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Reply to Solar Power Update: May 2012 in Science & Tech Stardock Forums

neone6: I can see how Sweden would have terrible solar power... Though, Michigan isn't anywhere near one of the best places in the US for solar power either.

Reply to I need a good hiding place… in Elemental Dev Journals Stardock Forums

I heard Jon from Stardock on the GWJ podcast mentioned in this post... I hope that trend continues, I listen to that podcast every week.

Reply to Multiplicity 2 in development in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Another question, if we buy Multiplicity Pro now, would it be a free upgrade to Multiplicity 2, or should I just keep using Synergy until MP2 is released?

Reply to Brad’s April Ramblings in Blogging Stardock Forums

@2: You think Sony and MS consoles have problems with rising Dev costs... If developers were pushing PC hardware as hard as they push Sony/MS hardware, PC game dev costs would be through the roof. The static nature of the consoles has worked to keep PC development costs in check because most developers aren't building special PC versions that fully utilize the hardware, just console ports that are upscaled. Some companies including Ubi tried to bring always connected DRM t

Reply to Brad’s April Ramblings in Blogging Stardock Forums

Who says that the PC you're streaming your WiDi content from couldn't also be a console? Consoles provide certain other benefits besides being close to your TV. A stable, consistent platform that can be optimized towards, for instance. The "always works without fiddling" capability that Windows still hasn't quite matched is another factor. A stable price that allows you to play all content available for that OS without worrying that your system might need another $300 upgrade is another.&nbsp

Reply to Multiplicity 2 in development in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Here's a question about Acoustic Bridge. How well does it work with videos that need to be synced up to the sound? Is there any lag introduced?

Reply to Multiplicity 2 in development in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Given that I did away with my linux desktop system recently, I very well might buy MP2 when it comes out. But the worry is, I may switch back to linux once the Windows 8 preview expires. If that happens, I'll have to leave MP2 behind and switch back to Synergy. I would love to be able to use MP with linux. I'd even take Synergy server support tacked on so that the linux box could run Synergy Client to connect to multiplicity. Acoustic Bridge seems to be a great idea, and would r

Reply to Multi-Tile City discussion in FE Sneak Peeks JoeUser Forums

I kind of like the last picture on the post there, A city with a 4-5 tiles as a high level city seems to be a good idea. I'll have to see how the interface flows when I get the new build though.

Reply to Other views on city snakes in FE Sneak Peeks Stardock Forums

I dunno. To me, one tile cities would be a regression to the GalCiv1 era. One of my favorite parts of GalCiv2 was building structures on a map, and not just selecting them from a menu... When I was dabbling with making my own game, I had islands that were different sizes but you would colonize and build up on a zoomed in picture of the island. The city building in Elemental is like that now and I think it would lose something without building your city around the terrain. Think of how the ori

Reply to Other views on city snakes in FE Sneak Peeks Stardock Forums

I really like making big sprawling cities myself, it more matches real life. Though, maybe what should be done is varying tile limits by city level? Smaller cities can build across 9 tiles, mega metropolis cities can spread out over 25 tiles. Maybe city level + tech. Or have it so you can have 3 or 4 kinds of capitals, similar to the capital improvements in GC2, and cities with those capitals can expand further. I remember in Civ Revolution, you could build a courthouse wh

Reply to Fixing Windows 8 in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Another thing that needs fixing in Windows 8: I can't download my old stardock games on Windows 8. Impulse refuses to allow it stating that they're incompatible with my OS... Only way to get them to work (for a subset of them) would be to rebuy them on Steam...

Reply to Windows 8 UI: Metro breakdown in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Here's another gripe about Windows 8 that I ran into. Its remote desktop client is Metro-only... and it's slow as heck. I'm so glad that I didn't install it on my main computer because I wouldn't be able to do work remotely with it...

Reply to Windows 8: Start button returns in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Another thing you can do in W8 to replace the start menu, add a whole bunch of toolbars and scrunch them together, then put your program shortcuts in them. You'll be able to select your internet menu, or games menu and get a list of all the ones you have setup.

Reply to Windows 8 Beta is a UI nightmare in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Ok, I've installed this new OS on a fresh computer. One positive to the whole windows metro thing is that it's unimonitor. The second, third, etc monitors are all on windows desktop instead. That means I can have the stupid windows weather app or other things on the left screen, while I use Chrome and desktop apps on the right one. As for the Start menu lack, I guess I'll just get Stardock's little toy, though I'll probably pin everything important to the bar like I do now with windows 7.

Reply to I murdered our retail plans today in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

That's OK. I prefer to buy retail boxes for brand new $50-60 games, but I'm perfectly willing to buy digital copies if it's a company I really like or if the price is low enough. (I buy all my PSP games digitally, and I will buy digital stardock games for sure new.)

Reply to Windows 8 Beta is a UI nightmare in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Is there any possibility of running Metro on one monitor and the Desktop on the other? Other than using Multiplicity and/or Synergy, at least.

Reply to Windows 8 Beta is a UI nightmare in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Huh. I'm planning on installing the preview on my mother's new computer to test it until her job gets a copy of Windows 7 to her. I wonder if it'll be good enough to use as a stopgap until then? So, when is Stardock going to port their stuff to Mac and Linux? ;)

Reply to We need a “Leave me the hell alone” party in Politics Stardock Forums

Other than foreign policy, you're mostly describing libertarians... If only we had enough people pushing their ideas out there. Like I said before, Santorum is Nehemiah Scudder... He's a bit too much of a theocrat for my tastes.

Reply to Get a job, kid in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Except for a year and a half from my senior year of high school to my second semester of college, I've had a job since I was able to work. My first job was a small town grocery store, little more than a convenience store by larger town standards. Still, it was useful and let me afford to fix up my truck and keep my BBS running, buy OS/2 upgrades, etc. I make significantly more than minimum wage now, but I might not have even gotten the experience to get this job if not for the minimum wag

Reply to I hate passwords in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I despise passwords. What I really want is something like SSH, where instead of a password I paste or upload a block of text to the website, and then uses a private key file on my USB drive to authenticate me to the website. I'd settle for all sites supporting OpenID though.

Reply to Valve Games now on Impulse in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Requires the steam client to play. I guess Gamestop isn't above advertising their competitor's service.

Reply to Election 2012 Primaries: Who to vote for? in Politics Stardock Forums

I'm about in the same boat, but I kind of rank them in this order. Ron Paul Newt Gingrich Mitt Romney Rick Santorum I think that the financial part is the biggest issue right now, and the country is due for a military build-down like we've had at the end of previous wars, and Ron Paul's about the only one that will do both of those. His foreign policy? Not great, but secondary for me at this very moment. Newt? He's a terrible candid

Reply to Keystone Pipeline in Politics Stardock Forums

Luckily they've decided to go ahead and build the portions that don't need federal approval anyway... The portion from Montana and North Dakota to the Gulf. That part's needed even without Canadian oil coming in because of all of the domestic oil production up there. As for the Canadian oil, I imagine they're going to build a pipeline to British Columbia, for part of it, and send the rest over to Montana in trains. Given that Japan just announced they're not buying any more Iranian oil

Reply to Who is running 64-bit Windows right now? in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I'm using 64 bit windows pretty much everywhere I use windows, except my wife's computer. I use the system for gaming, but I don't play very many modern PC games. It's mostly for things that are independent or are the kind of strategy games you don't see on consoles. Most of my gaming is on the PSP, DS, or PS3. I would love to have 64 bit versions of my games so long as it improves performance. Since the number of registers is higher on AMD64 based systems

Reply to Happy National Video Game Day! in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

On PC, I'm working on Breath of Death 7, and GalCiv2. Once BOD7 is done, I'll play Bastion. On PSP, I'm working on Lunar SSSC, and Persona 1. DS, Radiant Historia and Rune Factory 3. PS3, Disgaea 4 and Resistance 3. I used to just play things at random whenever I felt like it, but I found that I never finished any games doing that. The 2-3 game per system limit seems to help.