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Reply to CADIE by google in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

It seems they are updating it over the course of the day!

Reply to You're Banned!: The Forum Game in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Major Stress" reply="10" id="2121801"][e digicons]:D[/e] [/quote] Banned because smiley looks like it is using a banned substance.

Reply to CADIE by google in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote who="I.R. Brainiac" reply="5" id="2121502"]So...AI wont lead to the eventual destruction of man thru violence? But instead thru the agonizingly slow process of intellectual degradation? I think the former would be more humane...quicker and less prolonged torture of hope for a chance to turn it all around. [/quote] I wouldn't rule that out quite yet... Also, the grammar has been getting better throughout the day :O Edit: Quote brackets

CADIE by google in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/cadie/index.html Epic. Win.

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Don't worry about their navy. All you need to do is ferry your troops across the channel before you declare war. The same turn you declare, drop em all off on the shore. Nothin their navy can do about it.

Reply to Watch Out for the Conficker Worm, or Maybe Not in Personal Computing Elemental Forums

[quote](unless directed at the Kremlin of course).[/quote] *watches as a bullet flies through GoaFan77's window and hits him in back of head for his comment* Now here is something that would be fun to do if I had a spare computer laying around... http://xkcd.com/350/

Reply to Crunch Time. in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Another thing to look for (from what I have heard): colleges with coop programs. RIT (where I plan on going as long as I get some decent scholarships) in New York has a mandatory coop program for 1 semester to get a 4 year degree. Their coop is paid, and according to their website, quite well (about 44k a year, although you are only there for a semester so probably around 16-18k).

Reply to Crunch Time. in Everything Else Elemental Forums

video game development only takes place in larger cities. Not really. Many of the larger companies are in big cities, but game development can take place anywhere there is an open basement or garage available. It all depends on what type of game dev you want to be. If you want to work on the great big titles, you will want to work on the east or (more likely) west

Reply to 64 bit support in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

Yep, 64 bit = maps so big your hard drive will turn to dust before your army could cross the map. Assuming of course you have the 16 exobytes or so of RAM which is 64's limit...

Reply to No SecuROM or online authentication for Sims 3 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

good, time-proven solution Time proven? Yes... But not by EA! Perhaps it is not to late to give up hope for EA... Maybe...

Reply to The World of Elemental in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Luckmann" reply="16" id="2117725"]I call dibs on the island in the middle. [/quote] Well it appears to be unnamed... Island of the Claw perhaps?

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

[quote who="Phalnax811" reply="23" id="2118414"](and because I utterly hate the French language cuz I'm taking it now in college and its just stupid. Have an A in the class tho cuz of opennote). [/quote] Je ne parle pas Francais. Je parle seulement Anglais.

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

No worries monk, the last patch did it for me (bug free til then), so I'm sure there is a patch that will break it for you yet! Just have patience, for your doom approaches as well [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to Throw GOO at that DRM! in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Zyxpsilon" reply="6" id="2117958"]I hear MS (or others) has (+ had) a knack for strategic business acquisitions, and if they want SD they can certainly stack the doe. Will they?[/quote] They have frequently said SD is not and will never be up for sale. The lack of stockholders means that not even a proxy war would work. And if MS tried muscling them into anything they would probably sue M$ and win (since just about anyone would believe it if M$ got in trouble for monopoliz

Reply to Favor time! Read! in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Just get a flash drive and install it on there. You should be able to run it off a flash drive just like any other program, and the best part is it can be then used on any computer you go to.

Reply to Concept: Understanding unit production in Elemental Dev Journals Elemental Forums

[quote who="Shwepie" reply="5" id="2117950"]I like this concept and the sketch especially, just one question. Why is it on graph paper instead of a bar napkin? A good concept cannot be properly displayed on anything but bar napkins, bonus points if it has beer or grease stains. [/quote] How do you know the original wasn't done on a bar napkin? Maybe bar napkins just make bad photographs! [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to Empire: Total War in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Well, the year is 1781. I went WAY ahead of schedule. Declared war on the Ottomans in '67, had all my troops to India by '70. In '78 the last of the Mysore fell, leaving me in control off all of Europe, the middle east coridor, and all of India. Started sending my armies to the New World by '80, and now in 81 some fleets are starting to arrive. If all goes well I can take all of the world by 1799. The biggest problem I am encountering now is the problem of the ships crashing the game.

Reply to Modding magnitude (And RPing) in WOM Ideas Elemental Forums

[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="7" id="2115982"] RPG-themed retirement homes[/quote] Now theres an idea!

Reply to They should change the name of "DRM" in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="23" id="2117241"] None of this is rocket science[/quote] Well of course its not, its economics! And it is not a moral issue. It is an economic issue. Bad company decisions = lower profits. The problem is, they do not understand the basic economics involved. What they are doing is essentially increasing the price (by adding the grief which comes with DRM) and expecting the demand to increase. In reality this leads to a lower demand, not highe

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic - New Video from GDC '09 in Elemental News Elemental Forums

Hehe, zoomed in the alpha graphics look somewhat like Runescape. Especially those dead trees.

Reply to We haven't seen the last of Jack Thompson... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Just tell her the M stands for Mature. Then ask her flat out if she thinks you are mature.

Reply to They should change the name of "DRM" in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="Sole Soul" reply="17" id="2117061"] You're going to need to clarify this, because it sounds like you want all your games/etc for free. [/quote] I think my post clarifies it a bit better... He has a problem with paying for something that costs a company no money to make his copy. Paying for something physical makes sense, because there are large material, refinement, and production costs. Paying for digital material is a bit more in the grey area, since the only c

Reply to A few thoughts on GDC 2009 in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

Oh noes! XBOX! I don't wanna pay for every update [e digicons]8O[/e]

Reply to We haven't seen the last of Jack Thompson... in Everything Else Elemental Forums

Benjamin Franklin had much to say on the issue... There are various quotes from him such as He who is willing to trade freedom for safety deserves neither.

Reply to They should change the name of "DRM" in PC Gaming Elemental Forums

[quote who="b0rsuk" reply="14" id="2117039"] I do understand. I think paying for copies of software is wrong in principle. When I pay for games, I do so because there's currently no alternative way of supporting developers. [/quote] Thus we come to the root of the problem. This issue is not unique to software, but just about any other product of technology. There is a high fixed cost associated with the initial research or creation of the technology/software/produ