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[quote who="Frogboy" reply="51" id="3225122"] Quoting Cruxador, reply 50You know, I agree with the specific case of this as it relates to Stardock's current legal dispute. But I do think that "They hate because they're haters, so I don't need to listen to them" is a dangerous viewpoint to take. There are certainly people like that, but there are also people with legitimate criticisms that might merely be wrapped in vitriol for whatever reason, be it (sub)cultural or due to em

[quote who="Cauldyth" reply="35" id="3224108"]You can actually rephrase it in a much more immediate way. The cures you mention are likely quite a way off, but there's something looming much more immediately. If we pinpoint which genes are responsible for everything from cancer to near-sightedness, it then becomes possible for couples to custom build their offspring, and never need cures for those problems in the first place. But should we? If you think having

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="6" id="3223274"]There is a potential for misuse. That should not be minimized and it should be watched for and dealt with firmly when discovered. The idea is not to intervene without cause, to select and produce freaks/monstrosities or someone's idea of "perfection". The idea is to prevent disease and its attendant suffering, and to enable people to live their lives in good health. I am a bit disappo

Just one step closer to "GATTACA"! Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, here we come!

[quote who="Ausland" reply="3" id="3222431"]Whose the guy in the bottom right?[/quote] Randy Couture, former UFC title holder and has been in a few action movies. He was more prominent in the first Expendables... "Cauliflower Ear". Oh, and the movie is good if you're going in expecting a summer popcorn flick with ridiculous action sequences and plenty of one-liners. It's basically a 1 hour, 42 minutes version of that "Dr. Pepper 10, it's not for women" commercial.<

[quote who="Jafo" reply="26" id="3222210"] Quoting ARESIV, reply 25If those improvements have been made, are they noticably to the end user? I personally doubt it, but that an opinion. Probably better to heed advice from people who have actually used the OS ...[/quote] Yep. I got WinXP 64 bit free through my university back when I was a student, thought it would be amazing. I've never had so many problems finding software and drivers for that

[quote who="seanw3" reply="18" id="3217680"] Oh, and it's Labyrinth, not Lambrynth. [/quote]

[quote who="AlLanMandragoran" reply="26" id="3208275"]Just in case you hadn't seen...[/quote] LOL, I saw those guys performing down across Westlake Center in Seattle. Fun performance.

If the "Settle" button is grayed out, hover your mouse over it and it should give you an explanation as to my you cannot settle there. After playing Beta 4 a few times, I've noticed that places that are actually fertile are few and far between. Keep exploring with your troops and when you come across tiles that have the materials/grain and essence icons, those are the places you can settle. Everywhere else, you can't, even if there's a bunch of cool resources next to each other (i

[quote who="louist" reply="8" id="3207406"]I do break out some older ones from time to time, from Wolfenstein 3D to Warsong or Shining Force/Shining in the Darkness ( the former being tactical RPGs, the latter a dungeon crawler, all for Sega Genesis). [/quote] These. I actually just beat Shining in the Darkness for the umpteenth time yesterday. Such a great game. I play Wolf3D and Spear of Destiny mainly because the map editor is so fun and easy to use. One o

I remember Brad mentioning that his body doesn't even need the full 8 hours of sleep to function normally. Knowing that probably exasperated the condition because Brad could say to himself, "It's okay, I don't need that much sleep anyways." If he had to get by on 8 hours, I wonder if the realization that working 60-80 hours a week was not good/healthy would've come much sooner.

Yeah, it's becoming pretty sad nowadays when I have to fact check everything I read. Especially frustrating because I know a lot more people that are "purple" voters (like myself) rather than straight red/blue. If only we could vote on policy a la carte and not bundled in a giant red or blue package.

Gamersgate had SE IV on sale last year for something like 2 dollars, so I figured, "What the heck, why not? I like space 4x and haven't played this one." I think I spent the next 7 months playing the crap out of it with tons of different mods. Very excellent game that gets almost everything right.

[quote who="Frogboy" reply="46" id="3208162"] Quoting Wizard1956, reply 28one of us alive today plan on going to Mars, but do plan on an extended stay on Earth. If global warming is such a huge concern, perhaps the scientific community should get their priorities straight. This is the wrong attitude. If you saw the original Total Recall featuring mutants with 3-breasts you would understand the need to colonize Mars ASAP.[/quote]</

[quote who="Kongdej" reply="83" id="3205805"] Quoting marionesi, reply 80HoMM4, which I have not played, accounted for line of sight, and I heard that it was not as good as the others. That was actually one of the better features of Heroes 4, but not what it lost its credit on, Heroes 4 had done terrible things to heroes and in the end made Creatures totally useless long-term (Yes, Heroes, a game that is supposed to be about having 1 hero and tons of creatures

Don't forget about the other poor rocks that were planets but were reclassified in the 19th century: Ceres, Pallas, Vesta and Juno!

[quote who="RedneckDude" reply="18" id="3201820"] Quoting Wizard1956, reply 1What works for America doesnt always go over so well elsewhere. Chevrolet had problems marketing the Chevy Nova automobile in Latin America. Since no va means "it doesn't go" in Spanish, the oft-repeated story goes, Latin American car buyers shunned the car, forcing Chevrolet to embarrassedly pull the car out of the market. Where the hell do you get this stuff? &nbsp

They just released two more DLC packs with Artifact Creation/Trading and a 4th major race (Elves). Hopefully since the multiplayer is still "in beta" they'll get it up to snuff.

At the beginning of the movie when Alfred starts talking about his wish to see Bruce in some random cafe with a wife and kids, you just knew there was no way they couldn't end the movie without that scene, as cheesy as it was. Also, is Bane supposed to sound like Sean Connery hooked up to a sleep apnea machine?

Don't listen to him! Cravers crave systems. Dust. Power. Flesh. EAT EAT EAT EAT But yeah, don't skimp on the morale improvements. They introduced the expansion disapproval near the end of the beta and it single-handedly curbed the rampant "colonize everything" approach. I still think they should make the expansion disapproval for o

[quote who="AragornV" reply="14" id="3196130"] With the goblin archer, there were the standard unit perks and then there was a +50% death dmg that considerably increased his dmg. Seems a little unbalanced?[/quote] Unless you have to kill tough undead things, then you're up poop creek without a paddle.

Steam Sales are a great way to pick up games I normally wouldn't because they aren't appealing enough for the full pricetag. I picked up: Jade Empire Special Edition F.E.A.R. Trilogy Mirror's Edge Fallout: New Vegas Complete Frozen Synapse Trine 2 Dear Esther Evochron Mercenary Total was around 45 bucks.. got enough to keep me busy until FE is released (and beyond)! I held off on a few g

The devs posted a nice FAQ on their website for the post-release plans and direction, thought it might be relevant to a few of you here. Now let me try to answer a few frequent questions since release: Right now: What are the main issues you are working on at the moment? We have been working on quite a lot of optimizations, AI tuning and gameplay tuning (things like Hero injury costs are being tweaked, traits co

IBM 386... the one with the "Turbo" button! We had Windows 3.1 and mainly used it for Wolfenstein 3D, Commander Keen & Tank Wars.