280 is going into my wifes system so she's going from my o

[quote who="ElanaAhova" reply="644" id="2877254"]hey Doc, like your new avatar. back to UFO's. I was reading about the 'famous' daylight buzzing of Mexico City. Happened about 20 years ago, i guess. Hundreds of people saw 30 or so 'thing' flying overhead... videos were taken. look like spherical lights, i guess. Interesting thing is that many people were interviewed after the event. Most saw what the videos seem to i

[quote who="TheProgress" reply="16" id="2875690"]I'm sorry, but roads and rivers are the last thing Elemental needs in order to be interesting. Wide ranges of unique monsters, distinct races, clashing magics and terrain types, secret relics locked away in forgotten tombs. This is the stuff that will make Elemental interesting. Not infrastructure or water. [/quote] Of course those are some of the main things that make up the game and that there needs to be more of, agre

Does this mean you've "thrown in the towel" on getting rivers and truly random maps into Elemental? I hope not... :( . Also, I think I have to disagree about the roads. In a ruined, destroyed, burnt out landscape, I would expect to see "pieces" of roads. Maybe parts of roads that were, for the most part, utterly destroyed. However, small parts might remain here and there but unless they were repaired wouldn't really lead to anywhere useful (or they could lead to hidden goodies if yo

I got into the DCUO Beta for the last two months it existed. Unfortunately my health didn't let me play "too much" but I managed to get a good 50-60 hours or so in as I had a laptop and could play from bed for part of that time. It's a fun game, it is, BUT....it does have blatant flaws. One of those flaws being a lack of players. For something supposedly in the final stages of beta and with as many people as they let in those last few months, the world should have been crowded. There wer