RonLugge

RonLugge

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Reply to Stargate - Universe in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote]Actually I cant remember where I read it but scientists associated with NASA is looking into WarpDrives inspired by Star Trek because the idea of manipulating space is very plausible and while the government doesnt put enough money into NASA if NASA had the funds. I bet we'd be looking at WarpDrive in the next 30-50 years.[/quote] Actually, we wouldn't. The power requirements to get a practical drive using that technique are, literally, impossible. I don't remember

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Reply to X-com on Impulse in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]To satisfy my curiousity, do you have a citation for the source code being lost?[/quote] Sorry, no... it's over in the steam forums somewhere.

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Reply to X-com on Impulse in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]ooohhh that would be cool and awesome, be even better if they could update them[/quote] They can't; the source code has been lost.

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Reply to Stargate - Universe in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote]Correct me if I'm wrong but, don't planets move as well?[/quote] Scale matters. For everyday purposes, planets don't move enough for the 'drift' to be noticeable on an interstellar level, but over the course of thousands of years the entire [i]system[/i] can move enough to be a problem. At least, that's the premise the show (appears) to be using. Apparently there is a mild error-correcting system built in to handle smaller errors (perhaps the gate on t

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Reply to No ICS please in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote]I thought you could build additional cities for free if the ground was already infused with Life Essence. But then, it's not exactly clear how Life areas expand[/quote] Over time, it grows outwards from your cities...

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Reply to Master of Orion 2 Memories in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

I just wish I could run Master of Orion II these days... alas, Windows Vista broke it bad, and windows 7 finished the process. I can't play, at all, these days :( I'm going to have to purchase a new CD that has the DOS version if I want to play, ./sigh.

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Reply to Master of Orion 2 Memories in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote]Really? I love MMOII but I really can't get into SOTS, the game always seems to start with this large scale enemy invasion of all planets! Before I can even get acquainted with my planet and my stuff I already have to face some major crisis it feels like a turn-based... RTS (meaning dumb as a RTS and feeling as fake as a RTS, but I may be wrong)... What am I missing? Anyone who know that game has an answer?[/quote] It's MP focused, so you 'jump into' being able

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Reply to Customer Service Un-preordered Me in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]I must admit it was a pretty high quality rant[/quote] QFT; most rants make my blood boil because of the rantee, not what is being ranted over. This one... if I hadn't been aware of SD support being overworked, I would have been angry over their response. [quote]AFAIK the system is such that we cannot re-run an order once it has been processed and failed; orders must be initiated by the customer and can only be charged (or attempted) once (for secur

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Reply to Windows 7 out already? in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote]It's also available for students via the MSDNAA.[/quote] Assuming their school isn't being completely and utterly [i]idiotic[/i] about passing the MSDNAA info out... (Still haven't gotten mine for this semester)

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Reply to Customer Service Un-preordered Me in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]Now why I was being charged for a game that doesn't come out till next year, I can't figure...[/quote] Because one of the perks of pre-ordering is access to the beta; and thus you are charged before being given access to the beta. SOP for SD. As for the screwup with support... I will agree, that sounds wrong. There may be a problem with their [i]system[/i] with doing what you wanted to do (I'll believe that!) but I can't believe they don't hav

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Reply to Just how similar to MoM in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote]MoM had some bugs, but I just don't remember them being that debilitating. [/quote] Build a stack of 9 hightly enchanted halberdiers, attack a tower, win the battle, and then vanish into nothing because the enemy somehow had a second stack there. [i]That[/i] is debilitating!

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Reply to [joke] The Beta's Coming in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I thought the parralells would be fairly obvious... it's only one of the most well known poems in existance :P Maybe I should do one based on 'do not ask for whom the bell tolls, friend, it tolls for thee!"

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Reply to [BUG?] DirectX Acceleration not enabled. in WOM BETA Builds Elemental Forums

[quote who="Amranu" reply="2" id="2375147"]This is a bug with the Windows 7 RC, as someone who has the final, I can confirm it is fixed.[/quote] There is a partial bug fix floating around on the net using a vista version of dxdiagn.dll, as well. But that does screw up dxdiag...

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Reply to [joke] The Beta's Coming in War of Magic Elemental Forums

[quote who="DoomBringer90" reply="1" id="2374946"]To the tune of Still Alive?[/quote] ... It's a parody of the poem 'the second coming', which is the second set of text.

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[joke] The Beta's Coming in War of Magic Elemental Forums

I was bored, so sue me. (And Blame Para, he thought it was a good idea) The Beta's Coming Coding and Coding in the vanishing time The programmer cannot hear the gamer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere boredom is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is halted, and everywhere The ceremony of gaming is drowned; The best lack all arena, while the worst Are full of passionate nonsense. (on t

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