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Reply to fleet autojoin and related questions in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

[quote]to 1: scouts don't join fleets[/quote] Neither do colony firgates, at least from what I've seen.

Is this a Bug? in Technical Sins Forums

Hello; 1st - great game. I felt I deserved a small bonus for doing a good job at work this week so I picked it up on a whim. It's fun, though the pirates are kicking my ass, lol 2nd - I've noticed an oddity, I've had it happen in two games (TEC and Advent) and and while I can't "force it to happen" I seem to have figured out some of the circumstances underwhich it happens: First there is a fleet consisting of one or more Battleships and several Frigates. I tend to

Reply to Why does Patch 1.1 ask you to reboot? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

I'm assuming you have the usual sweet of anti-spyware and mal-ware tools right? Has your Hijack This! log file changed significanly before/after? If there is a new program running inteh background it'll show up there. Also cleaning the registry and checking to see what programs are hanging on you and if they have known issues. I usually get GDI errors on my shutdown. Its the runtime (gtk) that my Instant messenger uses.

Reply to PC World Becomes Enthralled by Sins in Sins News Sins Forums

well that kinda sealed the deal for me, I think I might splurge on it instead of a flashlight charger :-)

Reply to Show off your ship designs 2008! in Galactic Civilizations II GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]I also noticed that I had so many pieces of jewelry that the ship started to take up too much memory, and parts of it were disappearing[/quote] Is that was causes that phenom? I hadn't played in a awhile and one day I fired up a quick game and noticed all but one of my ships were nothing but glitches and fragments. I figured, in my absence of playing, an update or two had invalidated my designs. Is there a hard Peice # limit? IF so, what is it?

Reply to Whats your fav game. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Come to think of it. I've gone through a lot of games in my time. Ususally I don't play them to teh end (get bored, stuck, whatever) But, the one game I've had on my system for the last 6 years through multiple system builds, wipes, etc was Morrowind. Everything else comes and goes. Sometimes I'll reinstall a game, but eventually I'll remove it. I have a bad feeling that Oblivion just won't live up to my expectations (probably why I havne't boughten it)

Reply to I wanna Cry! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]PSUs without a power switch on them are pretty pathetic TBH[/quote] I duuno, I have had some really nice PSU's that came with out a switch. We're talking top shelf stuff like Pc Power and Cooling, etc. I wonder if the reermergence of the switch has to do with the whole "green marketing" thing nowadays. I remember reading some news article saying that a good chunk of our power usage comes from "idle" electronics (TV's VCR's, Computer's). The only reason to really use the switch is

Reply to I wanna Cry! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

yeah the 7 sec shutdown was added so that if your OS crashes (ala win98 and XP and now Vista), the mobo is hard wired to just say "screw it" and cut power to everything, thus replacing the power switch of old. Although, some power supplies and computers still come with a switch in back. Most people never use it, especially since mobos nowadays come with very fancy features like Power on by LAN, USB, keybaord, etc and turning off the epower completely turns off the features (when "off" m

Reply to I wanna Cry! in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

Depending on the Mobo, you can set the power button (the moment switch) to actually shut down the OS through the normal Shut Down routine. The power switch on the other hand, dun dun dun.

Reply to Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]During prohibition we had EXACTLY the same problems with bootleggers that we now have with drug dealers, and guess what? Legalizing their product stopped the violence[/quote] [quote]Historically an armed society is a polite society[/quote] These are both incorrect. Have you all ever been to an inner city? First, We do not have the same problems with bootleggers that we have with drugdealers. The appear similar prima facia, but infact are very different. Crack is

Reply to Create Your Own Country in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Some place with a warmer climate. Maybe back in time durring Antiquity. Earth's climate (atleast in Europe, I would expect everywhere else too) was warmer back then. Have a nice little Villa. Small country, just a few towns. Deomcracy of course. Ohh and a strong spirit of education and philosophy. I want an educated populace.

Reply to Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Very true. I think I was hinitng at a larger scale problem or future problem. Yeah, we can go to the moon or mars or where ever and colonize one day. That is scientific and solveable. But what will we bring with us? You don't think the first 30, 50, 100 years on the moon will be easy? Someone will bring crack with them to the moon. Someone will get "cabin fever" and go postal and axe thier family. Someone will throw an unwanted baby out the airlock. Anywhere we go in the universe, we're

Reply to bussard ramjets, cryonic stasis, and exoplanetary colonization in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Very interesting. Probably on the same note (or perhaps an evolutionary step to your note), why about using the brain as a computer? Our brains do control a lot. Imagine A pilot of a ship, instead of using phyical controls, actually plugging his brain into the ships computer. He/she would essentially embody the ship, Sensors, controls, etc would all be "felt" by the person, instead of read off a screen. It could be a very interesting prospect

Reply to Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Tod; You have some very good points. I would make one caveat about sexual selection though. While people do look for intelligent permanent mates as you state, people do have sex with eachother based solely on physical attraction. Marriage isn't permanent in this society nor is it a requisite for children. The majority of people I run into the course of my workday are not married and have children, mostly by accident. While looking for a marriage or life partner, you are totall

Reply to bussard ramjets, cryonic stasis, and exoplanetary colonization in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

haha, I was wondering if anyone would grab that one. This is probably the biggest and geekiest thread I've ever seen. Good job to all!

Reply to Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] .... baby being melted in a microwave oven...[/quote] If it makes you feel better, they don't melt. It's been described to me as more of a giant red sunburn with blisters (atleast in appearance) Its very true that humanity has not been very kind to itself over the years. One interesting consistency in history that can even be observed in this topic is how easily we segregate ourselves into a "worthy" and "unworthy" groups, effectively de-humanizing others

Reply to Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Yeah, gotta love the American "justice" system. In any reasonable system, she'd be hanged, ideally withing 48 hours of the offense.[/quote] Interestingly enough, her defense is that she was too drunk at the time to put the baby in the microwave, so it must have been someone else. Oddly enough she wasn't drunk enough to take the baby to the hospital. The defense is not contesting that the baby was in the microwave, which is odd. While people can argue parents are a cause,

Reply to Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Right, maybe we should have let the Nazis win WW2 and put everyone who is "stupid and ignorant" in gas chambers. That could have been the ultimate advancement for the human civilization.[/quote] I'm hoping that's sarcasm, :-P What intrigues me the most is how someone, in this day and age, would end up like this. I mean what went wrong? I can honestly see some people arguing the gov't should monitor, and regulate, and blah blah....., but I don't think that is the

Reply to Terraforming is not feasible in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]A reversal of the magnetic field's polarity is not the same as not having one. I still want to see some kind of reference to the loss of a field every 1/4 million years.[/quote] I've read the same thing, here's some sources: Bentley, Molly "Earth loses Its Magnetism" BBC Online. 12-31-03 Hutton, William "Hutton Commentaries" 07-27-01 These also speak of the implications of such an event, Noting that the switching of poles is a very slow process (the event it

Humanity at its Worst in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

[link="http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/28/baby.microwave.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories"]China Arnold[/link] I think it makes me the most sad when I read things like this. Part of me has real doubt about our ability to do anything. Living on the moon, going to other worlds, terraforming....How can we expect to accomplish anything when we still can't deal with our most basic problems here at home?

Reply to Why 2007 Was the "Year of Facebook" in Living in Cyberspace JoeUser Forums

on one side, atleast from facebook, I was curious on how "secure" the info on the web pages were from the general public. I tried Googling myself multiple times, both with and with out quotes and snippets from my facebook. I even looked for images from pictures of myself. Couldn't find a thing. Its probably inherent in teh site's design, that one must log in to view anything and even once logged in, you can be prevented from seeing people's info (or specific selection of in

Reply to What jobs are worthless? in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

career criminals maybe? I mean, sure, crack dealers can be very sucessful and drive nice cars, but the world would be a nice place with out them I would think.

Reply to Whats your fav game. in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Hmmm Morrowind (the mods still make it as good if not better than most other rpg's) Rome Total realism (total conversion for rome total war) Sacrifice (Fantasy Battlezone!) Planescape: Torment (simply one of the most powerful and well written stories I've heard) Far Cry (fun to play when in the mood for mindless destruction) System Shock (Great gameplay, Great story, Hope Bioshock is as good)

Reply to Spending those holiday gift cards in Off-Topic GalCiv2 Forums

Dremels are good, but it depends on what you are doing for case modding. For larger cuts, I'd go for a jig myself. Dremel cutting wheels just don't last very long. I've actually had a dremel and jig for several years before I finally bought a drill. I do swear by my dremel though, I think when I bought mine I got a box of 100+ spare bits and wheels for 20$ more. Good investment, still haven't used all of them yet and its almost 6 years later. What about office/work/school stuff

Reply to Ship design strategy in Strategies GalCiv2 Forums

There are a lot of factors for ships. This is really an interesting read. I generally play on smaller maps, so things like lifesupport don't matter. In my current game, I took out the Krynn using tiny hulls. It really just depends on what you are facing at the time and what your abilities are. In my example, I could produce tiny hulls faster with the same damage potential as the Krynn's small hulls, giving me an edge. Now I'm at war with the Altarians, who are throwi