Philocthetes

Crayons ~= RTF, QFT!

[quote who="Philly0381" reply="32" id="3103932"]Yes I do have restore points and that was going to be my next try at fixing the problem Doc, that is unless I decide to just uninstall Works and install Libre Office. Giving it some serious thought as Libre Office is small (mb size) vs Works. [/quote] Given that all you want do do is grocery lists, I'm still at a loss as to why Notepad isn't enough. Microsoft has abandoned all serious efforts at pub

Have you tried re-installing Works? If the launcher exe got corrupted 'normally,' that should fix the problem. Also, have you checked for any updates to Windows/IE that might have been applied since the last time the launcher worked for you? You might be able to use System Restore to step back out and see if that is what broke the launcher on your rig. Or, as Rudebaz implied, have you considered ditching that Built-to-Sell-Office suite and using something like OpenOffice, or,

[quote] Keyboard Maybe I’m just old but I want to be able to navigate more with the keyboard. This is an area we’re starting to put more attention to. Not just in terms of hot keys but just general navigation through the game. Fallen Enchantress is a game that you “might” play 10 hours straight. So less forced mouse moving = better as far as we’re concerned.[/quote] Bless y'all.

[quote who="Lord Xia" reply="11" id="3082902"]When people bring up cool sounding board games, it makes me sad. It reminds me how much I enjoy board games and that I have no friends.[/quote] The real question is are you old enough to have played far too many hours of Civilization before PC games hit the market...

[quote who="pslblog" reply="13" id="3080738"]The revolution was in many ways an effort to maintain the prosperity brought about by minimal taxation and control. [/quote] I obviously agree in part, but one should not discount the differences in resource contexts. Europe had already consumed most of their forests and begun to suffer problems from overfishing in their nearby ocean waters. No small part of the prosperity of the colonies was because they were beginning to apply European re

Banned for only flirting with Draak. Betty Boop was an equal-opportunity flirt. That's why she made such an excellent presidential candidate.

[quote who="Rovert10" reply="4" id="3078805"]My bigger concern right now is ACTA which Obama already signed and is definately an invasion of privacy.[/quote] There's an interesting article at Techdirt about whether or not ACTA will be treated as an executive agreement or should be considered a treaty and thus require approval by th

Banned because no one can diddle (alone or with help) all the time. The special bits need to recover from heavy use or things get really uncomfortable.

[quote who="pslblog" reply="6" id="3079184"]I'm trying to model the game's behavior on their attitudes and responses, not on the fancies of French intellectuals circa 1785 CE. The game's explanation is modern in its conception and doesn't stand up to historical reflection on assembling a civilization from wasteland. Rebellion is a hothouse flower, kept alive in the warm manure of civilization. Drudgery is universal, and stands up to the cold battery of desolation.[/quote]

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="9" id="3077221"]No... it was a news item on CNN.[/quote] It was a news item about a political problem. Uvah was wrong to say 'nuff said, but the relationship between U.S. consumer electronics prices and Chinese labor practices such as those at Foxconn is absolutely political. Except perhaps for some of those folks who believe that markets are natural phenomena just like weather or plate tectonics. [quote who="DrJBHL" reply="9" id="3077221"]Again:

[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="10" id="3075873"]If machines can read words as we think of them, they can do a lot of work for us. It might not be a complete interface, but it's a start.[/quote] I'd certainly get a lot more out of a neural dictation interface than I can out of voice recognition. I think far more quickly than I can speak; being able to read a student paper and add markup and comments without using a keyboard or my voice would make grading go much faster for me.</

I've long ago abandoned specific arguments about the game mechanics. But, also quite some time ago, I came to believe that magic should be the only research tree in the game and that the other abilities and assets should be gained through developing cities, trading, and recruiting champions. The devs seem to have decided to drop from four to three trees. I'm hoping that for the first true Elemental 2, they might consider simplifying the tree part of the game even further. As-is, the n

Not getting enough time with the betas, still pining for a Watched Threads function of some sort.

[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="27" id="3068927"]I don't know in which universe do you live, but it can't be this one.[/quote] We share the same universe, but I'm tired to the bone with broad-brush rants, sweeping generalizations, and excessive wallowing in anger. I never said a thing to imply that there is no problem with the role that campaign finance plays in our system-- Citizens United v. FEC is possibly the worst Supreme Court decision handed down in my lifet

[quote who="Spitz" reply="6" id="3067595"]Hm. Should faction reputation also be a minor factor desertion risk, or is that a step too complicated?[/quote] Not too complicated for me. And I especially like the idea of the occasional game where I got to win over a rival's champion instead of simply killing him or her.

Banned because I can't believe our lad is growing up. Next thing you know, he'll be off to grad school.

[quote who="Wintersong" reply="5" id="3064017"]Capturable "GalCiv II starbases" would be nice.[/quote] There were several threads back in the ancient days that the OP here sort of echoes, but no one put the point as concisely as this. The mechanic details might always be a matter of debate and continuous updates, but the fundamental design point deserves an up or down decision. I vote yea, especially if we might also have some methods to connect fortified outposts and

Banned for inserting things without banning anything.

Dude, if the twi-twits could sing like the Glee kids, I'd come near to half-forgiving them. But mainly I'm scared about just how many furries were in one spot. I was kinda hoping the whole world had fewer of them than the pic Po' posted...

I'll second the love for Earth: Final Conflict (wish we could get the whole thing via Netflix). Space: Above and Beyond is another one that died too soon and is still under-appreciated. Abrams' Trek flick had many good traits, but nothing can make up for its several glaring stupidities done apparently for the sake of visuals. Starships built on the ground, industrial breweries inside starships, a drill that dangles from orbit on an artsy-fartsy chain...ack!

Banned for apparent fear that Scoutdog has a point about the new entity. That is a fairly fierce face under that silly hat.

[quote who="Draakjacht" reply="39487" id="3044385"]Banned because the neuroanatomy is the important part. Who cares what the mass of the organ is if its function continues to alter significantly. Point is that we should wait and see how he is about when he finishes college.[/quote] Banned for being a dreary materialist and having no appreciation for emergent properties of whole systems. Sure, the neuroanatomy is an important part, but if we've learned anythi

[quote who="Grizzyloins" reply="52" id="3044251"]When I was a teenager, my buddy showed me some of his dads veitnam 'trophies', one of which was a necklace of HUMAN ears he obtained during his stay over seas (had at least 12 I remember)[/quote] I was typing about a fantasy game. That creepy story sounds like your buddy's dad was a war criminal or stole a 'trophy' from one. U.S. forces have been forbidden that sort of perverse behavior since WW II. 'Ick' doe

Banned because he probably wouldn't like that, sounds too intimate, not to mention anatomically challenging.