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Gov’t shutdown, what does it mean to you? in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

I’ll be perfectly honest and state that I really don’t understand the possible repercussions of a Gov’t shutdown. The concept sounds scary but there are conflicting reports over just how bad a Gov’t shutdown really is. I myself find it hard to believe politicians who are stating that this would be disastrous for our nation as they always tend to exaggerate things for their own political purposes. I also find it hard to believe that an entity such as the US Gov’t can actually be shutdown witho

Reply to So what have you been gaming lately? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]Then I made the mistake of trying out Minecraft. Paid the $20ish, and now I can't stop. Seriously. I need help. I'm halfway done building a wall around a medium sized island that will eventually be one giant castle. And I see blocks when I close my eyes. I get frustrated and go to punch trees, and then get more frustrated when it hurts and the trees don't disappear.[/quote] Is it really that good? To be honest all the videos I've seen don't really say much about how it's played

Reply to So what have you been gaming lately? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Company of Heroes, I've been told its a good game. My son liked the demo. Maybe I should consider it.

Reply to President Trump? Talk about a debatable concept. in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Trump saying he's considering running is not new. He considered running in 1988 and again in 2000.[/quote] This could all be more publicity and stuff too, but it would be interesting to see since they seem to be putting a lot of interest in this, the Media that is.

Reply to So what have you been gaming lately? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]I am also playing Sims Medieval. Yea, yea, it's Sims, but it's kind of fun. Wish it had more options and was more open-ended. More Sim3 options, like aging.[/quote] Nothing wrong with the Sims. I have all of the Sims, Sims 2 and Sims 3 add-ons and still have back ups of my families plus plenty of added files I downloaded from the internet, furniture, vehicles, houses, etc. My wife likes the game as well. I have not installed them cause my 150 GB raptor drive is already full.<

Reply to So what have you been gaming lately? in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]Hehe, we have similar taste in gaming then. I played about 230 hours of MW2 last year and now i play Black Ops, just got the new map pack for it. Luckily hardware is not issue for me, as i have workstation on my disposal....i tried it install it on my older compy with core 2 duo 3GHz and it was really choppy...only god knows how they managed to screw it this way, while it looks the same as MW2.[/quote] Leave it to Treyarch to follow World At War with what could have been the bes

Reply to President Trump? Talk about a debatable concept. in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]That being said, I have been burned by Perot, so am shy to support Trump. But even if he is not another Perot, I wonder if he is another Schwarzenegger. IN other words has name recognition, is likable, but when elected, cannot stand the heat. Schwarzenegger started out with high ideals, but in the end became just another hack.[/quote] Exactly, I just can't help but think that he will simply end up following the Status Quo. But to be honest I also can't help thinking he would

Reply to President Trump? Talk about a debatable concept. in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]No, he was not. That is why we got Clinton.[/quote] You know, I meant to say annoying actually. Not sure why I wrote persistent.

So what have you been gaming lately? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I haven’t seen this question here for a while so I thought I would ask. I, myself, have been stuck on a couple of games I bought over 4 months ago after buying 2 flops in between. I’m hooked on Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 now that there are hardly any hackers in there, since Black Ops came out actually. Black Ops is one of the flops I got, dam thing has never worked properly on my rig thanks to my lack of quad-cores, even with a decent video card. I guess for now I have the incentive of rea

President Trump? Talk about a debatable concept. in Politics JoeUser Forums

Lots of talk about who might run for Republican candidate for the President of the US for 2012 but one of the more interesting ones I see is Donald Trump. Now, I remember hearing about Ross Perot back when I was little but because I did not have much interest in politics back then I knew very little about him except he sounded kinda funny and was very persistent ( Edit: I mean annoying not persistent ). Now we possibly have Donald Trump, another millionaire considering ta

Reply to Tabbed Windows For Productivity in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote]But, I'm OCD with my computer (I can't have more than 3 or 4 icons on the desktop, despite the 1080p resolution. I also HATE seeing anything in the recycle bin).[/quote] You are not alone. Not only do I love fences because it hides the icons from my view but if I do see them and see one is not in a fence I just have to do something about it. I also cant see anything in the recycle bin without getting a strong urge to do something about it. If I was in a movie and was to be murde

Reply to Not ungrateful but… in Blogging Stardock Forums

I wish it was that simple. I want to study to be able to get paid better in another position, such as IT, but for the moment I cant afford school and now that I will need a part time I may not have the time for it either. Not sure if I will be able to balance 2 jobs, school and 3 kids and a wife. But, I am not exactly in a position to be thinking like this and it may just be what I have to do. I guess I will have to find some way to make it work. Thanks for the comments, I actually feel much

Reply to Tabbed Windows For Productivity in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

I hear what you say JBHL, still I agree with Rolo, software like this is usually free. Of course I don't take away peoples rights to make a buck on their hard work, but this is what happens when software makers get us use to freebees. LOL. I think the free version sounds fine. I don't usually have that many windows open at the same time anyways. I wonder though, do you know if this works as 3 tabs per window or is it only 3 tabs all together and thats it? Gotta try this out.

Not ungrateful but… in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Considering how bad things are these days with the economy in the US, I welcome any penny that gets sent my way; especially the way things are going in my own household. It’s been a while since we’ve seen any extra money from the company I work for but it was very nice of them to finally come thru for us and give us a raise (for those who qualified anyways) but I can’t help but find what I got to be hardly enough to be noticeable in my next check. Basically, had I not been told I probably wou

Reply to Domino's Chicken Wings Suck! in Blogging Stardock Forums

I agree, they are definitely not my favorites, Pizzahuts wings are not exactly 5 star either. I actually found Little Caesars Pizza chicken wings somewhat decent compared to them. Did you end up getting something else instead?

Reply to Google’s Superfast Internet–Really? in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

[quote]Most ISPs have a limit to the bandwidth you can use. Many don't advertise, especially on the low speeds end, because they'll never hit a point where it'll matter on the infrastructure anyways. Plus, the average person (as in, over 95%, an actual statistic, I'm not pulling a number out of my butt here) never reaches anywhere near anything that would put strain on the infrastructure. If your usage starts bringing down the speeds for everyone on your network, you can be you'll get a call

Reply to The limits of an online community in Virtual Communities JoeUser Forums

This is something I have somewhat learned the hard way here on Joeuser.com. I have never met anyone here personally but I have noticed how easily some poeple go from the main character they use while online to what I believe to be their true character when they get hurt in some way (pride, insult, truth, etc). The niceness they portray quickly goes to anger, hatred, attacks and name-calling which makes them consistently do this every time they see your name. Now, granted, some people earn suc

Reply to Volumouse App to control Volume with your Mouse in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

Very interesting software. Will give it a try at home. Ironically this would have come in handy a while back when I had no clue what service I was shutting down everytime I ran Gamebooster before I started playing my games. One of the services, can't remember the name right now for the life of me, that was shut off would take away my ability to control the volume thru the knob on my keyboard so I always had to lower my game screen (which is not always easy to do either and sometimes crashed t

Reply to What’s with all the video ads on youtube? in Blogging Stardock Forums

Darn, whats up with Joeuser.com? Is there a ban on commenting on my articles? I have not even received a single views number. Whats up JU? Got something against me? [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to Man is not an Herbivore in Current Events Stardock Forums

It's rather funny though. Perhaps they should watch the Disney movie The Lion King. Maybe they can learn something from King Mufasa: Mufasa: Everything you see exists together, in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures-- from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope. Simba: But, Dad, don't we eat the antelope? <span style=

What’s with all the video ads on youtube? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I’m not a big youtube person like some out there who spend sometimes several hours a day watching all types of videos on youtube. I go on occasionally to view some viral video or to watch some game casting for Starcraft II which I have become somewhat a fan of. But it’s interesting, and very annoying, how youtube has gone downhill, as far as I’m concerned, by now having constant video ads play, without the ability to skip or or stop it most of the time, during almost every video I click on th

Reply to Kinetic Military Action in Politics Stardock Forums

I guess we will find out just how good of a "teleprompter reader" Obama really is tonight as he attempts to give some kind of explanation as to why we are in Syria. I bet it will simply be another long winded, cool sounding, jibber jabber, presidential sounding speech that will say little if anything.

Reply to When regular coffee just doesn’t cut it anymore. in Blogging Stardock Forums

LOL, gotta love these spammer. They were finally good for something.

Reply to Crysis 2 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

[quote]I'd argue against you, Charles. I found MW2 much more of a console experience than Bad Company 2, which offers large multiplayer maps and much larger teams. Not to mention dedicated servers! It's much more in the vein of PC multiplayer shooters than MW2.[/quote] I can agree, none the less the game play felt like something a controller would have been a better choice to play it with. MW2 felt more like the previous COD games even if they didn't include dedicated servers and took

Reply to Hey Libs - where is your OUTRAGE? in Current Events Stardock Forums

The difference was that there was never a Black President before. And there was never a Community Organizer President before and there was never a Muslim President before. There ya go.